NEET UG 2026 Gujarat stray round 4 registration closes today, October 16

The Admission Committee for Professional Undergraduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPUGMEC) commenced online registration for the fourth online (Stray Vacancy) round of MBBS and BDS admission for the 2026-27 academic year in Gujarat. Registration for this round, which aims to fill vacant seats after the initial three counselling phases, opened on October 14, 2026, and concludes today, October 16, 2026.

This stray vacancy round covers 100% of seats in all medical and dental undergraduate colleges across Gujarat, including Government Quota (GQ), Management Quota (MQ), and NRI Quota (NQ) seats. A total of 231 vacant seats have been identified for this round, distributed across 23 medical colleges and 13 dental colleges in the state.

Stray Vacancy Round 4 Schedule and Fees

Candidates interested in participating in the fourth round must complete their online PIN purchase by 12:00 p.m. today, October 16, 2026. The online registration window will close shortly after, at 2:00 p.m. on the same day. Following online registration, document verification and photocopy submission at designated Help Centres are scheduled for October 16, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The registration process requires candidates to pay a total fee of Rs. 11,000. This includes a non-refundable PIN fee of Rs. 1,000 and a refundable security deposit of Rs. 10,000. NRI candidates are also required to submit an additional Rs. 10,000 demand draft, payable to ACPUGMEC at Gandhinagar, at the ACPUGMEC office located in GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar.

Eligibility and Vacant Seats

Eligibility for the fourth round is restricted to candidates who did not register in Round 1, Round 2, or Round 3. Candidates who were allotted a seat in Round 2 but did not confirm admission and forfeited their security deposit are also eligible, provided they did not register in Round 3. However, candidates who were allotted a seat in Round 3, or whose admission was confirmed in Rounds 1, 2, or 3, are not permitted to participate in this stray round.

To be eligible, candidates must have passed Class 12 in the Science stream with B or AB group from the Gujarat Board, or from a Gujarat school affiliated with CBSE, CISCE, Cambridge University, or NIOS. Also, candidates must hold a NEET UG 2026 all-India rank and meet the eligibility rules set by the Gujarat Health and Family Welfare Department and the respective council.

The 231 vacant seats include 124 MBBS seats and 107 BDS seats. For MBBS, there are 36 Government Quota seats, 87 Management Quota seats, and 1 NRI Quota seat. In BDS, 88 Government Quota seats and 19 Management Quota seats are available. The vacant seats also show a distribution across categories, with 141 seats for the Open (OP) category, 6 for SC, 33 for ST, 42 for SE, and 9 for EW across both courses.

Counselling Context and Previous Rounds

The Gujarat NEET UG Counselling 2026 is the state-level admission process for MBBS and BDS courses, conducted by the ACPUGMEC based on NEET UG 2026 ranks. This counselling supports admissions to 85% of MBBS/BDS seats in government colleges and 100% of seats in private colleges within Gujarat. The remaining 15% All India Quota (AIQ) seats in government colleges are filled through counselling by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).

The academic session for MBBS and BDS programmes in Gujarat commenced on September 15, 2026. Prior to this stray round, the MCC extended the Round 3 reporting schedule on October 14, 2026, allowing online tuition fee payment for Round 3 until 3:30 p.m. on October 15, 2026, and physical reporting at Help Centres until 4:00 p.m. on October 16, 2026.

The initial rounds of Gujarat NEET UG Counselling 2026 saw the provisional MBBS/BDS merit list released on August 16, 2026, with revised lists on August 20 and August 23, 2026. Round 1 online choice filling information was released on August 23, 2026, followed by allotment and reporting information on August 27, 2026. Round 2 online PIN purchase and registration advertisement was released on August 31, 2026.

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