NEET UG 2026 Seat Matrix: Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu put 4,746 MBBS seats into MCC counselling for NEET UG 2026 across 55 institutes. Round 1 allotted 4,346 of them and 2,748 candidates actually reported. Round 2 placed 1,918 new candidates. Round 3 placed 1,126 more. MCC's admitted list shows 3,672 candidates joined up to Round 3, the Stray Vacancy Round allotted 670 more, and 654 seats were still vacant when counselling closed, most of them at Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram (188). The strongest college by rank is Madras Medical College, Chennai, which opened at All India Rank 325 and closed at 672 in the Open category.

Everything on this page comes from the official documents published by the Medical Counselling Committee for NEET UG 2026, and nothing else. We do not use coaching-centre "expected cut-offs" or last year's figures.

1. Seat Matrix for Round 1: every seat each institute offered, by quota and category. This is the "seats" column.
2. Round 1 allotment result: one line per candidate with rank, institute, quota and category. Counting lines gives "allotted"; the lowest and highest rank in each cell give the opening and closing rank.
3. Round 2 allotment result: the same, plus what each Round 1 candidate did (reported, not reported, upgraded, retained, surrendered). "Joined" counts those who reported. Round 2 opening and closing ranks use only candidates newly placed in the round; candidates who kept their Round 1 seat are not counted twice.
4. Clear vacancy, virtual vacancy and newly added seats for each round: MCC's own vacancy lists, published before the round opens. Clear vacancy is a seat that is definitely empty; virtual vacancy adds the seats of candidates from the previous round who opted to upgrade, which open only if that candidate actually moves.
5. Round 3 allotment result: the same again, with what each Round 2 candidate did. Round 3 opening and closing ranks use only candidates newly placed in the round.
6. Stray Vacancy Round result, the admitted/joined list up to Round 3 and the not-reported notice: MCC's final documents. "Joined" counts candidates on the admitted list; stray allotments are added to it; "vacant at close" is seats offered minus both.

Seats open for Stray Vacancy Round is our estimate: seats offered (Round 1 plus newly added) minus seats still held after the last round, where "held" means earlier joiners who did not upgrade away plus the new allotments. Candidates who do not join free more seats, so MCC's official vacancy list is normally a little higher. Treat our number as the floor.

Ranks are NEET UG All India Ranks as printed in the allotment results. The headline opening and closing ranks use the Open category in the merit quotas only (All India Quota, Open Seat Quota at central institutes, and the Self-Financed Merit Seat at deemed universities). NRI, minority, ESIC, internal and armed-forces quotas admit at very different ranks, so they would make colleges look easier or harder than they are; each institute page shows every quota and category separately.

What is not here: the 85% state quota of government colleges and the seats of private colleges counselled by the state authority. Those go through Tamil Nadu's own counselling and are not in MCC's documents.

Updated 25 Oct 2026. The page rebuilds itself every time a new MCC document is imported, so the date above is the date of the data, not of the text. Source documents: Seat Matrix for Round 1 NEET UG MBBS BDS & BSc Nursing (MCC); Clear Vacancy Round 2 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Virtual Vacancy Round 2 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Newly Added Seats Round 2 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Clear Vacancy Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, 24-09-2026); Virtual Vacancy Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, 24-09-2026); Newly Added Seats Round 3 (MBBS BDS) - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, 24-09-2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Round 1 (MCC, 24-08-2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Round 2 (MCC, 12-09-2026); Clear Vacancy Stray Vacancy Round - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, Oct 2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Round 3 (MCC, Oct 2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Stray Round (MCC, Oct 2026); Admitted/Joined candidates up to Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Not reported candidates Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC Notice 26, 11-10-2026). Verify anything you act on at mcc.nic.in.