UP NEET UG Seat Matrix 2026 Round 1 Out: College Wise MBBS, BDS Seats and PDF Download

The Directorate General of Medical Education and Training, Uttar Pradesh has opened the Round 1 seat matrix for UP NEET UG 2026 state quota counselling on the official portal, upneet.gov.in. This comes right after the state merit list was released on August 19, and it lists course wise, category wise and college wise seats for the 85 percent state quota in government and private medical and dental colleges. Before locking your choices, it helps to run your rank through a tool like the NEET UG College Predictor on CaderaEdu, which filters results by state so you are not guessing which colleges are actually within reach.

What the UP NEET UG Round 1 Seat Matrix Covers

Only candidates who cleared document verification, paid the non refundable registration fee and submitted the required security deposit will find their names on the merit list and get access to the seat matrix and choice filling screen. The matrix itself is broken down by institute code, course, quota type (state quota or management quota for private colleges) and reservation category, so two students with the same rank could see very different options depending on their category and domicile status.

• Covers MBBS and BDS seats across government, aided and private medical and dental colleges in Uttar Pradesh
• Applies to the 85 percent state quota; the remaining 15 percent All India Quota seats are counselled separately by MCC
• Seat numbers are shown college wise and category wise, including UR, OBC, SC, ST and EWS
• Newer institutes added to the state counselling list, such as Noida International Institute of Medical Sciences and United Institute of Medical Sciences, Allahabad, also appear alongside older government colleges
• Numbers are tentative until colleges confirm them, so always cross check against the live PDF before you lock your list

UP NEET UG 2026 Round 1 Counselling Timeline

Dates on state counselling portals shift by a day or two fairly often, usually because MCC revises its own AIQ schedule. Treat the table above as a working guide and always confirm the live date against the notice linked at the top of this article before you plan your travel or document verification.

How to Download and Check the Seat Matrix

1. Go to the official portal, upneet.gov.in
2. Open the Notices and Events section and click the Round 1 Seat Matrix link
3. Download the PDF and search by institute name, course or category using Ctrl F on a laptop or the search icon on mobile
4. Log in with your application number and date of birth to view the choice filling screen
5. Cross check your shortlist against a predictor before you start filling and locking choices

Security Deposit and Document Checklist

Getting onto the merit list and unlocking the seat matrix requires more than just registering. Candidates need to pay a non refundable registration fee of Rs 2,000 and a security deposit that varies by the type of seat they are competing for, Rs 30,000 for government colleges, roughly Rs 2,00,000 for private MBBS seats and around Rs 1,00,000 for private BDS seats. Keep your NEET 2026 admit card, scorecard, class 10 and 12 marksheets, domicile certificate and category certificate (where applicable) ready in original and self attested copies, since nodal centres will ask for both.

Top Government Medical Colleges Under UP State Quota

• King George's Medical University, Lucknow
• Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University
• GSVM Medical College, Kanpur
• Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

Beyond these, UP also has a wide network of autonomous state medical colleges built in the last few years, along with ESIC medical colleges and a large private college segment. For AIQ context, MCC's national Round 1 matrix listed 1,797 seats across UP institutes under the 15 percent All India Quota, so most seats in the state actually run through this state counselling process rather than MCC.

Plan Your Choices with a Rank Based Predictor

Filling choices on gut feeling is how good ranks end up wasted on the wrong colleges. Start with the NEET UG College Predictor and select Uttar Pradesh under the state option to see colleges matched to your rank and category. If you want a single view that includes AIQ, deemed and AYUSH options alongside state quota, the broader Medical College Predictor is worth a look too. For a fuller walkthrough of how the whole counselling process fits together, this NEET UG Counselling 2026 guide covers registration, choice filling and reporting in one place, while the AIQ vs State Quota comparison explains why your UP domicile changes your odds compared to the central pool.

Do not fill choices in the order you like the colleges. Sort them into reach, realistic and safe buckets based on last year's closing ranks, then lock in that order so a wasted round does not cost you a whole year.— CaderaEdu Counselling Team

If you are still unsure what score converts to what rank this year, the NEET Marks vs Rank 2026 breakdown is a reasonable starting point, and the category wise expected cutoff page gives a sense of where UP's opening and closing ranks are likely to land this season.

What Happens After Round 1

Candidates who get a seat in Round 1 have to report and pay admission fees within the reporting window or the seat goes back into the pool. Those who want to try for a better college can move to Round 2 through the upgrade or float option, while candidates with no allotment simply wait for the next round's seat matrix, which usually adds a fresh batch of vacancies. Keep checking the official notices page directly rather than relying only on news aggregators, since DGME UP sometimes revises dates with very short notice.