Maharashtra NEET PG 2025 round 3 registration from January 19; new candidates eligible after cut-off revision

Vikas Kumar Pandit | January 17, 2026 | 11:37 AM IST | 3 mins read

Maharashtra NEET PG Counselling 2025: Candidates can register online by January 26. Eligible candidates include those not registered earlier, those who did not join CAP round 2, and those meeting the revised cut-off criteria.

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Newly qualified candidates can join Maharashtra NEET PG CAP round 3 after revised NBE criteria. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra, has opened the registration process for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - Postgraduate (NEET PG 2025) counselling following a revision in qualifying criteria by the National Board of Examinations (NBE).

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The move allows newly qualified candidates to participate in the ongoing Maharashtra centralised admission process (CAP) round 3. The decision comes after the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) announced a revised schedule for the NEET PG round 3 counselling process.

“In view of the lower down of qualifying criteria for admission to Post Graduate Medical Course by NBE & revised schedule declared by MCC, the competent authority has now decided to start the registration process to allow the newly qualified candidates to participate in the ongoing process,” the official notice said.

Eligibility to participate in Maharashtra CAP round 3

As per the official schedule, candidates can complete online registration and session application for Maharashtra NEET PG 2025 from January 19 to January 26, 2026, by 11:59 pm through the official portal.

Registration includes payment of non-refundable registration fees of Rs 3,000 and a security deposit as applicable. The general list of registered candidates, including in-service, NRI, and PwBD candidates, will be published on January 27, 2026.

Candidates who were not registered in earlier rounds, those allotted a seat in CAP round 2 but did not join, and those eligible under the revised criteria should register and pay the required fee and security deposit to participate in CAP round 3.

Revised NEET PG 2025 cut-off percentiles

The NBE has lowered the qualifying criteria for NEET PG 2025. General category candidates, including Economically Weaker Section (EWS), now require the 7th percentile with a minimum score of 103.

General Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) candidates should meet the 5th percentile at a score of 90. Reserved category and PwBD candidates have a revised qualifying criterion of 0 percentile with a score of -40.

Maharashtra NEET PG Counselling 2025: Round 3 schedule

The Maharashtra NEET PG 2025 round 3 counselling schedule for registration, merit list publication, seat matrix release, choice filling, and physical joining is outlined below.

Activity	Dates
Notification / Start Date	January 21
Online Registration & Session Apply for NEET PG 2025	January 19 to January 26, up to 11:59 pm (server time)
Payment of Registration Fees (Non-Refundable Rs. 3,000) and Security Deposit (as applicable) through online payment gateway	January 19 to January 26, up to 11:59 pm (server time)
Uploading of all required coloured scanned original documents in PDF after successful payment	January 19 to January 26, up to 11:59 pm (server time)
Publication of General List of Registered Candidates (including In-service, NRI, PwBD)	January 27
Publication of Combined Common Provisional State Merit List; last date to cancel Round-2 seat with forfeiture of CAP application fees and security deposit but without penalty	January 30
Publication of Seat Matrix for CAP Round-3	January 31
Online Preference/Choice Form Filling Process of eligible candidates for CAP Round-3	February 3 to February 5, up to 11:59 pm (server time)
Declaration of Third Selection List (CAP Round-3)	February 7
Physical Joining with all original documents & requisite fees by DD/Cheque at the allotted college; fees paid by cheque on holidays to be replaced by DD on next working day	February 8 to February 13, up to 5:30 pm
Prescribed last date to cancel admission with forfeiture of security deposit but without penalty; cancellations after this date will incur both security deposit forfeiture and penalty as per information brochure	February 13, up to 5:30 pm

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