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Rajasthan releases schedule for NEET UG Special Stray Round

The state board has announced dates for MBBS and BDS admissions with 157 seats currently vacant.

The Rajasthan NEET UG Medical and Dental Admission/Counselling Board has issued the schedule for the Special Stray Round for MBBS and Round 5 for BDS admissions, according to Medical Dialogues. The seat matrix shows 136 vacant MBBS seats and 21 vacant BDS seats are available across medical and dental colleges in the state.

Candidates must deposit the application fee by 4 pm on November 5, 2026, and submit both parts of the online application form by 8 pm that same day. Eligible registered candidates must attend offline document verification at the Academic Block of SMS Medical College, Jaipur, between November 6 and November 7.

The provisional combined merit list is expected on November 7, following document verification and the declaration of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) Special Stray Round result. Security deposits can be made from November 7 to November 10, with a 5 pm deadline on the final day.

Choice filling will be open from November 7 to November 10, 2026, before being auto-locked at 11:45 pm. All choices submitted during previous rounds, including Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, and the stray vacancy round, will be considered null and void.

The board noted that candidates must submit fresh choices to participate. The provisional allotment result for the Special Stray Vacancy Round is scheduled for publication on November 11, 2026.

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