Gujarat NEET UG 2026 Round 1 Choice Filling Begins: Check Dates, Choice Display & What Candidates Need to Do

Overview

The Admission Committee for Professional Undergraduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPUGMEC) has released the schedule for Round 1 online choice filling for eligible candidates included in the Gujarat NEET UG 2026 Merit List.

The choice-filling window is short, so candidates should not leave this step until the last few hours.

For Round 1, candidates can submit their choices from 24 August 2026 to 27 August 2026 up to 1:00 PM. After that, ACPUGMEC will display the choices filled by candidates on 27 August up to 4:00 PM.

This round covers admissions to MBBS and BDS courses under Government, Management, and NRI seats in Government, Grant-in-Aid, and Self-Financed Medical and Dental Colleges in Gujarat.

If you've already completed registration and your name is included in the ACPUGMEC Merit List, this is the stage where your college preferences actually matter.

Let's go through the schedule properly and understand what you should do.

Gujarat NEET UG 2026 Round 1 Choice Filling Schedule

Who Can Participate in Round 1 Choice Filling?

This schedule applies to candidates who are:

• Eligible for Gujarat NEET UG 2026 counselling
• Included in the ACPUGMEC Merit List
• Participating for MBBS and/or BDS admissions
• Eligible for the respective seat category

The Round 1 process covers:

Government Seats

Management Seats

NRI Seats

and admissions to:

• Government Medical Colleges
• Government Dental Colleges
• Grant-in-Aid Medical/Dental Colleges
• Self-Financed Medical Colleges
• Self-Financed Dental Colleges

So, if you're eligible and your name is included in the merit list, the next major task is to prepare and submit your choices.

Step-by-Step Process

Step 1: Round 1 Choice Filling

Window: 24 August 2026 to 27 August 2026, up to 1:00 PM

This is where you go online and select the colleges and courses you'd like to be considered for, ranking them in the order you actually prefer. You have a little over two and a half days to do this, so there's no need to rush through it the moment the window opens.

Since the notice doesn't mention any restriction on the number of choices, our general advice here is the same as with most counselling processes — don't limit yourself to just a handful of your top-choice colleges. Add every combination of college and course you'd genuinely be willing to accept, even ones you consider backup options. A choice you don't add simply can't be offered to you later, no matter how good your rank turns out to be relative to the cutoff.

Step 2: Display Of Choices Filled

Window: 27 August 2026, up to 4:00 PM

After choice filling closes at 1:00 PM, there's a window until 4:00 PM the same day where you can see the choices you've submitted. This is your chance to double-check that your list actually reflects what you intended — that nothing got missed, duplicated, or ranked in the wrong order.

Since this window is only three hours long and comes right after choice filling closes, it makes sense to review your list carefully before you're done filling it, rather than treating this display window as your main opportunity to catch mistakes. Use it to confirm, not to discover problems for the first time.

Why Is Choice Filling So Important?

This is the part of counselling where your preferences come into play.

Your NEET rank determines your position in the merit-based process, but the choices you submit determine which colleges and courses can be considered for your allotment.

Think about it this way.

Suppose your rank makes you eligible for several colleges.

You have added:

1. College A
2. College B
3. College C
4. College D

The counselling system will consider your preferences according to the applicable allotment rules and availability.

But if you never add College C, the system cannot suddenly allot College C to you simply because your rank was good enough.

That's why your choice list should be prepared carefully.

Gujarat NEET UG 2026 Round 1 Choice Filling Process

What Does "Display of Choices Filled" Mean?

This is another point students may find confusing.
The schedule says:

Display of Choices Filled by Candidates: 27 August 2026 up to 4:00 PM

In simple terms, this is a scheduled stage after the choice-filling deadline where the filled choices are displayed.

1:00 PM → Choice Filling Ends
with:
4:00 PM → Display of Filled Choices

Required Documents

While this particular notice is about choice filling and doesn't ask for document uploads, it's still a good idea to have the following ready, since they'll likely be needed at the next stages of counselling:

• NEET UG 2026 admit card and scorecard
• Class 10 and Class 12 mark sheets and certificates
• Category certificate, if applicable
• A valid government photo ID
• Recent passport-size photographs
• Domicile or residence proof, if relevant to your target seats
• NRI eligibility documents, if you're applying under the NRI quota

Keeping these organised now means you won't be scrambling for them once the seat allotment result comes out and reporting begins.

FAQs

Conclusion

This notice is short, but it covers one of the most important steps in the entire counselling process; the choices you fill here directly decide which colleges you're even considered for. Use the full window you've been given, rank your preferences thoughtfully rather than sticking to just your top picks, and use the display window on 27 August to confirm everything looks right, not to make last-minute changes.

If you're unsure how to rank your preferences, unclear about which seat category you're eligible for, or want a second opinion before choice filling closes, reaching out to a trusted NEET counselling expert can help you approach this with a lot more clarity.