Madhya Pradesh AYUSH Counselling 2026: Round 2 Schedule for BAMS, BHMS, BUMS & BNYS

The Directorate of AYUSH, Madhya Pradesh, has released the Round 2 schedule for BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, and BNYS admission, conducted through the MP Online AYUSH portal. Here's the complete confirmed timeline, along with a genuine trap in the registration process worth understanding before you submit anything.

The Confirmed Round 2 Schedule

• Registration and choice filling: September 27 to October 1, 2026

• Document verification: September 28 to October 1, 2026

• Merit list: October 6, 2026

• Choice filling and locking: October 7 to October 9, 2026

• Seat allotment: October 12, 2026

• Admission and reporting: October 13 to October 15, 2026

What This Counselling Covers

MP's AYUSH counselling runs separately from the state's MBBS/BDS process, covering 85% of government seats and 100% of private college seats across the state's Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy, and Yoga Science colleges — governed by the MP Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani Graduate Course Admission Rules-2026 and the MP Naturopathy and Yoga Graduate Course Admission Rules-2026. Admission is based entirely on NEET UG 2026 scores, and this process is separate from AACCC's All India Quota AYUSH counselling. Madhya Pradesh offers over 5,300 AYUSH seats statewide, making it one of Central India's largest hubs for traditional medicine education.

Two Separate Choice-Filling Stages — Don't Confuse Them

This schedule genuinely has two distinct choice-filling windows, and it's worth being clear on what each one actually does. The first, running alongside registration from September 27 to October 1, is your initial preference submission. The second, from October 7 to 9, happens after the merit list is published on October 6 and is specifically the choice filling and locking stage — this is where your final, binding preferences get set based on your actual merit position, not your earlier guess. Treat the first window as provisional groundwork and the second as your real decision point, once you actually know where you stand.

A Real Trap: No Changes After Verification

MP's own counselling notice is explicit about this, and it's worth taking seriously: once a candidate's registration details have been verified, no further changes can be made to that information. Document verification runs September 28 to October 1, at designated help centres — meaning your registration details need to be fully accurate before you're verified, not something you plan to fix afterward. Double-check every field against your actual supporting documents before submission, since there's no correction path once verification is complete.

For Government Seats, Domicile Still Matters — For Private, It Doesn't

An MP domicile certificate is mandatory for state quota government seats specifically. If you don't hold MP domicile, you can still apply for private BAMS, BHMS, or BUMS seats in the state through this same counselling process without one — or pursue government seats elsewhere through AACCC's All India Quota route, which is open to candidates from any state. This distinction is worth knowing before assuming your domicile status rules you out of MP's AYUSH options entirely.

What to Do Right Now

Register within the September 27 to October 1 window and complete document verification carefully — remember, there's no fixing errors after this point. Use the gap between document verification closing (October 1) and the merit list publishing (October 6) to research your realistic college options, so you're ready to act decisively during the October 7–9 final choice-locking window rather than starting research from scratch once your merit position is known. Understanding how your NEET score translates into a realistic rank is worth doing in advance, and the broader framework for evaluating a college on genuine fit rather than name recognition applies to AYUSH college selection just as it does to MBBS admissions.

Documents and Preparation

Given the no-changes-after-verification rule, having your complete, accurate document set ready before registration even opens matters more here than in most counselling processes. This general checklist of documents required for NEET counselling is a useful starting reference, alongside MP AYUSH's own specific domicile and category certificate requirements.

Comparing This to Other States' AYUSH Processes

Madhya Pradesh isn't the only state running AYUSH counselling on its own independent schedule this cycle. Chhattisgarh's AYUSH Round 1 schedule and Rajasthan's AYUSH Round 1 schedule are useful points of comparison, even though each state's specific rules, fee structures, and verification processes differ meaningfully.

Key Things to Remember

Madhya Pradesh's AYUSH Round 2 counselling for BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, and BNYS runs registration and initial choice filling September 27 to October 1, document verification in the same window, the merit list on October 6, final choice locking October 7–9, seat allotment October 12, and admission October 13–15. The single most important thing to get right is your registration accuracy before verification, since MP's process explicitly allows no corrections once verification is complete — treat the initial registration window as your only real opportunity to get every detail correct.

This information reflects the officially announced MP AYUSH Round 2 schedule for 2026. Always verify current dates and requirements directly at ayush.mponline.gov.in, since counselling schedules remain subject to official revision.