The Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Meghalaya, has published the Round 1 merit list for MBBS and BDS counselling in the state, based on NEET UG 2026 scores. Candidates with a valid Meghalaya domicile or ST certificate can now check their state rank on the DHS Meghalaya portal, meghealth.gov.in, ahead of choice filling.
What This Merit List Covers
Meghalaya's state counselling covers 85% of MBBS and BDS seats across the state's medical institutions, including NEIGRIHMS Shillong, the region's premier medical college. The remaining 15% All India Quota seats are handled separately through MCC's own national counselling process, which runs independently of DHS Meghalaya's timeline. Meghalaya domicile or ST certification is mandatory for state quota eligibility, alongside the standard NEET UG qualification and Class 12 PCB requirements applicable nationally.
What to Do Now That the Merit List Is Out
Check your name, rank, category, and domicile status carefully against your NEET UG scorecard and supporting documents — errors caught now are far easier to correct than errors discovered later in the process. Once your rank is confirmed, understanding how that rank translates into realistic college options is worth doing before choice filling opens, given how few institutions Meghalaya has compared to larger states — every seat here is genuinely competitive. The broader principle of evaluating a college on real fit rather than name recognition still applies, even with a smaller set of options to choose from.
Don't Wait for Individual Notification
Meghalaya's counselling process, consistent with practice across most states, does not send individual call letters or phone calls to candidates. Regularly checking meghealth.gov.in yourself is the only reliable way to stay current on choice-filling dates, seat matrix publication, and allotment results as this round progresses.
If This Round Doesn't Work Out
Meghalaya's counselling structure includes Round 2 and a Mop-Up Round for any seats that remain unfilled after Round 1. Understanding how mop-up and subsequent rounds function more broadly is useful context regardless of state, since the underlying logic — unfilled seats resurfacing later, sometimes at different closing positions — holds true here as well.
Key Things to Remember
DHS Meghalaya's Round 1 merit list for MBBS and BDS admission 2026-27 is now live on meghealth.gov.in, based on NEET UG 2026 scores and requiring valid Meghalaya domicile or ST certification. With no individual candidate notifications sent, checking the portal regularly is essential through choice filling and allotment. Given how limited Meghalaya's total seat count is compared to larger states, treating your rank realistically and researching available options carefully before choice filling opens matters more here than it might in a state with a much larger seat pool.
Always verify your current rank, category, and eligibility status directly at meghealth.gov.in, since counselling schedules and merit list details remain subject to official revision.
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