Andhra Pradesh PG medical seats rise to 4,196 with 424 new seats; NEET PG round-2 registration open till 14 November

Andhra Pradesh PG medical seats will number 4,196 in 2026-27, up from 3,772, after 424 new postgraduate places were added across degree and diploma courses. Dr NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijayawada, which put together the college-wise figures, said the extra seats come into use from the current academic year.

Government medical colleges gain 162 seats, lifting their total from 1,915 to 2,077. Private colleges get 262, for a new total of 2,119 against 1,857 earlier. Vice-Chancellor Dr P. Chandrasekhar thanked the state government, Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav and the National Medical Commission (NMC) for the expansion.

Where the new seats are

Among government institutions, the medical college in Vizianagaram gains the most, 28 seats, followed by Paderu with 24, Rajamahendravaram with 20 and Kurnool with 19. ACSR Government Medical College in Nellore adds 15, Srikakulam and Anantapur 12 each, Guntur and Machilipatnam eight each, and Ongole and Kadapa seven each. The Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Visakhapatnam adds two.

Among private colleges, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences leads with 59, ahead of Santhiram in Nandyal with 55, Great Eastern in Srikakulam with 39 and NRI in Visakhapatnam with 33. ASRAM in Eluru adds 27, Katuri in Guntur 16, Nimra in Ibrahimpatnam 12, Viswabharathi in Kurnool eight, Pinnamaneni in Gannavaram seven and Apollo in Chittoor six. Srikakulam district alone gains 51 seats between its government college and Great Eastern.

Round 2 reworked for the new seats

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services changed its NEET PG round-2 timetable on Saturday, 7 November, because seats newly approved by the NMC had been added to the round-2 seat matrix. MCC fills the 50% All India Quota seats that states contribute, and that counselling has no domicile condition.

Registration for round 2 now stays open until 3 pm on Saturday, 14 November, and the fee can be paid until 6 pm that day. Choice filling opens at 1 pm on Tuesday, 10 November and closes at 11.55 pm on Sunday, 15 November, with locking allowed from 4 pm on 14 November. The provisional result is due on 16 November and the final result on 17 November; candidates who get seats must report between 18 and 24 November.

Anyone holding a round-1 seat who wants to give it up without losing the security deposit has until 6 pm on Monday, 9 November. Candidates who opted for ‘freeze’ have to resign in person at the allotted college, while ‘float’ candidates can do it online. For seats filled through the state’s own counselling, university registrar Dr T. Sai Sudheer asked candidates to follow its notifications on college-wise availability and the schedule.