You have cleared NEET UG 2026 on 3 May. Between now and the first week of July, your task is not to wait-it is to prepare. Rajasthan’s 85% state quota seats for MBBS and BDS are allocated through a single counselling process run by the Medical Education Government of Rajasthan, and the registration window can open with as little as a few days’ notice. As of 14 June 2026, the official schedule has not been released. The only portal you should watch daily is the one listed in the official state counselling guide: https://rajugneet2025.com/. The domain still carries the 2025 tag. Check whether it redirects to a 2026 domain or activates a fresh registration page. Nothing posted on social media or WhatsApp groups carries the authority of that portal.
What Rajasthan-JET counselling actually covers
Rajasthan-JET is not a separate exam. JET-Joint Entrance Test-is a pre-NEET label that stuck. Today, every seat under the 85% state quota in Rajasthan’s government and private medical and dental colleges is filled using your NEET UG 2026 All India Rank (AIR), your domicile status, your category, and the order in which you lock your college preferences. The central Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) handles the separate 15% All India Quota (AIQ) seats; Rajasthan-JET handles the rest.
The counselling authority is the Medical Education Government of Rajasthan. Its portal is the place where you register, upload documents, fill and lock choices, check seat allotment results, and download your provisional admission letter. In the 2025 cycle, the same authority published round-wise cut-offs, seat matrices, and result PDFs. For 2026, you should expect the same.
The seat pool last year gives you a realistic sense of scale: approximately 5,075 MBBS seats and 1,403 BDS seats were available under Rajasthan state counselling. These numbers can shift marginally year to year depending on new college approvals and seat additions, but the order of magnitude will not change drastically.
Eligibility: the three hard filters
You need to clear three barriers before you can even access the choice-filling screen.
- NEET 2026 qualification. You must have appeared for NEET UG 2026 on 3 May 2026 and scored at or above the category-wise qualifying percentile set by the NTA.
- Rajasthan domicile. A valid domicile certificate issued by a competent Rajasthan authority is non-negotiable for the 85% state quota. A domicile from any other state will not unlock these seats.
- NMC age and academic criteria. You must turn 17 by 31 December 2026 and have the required PCB aggregate in your qualifying examination (50% for general category, 40% for SC/ST/OBC).
If you lack a Rajasthan domicile, the state quota is closed to you. Private medical colleges in Rajasthan do offer management quota and NRI quota seats, but those are filled through a separate process-sometimes parallel to state counselling, sometimes directly by the college. Their fees are significantly higher. If you are in this position, contact the admissions office of the specific private college once its 2026 prospectus is out, and verify every fee figure from the college’s official website.
The counselling round structure
State medical counselling in Rajasthan runs four consecutive rounds to fill every seat. Each round has its own registration window, choice-filling period, allotment result, and reporting deadline. Fresh registration is typically required for Round 1; whether you must re-register for later rounds depends on the specific notification. Always read that notification fully.
In the 2025 Rajasthan cycle, Round 1 opened in July. For 2026, you should be ready to register between the last week of June and mid-July. The exact dates will appear only on the official portal.
Step-by-step: registering and getting a seat
Step 1: Online registration. Visit the official portal (the URL mentioned earlier is your reference). Enter your NEET 2026 roll number, application number, personal details, academic information, and domicile claim. One wrong entry in the domicile field can get your seat cancelled during document verification. Double-check everything.
Step 2: Pay the counselling fee. The exact Rajasthan-JET fee for 2026 has not been published. As a reference point, MCC’s AIQ counselling charges a non-refundable registration fee of ₹1,000 for general/EWS candidates and ₹500 for SC/ST/OBC/PWD, along with a refundable security deposit of ₹10,000 for government seats and ₹2,00,000 for deemed university seats. Rajasthan will set its own amounts. The prospectus on the official site will state the fee clearly. Do not pay any amount before you have read that prospectus.
Step 3: Choice filling and locking. Once registered, you will see the list of participating colleges and the courses they offer. The seat matrix-published just before choice filling opens-tells you exactly how many seats are available under each category in each college. Use it.
Rank the colleges in the order you truly want them. The allotment algorithm reads your list from the top down and stops at the first seat you are eligible for. If you put a safe college at position 5 and your dream college at position 10, you will never be considered for the dream college. The algorithm does not know you would have preferred it.
Fill enough choices to cover you across all realistic, aspirational, and safe options. An overambitious list of 10 choices leaves you at risk of no allotment. A list packed with branches or locations you would never accept is equally dangerous-the system cannot guess that you are bluffing. Manually lock your choices before the deadline. Auto-locking captures whatever half-finished order you last saved.
Step 4: Seat allotment result. After the processing window closes, log in to the candidate portal. If you are allotted a seat, download the provisional allotment letter immediately. The PDF will tell you which college, which course, which round, and the reporting deadline.
Step 5: Willingness decision. After allotment, you must tell the system what you want to do next. The wording varies between states, but the logic is always the same:
- Accept and freeze. You keep this seat and exit all further rounds. You are satisfied.
- Accept and float. You keep this seat but want the system to try to upgrade you to a higher-preference choice in the next round. If an upgrade comes, your old seat is released; if not, this seat remains yours.
- Surrender and re-enter. You give up this seat and try for a completely different seat in the next round. Higher risk-you might end up with nothing.
Do not freeze in Round 1 unless the seat is genuinely one of your top 3-5 preferences and you would be happy even if a better option opened later. Floating is the standard strategy for the first two rounds.
Step 6: Document verification and reporting. After you accept a seat, you must either upload scanned documents online or report physically to the allotted college-the mode will be specified in the 2026 notification. In either case, carry originals plus at least two sets of self-attested photocopies. A missed reporting deadline means the seat is gone, and in the later rounds, your security deposit may be forfeited too.
What documents you need-and the mistakes that cost seats
Document verification is the stage where students with a valid allotment lose everything. An expired category certificate, a scanned file that cuts off the bottom of the page, or a name mismatch between your Class 10 marksheet and your Aadhaar card can trigger rejection. Get these documents ready now, not the night before registration.
A specific warning for OBC-NCL and EWS applicants: your certificate must be dated in the financial year 2026-27-meaning on or after 1 April 2026. Visit the issuing office now if yours is older. The counselling authority will not accept a “will update later” argument.
How the seat allotment algorithm works-and why your preference order decides everything
The Rajasthan-JET allocation engine is a simple merit-and-preference system. Every registered candidate is sorted by NEET AIR within their category. For each candidate, the system walks down the locked choice list from top to bottom. At the first college-course combination where the candidate’s rank meets the category-wise closing rank and a seat is available, it stops. That seat is offered. The algorithm then moves to the next candidate.
This has two practical implications that students frequently misunderstand. First, your preference order is the single most important variable you control. Putting a safer option above a dream option guarantees you will never see the dream option. Second, every choice on your list is treated as a binding commitment. If you fill a rural dental college at the bottom of your list “just in case” but would actually refuse it, the algorithm does not know that. In a late stray round, you may be allotted that very seat, and refusing it after the round’s withdrawal deadline will forfeit your deposit and lock you out of further rounds.
Reservation rules-Rajasthan’s own SC/ST/OBC/EWS and horizontal quotas-apply to every round. The seat matrix released before each round will show you exactly how many category-wise seats are available where. Compare your NEET score against the previous year’s Rajasthan state quota closing ranks (published on the state portal, not the MCC site) to build a realistic strategy.
Rajasthan domicile: the rule and the exceptions
The domicile requirement is strict and binary. If your certificate is issued by another state, you cannot claim Rajasthan state quota seats, even if you completed your entire schooling in Rajasthan. Before paying the registration fee, verify that your domicile certificate is in order. If there is any ambiguity, contact the counselling helpline number published on the official portal.
Without domicile, your options are limited to management quota and NRI quota seats in private colleges. These are typically released after the state quota rounds conclude or in a parallel process. The fee differential is large-management quota fees in Rajasthan private medical colleges can run several times the state quota fee. Obtain the official fee structure directly from the college’s prospectus, not from intermediaries.
Fees, security deposits, and refund rules
The exact Rajasthan-JET fee for 2026 will be published in the prospectus. As a planning benchmark, the MCC AIQ refundable security deposit is ₹10,000 for government seats and ₹2,00,000 for deemed university seats; Rajasthan state counselling fees are typically lower than the deemed university figure. Once the prospectus is out, note the following:
- The registration fee is always non-refundable.
- The security deposit is refundable if you never receive an allotment, or if you formally surrender your seat within the permitted window.
- In early rounds, surrendering before the reporting deadline usually returns the deposit minus a small processing charge. In the final stray vacancy round, even the deposit may be forfeited if you do not join.
- Under the NMC Act 2019, any demand for a capitation fee or advance payment without an official seat allotment letter is illegal. Do not pay.
What to do between now and the registration opening
1. Watch the portal every day. The domain from the state guide is your starting point. If it redirects, follow it. If it remains inactive, keep checking-official notifications can drop without advance warning.
2. Get your domicile certificate now if you don’t have one. Tehsildar and SDM offices can take two to four weeks. A delay here is the most common reason students miss the Round 1 registration window.
3. Scan every document at 300 DPI. Save the files in PDF format, with clear names: NEET_Admit_Card.pdf, Domicile_Rajasthan.pdf, Category_OBC_2026.pdf. Store them on your laptop and in a cloud folder. A blurred scan that gets rejected during online verification can delay your admission by an entire round.
4. Study the previous year’s Rajasthan state quota closing ranks. These are not the same as AIQ closing ranks. The Rajasthan counselling authority publishes round-wise cut-offs. Use those-not the MCC data-to set your expectations. The domicile-restricted competitor pool means cut-offs can differ materially from AIQ numbers.
5. Draft a choice list now. Write down your top 15-20 college preferences in genuine order of desire, not of perceived probability. Once the 2026 seat matrix and previous year’s closing ranks are available, adjust the list. Keep aspirational, realistic, and safe choices. Never include a college you would actually refuse.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Rajasthan-JET? Is there a separate exam? No. Rajasthan-JET is the state-level counselling process for the 85% state quota MBBS and BDS seats in all government and private colleges within Rajasthan. It uses your NEET UG 2026 All India Rank. There is no separate entrance test. The name JET is a historical carryover from the pre-NEET era.
Q: Who conducts Rajasthan-JET counselling?
The Medical Education Government of Rajasthan. It manages the official portal where you register, fill choices, check results, and download allotment letters. The domain used in the previous cycle is https://rajugneet2025.com/. Watch for an updated 2026 domain.
Q: Who is eligible for Rajasthan-JET? You must have qualified NEET UG 2026, hold a valid Rajasthan domicile certificate, and meet the NMC’s age (17 years by 31 December 2026) and academic eligibility criteria (50% PCB aggregate for general; 40% for SC/ST/OBC). Candidates without Rajasthan domicile cannot access state quota seats.
Q: Can I participate in both Rajasthan-JET and MCC AIQ counselling? Yes. You can register for both simultaneously. If you receive allotments in both, you must choose one seat and formally resign the other within the specified reporting window. Holding two confirmed seats at the same time can lead to cancellation of both.
Q: How many counselling rounds does Rajasthan-JET conduct? Based on the 2025 cycle, Rajasthan state counselling runs four rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Mop-Up Round, and Stray Vacancy Round. Some states add a Special Stray Round. Check the 2026 notification for the exact number.
Q: How are seats allotted? Seats are allotted based on your NEET AIR, your category, your Rajasthan domicile, and the order of preferences you lock during choice filling. The algorithm scans your list from top to bottom and offers the first seat you qualify for. Preference order is everything.
Q: What is the difference between freeze and float? Freeze means you accept the allotted seat and exit all further rounds. Float means you accept the seat but want the system to try to upgrade you to a higher-preference choice in the next round. Your current seat remains safe unless you receive an upgrade. The exact terminology on the Rajasthan portal may vary-read the on-screen options carefully each round.
Q: What documents are required for Rajasthan-JET counselling? NEET 2026 admit card and scorecard, Class 10 and Class 12 marksheets and certificates, Rajasthan domicile certificate, category certificate (dated on or after 1 April 2026 for OBC-NCL/EWS), PWD certificate if applicable, valid government photo ID, 8-10 passport-size photographs, provisional allotment letter, transfer certificate, and migration certificate if applicable. Originals plus two sets of self-attested photocopies.
Q: My category certificate is dated March 2026. Will it be accepted? Probably not. For the 2026-27 admission cycle, OBC-NCL and EWS certificates must be issued on or after 1 April 2026. An older certificate may be rejected during document verification. Get a fresh certificate from the issuing authority before registration opens.
Q: Can I get a Rajasthan state quota seat without a domicile? No. The 85% state quota seats are reserved for Rajasthan domicile holders only. You can explore management quota or NRI quota seats in private colleges, but those come through a separate process with higher fees.
Q: What are the fees for Rajasthan state quota MBBS seats? The tuition fee varies by college-government colleges charge significantly less than private colleges. The exact fee for each college is published in the official Rajasthan-JET prospectus and in the seat matrix. Do not rely on third-party fee lists. Check the official document.
Q: Is the counselling fee refundable? The registration fee is non-refundable. The refundable security deposit is returned if you never receive an allotment, or if you follow the correct surrender/withdrawal process within the permitted window. If you fail to report or surrender late, the deposit may be forfeited.
Q: When will the Rajasthan-JET 2026 schedule be announced? As of 14 June 2026, the official schedule has not been released. Based on the 2025 cycle, registration is expected to open between late June and mid-July 2026. The only reliable source is the official Rajasthan counselling portal.
Q: Where can I find the official Rajasthan-JET 2026 notification?
The notification and schedule will be published on the official portal. The 2025 domain https://rajugneet2025.com/ is the current reference. Check daily for a redirection to a 2026 domain or a new notification banner. Do not depend on WhatsApp forwards.