Diplomate of National Board Common Entrance Test (DNBCET) conducted by National Board of Examinations (NBE) for admission to any of the DNB courses in various institutions across India through centralized merit-based counselling.

DNB CET Counselling Eligibility

1st round Counselling:

Students who have scored up to 6000 marks as well as fulfill the eligibility criteria for admission to the desired courses at various NBE accredited Medical Institutions/ Colleges/ Hospitals in India shall be eligible to counselling for seat allotment on merit cum choice basis.

2nd round counselling:

The candidates participated in the 1st Round of counseling either in person or through online (opt out) shall be eligible for participation in the 2nd round of DNBCET Counseling. Also, the students who have scored the merit position from 6001 to 17000 and fulfill the eligibility criteria for admission to the respective courses at various NBE accredited Medical Colleges/ Institutions/ Hospitals in India shall be eligible to participate in the counseling for allocation of seats purely on merit cum choice basis.

Extended 2nd round of counselling:

Those who participated in the 2nd phase of counseling are eligible for appearing in the DNB CET June 2017 counselling. Also, the postulants who have scored the merit status between 17,001 and last rank and fulfill the eligibility for admission to the respective programs can participate in counselling for seat allocation.

3rd round of DNB CET Counselling process:

Only those students who participated in the extended 2nd round of counselling are eligible for the 3rd round counselling process. This is the last round of DNB CET Counselling process 2017.

DNB CET Counselling Dates 2017

Batch Name Merit Position Date of Counselling Reporting Time

A1 Jan-00 16th Nov 2017 9:30AM
A2 4001-8000 16th Nov 2017 1:30PM
B1 8001-19447 17th Nov 2017 9:30AM

DNB CET 2017 Counselling Dates

Batch name Merit Position Date of Counselling Reporting time
A1 Jan-00 21st Oct 2017 9:30AM
A2 1501-3000 21st Oct 1:30PM
B1 3001-4500 22nd Oct 2017 9:30AM
B2 4501-6000 22nd Oct 1:30PM
C1 6001-7000 24th Oct 2017 9:30AM
C2 7001-8000 24th Oct 1:30PM
D1 8001-9000 25th Oct 2017 9:30AM
D2 9001-10000 25th Oct 1:30PM
E1 10001-11000 26th Oct 2017 9:30AM
E2 11001-12000 26th Oct 1:30PM
F1 12001-13000 27th Oct 2017 9:30AM
F2 13001-14000 27th Oct 1:30PM
G1 14001-16000 28th Oct 2017 9:30AM
G2 16001-19447 28th Oct 1:30PM