Bihar MBBS counselling: round-by-round exit rules

Bihar runs a clean deposit structure with a real reserved-category concession, and one rule that catches families out: once you join a seat in Round 2, you are out of the rounds that follow. The decision to accept in Round 2 is therefore final in a way it is not everywhere else.

This page covers the BCECEB Under Graduate Medical Admission Counselling (UGMAC) for the 85% Bihar quota in government colleges and the seats in private colleges.

Who runs it

The Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board conducts UGMAC at bceceboard.bihar.gov.in for the state quota.

Security deposit, by category

The government deposit is halved for reserved categories. Private deposits are flat.

Registration fee, separately, is around ₹1,200 for general, EWS, BC and EBC candidates and ₹600 for SC, ST and disability-quota candidates at government colleges. The deposit is forfeited if you are allotted and then fail document verification or admission.

How the rounds work

Round 1 allows a free exit if you take no seat. If you accept a Round 1 seat with upgrade marked No, you must complete admission, or the deposit is forfeited. Round 2 forfeits the deposit for a fresh allotment you do not report to. The Bihar-specific rule: once you join a Round 2 seat, you cannot enter the subsequent rounds. The cycle runs Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and a stray round, but a joined-and-accepted Round 2 seat ends your participation.

Reservation and eligibility

Domicile. Bihar domicile. National OBC candidates map onto the state's BC or EBC categories, not a generic OBC line, so select the correct Bihar category.

Reservation. SC 16%, ST 1%, the extremely backward classes (EBC) 18%, backward classes (BC) 12%, and EWS 10%, with the unreserved share at 40%. On top of these, Bihar applies a 3% Reserved Category Girls quota as a horizontal reservation across the reserved categories, and a 5% disability quota. Note that ST is only 1% in Bihar, and there is no separate backward-class-women line; the 3% is the across-category girls quota.

What this means for your choices

The rule to plan around is the Round 2 lock. If you are still hoping to upgrade, think hard before joining in Round 2, because joining closes the door to the later rounds. Reserved-category candidates benefit from the halved government deposit, but the two-lakh private-medical deposit carries the usual forfeiture risk. Get the Bihar category right at registration: national OBC does not exist here as a line, only BC and EBC.