ICAR Admission Counseling 2026-27

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The candidates are advised to visit ICAR’s Portal (https://icar.org.in) or the website of the Agricultural University of their interest for more information.

Online Counseling Schedule for admission to PG (other than Veterinary stream) and PhD (all streams) programs in Agriculture & allied sciences for the Academic session 2026-27

Event	Date	Time (IST)
Release of ranks, Display of Seat Matrix, Registration for Counseling, Choice Filling, Payment of Counseling Fee and Uploading of Documents	29.09.2026 (Tuesday)	5:00 P.M. onwards
END of Choice Filling and Uploading of Documents	02.10.2026 (Friday)	11:50 P.M.
FIRST ROUND
Seat Allotments, online response to queries by universities (if any), resubmission of documents (if required), deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee and generation of Provisional Admission Letter.	05.10.2026 (Monday)	11:00 A.M. onwards
END of Online Document Verification by the Universities	06.10.2026 (Tuesday)	11:50 P.M.
END of Re-submission of Documents by Candidates	07.10.2026 (Wednesday)	11:50 A.M.
END of Verification of Re-submitted Documents by Universities	07.10.2026 (Wednesday)	02:00 P.M.
END of Seat Acceptance Fee Deposition by Candidates	07.10.2026 (Wednesday)	04:00 P.M.
Reporting by Universities	07.10.2026 (Wednesday)	8:00 P.M.
SECOND ROUND
Seat Allotments, online response to queries by universities (if any), resubmission of documents (if required), Deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee and generation of Provisional Admission Letter.	09.10.2026 (Friday)	11:00 A.M. onwards
END of Online Document Verification by the Universities	10.10.2026 (Saturday)	11:50 A.M.
END of re-submission of documents by candidates and END of Verification of re-submitted documents by the Universities	10.10.2026 (Saturday)	02:00 P.M.
END of Seat Acceptance Fee Deposition by candidates	10.10.2026 (Saturday)	04:00 P.M.
Reporting by Universities	10.10.2026 (Saturday)	8:00 P.M.
THIRD ROUND
Seat Allotments, online response to queries by universities (if any), resubmission of documents (if required), Deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee and generation of Provisional Admission Letter.	12.10.2026 (Monday)	11:00 A.M. onwards
END of Online Document Verification by the Universities	13.10.2026 (Tuesday)	11:50 A.M.
END of re-submission of documents by candidates and END of Verification of re-submitted documents by the Universities	13.10.2026 (Tuesday)	02:00 P.M.
END of Seat Acceptance Fee Deposition by candidates	13.10.2026 (Tuesday)	04:00 P.M.
Reporting by Universities	13.10.2026 (Tuesday)	8:00 P.M.
FOURTH ROUND
Seat Allotments, online response to queries by universities (if any), resubmission of documents (if required), Deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee and generation of Provisional Admission Letter.	15.10.2026 (Thursday)	11:00 A.M. onwards
END of Online Document Verification by the Universities	16.10.2026 (Friday)	11:50 A.M.
END of re-submission of documents by candidates and END of Verification of re-submitted documents by the Universities	16.10.2026 (Friday)	02:00 P.M.
End of Withdrawal of Allotted/Admitted Seats	16.10.2026 (Friday)	03:00 P.M.
END of Seat Acceptance Fee Deposition by candidates	16.10.2026 (Friday)	04:00 P.M.
Reporting by Universities	16.10.2026 (Friday)	8:00 P.M.
MOP-UP / FINAL ROUND
START of Display of Seat Vacancy Matrix, Payment of Counseling Fee and Fresh Choice Filling	19.10.2026 (Monday)	5:00 P.M. onwards
END of Choice Filling	21.10.2026 (Wednesday)	11:50 P.M.
Seat Allotments, online response to queries by universities (if any), resubmission of documents (if required), deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee and generation of Provisional Admission Letter.	23.10.2026 (Friday)	11:00 A.M. onwards
END of Online Document Verification by the Universities	24.10.2026 (Saturday)	11:50 A.M.
END of re-submission of documents by candidates and END of Verification of re-submitted documents by the Universities	24.10.2026 (Saturday)	02:00 P.M.
END of Seat Acceptance Fee Deposition by candidates	24.10.2026 (Saturday)	04:00 P.M.
Reporting by Universities	24.10.2026 (Saturday)	8:00 P.M.

NOTE:

For any technical assistance related to counselling, the candidate may approach the HelpDesk Menu on the homepage of ICAR Counselling Portal (https://icarcounseling.com). Helpline Phone Nos. shall also be available on the HelpDesk Menu.

The list of Single Points of Contact at the admitting universities for admission related queries of the candidates shall also be available on the Counselling portal (https://icarcounseling.com) for seeking any clarification/information.

Withdrawal of allotted/admitted seats will commence from the 2nd round of counselling and will remain open until the last day of the 4th round, as per the scheduled timeline. However, this activity will be unavailable during the period between the closure of one round and the allotment of seats in the subsequent round.