India, Oct. 14 -- The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell on Monday announced the schedule for the first online stray vacancy round for MBBS and BDS admissions for the academic year 2026-27. Candidates can fill in their college preferences on October 15 and 16, while the results will be declared on October 17.

The online stray vacancy rounds will be conducted to fill seats in government, municipal corporation, government-aided, private unaided and minority medical and dental colleges after the completion of the centralised admission process. The CET Cell will conduct three online stray vacancy rounds.

A total of 17,266 students secured admission in the first two centralised rounds. The third round is underway, with 11,340 ...