Tamil Nadu posts MDS Round 2 vacancy list as on 22 September

CHENNAI: Dental postgraduate aspirants entering Tamil Nadu Round 2 counselling now have a fresh seat map. The Selection Committee has published a tentative vacancy position for MDS courses 2026-2027 as on 22 September 2026. The PDF is live on tnmedicalselection.net and sits beside the Round 2 online counselling link for government and management quota seats, including NRI and minority categories.

The list is separate from the tentative Round 2 counselling schedule issued a day earlier. That schedule piece already set registration, choice filling and reporting windows. The 22 September vacancy file tells candidates which specialities and colleges still show open seats after Round 1 joining and any resignations.

What the vacancy tables show

Government dental college pages break seats by speciality and by open and service columns under the usual community categories. Public Health Dentistry, Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Periodontology, Paediatrics and Preventive Dentistry, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, and Oral Medicine and Radiology all appear with college-wise totals for Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, and Government Dental College and Hospital, Cuddalore, among others.

Self-financing pages list college names against speciality seat counts so that management quota planners can compare private options with government leftovers. Numbers are labelled tentative. A seat that looks open on 22 September can change if a Round 1 candidate reports late under an allowed window or if a college corrects its matrix.

How to use the list during Round 2

Download the PDF before starting choice filling on the MDS Round 2 counselling portal. Cross-check speciality codes with your NEET MDS preference sheet. Prioritise colleges where the vacancy table still shows a category you are eligible for, and keep a short backup list in case a preferred row closes before locking.

Candidates who already hold a Round 1 seat should read Round 2 upgrade rules carefully before floating preferences. Those still without a seat should treat the vacancy file as the working inventory for this round, not as a promise of allotment. Reporting deadlines printed in the Round 2 schedule remain binding even when the vacancy PDF is refreshed.

For this desk, the 22 September vacancy release is the operational update students needed after the schedule notice: open the PDF, mark live specialities, and lock Round 2 choices against that matrix rather than against last week's Round 1 leftovers.

Dental college helpdesks should point students to the official vacancy PDF instead of informal WhatsApp tallies. Speciality spellings in the government tables follow the MDS nomenclature used in Round 1, which reduces mismatch errors during choice entry. If a college is missing from a speciality page, assume zero vacancy there unless a revised PDF says otherwise.

Round 2 fee levels for government and management quotas remain as notified in the counselling schedule documents. The vacancy list does not rewrite those fees. Candidates should enter choices only for seats they are willing to join if allotted, because reporting defaults carry consequences under Selection Committee rules. Candidates should refresh tnmedicalselection.net before locking in case a corrected vacancy PDF is uploaded later the same day.