WBMCC sets formal start of UG medical and dental session from 15 September

The Director of Medical Education, Government of West Bengal, who also chairs the West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee, has directed government and private medical and dental colleges that the formal start of the UG Medical and Dental session 2026-27 shall be on and from 15 September 2026. Memo No. HFW-23099/320/2026/M/235, dated 10 September 2026, from Swasthya Bhawan, Salt Lake, Kolkata, asks colleges to prepare college-specific routines accordingly.

This desk treats the file as a formal academic-session start directive only. It is not the Round 2 provisional verified candidates list dated 12 September, and it is not the Round 2 seat matrix printed the same counselling day. Keep the session-start memo separate from those Round 2 choice-filling artefacts, and separate from any Round-3 security-deposit reset notice.

What Memo HFW-23099/320/2026/M/235 directs colleges to do

The memo is addressed to the Director, Principal or Dean of government and private medical and dental colleges in West Bengal. The subject line concerns formal start of session for UG Medical and Dental 2026-27. The operative sentence states that the session for UG Medical and Dental 2026-27 shall be on and from 15 September 2026, and that the colleges are requested to prepare college-specific routine accordingly.

The direction is expressly in pursuance of the published date of commencement of the academic session for UG courses in the State Schedule published by the National Medical Commission, New Delhi, dated 02 September 2026. An annexure-style NEET-UG schedule extract attached with the memo repeats commencement of the academic session for UG courses as 15 September 2026, alongside All India Quota and State counselling verification and joining milestones. The memo states that the instruction is in the interest of public service and that all concerned are informed accordingly.

Copy distribution on the memo includes the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences, senior officers in the Health and Family Welfare Department, the Registrar and Controller of Examinations of WBUHS, the Registrars of the West Bengal Medical Council and West Bengal Dental Council, and Additional and Joint Directors of Medical Education. That copy list underlines that the stamp is an academic-calendar instruction to institutions and regulators, not a candidate choice-filling PDF.

How the session-start stamp differs from Round 2 counselling artefacts

Round 2 counselling still has its own clock. The revised Round 2 schedule published on 03 September sets allotment result publication after 6 pm on 15 September 2026 and reporting on 16 to 18 September. The formal session-start date of 15 September therefore sits beside, not inside, the Round 2 allotment and reporting sequence. Colleges preparing routines from 15 September must still admit Round 2 joiners through the reporting window that follows the allotment result.

Candidates should not read this memo as a substitute for checking whether they appear on the Round 2 provisional verified list, or as a substitute for reading the Round 2 seat matrix before locking choices. Those PDFs answer eligibility and vacancy questions. This memo answers when the formal undergraduate medical and dental academic session begins in West Bengal colleges for 2026-27.

For principals and academic coordinators, the actionable items are to mark 15 September 2026 as the formal session start, align teaching routines with the NMC State Schedule commencement dated 02 September 2026, and keep Round 2 reporting logistics compatible with that start. For students already admitted or about to report, the memo signals that college academic routines are expected to be live from that date even while counselling rounds continue.

The primary PDF for this desk is https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3aae8d1e00b15a30e5901227e97ffbef7/uploads/2026/09/202609111613254601.pdf, with the WBMCC Notice and Events portal at https://wbmcc.nic.in/ug-medical-dental-notice-events/. The controlling stamp is Memo HFW-23099/320/2026/M/235 dated 10 September 2026, directing formal start of the UG Medical and Dental session 2026-27 on and from 15 September 2026 in pursuance of the NMC State Schedule dated 02 September 2026. That session-start directive, not the Round 2 verified list and not the Round 2 seat matrix, is the story.