The TN paramedical counselling 2026 last date has been extended through September 16 for registration and choice locking for B.Sc Nursing, B.Pharm and Allied & Healthcare UG degree courses. The Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee’s current notification page confirms the extension.
The most important limitation is that the recovered official notice states the new date but does not establish an exact cutoff clock time. Candidates should therefore complete any remaining registration or choice-locking action as early as possible and verify the current status shown in the official counselling system rather than assuming the window remains open until midnight.
Which courses are covered by the September 16 extension?
The current official notification specifically names B.Sc Nursing, B.Pharm and Allied & Healthcare UG degree courses. The same counselling stream also includes related allied-health programmes shown by Tamil Nadu Medical Selection, but candidates should rely on the exact course and counselling status displayed in their own official account.
This extension should not be confused with the separate Tamil Nadu MBBS/BDS counselling schedule. MBBS/BDS Round 2 follows a different counselling route and different dates.
What should candidates do before September 16?
1. Check your current counselling status
Sign in to the official Tamil Nadu Medical Selection counselling system and confirm whether your registration or choice-locking step is still incomplete.
2. Complete registration if it still applies to you
The extension explicitly covers registration. Candidates who still have an applicable registration step should complete it within the extended window.
3. Review your available choices
Check the colleges and courses currently available to you in the official counselling system before locking choices.
4. Complete choice locking if required
The official extension also covers choice locking. Candidates who have not completed this step should verify and lock their choices within the extended period.
5. Verify the final portal state
After completing the required action, confirm the status shown in your official account and retain any acknowledgement or record available to you.
Do candidates who already completed registration need to register again?
The extension itself does not establish that candidates who already completed a valid registration must repeat it. The practical action depends on the candidate’s current portal state.
If registration already shows as complete, the remaining task may instead be reviewing or locking choices. Candidates should follow the official status shown for their own application rather than restarting a completed step without an instruction requiring it.
Does the extension include choice locking?
Yes. The current Tamil Nadu Medical Selection notification explicitly says that both registration and choice locking for the named B.Sc Nursing, B.Pharm and Allied & Healthcare UG degree courses have been extended through September 16.
What is the exact September 16 cutoff time?
TPS did not find an exact clock time in the recovered extension notice. The safe reading is therefore that September 16 is the controlling extended date, while the precise closing time should be checked in the live official counselling portal or any later clarification issued by Tamil Nadu Medical Selection.
Is another extension confirmed?
No later extension was established in the evidence reviewed for this article. Candidates should therefore treat September 16 as the current controlling date unless Tamil Nadu Medical Selection publishes another official revision.
Where should candidates check the official status?
Candidates should use the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee’s official notification portal for the latest counselling notice and any further extension or allotment update.
Verification note
ThePulseSignal reviewed the current Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee notification archive. The official September 2026 notification list explicitly states that registration and choice locking for B.Sc Nursing, B.Pharm and Allied & Healthcare UG degree courses have been extended up to September 16, 2026. The reviewed notice does not provide an exact cutoff clock time.
What remains unresolved?
The exact September 16 closing time, candidate-specific portal status and the next universal counselling milestone are not established by the recovered extension notice. A further official extension or revised counselling instruction would materially change the current answer.