For UPTAC 2026 Round 1, choice filling began on June 22, 2026 and will end on June 25, 2026 as per the schedule released by AKTU. This window opened seven days after the registration deadline of 15 June 2026, giving candidates a short but critical gap to study the seat matrix and prepare their preference lists before the portal went live for choice filling.
The complete round-wise choice filling schedule for UPTAC 2026 is:
- Round 1: 22–25 June 2026 – Allotment: 27 June 2026
- Round 2: 30 June–1 July 2026 – Allotment: 3 July 2026
- Round 3 (Final): 6–7 July 2026 – Allotment: 9 July 2026
- Round 4: Auto freeze allotment on 11 July 2026 (no separate choice filling)
- Special Round 1: 19–23 July 2026 – Allotment: 25 July 2026
- Special Round 2: 27–30 July 2026 – Allotment: 31 July 2026
Choice filling is done on the official UPTAC 2026 portal at https://uptac.samarth.edu.in. Candidates are required to log in using their Application Form Number, proceed to the choice filling section, add their preferred college and branch combinations according to priority and then lock them before the due date. Locking is mandatory, preferences that are saved but not locked are not processed by the allotment system.
Before the Round 1 choice filling window opened on 22 June, candidates were advised to download the official seat matrix (expected to be available by 15 June 2026), study previous year UPTAC opening and closing ranks, and build a shortlist of 25 to 35 college-branch combinations across government and private colleges.
The allotment system uses a merit-based preference model, your JEE Main 2026 rank determines your position in the queue, and your locked choices determine the seat you receive from that position. Placing ambitious choices at the top carries no risk, the system moves to the next preference automatically if a higher-priority seat is unavailable for your rank and category.
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