About NEET (UG) :
NEET (UG) – 2025 will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses and other undergraduate medical courses in approved/recognized Medical/Dental & other Colleges/ Institutes in India. This objective question based (MCQ) entrance test is carried in an offline mode with nearly 11-13 lakhs candidates applying every year, for NEET 2025 is nearly 15.93 lakhs.
Important Information Regarding NEET Exam:
Exam Name | NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) |
Conducting Body | NTA (National Testing Agency) |
Exam Mode | Pen-paper based |
Total number of Applicants | 16 lakhs (approximately) |
Exam Name | NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) |
Exam Duration | 3 hours |
Exam Name | NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) |
Allocation of seats | 85% State quota seats 15% All India seats |
Courses Offered | MBBS/BDS |
Total Number of Questions | 180 MCQs (45 questions each from 4 subjects) |
Question Type | Objective type ( 4 options with 1 correct answer) |
Subjects | Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany and Zoology) |
Question Language | English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati and Assamese. |
Marking scheme | Correct +4, incorrect -1 |
Total Marks | 720 |
Eligibility
- Indian citizen.
- He or she should be an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India)
- Can be Non-Resident Indians(NRIs) & Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)
- Foreign Nationals
Age Limit:
Minimum age | 17 years (December 31) All Categories |
Maximum age | 25 years (December 31) General category |
Maximum age | 30 years (December 31) Reserved category |
Educational Qualification:
- Students must have passed the class 12 board exam (Mandatory subjects - Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English and an elective subject).
- General category – 50% marks.
- SC/ST/OBC category – 40% marks.
- Physically handicapped: General category – 45% marks.
- SC/ST/OBC category – 40% marks.
Important Dates (NEET 2025):
Date of Application | December 2, 2019 |
Last date to Apply | December 31, 2019 |
Last date to pay Fee | 1st Week of December 2019 |
Application Form Correction | 15th to 31st January 2025 |
Release date of admit card | To be announced |
Exam Date | 26th July, 2025 |
Exam Duration | 3 hrs |
Release date of OMR and Answer keys | To be announced |
Result Date | To be announced |
Counselling Procedure (Registration begins, choice filling, indicative seats) | To be announced |
Application Process :
Candidates can apply for NEET 2025 only through the online process.
- Open the official website. (https://www.ntaneet.nic.in/)
- Register with details.
- Complete the registration form.
- Upload the scanned copies of the required documents.
- Pay the application fee.
- online - Credit card/Debit card/Paytm/Net banking
- offline - Bank Challan
- Submit the Application
- Take a print out of the application for the future reference.
- Download the admit card - (https://www.ntaneet.nic.in/)
The Photograph & The Signature:
1. The Photograph of the candidate should be of postcard size with a white background along with the name of the applicant and the date printed just below the photograph (compulsorily)
- File size 10-100 Kb (JPG format).
2. The Signature of the candidate should be in upper case with black ink on a white background.
- File size 3-20 Kb (JPG format)
Fee details:
Category | Fee Amount | Fee Amount (With Late Fee) |
---|---|---|
Gen & OBC | Rs. 1400/- | Rs. 2800/- (1400+1400) |
SC, ST & PwD | Rs. 750/- | Rs. 2150/- (750+1400) |
Exam Centres:
State | City |
---|---|
Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirapalli |
Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati |
Bihar | Gaya, Patna |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
Daman & Diu | Daman |
Delhi | Delhi (Central/ East/ North/ South/ West) |
Goa | Panaji |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
Haryana | Faridabad, Gurgaon |
Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur, Shimla |
Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Srinagar |
Jharkhand | Bokaro, Ranchi |
Karnataka | Bangalore, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Mangalore |
Kerala | Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Trivandrum |
Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain |
Maharashtra | Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Thane |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Dimapur, Kohima |
Odisha | Behrampur, Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Punjab | Bhatinda, Jalandhar |
Rajasthan | Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota, Udaipur |
Sikkim | Gangtok |
Telangana | Hyderabad, Warangal |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani |
Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Jhansi, Lucknow, Noida, Varanasi |
West Bengal | Durgapur, Kolkata, Siliguri |
Dress Code For NEET 2025
The National Testing Agency (NTA), conducting body for NEET exam has released specifications regarding the dress code on the day of examination.
Dress Code For Males:
- Simple and casual pants/shirts
- No Full-sleeves shirts
- Clothes should not have pockets, zips, big buttons, layers etc
- Don’t wear Kurtas and pyjamas.
- Footwear should be simple.
- Boots, shoes or covered footwear are not permitted.
Dress Code For Females:
- Wear half-sleeved simple Kurtis/shirts.
- Avoid both metallic and non-metallic jewellery.
- Wear slippers or open sandals. Avoid boots, heels, shoes.
Exam Day Guidelines
Exam date | 26th July, 2025 |
Duration | 2 pm – 5 pm (3 hours) |
Entry time in the Hall | 1:15 pm |
Last entry time in the hall | 1:30 pm |
Important announcements and admit card Checking | 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm |
Question booklet distribution | 1:45 pm |
Exam Starting Time | 2:00 pm |
Exam Ending Time | 5:00 pm |
Barred items inside the examination hall :
- Calculator, geometry box/pencil box, scale, pen, writing pad, pouch, eraser, pen drives etc are not allowed.
- Any kind of paper or stationery items other than admit card and ID proof is not allowed..
- Mobile phones, Bluetooth, pager, headphones, health bands, wrist watches, wallet, scarves, belts, handbags, caps, bluetooth, camera, chips etc are not allowed.
Calculation of NEET Cut off Percentile :
Category | Qualifying Marks out of 720 | Qualifying Percentile |
---|---|---|
Unreserved Category (UR) | 360 | 50th Percentile |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 288 | 40th Percentile |
Scheduled Tribes (ST) | 288 | 40th Percentile |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 288 | 40th Percentile |
Physically Handicapped (PH) | 324 (UR), 288 (Reserved Category) | 45th Percentile |
NEET (UG) Year wise Cut-off Marks : 2017
Category | Cut Off Percentile | Cut Off Score | No. of Candidates |
---|---|---|---|
General | 50th | 697 – 131 | 543473 |
OBC/SC/ST | 40th | 130 – 107 | 47382-OBC 14599- SC 6018- ST |
General-Physically Handicapped | 45th | 130 – 118 | 67 |
OBC/SC/ST- Physically Handicapped | 40th | 130 – 107 | 152-OBC 38- SC 1- ST |
NEET (UG) Year wise Cut-off Marks : 2018
Category | Minimum Qualifying Percentile | Cut Off Score | No. of Candidates Qualified |
---|---|---|---|
Unreserved (UR) | 50th Percentile | 119 | 6,34,897 |
Unreserved Physically Handicapped (UR-PH) | 45th Percentile | 107 | 205 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 40th Percentile | 96 | 17, 209 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 40th Percentile | 96 | 7, 446 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 40th Percentile | 96 | 54, 653 |
SC-PH | 40th Percentile | 96 | 36 |
ST-PH | 40th Percentile | 96 | 12 |
OBC-PH | 40th Percentile | 96 | 104 |
NEET (UG) Year wise Cut-off Marks : 2019
Category | Qualifying Cutoff | Cutoff Score |
---|---|---|
Unreserved (UR) | 50th Percentile | 704-134 |
Unreserved Physically Handicapped (UR-PH) | 45th Percentile | 133-120 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 40th Percentile | 133-107 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 40th Percentile | 133-107 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 40th Percentile | 133-107 |
SC-PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 |
ST-PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 |
OBC-PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 |
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