NEET-UG National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
Medical · UG · All India
Overview
Eligibility
NEET-UG is conducted by the National Testing Agency and is the single entrance for MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, veterinary and allied undergraduate programmes across India. No medical college may admit outside it.
- Qualifying exam: class 12 or an equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Biotechnology, and English, studied as regular subjects.
- Marks: at least 50% in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together for the general category; 40% for SC, ST and OBC candidates; 45% for general-category candidates with a benchmark disability.
- Age: the candidate must be at least 17 by the 31st of December of the year of admission. There is no upper age limit.
- Attempts: unlimited.
Exam Pattern
Syllabus
Physics
25%Laws of Motion, Work Energy Power, Thermodynamics, Electrostatics, Current Electricity, Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics
Chemistry
25%Physical Chemistry (Mole Concept, Thermodynamics), Organic Chemistry (Hydrocarbons, Biomolecules), Inorganic Chemistry (Periodic Table, Coordination Compounds)
Biology (Botany)
25%Cell Structure, Plant Physiology, Genetics, Ecology, Biotechnology
Biology (Zoology)
25%Human Physiology, Reproduction, Evolution, Animal Kingdom, Biotechnology
How to Apply
The application is an online form on the NTA’s NEET website. Everything below is done in one sitting or saved and returned to; nothing is done on paper.
Register
Create an account on the NTA’s NEET website with an email address and mobile number you will still have months from now -- every notice, the admit card and the result reach you there. A registration number is issued; keep it.
Fill the form
Personal details, academic record from class 10 onwards, category, and work experience where it applies. The academic figures must match your marksheets exactly, because they are verified later against the originals.
Choose test cities
Cities are given in order of preference and allotted on availability. NEET is sat in a single nationwide session, so a centre far from home means travelling the day before.
Upload photograph and signature
Both have to meet the format, size and background stated in the notification. A rejected upload is the most common reason a form is left incomplete past the deadline.
Pay the fee
Online, through the official portal only. The amount is set afresh in each year’s notification and is lower for SC, ST and PwD candidates. Keep the payment receipt.
Submit, then check
Print the completed form. A correction window usually opens afterwards -- it is limited, and it rarely covers every field, so it is a repair, not a second chance.
Apply only through the official portal. No agent can register you, and nobody can change a score once it is declared.
Important Dates
Selection Process
One exam, one rank, and then two separate counsellings.
- Marking is four for a correct answer and one off for a wrong one, across Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
- A qualifying percentile is declared for each category. Clearing it makes a candidate eligible for counselling — it does not secure a seat.
- All India Quota seats, and the seats of the central institutions and deemed universities, are allotted by the Medical Counselling Committee.
- State Quota seats are allotted separately by each state’s own authority, against its own domicile rules. A candidate usually registers for both.
- Ties are broken by a published rule, which has been revised more than once — check the current information bulletin rather than an older account.
Preparation
- Biology carries the largest share of the paper and is closest to the NCERT text. Line-by-line familiarity with those two books is worth more than any other single thing.
- Negative marking makes accuracy decisive. At this level of competition, the difference between ranks is a handful of wrong answers, not unanswered ones.
- Physics is where most candidates lose the rank they expected from Biology. It needs numerical practice under time, not reading.
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