NEET 2025 – Introduction
→ NEET 2025 exam will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) tentatively in the first week of May 2025 i.e 4th may 2025. NEET 2025 is the biggest entrance exam for undergraduate medical courses. NEET 2025 will act as the gateway to admission to undergraduate medical, dental, nursing and other allied medical courses across India.
NEET 2025 Overview
→ Given the past year’s trends, it is expected that the NEET 2025 exam will be conducted on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 2 PM to 5.20 PM in over 550 cities across India and abroad. The NEET 2025 exam date will be announced tentatively by the end of September 2024. And mode of paper will be offline i.e pen and paper mode.
NEET 2025 Exam Dates
→ 1st week of May Sunday i.e 4th May 2025
NEET 2025 Eligibility Criteria
→ The NEET 2025 eligibility criteria is expected to remain the same as last year. The NEET eligibility criteria changed last year in terms of subjects studied in Class 11 and Class 12, and schooling. Take a look at the NEET eligibility criteria 2025 below.
- Candidates should have passed or scheduled to appear for the Class 12 Board exam or equivalent with Chemistry, Physics, Biology/Biotechnology and English subjects
- Candidates belonging to the General category should have secured a minimum of 50 per cent aggregate and reserved category candidates should secure 45 per cent (General-PWD) and 40 per cent (SC, ST, OBC, Reserved PWD)
- Candidates must have attained the age of 17 years at the time of admission or will attain the same by December 31, 2025. Accordingly, the minimum date of birth of candidates should be December 31, 2008. There is no upper age limit.
- Indian nationals/ Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) who wish to pursue MBBS/BDS from a foreign university also have to qualify for NEET 2025.
In terms of the changes introduced last year, candidates who have studied or are studying Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Biotechnology and English as additional subjects are also considered eligible to appear for the exam. Moreover, candidates who have completed their schooling from Open Schools will also be eligible.
NEET 2025 Application Form
→ The NEET 2025 application forms will be released online, on the official website of the exam.
→ The step-by-step NEET application form procedure is given below.
- Visit the official website of NEET 2025 – neet.ntaonline.in or exams.nta.ac.in/NEET
- Click on the NEET 2025 Registration tab under the Latest News section
- Read the instructions carefully and click on the agreement checkbox
- Enter the mandatory details such as personal and contact details, and generate a password
- Verify the details by entering the OTP received on your mobile number and email address
- The registration credentials such as application number and password will be sent to candidates through email
- Login with the NEET 2025 registration credentials to complete the application form
- Fill in the mandatory details in each section such as personal, educational, medium of question paper, exam city preference, documents upload (photograph, signature, finger and thumb impressions, category certificate, etc.) and other information
- Pay the application fee in online mode with Credit/Debit Card, Net Banking and UPI.
- Fees:
NEET 2025 Admit Card
→ neet 2025 admit card is the mandatory document to be carried to the exam center. NTA will release the NEET 2025 admit card in online mode only for the registered candidates, tentatively in the first week of May 2025, a couple of days before the exam date. Test takers will have to download it by logging into the exam website
NEET 2025 Exam Pattern
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Subjects | Sections | Number of questions | Section-wise marks |
Physics | Section A | 35 | 140 |
Section B | 15 | 40 | |
Chemistry | Section A | 35 | 140 |
Section B | 15 | 40 | |
Botany | Section A | 35 | 140 |
Section B | 15 | 40 | |
Zoology | Section A | 35 | 140 |
Section B | 15 | 40 | |
Total Marks | 720 |