NEET Exam Date 2025 (Soon): Application Form, Exam, & Result Dates

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test 2025 ( NEET )

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Updated on Dec 23, 2024 12:54 IST

The NEET 2025 exam date is likely to be scheduled for the first Sunday of May 2025. The National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body is yet to announce the NEET UG 2024 dates. Based on previous years’ trends, the tentative NEET important dates 2025 are deduced. The timeline will likely be similar to that of last year to maintain parity and begin the academic session 2025-26 within the stipulated time.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) finalised and released the NEET 2025 Syllabus PDF on December 16, 2024. Hence, it indicates that NTA will release the NEET exam date 2025 anytime soon, by December 2024. After that, the official NEET 2025 notification, information bulletin and NEET 2025 application form will be released tentatively in the first week of March 2025. The NEET 2025 admit card is expected to be released in the first week of May 2025, a couple of days before the exam date.

After the NEET 2025 exam is conducted, the NEET answer keys and results follow suit within a month after the exam. After that, the NEET 2025 counselling process is expected to be conducted from July 2025 onwards. Read the complete article to know more about NEET 2025 important dates.

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While the NEET 2025 exam date is expected to be announced soon, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is conducting the NEET 2024 counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round III from December 23 to December 30, 2024. 

 

 

NEET 2025 Exam Dates

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NEET 2025 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates

24 Dec '24

NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 3 Seat Allotment Result

ONGOING

23 Dec '24 -

24 Dec '24

NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 3 Choice Filling and Locking

25 Dec '24 -

30 Dec '24

NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 3 Institute Reporting

Mar '25

NEET 2025 Application Process

TENTATIVE

Apr '25

NEET 2025 Application Correction

TENTATIVE

Apr '25

NEET 2025 City Intimation Slip

TENTATIVE

May '25

NEET 2025 Admit Card

TENTATIVE
DatesPast Exam Dates

12 Dec '24

NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 2 Seat Allotment Result

12 Dec '24 -

16 Dec '24

NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 2 Institute Reporting

09 Dec '24 -

10 Dec '24

NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 2 Choice Locking

NEET Exam Dates 2025 Important Events

NTA schedules NEET UG dates for multiple events including application, admit card, exam, answer key, result and counselling. The overall duration ranges from approximately seven to eight months. Below are the salient features of the NEET 2025 exam dates and the related events. Originally, NTA announces NEET important dates for application, exam and result. For the rest of the events, such as city intimation slip, admit card, and answer key, NTA announces the dates on a real-time basis. 

  • NEET exam date 2025 announcement: NTA is likely to announce the NEET exam date 2025 in December 2024. NTA may release it through a common exam calendar, along with other top entrance exam dates, or individually. Last year, NTA released the NEET exam date through a common exam calendar, but the scenario may be different this year. 
  • NEET 2025 application dates: The application form for NEET 2025 will be released online in the first week of March 2025. The last date of application is likely to be scheduled till the fourth week of March 2025. Based on stakeholders' requests, NTA may extend or reopen the NEET 2025 registration and application window. NTA will provide a correction facility for the NEET 2025 applicants for two to three days.  
  • NEET 2025 advance intimation of exam city slip: The advance intimation of examination city slip is a document carrying the exam city name, released before the admit card. NTA will release the NEET 2025 city allotment slip in the fourth week of April 2025.
  • NEET 2025 admit card date: The NEET 2025 admit card will be released in the first week of May 2025, approximately three to four days before the exam date. The NEET admit card is a mandatory document to be carried to the NEET exam centre and must be preserved till the counselling process is over. 
  • NEET 2025 exam date: The NEET 2025 exam is expected to be held in the first week of May 2025, from 2 PM to 5.20 PM, Indian Standard Time (IST) across the designated exam centres located in India and abroad. Based on the recommendation of the NTA Expert Committee, NEET 2025 may be conducted more than once, or in multiple slots. However, official confirmation is pending on this matter. 
  • NEET 2025 answer key date: NTA will release the NEET 2025 provisional answer keys and OMR response sheets in the fourth week of May 2025, within a few weeks of conducting the exam. The challenge or objection submission window will be opened on the same date of releasing the provisional answer keys and will close within three to four days. The final NEET 2025 answer keys will be released by the second week of June 2025, along with the result.  
  • NEET 2025 result date: NTA is likely to release the NEET 2025 result and scorecard in the second week of June 2025. NTA may announce the NEET result date for 2025 in the information bulletin. The NEET 2025 cutoff will also released along with the NEET result, in the scorecard and the official press release. In the NEET merit list, NTA releases the NEET city and centre-wise result data, total number of candidates appearing and marks obtained by them. In general, NTA releases NEET result within a month of conducting the exam.
  • NEET 2025 counselling: The counselling for NEET 2025 is likely to begin in the fourth week of July 2025. The entire duration of NEET counselling 2024 is scheduled for three to four months, till November 2025. There will be four to five rounds of NEET counselling. NTA’s role is over with the release of the NEET scorecards. 

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NEET Exam Timing 2025

The following table brings the NEET exam timetable, or the exam day event-wise timings.

NEET Exam Day Events NEET Exam Day Timings
NEET 2025 Exam Timing 2 PM to 5.20 PM
NEET 2025 Exam Centre Entry Begins 11.30 AM
NEET 2025 Exam Centre Last Entry 1.30 PM
Sitting on the Exam Hall 1.15 PM
Announcement of Important Instructions by Invigilators 1.15 PM to 1.30 PM
Distribution of NEET 2025 Test Booklet  1.45 PM
Writing of particulars on the NEET Test Booklet 1.50 PM

NEET Exam Date Year-wise Trends

Ever since the pandemic struck the nation, not just NEET, the academic schedule across streams underwent massive upheaval. Needless to say, NEET exam dates were also postponed between 2020 and 2022. The table below brings the original and postponed NEET UG dates.

Year

Exam Date

NEET 2025

First week of May 2025 or 04-May-2925 (Tentative)

NEET 2024

05-May-2024

23-Jun-2024 (retest)

NEET 2023

07-May-2023

06-Jun-2023 (For Manipur candidates)

NEET 2022

17-Jul-2022

04-Sep-2022 (For affected candidates)

NEET 2021

12-Sep-2021

NEET 2020

13-Sep-2020

NEET 2019

05-May-2019

 

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