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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. NTA launched the official website of NEET 2025, which is neet.nta.nic.in at the onset of the year. Hence, it indicates that NTA will release the NEET exam date 2025 anytime soon, in January 2025. 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 or by the fourth week of February 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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Q: Â When will NTA announce the NEET 2025 date?
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to announce the NEET 2025 exam date in January 2025. NTA will consider various aspects such as the schedule for other national level undergraduate entrance exams, Board exams, and other factors while deciding the date. Announcing the NEET 2025 date in advance will ensure that candidates get enough time to prepare for the exam. Last year, NTA announced NEET exam date as part of a common exam calendar, consisting of JEE Main, CUET and UGC NET dates. However, this year the JEE Main dates have been announced but other exam dates, especially NEET 2025 date is yet to be announced.
Q: Â How many times can I appear for NEET?
According to NTA a candidate can appear for NEET any number of times. There is no restriction on the number of attempts permitted. Moreover, ever since the upper age limit of NEET has been removed, there is even more flexibility in terms of the number of NEET attempts.
The exam is conducted once a year, hence candidates can appear only once in an academic year. But unless candidates fulfil the eligibility criteria, they would not be able to get admission even if they score the qualifying cutoff marks for NEET.
Q: Â When will the NEET 2025 exam be conducted?
Based on the past few years' trends, it is likely that the NEET 2025 exam will be conducted in the first week of May 2025, tentatively Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 2 PM to 5.20 PM. NTA will announce the exam date through an official notice or exam calendar. It is expected that the exam will be conducted as per the previous years' trends, and there will not be any delay in the exam.
Q: Â Will NEET 2025 important dates be scheduled as per last year?
As per the previous years' trends, it is expected that the NEET 2025 dates will be scheduled in the same timeline as last year. So far, there has been one change observed this year. While last year NEET exam date was announced in September 2023, along with a common exam calendar, this year, the date has not been announced even till January 2025. Based on the trends followed by NTA for other entrance exams, it is assumed that the NEET 2025 exam date will be announced along with the release of the application form approximately two months before the exam date, which is either fourth week of February 2025 or first week of March 2025.
NEET 2025 Exam Dates
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NEET 2025 exam
Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
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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 |
May '25 | NEET 2025 Exam TENTATIVE |
May '25 | NEET 2025 Provisional Answer Key Release TENTATIVE |
May '25 - Jun '25 | NEET 2025 Answer Key Challenge Submission TENTATIVE |
Dates | Past Exam Dates |
25 Dec '24 - 30 Dec '24 | NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 3 Institute Reporting |
24 Dec '24 | NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 3 Seat Allotment Result |
23 Dec '24 - 24 Dec '24 | NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 3 Choice Filling and 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.Â
- NEET exam date 2025 announcement: NTA is likely to announce the NEET exam date 2025 in January 2025. 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.Â
- 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. Â
- 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.Â
- 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.Â
- 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. Â
- 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.Â
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 |
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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 |
Q: Â When will the NEET 2025 registration start?
NTA is expected to start the NEET 2025 registration in the first week of March 2025. The last date of application will be scheduled in the first week of April 2025. Based on student requests and other external factors, NTA may extend or reopen the NEET application window by mid-April. NEET 2025 is expected to be conducted in the first week of May 2025. NEET 2025 application process will be conducted online. Candidates have to fill and submit the application form in an online mode along with the payment of the application fee.
Q: Â When does NTA release the NEET advance intimation to exam city slip?
NTA releases the NEET advance intimation to exam city slip around 10 days before the exam date. The document has to be downloaded online by logging in to the exam website with the registration credentials. The advance intimation to exam city slip carries the name of the city where candidates' NEET exam centre will be located. The actual exam centre address will be provided on the NEET admit card.
Q: Â What is the NEET admit card 2025 release date?
The NEET 2025 admit card is likely to be released by the National Testing Agency (NTA), in the first week of May 2025, approximately three to four days before the exam date. Although the date of the exam has not been announced yet, it is likely that NEET 2025 will be held in the first week of May 2025. Accordingly, the NEET admit card 2025 will be released either in the fourth week of April 2025 or the first week of May 2025.
Prior to the release of the NEET admit card, NTA releases the advance intimation of exam city slip. The document mentions the city of the NEET exam centre allotted to candidates. Generally, NTA does not release the NEET admit card release date in advance. Candidates will have to log in to the NEET website with the registration credentials to download the admit card of NEET 2025.
Q: Â Will NTA extend or postpone NEET important dates?
While NTA does not postpone the NEET exam date in general, it is common for NTA, the exam conducting authority to extend or postpone the dates of application form submission last date or the application correction last date. There have been instances in previous years where NTA had reopened the NEET application process or the NEET application correction window as a response to student requests or other internal reasons. On the other hand, last year, NTA had announced the NEET 2024 result date in advance, which was June 14, 2024, but was preponed by 10 days, and was released on June 4, 2024. Hence, the NEET 2025 important dates may get extended or postponed.
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 |
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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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Q: Â Will NEET be conducted twice?
Although earlier NTA was mulling the idea of conducting NEET twice a year, now it has been confirmed that the exam will be held only once a year in a paper-pencil based mode. NTA communicated this information through an RTI response where it was stated that NEET will be conducted once a year. This has quashed the possibility of conducting NEET twice a year. However, the NTA expert committee headed by ISRO Chief K. Radhakrishnan has recommended conducting NEET twice a year, but there has not been any official confirmation on it yet.
Q: Â Does the NEET exam date remain the same every year?
In general, the NEET exam is conducted in the first week of May every year. In the years between 2020 and 2022, or the pandemic years, the schedule took a toll and the NEET UG exam was conducted in September and later in July. Since 2023, NEET is being conducted in the first Sunday of May. Accordingly, it is expected that the NEET 2025 exam will be conducted on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 2 PM to 5.20 PM.
Q: Â Will NEET 2025 exam be postponed?
As of now, the NEET 2025 exam date has not been announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It is expected that NEET 2025 will be conducted on Sunday, May 4, 2025. As of now, there is no such information about the NEET 2025 exam getting postponed. In general, an exam date is postponed owing to external factors such as natural calamities, political unrest, pandemic or epidemic, elections, etc. Since the exam date has not been announced yet, and there is no such situations, it is likely that the exam will be conducted as per schedule and not get postponed or rescheduled.
Q: Â Who decides the NEET exam date?
The NEET exam date is decided by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body, on behalf of the Ministry of Education. NTA decides the NEET exam date after analysing several internal and external factors such as the previous year's exam date, Board exams and other entrance exam dates, elections, festivals, to name a few.
FAQs Regarding NEET 2025 Important Dates
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding NEET 2025 Important Dates.Â
Q: Â Will NEET be conducted twice?
Although earlier NTA was mulling the idea of conducting NEET twice a year, now it has been confirmed that the exam will be held only once a year in a paper-pencil based mode. NTA communicated this information through an RTI response where it was stated that NEET will be conducted once a year. This has quashed the possibility of conducting NEET twice a year. However, the NTA expert committee headed by ISRO Chief K. Radhakrishnan has recommended conducting NEET twice a year, but there has not been any official confirmation on it yet.
Q: Â Till when can I pay the NEET 2025 application fee?
NTA is expected to conduct the NEET 2025 application process from March to April 2025. Candidates are given the opportunity to pay the NEET application fee for a couple of more hours after the conclusion of the registration process. Last year, the application or the registration window closed at 10.50 PM, after which the application fee could be paid till 11.50 PM on the same date.
It is important to complete the NEET 2025 application process by paying the requisite application fee. Unless a candidate pays the application fee, the process will not be considered to be complete and he/she will not be eligible to appear for the exam. After paying the application fee, candidates have to save and print the NEET 2025 application confirmation slip till the end of the admission process.
Q: Â Will the NEET 2025 application form submission last date extend?
Yes, there is a high chance of NTA to extend the last date of NEET 2025 application form submission. As per past years' trends, NTA extends or reopens the NEET application window every year, either as a response to student requests or due to some external factors such as server errors or non-functioanlity of exam website. However, candidates are advised not to wait till the last minute, or wait for the extension of application last date, and complete the process at the earliest possible.
Last year, NTA released the NEET 2024 application form on February 9, 2024. The last date to register and pay the application fee was extended from March 9, 2024, to March 16, 2024, 10.50 PM. NTA reopened the NEET 2024 application window from April 9 to April 10, 2024, based on student and stakeholder requests.
Q: Â What is the timing of the NEET examination?
The duration of NEET exam is three hours and 20 minutes. The exam will commence at 2 PM and conclude at 5.20 PM as per the Indian Standard Time (IST). The timing for the international centres varied as per the local timings. NEET is a continuous test with no breaks allowed in between. Candidates needed to report to the exam centre at least one hour prior to the exam timing. Moreover, candidates were not be allowed to leave the exam hall before the stipulated duration as well.
Q: Â When will NTA open the NEET 2025 application correction window?
NTA is likely to open the NEET 2025 application correction window in the second week of April 2025. The duration of NEET application correction is generally of two to three days. The application correction window is available only for candidates who will complete the NEET 2024 application process by paying the application fee. There are specific fields which will be available for edit and the rest of the fields will be uneditable, for both Aadhaar verified and Aadhaar non-verified candidates. Prior to starting the correction process, candidates have to check the list carefully and then proceed. There will not be an additional fee required for availing the NEET application correction facility unless there was a change of category impacting the application fee amount.
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Although NTA has not stated whether the photograph on the NEET admit card should be the same as that of the application form, ideally candidates should paste the same photograph for convenience, and to avoid any sort of confusion. They must also fulfill the guidelines mentioned by NTA for pasting th
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The validity of the NEET admit card is one year. Hence, after downloading the NEET UG admit card, candidates must preserve the document till the admission process is over, precisely till the counselling process is over. The NEET admit card or hall ticket is not only required on the day of the exam,
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No, NEET is not required for admission to the BSc MLT course. Unlike MBBS and other Medical degrees, most universities and colleges offering BSc MLT courses do not mandate NEET scores. Instead, admissions are typically based on merit in the 12th grade or through institution-specific entrance exams.Â
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The NEET exam date is decided by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body, on behalf of the Ministry of Education. NTA decides the NEET exam date after analysing several internal and external factors such as the previous year's exam date, Board exams and other entrance exam dates,
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As of now, the NEET 2025 exam date has not been announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It is expected that NEET 2025 will be conducted on Sunday, May 4, 2025. As of now, there is no such information about the NEET 2025 exam getting postponed. In general, an exam date is postponed owing to
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In general, the NEET exam is conducted in the first week of May every year. In the years between 2020 and 2022, or the pandemic years, the schedule took a toll and the NEET UG exam was conducted in September and later in July. Since 2023, NEET is being conducted in the first Sunday of May. According
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While NTA does not postpone the NEET exam date in general, it is common for NTA, the exam conducting authority to extend or postpone the dates of application form submission last date or the application correction last date. There have been instances in previous years where NTA had reopened the NEET
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As per the previous years' trends, it is expected that the NEET 2025 dates will be scheduled in the same timeline as last year. So far, there has been one change observed this year. While last year NEET exam date was announced in September 2023, along with a common exam calendar, this year, the date
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Yes, NEET 2024 cutoff was reduced. NEET 2024 exam was conducted twice on account of malpractices in the original exam which was held on May 5, 2024. After each phase of NEET 2024, NTA reduced the NEET 2024 cutoff by two marks for each category.Â
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For AII India and Home State categories, the NEET UG cutoff were released. Based on the SOA University cutoff 2024, the last round for the medical courses stood at, 323611 for the General AI category candidates. As per the cutoff, yes it is possible to take admission with 70k for the MBBS course.Â
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