NEET SS 2024: Exam Dates (March 29-30) Application Form (Released), Eligibility, Syllabus, Pattern, Result

NEET SS or National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Super Speciality Courses) is conducted by the National Board of Education for admission to various DM/ MCh and DNB courses. It is a qualifying-cum-ranking examination for admission to medical super speciality courses. According to the Indian Medical Council Act, 2016, no other entrance test is valid for admission to these courses. NEET SS is conducted annually in computer-based mode for a duration of two days and two slots.

The following table brings the highlights of the NEET SS 2024 exam. 

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has prescribed the eligibility criteria for NEET SS. Candidates who wish to apply for the entrance test are advised to go through the NEET SS eligibility criteria before filling the application.

• Candidate must possess a postgraduate degree (MD/MS/DNB/ Equivalent) from a recognised institution
• Candidates who will complete their postgraduate degree on or before April 30, 2025, will be eligible for NEET SS 2024
• He/she must be registered with the Medical Council of India or State Medical Council

Colleges accepting scores of NEET SS

• All private medical colleges/ universities/ deemed universities
• Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions

Institutions that do not accept the scores of NEET SS

• AIIMS, New Delhi
• PGIMER, Chandigarh
• JIPMER, Puducherry
• NIMHANS, Bengaluru
• SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram

NEET SS 2024 For Foreign Nationals

Foreign nationals who wish to pursue a super speciality course from India need to appear for the NEET SS 2024 examination and clear it. Such candidates do not need to be registered with the MCI/ SMC, provided he/ she is duly registered with the appropriate authority in his/ her own country.

On securing a seat through NEET SS, the MCI may grant temporary registration to these candidates for the duration of the postdoctoral course. This registration will be temporary and will be limited to the medical college/ institution to which he/she is admitted. 

The authorities have further notified that the prior eligibility criteria for admission to DM/MCh/DrNB courses shall be as per the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023. NBE has stated, "Foreign Nationals including Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders can appear in NEET-SS 2024 without registration with the National Medical Commission (NMC). The NMC may, on payment of the prescribed fee for registration, grant temporary registration for the duration of the Post Doctoral course limited to the medical college/institution to which he/she is admitted for the time being exclusively for pursuing postdoctoral studies."

NEET SS 2024 Admission Process

The admission process starts with the registration & filling application form followed by the release of the admit card, exam day, declaration of results, and the counselling process. The whole details of the NEET SS admission process have been explained in the graphic below: 

The application process for NEET SS 2024 started with the release of the application form on February 4, 2025. Candidates have to register first by providing basic details such as name, date of birth, Email, and mobile number to generate login credentials. Registration is mandatory to fill and submit the NEET SS application form. Candidates must note that NBE only accepts online application forms for the NEET SS exam. Offline and any other modes of applications are not accepted for the exam. To complete the application process for NEET SS 2024, candidates will have to pay a non-refundable fee of INR 3,500, in online mode, through credit card, debit card, or internet banking. Incidentally, the application fee has been reduced from last year, which was INR 4,250. Once the application process is complete, applicants must save and print the NEET SS 2024 application confirmation. Only those candidates who will complete the NEET SS application process will be eligible for the NEET SS 2024 admit card. After the completion of the application process, NBE will provide correction facilities twice wherein applicants can edit or make corrections in the information entered and files uploaded. 

Candidates who complete the application process within the given deadline specified by NBE will be issued the NEET SS admit card on March 25, 2025, four days before the exam. The NEET SS 2024 admit card will be uploaded online and candidates will have to log in to the accounts created during the registration process to download it. The admit card contains personal details and crucial information such as exam date, timing, name of the centre and its address, and guidelines. Candidates will be able to download the admit card for NEET SS 2024 till the last date of the exam. The NEET SS admit card 2024 will act as the hall ticket to the exam centre, without which candidates will not be allowed to enter the exam hall. Candidates must preserve the NEET SS admit card 2024 till the counselling or the admission process, as it is an important document which is verified during the counselling process. 

Cities of Test Centres for NEET SS 2024

The list of NEET SS 2024 exam cities has been released by NBE along with the information brochure. As compared to last year, the total number of test cities has been reduced from 55 to 36. The list of cities for NEET SS exam centres is as follows:

NBE will release the NEET SS 2024 exam pattern along with the information brochure. Candidates can find all the details regarding the pattern in the information brochure. NEET SS 2024 exam, a group-based exam will be held in a computer-based mode. The exam will be conducted in the morning and evening shifts. NEET SS question paper comprises 150 questions and the time duration is 2.5 hours. 

NEET SS exam paper comprises questions from the general/basic components of the primary feeder broad speciality subject and from all sub-speciality/systems/components of that primary feeder broad speciality subjects.

NBEMS has announced the introduction of time-bound sections for NEET SS. Explaining this, NBEMS stated, "Candidates will be restricted from proceeding to the next section until they complete the allotted time for the previous section. Additionally, candidates will not be allowed to review the questions or modify their responses for a section after the completion of its allotted time. The questions for the next section will start automatically after the completion of the allotted time for the previous section."

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NEET SS 2024 result will be announced by April 30, 2025, within a month of the conduct of the exam. The result for NEET SS 2024 will be released in merit list format in PDF documents for 13 broad specialities on the official website of NBE. NEET SS 2024 result will comprise the candidate's roll number and the maximum marks scored by him/her. Candidates will have to visit the official website of NBE to check the result. These results will be handed over to the MCC, DGHS and MoHFW, the bodies responsible for NEET SS counselling. 

NEET SS Cutoff

NEET SS 2024 cutoff will be announced along with the NEET SS result 2024. To get an overview, it is important to know last year's cutoff details.

NEET SS 2023 cutoff was released along with the result for each group. As per the information bulletin, the qualifying NEET SS 2023 cutoff was 50 percentile, which was later reduced to 20 percentile. The cutoff refers to the minimum score one has to obtain in order to qualify for the next round of admission, which is the counselling process. The NEET SS cutoff 2023 score varied for each specialty. Obstetrics and Gynaecology group had the highest cutoff whereas the Medical group had the lowest NEET SS 2023 cutoff.