NEET UG 2024

National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination in 13 languages. The single national level undergraduate medical entrance examination, NEET UG is conducted every year for admission to 645 Medical, 318 Dental, 914 AYUSH and 47 BVSc & AH colleges in India.

NEET UG 2024 Important Updates:

As per the latest update, National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the exam date for NEET UG 2024 at nta.ac.in. The graduate medical examination will be conducted on May 5 for more than 20 lakh candidates. The NEET UG 2024 application form, along with the information brochure, will be released by NTA. The information bulletin of NEET 2024 will mention details like eligibility, process, fees and more for the test. Candidates must fill the NEET Registration Form 2024 before the last date to be announced by NTA.

Also Read: NEET UG 2024 Exam City Information Slip Released on exams.nta.ac.in

NEET UG 2024 Admit Card will be issued to the candidates who fill the application form on time and will have to appear in the examination. Students must carry the hard copy of NEET 2024 hall ticket to the examination centre. It is to be noted that without admit card and valid ID proof, no candidate will be allowed to enter the NEET 2024 examination centre. NTA will conduct NEET UG 2024 from 2:00 pm to 5:20 pm in pen and paper mode for admission to over 1 lakh MBBS, 27868 BDS, 52,720 AYUSH, 603 BVSc and AH seats.

As per the NEET UG 2024 exam pattern, the exam will consist of 200 questions, of which candidates will have to answer only 180. The NEET 2024 exam paper includes questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects. In NEET 2024 exam, 4 marks will be awarded for each correct answer, one mark will be deducted for each wrong answer and no marks will be awarded for any unanswered question.

NEET UG 2024 Application Process:

The steps to fill NEET UG 2024 application form are as follows:

Registration: Visit the official website-neet.nta.nic.in and register for NEET UG 2024 by entering the asked details like active phone number and email ID. After entering the details, NEET 2024 application number will be generated

Filling the Application Form:  After successful registration, again visit official NTA NEET website and log in through candidate login. On reaching the application form, enter the asked details like personal, academic and others.

Upload Documents: In the third step, upload the scanned images of photograph, signature and other documents as per the specifications mentioned in the NEET 2024 brochure.

Payment of NEET 2024 Application Fee-Pay the registration fee through Debit/Credit Card/Net Banking/UPI.

Taking a printout of the confirmation page:  Candidates must save a copy of the confirmation page of NEET Exam 2024.

NEET 2024 Application Form Fee:

NEET UG Counselling Process: Dates/Schedule PDF/Registration/Seats/Fees

NEET UG 2024 counselling for qualified candidates under 15% All India Quota seats and all seats in Deemed Universities/ Central Universities/ ESIC and AFMC seats including University of Delhi (DU), BHU and AMU will be run by the Directorate General of Health Services.

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) tentatively start online counseling process in the last week of June or first week of July for admission to MBBS and BDS courses. The dates for NEET counselling 2024 will be updated here once announced.

The counselling for admission to seats under the control of other states/universities/institutes will be conducted as per the notification issued separately by the concerned authorities. The Admission/ Counseling authorities will prepare a merit list of the candidates in the respective categories declared by the candidates at the time of applying for admission/counseling.

The information for online counseling will be available only on the official website of the Medical Counseling Committee – www.mcc.nic.in. Qualified candidates are advised to read the information related to counseling carefully and understand the action to be taken by them to appear in the counseling process.

The counselling of NEET UG for 15% All India Quota seats will be conducted in two rounds and for Central and Deemed Universities the counseling will be conducted in three rounds, Round 1, Round 2 and Mop-up Round.

Counselling for seats other than 15% All India Quota Seats:

Candidates wishing to apply for admission in State Medical Colleges/ Universities/Institutions using merit list of NEET (UG) will be follow the instructions of the State Government and/or authorities of the Medical/Dental colleges/Institution/University concerned for counselling process. The counselling for private medical colleges (other than deemed university) will be with the respective state governments.

The Admission/Counselling authorities will prepare a merit list of the candidates in the respective categories declared by the candidates at the time of applying for admission/counseling. Note NTA will not make any changes in the data of the candidates after the opportunity is over.

Categories of candidates have been collected in the application form based on the central category list. For the counselling and admission on seats other than 15% All India Quota Seats, candidates will register for counselling as per their eligibility by giving the category based on the State category list and merit list will be prepared accordingly by the respective counselling. The domicile criteria would be as per the State concerned and NTA has no role to play in it.

The verification process during counseling involves checking of eligibility criteria, self-declaration and various documents of eligible candidates as per the norms prescribed by the concerned authorities and/or medical/dental colleges.

Important Note:

1. All the medical colleges in India, including AIIMS and JIPMER institutions, will take admissions on the basis of NEET Score/Rank.

2. Candidates who have qualified the exam can start preparing for All India and State level NEET counselling sessions for the admission.

3. For government medical colleges, counselling for 15% of the seats is conducted by MCC and for the rest, 85% seat counselling is done by the state counselling authorities.

4. MCC handles the counseling process for all seats in deemed and central universities, while counseling for private and self-financed colleges is completely managed by state counseling authorities or committees.