The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET-UG is an entrance examination in India, for students who wish to study any graduate medical course (MBBS/ dental course (BDS)) in government or private medical colleges in India. NEET-UG (Undergraduate), for MBBS and BDS courses, are conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). NEET-UG replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) and all individual MBBS exams conducted by states or colleges themselves in 2013.

Undergraduate courses at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research JIPMER are outside the NEET’s purview, as these institutes were set up by separate laws.

Update

NEET 2018 Results have been declared by CBSE on June 4 2018.
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NEET Counselling starts : 12th June 2018

The cutoff of NEET 2018 is less compared to the last year when seen across different categories. As per NEET cutoff 2018, candidates belonging to UR (General) category are required to score at least 119 marks (out of 720) in order to qualify NEET 2018, while OBC/SC/ST category candidates need a minimum of 96 marks to qualify. The NEET 2018 cutoff or qualifying marks for UR-PH category is 96. The highest marks scored in NEET 2018 is 691 out of 720. This year 7,14,562 students have qualified the exam this year as compared to 6,11,739 last year.

NEET 2018 Counselling Schedule

NEET 2018 Counselling Schedule has been declared by MCI.
Refer the table below for detailed timeline of counselling events. Click here to begin your counselling process :: MCI Counselling - NEET 2018

NEET 2018 Cut-off

Category	Cut-Off Marks
Unreserved (UR)	119
Unreserved Physically Handicapped (UR-PH)	107
Scheduled Caste (SC)	96
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	96
SC-PH	96
ST-PH	96
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	96
OBC-PH	96

NEET 2018

• Students can apply for NEET 2018 Application via online mode only.
• Candidates can fill the application from 8th February to 9th March 2018.
• Aadhaar Card is compulsory to fill the application form.
• After the fee payment, take the three printout of the confirmation page of the application form and keep it safe for further use.
• The correction period will open from 12th March to 16th March 2018.
• Last date to submit the application form : 9th March 2018 (11:50 PM).
• Last date to submit the application fee : 10th March 2018 (11:50 PM).
• Admit card will be released around 2nd week of April 2018.
• NEET 2018 Exam Date : 6th May 2018 (10:00 AM to 1:00 PM).
• Result announcement : 5th June 2018
• Counselling will start a week after the result declaration.

NEET Eligibility

• He/she has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the 1styear MBBS/BDS Course.
• The upper age limit for NEET-UG is 25 years as on the date of examination with relaxation of 5 years for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/ OBC category.
• J&K: Such candidates are eligible for All India 15% quota only (also eligible for admission in AFMC, Pune) on the basis of self-declaration.
• Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRI’s), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI’s), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO’s) & Foreign Nationals are eligible for appearing in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (UG), 2018.
• Aadhaar Card Requirement: Indian National candidates must have an Aadhaar Number to apply for NEET exam (except J&K, Assam and Meghalaya). For any Aadhaar related issue, Kindly see Aadhaar FAQs.
• The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Bio-technology at the qualifying examination.

NEET 2018 Exam Pattern & Syllabus

Question paper will comprise of 180 objective type questions which include 45 questions from Physics, 45 questions from Chemistry and remaining 90 questions from Biology. For each correct answer, candidate would be awarded +4 marks while for each wrong response he/she would get -1 marks. Thus a total of maximum 720 marks is possible. The duration will be of 3 hours.
Exam Mode: Exam will be conducted through offline mode (pen and paper based mode).
Language: Question paper will be asked in 11 languages like English, Hindi, Tamil, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Oriya, Urdu Marathi and Telugu languages.
NEET 2018 Syllabus is based on a common syllabus prescribed by the MCI (Medical Council of India). The syllabus have topics from Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology subjects. It has been prescribed after the review of various state syllabus as well as CBSE, NCERT & COBSE. The syllabus is based on the 11th & 12th class standard.

NEET 2018 Preparation Tips

• Stick to the syllabus and guidelines issued by CBSE.
• Strictly follow NCERT books.
• Make a proper time-table and adhere to it. Give ample time to cover each section, particularly the weaker ones.
• Practice Mock tests and previous year question papers.
• Eat healthy, take good sleep and stay stress free. Do some exercises.

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