NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (NEET) UG 2018 Notification Released

What is NEET?

As per regulations framed under the Indian Medical Council Act-1956 as amended in 2018 and the Dentists Act-1948 as amended in 2018, “NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) – 2018 (NEET UG – 2018)” will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India except for the institutions established through an Act of Parliament i.e. AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.

Eligibility:

Eligibility for appearing in NEET (UG) is as stipulated in Indian Medical Council Act-1956/Regulations as amended in 2018 and the Dentists Act-1948/Regulations as amended in 2018. Eligibility as per related regulations is as follows:-

(a) 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 1st year MBBS/BDS Course.

(b) 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 and persons entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

The Age criteria for appearing in NEET (UG) – 2018 is as follows:

For Candidates of Unreserved Category (UR) born on or between 07.05.1993 and 01.01.2002

For Candidates of SC/ST/OBC/PH Category born on or between 07.05.1988 and 01.01.2002

(c) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Oversees Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons with Indian Origin (PIOs) & Foreign Nationals are eligible to appear in NEET (UG)-2018.

(As per letter no. U.12023/16/2010-ME-II dated 13.01.2016 of MoH & FW)

ELIGIBILITY FOR SEATS UNDER THE CONTROL OF STATES/ DEEMED UNIVERSITIES/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES /SEATS OF ESIC & AFMC INCLUDING BHU & AMU/CENTRAL POOL QUOTA:

(a) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Oversees Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons with Indian Origin (PIOs) & Foreign Nationals are eligible for admission in Medical/Dental Colleges subject to rules and regulations framed by the respective State Governments, Institution and the Government of India.

(b) Foreign nationals may confirm their eligibility from the concerned Medical/Dentals College/State.

ELIGIBILITY FOR 15% ALL INDIA QUOTA SEATS:

(a) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Oversees Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons with Indian Origin (PIOs) & Foreign Nationals are eligible for 15% All India Quota Seats.

(b) Candidates from State of J & K

(i) Students from State of J & K are NOT ELIGIBLE for 15% all India quota seats as State of J&K has opted out of All India Scheme since its inception. If they claim eligibility, they must submit online Self Declaration which will be generated and printed automatically along with confirmation page for the record and to present during counselling. The draft self-declaration is given in Appendix – III.

(ii) The online Self Declaration of the candidates will be verified at the time of counselling and if found to be false at any time, the candidature/admission of such candidates shall be cancelled and criminal proceedings may be initiated against them.

(iii) Candidates from the State of J & K can appear in NEET (UG) for admission to Private Medical/Dental Colleges or any Private/Deemed University and Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune subject to the fulfilment of eligibility conditions.

(iv) The Government of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana vide their letter no.13021/C1/2016 dated 06.11.2017 & letter no.7072/C1/2017 dated 07.11.2017 respectively have informed that Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of Telangana have decided to join and contribute to the All India Quota seats. Accordingly, the candidates of these States have also become eligible for 15% All India Quota seats (As per letter No. F.No. V.26012/05.2017-MEP/MEC dated 10.01.2018, Directorate General Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India).

Important Dates:

Schedule for on-line submission of application	08.02.2018 (Thursday) to 09.03.2018 (Friday) upto 23:50 Hrs. (IST)
Schedule for successful payment of online fee	08.02.2018 (Thursday) to 10.03.2018 (Saturday) upto 23:50 Hrs. (IST)
Correction in Application Form	12.03.2018 (Monday) to 16.03.2018 (Friday)
Date of uploading of Admit Cards on website	2^nd Week of April, 2018
Date of Examination, NEET (UG) – 2018	06.05.2018 (Sunday)
Display of OMR Sheet	Will be intimated on website
Display of Answer Key	Will be intimated on website
Declaration of Result	05.06.2018 (Tuesday)

Application Fee:

For GENERAL/OBC: Rs.1400/- (INR)

For SC/ST/PH: Rs.750/- (INR)

Exam Pattern:

(a) Pattern of the Entrance Test:

The Entrance Test shall consist of one paper in all languages containing 180 objective type questions (four options with single correct answer) from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology) to be answered on the specially designed machine gradable sheet using Ball Point Pen provided by CBSE at examination centre only.

(b) The duration of test would be 03 hours.

i) Candidates can opt for Question Paper in either of the following languages:

(As per letter no. C.18018/05/2015- MEP/Me. IV( Pt.1) dated 10.08.2017 received from MoH & FW.)

ENGLISH	HINDI	ASSAMESE	BENGALI	GUJARATI	KANNADA
MARATHI	ORIYA	TAMIL	TELUGU	URDU

ii) Option of medium of Question Paper should be exercised while filling in the application form and the option once exercised by candidates cannot be changed later.

iii) Candidates opting for English would be provided Test Booklet in English only.

iv) Candidates opting for Hindi would be provided Bilingual Test Booklet i.e. in Hindi and in English.

v) Candidates opting for regional languages would be provided Bilingual Test Booklet i.e. in selected regional language and in English.

vi) In case of any ambiguity in translation of any of the questions, its English version shall be treated as final.

vii) Option of regional languages will only be available as per following details:

Sl.No	Medium of Question Paper	Examination Centres
1	English and Hindi	All Examination Centre Cities
2	English & Assamese	Examination Centre Cities in Assam
3	English & Bengali	Examination Centre Cities in West Bengal and Tripura
4	English & Gujarati	Examination Centre Cities in Gujarat, Daman, Dadar & Nagar Haveli
5	English & Kannada	Examination Centre Cities in Karnataka
6	English & Marathi	Examination Centre Cities in Maharashtra
7	English & Oriya	Examination Centre Cities in Odisha
8	English & Tamil	Examination Centre Cities in Tamil Nadu
9	English & Telugu	Examination Centre Cities in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
10	English & Urdu	All Examination Centre Cities

(d) Candidates qualifying NEET would be eligible for All India Quota and other quotas under the State Governments/Institutes, irrespective of the medium in which the examination is taken by a candidate, subject to other eligibility criteria. (As per letter no. V.11025/35/2012-MEP (Pt.) dated 08.12.2016 received from MoH & FW).

Syllabus: The Question Papers for the test shall be based on a Common Syllabus notified by the Medical Council of India and implemented in the year 2013. Please see Appendix – I for details.

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