National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 Notification Released

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 Notification Released

NEET 2019

What is NEET & Why NEET?

  • The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET-UG (Undergraduate) is an entrance examination in India, for students who wish to join in any graduate Medical courses (Medical/Dental/Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani/Homeopathy) in government or private medical colleges in India including AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.
  • Indian Citizens/Overseas Citizens of India intending to pursue Undergraduate Medical Courses from a foreign (Medical/Dental/Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani/Homeopathy) Institute need to qualify NEET (UG) – 2020.

Eligibility to Appear NEET UG – 2020:

Nationality:

  • Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Oversees Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) & Foreign Nationals are eligible to appear in NEET (UG)-2020.

Age:

  • He/she has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the first year Undergraduate Medical Courses .
  • 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-NCL category and PwD Candidates.
For Candidates of General (UR)/General-EWSborn on or before
31.12.2003
For Candidates of SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD Category

Qualifying Examination:

  • The Higher/Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher/Senior Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years study are eligible to apply NEET-2020. Candidates whose result is awaited are also eligible to apply NEET-2020
  • Qualifications and Qualifying Examination Codes:
    • CODE 01: A candidate who is appearing in the qualifying examination, i.e., 12th Standard in 2020, whose result is awaited.
    • CODE 03: Completed the Intermediate/Pre-degree Examination in Science of an Indian University/Board or other recognised examining body with Physics, Chemistry, Biology /Biotechnology (which shall include practical test in these subjects) and also English as a compulsory subject.

NEET-2020 Application Procedure:

Mode of Application: Online

Application Fee:

FOR GENERALGeneral-EWS/ OBC-NCLSC/ST/PwD/Transgender
Rs.1500/- (INR)Rs.1400/- (INR)Rs.800/- (INR)
  • A candidate can apply for the NEET(UG) only on-line by logging on to https://ntaneet.nic.in/
  • Candidate name and Date of Birth should be as same as entered in the application and Identifiation Proof.

Documents to be Upload:

    Candidate should have scanned images in JPG/ JPEG format only, for uploading as part of submission of his/her online application:
  • Latest Passport size Photograph (size: 10 kb to 200 kb)
  • Post Card size photograph (4″ X 6″) (Size: 50 kb – 300 kb)
  • The photographs must be taken on or after 01.09.2019 preferably indicating clearly the name of candidate along with the date of taking the photograph.
  • Signature (size: 4 kb to 30 kb): The candidate should put his full signature in running hand writing [not in capital letter] on white paper with Black Ink pen and scan for uploading.
  • Left Hand thumb Impression on white paper with Blue Ink and (In case of any eventuality of left hand thumb being unavailable, right hand thumb impression may be used.) – file size: 10 kb to 50 kb)
  • Candidate’s Class-X Passing Certificate (File size must be between 100 kb to 400 kb.)

Admit Card:

  • The NTA will provide the facility of downloading Admit Cards of NEET (UG)-2020 on the NTA website
  • Candidate should affix a photograph on Admit card

NEET 2020 Exam Pattern:

Mode of Exam: Pen and Paper Based

Test Duration: 3 Hrs.(180 mins)

SubjectNo.Of QuestionsMarks
Physics45180
Chemistry45180
Biology(Botany & Zoology)90360
Total180720
Each incorrect answer will reduce 1 mark.

Midium of Question Paper:

Medium of Question PaperExamination Centres
English, Hindi & Urdu MediumAll Examination Centre Centres
English and AssameseExamination Centres in Assam
English and BengaliExamination Centres in West Bengal and Tripura
English and GujaratiExamination Centres in Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
English and KannadaExamination Centres in Karnataka
English and MarathiExamination Centres in Maharashtra
English and OdiaExamination Centres in Odisha
English and TamilExamination Centres in Tamil Nadu
English and TeluguExamination Centres in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

NEET-2020 Examination Centers:

StateCity
TelanganaHyderabad
Rangareddy
Warangal
Khammam
Karimnagar
Andhra PradeshGuntur
Kurnool
Nellore
Tirupathi
Vijayawada
Vishakhapatnam
Click Here for remaining states examination centres

Important Dates:

EventDate
Submission of Online Application Will be availableFrom 02 December 2019 – 31 December 2019 (upto 11:50 pm)
Last date of successful transaction of fee through Credit/Debit Card/Net-banking/UPI02 December 2019 to 01 January 2020 (upto 11:50 pm)
Correction in Particulars of Application Form on website only15 January 2020 to 31 January 2020
Downloading of Admit Cards from NTA website27.03.2020
Downloading of Admit Cards from NTA website27.03.2020
Date of Examination03.05.2020
Timing of Examination02:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Display of Recorded Responses and Answer KeysTo be announced later on website
Declaration of Result on NTA website by04 June, 2020