Introduction

In India, there are 2 stages of medical admissions. In the first stage, the student prepares and appears in the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET). NEET UG for admission eligibility in medical UG programs such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS etc. is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). NEET is an entrance cum eligibility test therefore all the students who are declared eligible in NEET exam are allowed to participate in the next stage of medical admission called medical admission counselling.

Medical admission counselling is an online process of seat allotment for admissions in the medical colleges in India. There are 2 levels of medical admission counselling, one conducted by MCC (Medical Counselling Committee) a body under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Second level of medical admission counselling is conducted by respective state medical counselling committees.

Important things to know and understand about NEET

1. It is mandatory to qualify NEET for admission in any clinical program in India. Even for pursuing MBBS from medical colleges in foreign countries, NEET UG qualification is must.
2. A NEET qualified student must participate in process of medical admission counselling for admission in medical colleges in India. If a student has not participated in any medical admission counselling process, he/she can’t be allotted a seat in any medical college in India.
3. There is NO direct admission possible on any clinical program in any medical college irrespective of government, private or deemed medical institution. Direct admission is possible only for studying MBBS from medical colleges in foreign countries.
4. All medical colleges in India offer admission through online common counselling conducted either by MCC or state medical admission counselling committees. There is no discretion or offline admission allowed through management of any medical college.

NEET UG is a centralized qualifying test for admission on the following:

1. All India Quota Seats
2. State Government Quota Seats
3. Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities
4. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
5. State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental Colleges or any Private University
6. Central Pool Quota Seats
7. All seats including NRI Quota as well as Management Quota, are in private unaided/aided minority / non-minority medical colleges.
8. AIIMS Institutes across India/JIPMER.

No state/ institution will be allowed to conduct any other entrance test for admission in any clinical program in any medical institution. The results of NEET UG may also be utilized by entities of central and state governments for admission in B.Sc Nursing, B.V.Sc & AH courses.

How to register for NEET UG 2024

NEET UG registration is completely online process. The student can register for NEET UG 2024 by clicking on https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/ Please download and read carefully the Information Bulletin and instructions/ procedure, before you start filling out the Application Form online. The registration window along with payment link shall be live between 9 Feb 2024- 9 March 2024.

Eligibility to appear in NEET (UG)

A candidate must have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before 31 December of the year of his/her admission to the first year of the Undergraduate Medical Course. Accordingly, the applicant shall be born on or before 31st December 2007 to be eligible for NEET UG 2024.There is NO upper age limit for appearing in NEET UG exam w.e.f NEET UG 2023. on 9th Mach 2022, NMC has waived off the upper age limit for appearing in NEET UG.

To be eligible for NEET (UG) - 2023, the candidate must have passed in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology, 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. For admission in AIIMS, the minimum of 60% marks are required.

Mode of Examination

NEET (UG) – 2023 is a Pen & Paper-based Test, to be answered on the specially designed machine gradable OMR sheet using Ball Point Pen which is provided at the Centre. NEET UG 2024 is scheduled on 5th May 2024. 

Instructions for completing the Online Application Form

1. The candidate, before submitting the application form online at https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/ must ensure his eligibility to appear in the test. The candidate is required to go through the Information Bulletin carefully and be clear about all requirements with regard to the submission of the Application Form.
2. The Candidate should fill in complete correspondence and permanent address with the pin code, e-mail address, and mobile number (own or Parents/Guardian only) for future correspondence.
3. Candidates must ensure that mobile numbers and e-mail ID filled in the online Application Form are their own or Parents/Guardian only as NTA will communicate through SMS or e- mail on the given mobile number and e-mail ID.
4. Candidate should not give the postal address, contact number/mobile number, and e-mail ID of Coaching Centres in their Online Application Form.
5. Those Candidates who have passed 12th class should fill Code [02 to 07] against the column provided for in case of Qualifying Examination
6. Candidates who are appearing in Class 12th in 2024 should select a qualifying code as 01.
7. The Application Form other than the one filled in online mode will not be accepted. The Candidates are not required to send the Confirmation Page of the Online Application Form or any other document to the NTA. However, the candidates are advised to preserve at least four copies of the Confirmation Page along with the proof of fee paid for future reference.
8. A candidate shall not fill in more than one application form. If a candidate submits more than one Application Form, his candidature will be cancelled.
9. If during any stage of examination, any doubt arises that a candidate has filled in multiple forms or impersonated or not provided genuine information or given fake or false, information or the likes such a candidate can be asked to give additional proof of his identity at any point of time.
10. If at any stage, including after declaration of result, it is found that the candidate has submitted duplicate forms or has been involved in any form of impersonation or fabricated facts, such candidate shall be liable for severe penalty including being debarred from taking the NTA examination for a period of three years. Such candidates shall also be liable for suitable criminal action under relevant laws of the country.

Documents required for uploading for NEET UG 2024 Registration

• The recent photograph should be either in colour or black & white with 80% face (without mask) visible including ears against a white background.
• Scanned photograph and signature should be in JPG/JPEG format (clearly legible).
• The size of the scanned photograph should be between 10 kb to 200 kb (clearly legible).
• The size of the scanned signature should be between 4 kb to 30 kb (clearly legible).
• Size of the scanned copy of PwD certificate between 10 kb to 300 kb (clearly legible).
• The size of scanned and Left and Right hand Fingers and Thumb impressions (as per the Template provided) should be between 10 kb to 200 kb.
• 10th Class certificate in PDF format should be between 50 kb to 300 kb
• Permanent address proof in PDF format should be between 50 kb to 300 kb

Please check your photograph and signature before submission of the Application Form. In case the photograph or signature is blurred or not visible to identify the identity of the candidate then, the application will be rejected and no option for correction or revision will be permitted.

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