JEE Main, NEET, CUET UG 2025 Dates Live: NTA exam calendar soon for BTech, MBBS, UG admissions

The opening and closing ranks for the gender-neutral open category seats in engineering courses offered by NIT Warangal through JEE Main are given below:

Most of the candidates who appeared for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2024 were from Uttar Pradesh and the majority wrote the English paper. A total of 11,13,610 aspirants appeared for the exam. 

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will announce the seat allotment result for the third round of the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET UG) counselling 2024 today. Candidates who applied and filled choices will be able to check MCC NEET UG round 3 seat allotment on the official website, mcc.nic.in.

As per NIRF 2024, the top engineering colleges in India are as follows: 

• IIT Madras
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Bombay
• IIT Kanpur
• IIT Kharagpur
• IIT Roorkee
• IIT Guwahati
• IIT Hyderabad
• IIT Tiruchirappalli
• IIT BHU

There are a total of 1,12,112 MBBS seats in India and an additional 157 medical colleges were approved in 3 phases, the Government informed the Lok Sabha in July.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is yet to upload the NEET PG counselling schedule 2024 on the official website, mcc.nic.in. The NEET PG 2024 Supreme Court hearing is likely to heard on October 25. Students have been expressing concerns and demanding for more clarity in result preparation method. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan among six states have paused the NEET PG counselling owing to NBE's decision to withhold marks.

READ | NEET PG counselling 2024 schedule goes viral; aspirants say ‘apke saath prank hua hai’ 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will begin the registration for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET UG 2025) in February. Last year, the NEET UG registration link was hosted on the official website, neet.nta.ac.in, on February 9. The national-level exam is held  for medical aspirants seeking admission into MBBS, BDS courses.

There is no age limit for the candidates. Those who have passed the Class 12 or equivalent examination or are appearing in the board exam irrespective of their age will be allowed to appear in the CUET (UG) irrespective of their age. However, candidates will have to fulfill the age limit criteria if any in the university desirous of taking admission.

The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) exam for UG admission was held for a total of 63 subjects – 33 languages, 29 domain-specific, and one general test. Two new subject papers namely fashion studies and tourism was added this year. 

The University Grants Commission (UGC), in March 2024, announced plans to conduct common counselling for UG admission in central and state universities. The Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG) was first held in 2022 for admission to UG courses offered in central universities. Now, the statutory body is planning to have a common counselling and as a sample, five universities have been roped in. 

Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE Main 2025) to replace Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) from the next academic year 2025-26, as per reports. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board will announce the decision regarding qualifying examination for admission into engineering and pharmacy courses offered in the state universities.

JEE Main 2025 exam date soon. (Source: Careers360)

This year, the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the CUET UG 2024 exam from May 15 to 29 at various exam centres across India and 26 international locations. Of the total number of candidates registered, 2,34,210 candidates were marked absent.

The CUET UG 2024 exam was held in May and later a retest was conducted by the NTA for some candidates who raised complaints. The CUET UG results 2024 was declared on July 28 for around 13 lakh candidates. The delay in announcement of CUET results disrupted the academic calendar and admission process, the Delhi University teachers wrote to the Vice Chancellor and requested him to reconsider its decision to offer admission through CUET score. 

READ MORE | CUET UG: Admission delays, vacant seats, loss to local students have universities seeking alternatives 

The NTA announced the JEE Main, NEET UG, CUET UG and PG exam dates on September 14 last year. As per the previous year's trends, the testing agency is expected to publish the NTA exam calendar 2025 soon on the official website, nta.ac.in. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE Main), National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test undergraduate (NEET UG), Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for both UG and PG, has been under CBI scanner after the national-level exams were mired with controversy. 

READ | NTA owes school principals lakhs in NEET, CUET bills despite Rs 449-crore profit

In October last year, a seven-member committee was constituted with approval of the then health minister Mansukh Mandaviya to examine preparedness of states and medical colleges for the implementation of the National Exit Test for final year MBBS 2020 batch. The NExT exam remains under consideration, the Union health ministry replied to a RTI. Read More.

For the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2025, candidates belonging to the general category will be required to pay Rs 1,700 while those belonging to the General-EWS, OBC-NCL categories will have to make payment of Rs 1,600. NEET UG application fee for SC, ST, PwBD, and third gender applicants will be Rs 1,000. Moreover, those wishing to apply for exam outside India will need to deposit an amount of Rs 9,500. 

JEE Main paper 1 BE, BTech exam pattern, based on previous years' trends, is as follows: 

The National Testing Agency has made a profit in crores by conducting the NEET and CUET exams in the 2024-25 academic session. However, the exam city coordinators - school principals - who help conduct the exam have not received their payment for a long time. Several school principals alleged that NTA owes them in lakhs for NEET, CUET exams. 

NTA exam calendar 2025 mentioning NEET UG 2025 exam date will be released soon on the official website, nta.ac.in. 17 candidates topped the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Undergraduate, conducted this year, after NTA revised NEET UG result 2024. The number of NEET UG toppers dropped from 61 to 17 following the court's order upholding that only one answer can be correct for the controversial physics question. 

NTA Exam Calendar 2025: NEET UG exam date soon. (Representational Image: Wikimedia Commons)

The University Grants Commission - National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) is conducted twice a year. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the exam in a computer-based test mode. The June session this year was conducted in a single shift for the first time, however, it was cancelled following a paper leak. 

The steps to download JEE Main previous year question paper are as follows:

• Go to the official website, jeemain.nta.ac.in
• Click on the download or archive tab
• Now, click on JEE Main PYQ 
• A PDF will be displayed
• Download the PDF and save it

Based on previous years' trends, some of the universities participating in the Common University Entrance Test - Postgraduate (CUET PG) are as follows: 

• Banaras Hindu University
• Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Delhi Technological University
• Dr B R Ambedkar University
• Jamia Millia Islamia
• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Yes, the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET UG) will be conducted in 2025 also as there is no such update on its cancellation or discontinuation. The national entrance exam is held for MBBS, BDS admissions. Aspirants have been questioning the integrity and transparency of the exam following alleged paper leak, cancellations. They have been demanding the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences to conduct the exam instead of NTA. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE Main) 2025 exam date soon on the official websites, nta.ac.in and jeemain.nta.ac.in. Some of the important topics of physics, chemistry, and mathematics under JEE Main 2025 are as follows:

The Common University Entrance Test - Undergraduate, CUET UG 2025 exam date is expected to be announced in October based on last year’s trends. The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the exam dates along with registration date, syllabus, examination cities, exam pattern, marking scheme, list of participating universities on the official website, exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG/.

The National Eligibility Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2025 exam date will be announced soon. The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release NEET UG 2025 exam date and NEET 2025 application form on the official websites, nta.ac.in and exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. 

JEE Main 2025 session 1 will be conducted in the last week of January 2025, as per a Goa board update. The Joint Entrance Examination is held in two sessions every year for admission to BTech programmes offered by IITs, NITs, and other engineering institutes. JEE Main 2025 exam date and registration will be announced on the official websites, nta.ac.in and jeemain.nta.ac.in. 

NTA exam calendar 2025 comprising JEE Main 2025, NEET 2025, CUET UG 2025, and UGC NET 2025 exam dates will be released soon on the official website, nta.ac.in.