NEET UG 2025 exam date announcement expected this month; fee, paper pattern

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to announce the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2025 exam date this month. As per past trends, the NEET UG exam date is announced in September. The NEET UG 2025 exam will be held in offline mode. The detailed NEET UG 2025 information brochure will be published by NTA on the official website, exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/.

Detailed information regarding NEET 2025, including dates, eligibility criteria, exam structure, application process, admit cards, answer keys, results, counselling, and other key details, will be available in the official brochure.

Through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2025, admissions will be offered for over 1 lakh Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) seats, 28,088 Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) seats, 52,720 Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) seats, 603 Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (BVSc and AH) seats, along with 1,899 seats in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and 249 seats in Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), spread across 612 medical and 315 dental colleges.

NEET UG 2025 registration fee

Candidates can have a look at the NEET UG 2025 application fee (as per past trends) details below.

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NEET UG 2025 exam pattern

The NEET UG 2025 exam will be held offline in pen and paper mode. Candidates will have to mark their answers on the OMR sheet. The NEET 2025 question paper will have a total of 200 multiple-choice-questions, out of which only 180 are to be answered. The paper will be divided into three sections- physics, chemistry and biology. As per the latest marking scheme, candidates will get 4 marks for each correct answer and 1 mark will be deducted for incorrect questions.

NEET UG 2025 question paper will be available in 13 languages, English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. Candidates are required to select the language while filling the NEET UG 2025 application form.

NEET UG 2024 exam controversy

On May 5, over 24 lakh students appeared for NEET 2024 across 4,750 centers in 571 cities, including international locations. The NEET UG 2024 results, declared on June 4, sparked controversy with issues like grace marks for 1,500 students, a high number of perfect scores, and alleged paper leaks. A NEET UG 2024 retest was held on June 23 for 1,563 candidates who were awarded grace marks, but only 813 attended while 750 students skipped the re-exam. Despite the retest, many students expressed dissatisfaction with the handling of the issues. The Supreme Court acknowledged a NEET paper leak but found no systemic breach to invalidate the results. The court ruled against a fresh exam, citing its impact on students, and the admission schedule.