At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced / not applicable NEET (UG) is an admission test; seat numbers are set each year by the Medical Counselling Committee and state counselling authorities, not by NTA.
- Education
- 12th Class 12 (or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English, meeting the qualifying-examination rules in the NEET (UG) 2026 Information Bulletin; candidates appearing in their qualifying exam in 2026 were also permitted to apply.
- Age
- Minimum 17 years, completed on or before 31 December 2026, for all categories under GMER-2023; no upper age limit, per the National Medical Commission's 9 March 2022 order. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- General: Rs 1,700 (Rs 9,500 for centres outside India); General-EWS/OBC-NCL: Rs 1,600; SC/ST/PwBD/PwD/Third Gender: Rs 1,000, per the 2026 Information Bulletin. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Admission examination; not an appointment or pay-scale post. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2026 admission session Central · All India
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Application form opened
8 Feb 2026
- completed
Application form closed
8 Mar 2026, 9 PM
- completed
Correction window closed
12 Mar 2026
- completed
Examination (original sitting)
3 May 2026
This sitting was later countermanded; NTA ordered a fresh re-examination and refunded the fee paid for it. - completed
Re-examination
21 Jun 2026
- completed
Result declared
16 Jul 2026
- scheduled
MCC AIQ UG counselling registration opens
5 Aug 2026
Per the Medical Counselling Committee, for the 15% All-India Quota and central-institution seats; state quotas follow separate state-authority schedules.
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Confirm citizenship/OCI status and the qualifying-exam subject combination in the official NEET (UG) 2026 Information Bulletin.
- NRI, OCI and foreign-national candidates must upload the citizenship/embassy certificates listed in the Bulletin.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Computer-based NEET (UG) examination
- 2NTA result, percentile and All-India Rank
- 3MCC counselling for the 15% All-India Quota and central institutions
- 4State/UT counselling authorities for state-quota and state medical/dental/AYUSH colleges
Syllabus snapshot
- Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology) syllabus and pattern published in the NEET (UG) 2026 Information Bulletin.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- NEET (UG) 2026 Information Bulletin and NTA press release declaring the result
- Published / changed
- Information Bulletin 8 Feb 2026; result press release 16 Jul 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 17:45 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.