This year National Testing Agency will be conducting the exam for the Various Medical Courses in India. NEET 2019 will be conducted in the month of May 2019 at various exam centres across India. So, all the interested and eligible candidates can apply online before the NEET 2019 Last date for application form i.e. 30th of November 2019.

Throughout this article, you will come to know the important details about the NEET 2019 Exam. NEET Exam Pattern 2019, NEET Syllabus, Online application form, Previous year papers, NEET Syllabus, Admit card, Answer key, result and NEET Counselling.

Basic but important details which can give you a short overview about the college.

Short Name of Entrance ExamNEET
Full NameNational Eligibility Cum Entrance Test
StateAll India
Type of Entrance ExamMedical Entrance Exam
LevelGraduation, Postgraduation
University/ Institute
Year2019
Admission / Exam StatusApplication From Released
Last Updated2018-11-02 20:47:22

NEET 2019 Timeline

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test 2019 Various dates and timeline such as, NEET Application form Start Date, Last date to apply online, Admit Card Release Date, Exam Date, result date etc.

InformationDate and TimeRemark
Start of Online Application Form1st of November 2018
End of Online Application Form30th of November 2018
Last Date to pay Online Application Fee1st of December 2018
Application Form Correction Start Date14th of January 2019
Application Form Correction End Date31st of January 2019
Date of Release of Admit Card15th of April 2019
Exam Date15th of May 201902:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Date of release of Answer key5th of June 2019

NEET 2019 Application Fee

Students applying for NEET 2019 must pay a non-refundable application fee. This fee is mandatory for all the candidates. General and OBC must pay Rs. 1400/- and SC/ST/PH are required to pay Rs. 750/-

Category Fee
General and OBC INR 1,400/-
SC/ST/PH INR 750/-

The fee once paid will not be refunded in any case.

Please select any Mode of Payment/Service Provider (Service/Processing charges per transaction & GST (applicable @18%) to be paid by the candidate)

  1. Online Mode i.e. Debit/Credit card and Net Banking:
    • Check the validity of the Debit/Credit Card and keep it ready with you while logging on to the website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should enter the information asked for and make payment through Debit/Credit Card.
    • Through Net Banking, check the balance in your account and keep all credentials ready with you while logging on to the website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should log in with his/her credentials of net banking and make payment through Net Banking.
  2. Cash Deposit through e-challan: After completing Step 2 of online Application Form, the candidate will be prompted to generate e-slip. Print e-slip on A4 size paper-Landscape format from NEET (UG) – 2019 website www.ntaneet.nic.in and follow instructions given on e-slip and make payment through e-challan.

Educational Qualification

Educational Qualifications Required to appear in the NEET 2019 Entrance Exam are given below.

  1. The Admission Seeker should have qualified the 12th or equivalent exam.
  2. Subjects must be Chemistry, Physics, Biology/Biotechnology with English as a compulsory subject.
  3. 10+2 appearing students are also eligible to apply.
  4. In the qualifying exam (PCB group), students should have obtained at least 50% marks for general, 45% marks for General-PH and 40% marks for SC/ST & OBC.

Number of Attempts

According to official instructions, Each Aspirant will be able to attempt National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG) only 3 times in his/her lifetime.

Category wise seat reservation:

Category Percentage of Reservation
OBC (Other Backward Classes) 27%
Scheduled Caste (SC) 15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 7.5%
Physically Handicapped (PH) 3%

Age Limit for appearing in NEET (UG) is as stipulated in Indian Medical Council Act-1956 and the Dentists Act-1948 as amended in 2018.

Eligibility as per related Regulations is as follows

  1. He/she has completed the 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 1st year MBBS/BDS Course.
  2. The upper age limit for NEET (UG) is 25 years as on the date of examination with the relaxation of 5 years for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC category and persons entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

NEET 2019 Apply Online

All the candidates can apply online for the NTA NEET UG 2019 Entrance Exam on the NEET Official portal. Important steps a student must follow to apply for the National Eligibility Test are as follow.

Instructions for filling Online Application Form

Candidates must follow the instructions given below.

  1. Download Information Bulletin and Replica of Application Form. Read these carefully to ensure your eligibility.
  2. Follow the 4 steps given below to Apply Online:
    1. Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application No.
    2. Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (between 10 kb - 200 kb) and Candidate’s Signature (between 4 kb - 30kb) in JPG/JPEG format.
    3. Make payment of fee using suitable mode of payment through the bank as per details are given in Chapter – 4, (mode of submission of Application Form and payment of fee) and keep proof of fee paid.
    4. Print at least four printouts of Confirmation Page after successful remittance of fee.
    5. All the 4 Steps can be done together or at separate times.

Important Note: 

Important notes for the students applying for the NEET UG 2019.

  1. The final submission of Online Application Form will remain incomplete if Step-2 and Step-3 are not completed. Such forms will stand rejected and no correspondence on this account will be entertained.
  2. No request for refund of fee once remitted by the candidate will be entertained by NTA under any circumstances.
  3. The entire application process of NEET (UG), May 2019 is online, including uploading of scanned images, Payment of Fees, and Printing of Confirmation Page. Therefore, candidates are not required to send/submit any document(s) including Confirmation Page to NTA through Post/ Fax/By Hand.
  4. The option of the medium of paper should be exercised while filling the Application Form and the option once exercised by candidates cannot be changed later.
  5. Candidates are advised to visit the NTA website regularly for latest updates.

NEET 2019 Exam Pattern

As to become a doctor in India a student must give NEET exam. This exam is the only selection test for MBBS / BDS course in India. Detailed NEET Exam Pattern 2019 is given below.

NEET 2019 Exam pattern will help the students to understand the type of questions will be asked in the entrance exam.

Section No. of Question Marks
Chemistry 45 180
Physics 45 180
Zoology 45 180
Botany 45 180
Total 180 720

As mentioned in the table above, the paper will have 180 questions for 720 marks.

NEET Exam Pattern Important Points

  • No. of Question: Total 180 questions will be asked in the exam.
  • Exam Mode: Test will be OMR Based. The exam will be conducted through offline mode (pen and paper-based mode).
  • Marking Scheme: Four marks will be given for each correct answer (+4 Marks). No mark will be awarded for the unanswered questions.
  • Question paper: Students can take the question paper with them after the conduct of the exam.
  • Negative Marking: One mark will be deducted for each wrong answer (-1 Mark).
  • Duration: The exam duration will be 3 hours. No student will be allowed to leave the examination hall before 3 hours.
  • Exam Centre: Paper will be conducted all over India.
  • Subjects: Questions will be asked from Physics, Chemistry & Biology (Zoology & Botany) subjects.
  • Level of Questions: Questions will be asked from the CBSE Syllabus for class 11th and class 12th.
  • Exam Duration: The exam duration will be 3 hours.
  • Type of Question: There will be objective type questions (four options with one correct answer).

More details about NEET Exam Pattern is available in the other posts.

Exam Centres

National Testing agency will conduct the NEET 2019 Entrance Exam in all the states of India. All the eligible candidates can choose centre of their choice. List of NEET 2019 Centre is given below.

State/Union Territory Exam City
Andaman and Nicobar Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada
Vishakhapatnam
Guntur
Tirupati
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
Assam Dibrugarh
Guwahati
Bihar Gaya
Patna
Chandigarh Chandigarh
Chhatisgarh Raipur
Dadar and Nagar Haveli Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu Daman
Delhi Delhi (Central)
Delhi (East)
Delhi (North)
Delhi (South)
Delhi (West)
Goa Panaji
Gujarat Ahmedabad
Rajkot
Surat
Vadodara
Anand
Bhavnagar
Gandhinagar
Haryana Faridabad
Gurgaon
Himachal Pradesh Hamirpur
Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir Jammu
Srinagar
Jharkhand Bokaro
Ranchi
Karnataka Bangalore
Belgaum
Gulbarga
Mangalore
Davangere
Hubli
Mysore
Udupi
Kerala Ernakulam
Kozhikode
Thiruvananthapuram
Kannur
Thrissur
Lakshadweep Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
Gwalior
Indore
Jabalpur
Ujjain
Maharashtra Aurangabad
Mumbai
Nagpur
Nasik
Pune
Thane
Ahmednagar
Amravati
Kolhapur
Satara
Nanded
Manipur Imphal
Meghalaya Shillong
Mizoram Aizawl
Nagaland Dimapur
Kohima
Orissa Behrampur
Bhubhaneshwar
Rourkela
Puducherry Puducherry
Punjab Bhatinda
Jalandhar
Amritsar
Rajasthan Ajmer
Jaipur
Kota
Udaipur
Jodhpur
Sikkim Gangtok
Tamil Nadu Chennai
Coimbatore
Madurai
Salem
Tiruchirapalli
Namakkal
Tirunelveli
Vellore
Telangana Hyderabad
Warangal
Tripura Agartala
Uttarakhand Dehradun
Haldwani
Uttar Pradesh Bareilly
Ghaziabad
Jhansi
Lucknow
Noida
Varanasi
Gorakhpur
West Bengal Durgapur
Kolkata
Siliguri
Howrah
Kharagpur

Centre once allotted will not be changed in any circumstance, so candidates are suggested to choose the centre carefully.

NEET Important Links

Students applying for the NEET 2019 (UG) can check more details about the Medical Entrance Exam form the links given below. These links have all the important information about the NEET Medical Entrance Exam 2019.

NEET Official Prospectus Click Here
NEET 2019 Schedule and Exam Timelines Click Here
NEET Exam Pattern 2019 Click Here
NEET 2019 Physics Syllabus Click Here
NEET 2019 Chemistry Syllabus Click Here
NEET 2019 Biology Syllabus (Botany & Zoology) Click here
NEET Eligibility Criteria (Educational Qualification, Age Limit, Number of attempts) Click here
NEET 2019 Admit Card Click Here