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NEET Exam 2023

NEET 2023 Exam: Dates, Application Form, Syllabus, Pattern, Latest Updates

About NEET 2023

As per Section 14 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, the NEET (UG) has to be conducted as a common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test [(NEET (UG)] for admission to undergraduate medical education in all medical institutions. Similarly, as per Section 14 of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020, there shall be a uniform NEET (UG) for admission to undergraduate courses in each of the disciplines i.e. BAMS, BUMS, and BSMS courses of the Indian System of Medicine in all Medical Institutions governed under this Act. NEET (UG) shall also be applicable to admission to BHMS course under National Commission for Homeopathy.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) exam in 13 languages (Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu). The single national-level undergraduate medical entrance exam, NEET UG held every year for admission to 645 medical, 318 dental, 914 AYUSH, and 47 BVSc and AH colleges in India. 

NEET UG 2023 Exam Date: 07 May 2023

Table of Contents

NEET 2023 Highlights

Full Exam NameNational Eligibility cum Entrance Test
Conducting BodyNational Testing Agency (NTA)
Frequency of ConductOnce a year
Exam LevelNational Level Exam
Languages(Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu).
Mode of ApplicationOnline
Application Fee (General)1700 Rs [Online]
Mode of ExamOffline
Mode of CounsellingOnline / Offline
Exam Duration3 Hours 20 Minutes

NEET 2023: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must meet the NEET 2023 eligibility criteria set by that NTA, to successfully get admission to Medical Colleges

Eligibility Criteria for NEET 2023

NationalityIndian Nationals, NRIs, PIOs, OCIs and Foreign Nationals
NEET 2023 Age LimitLower limit:17 years plus as on December 31, 2023
Upper age Limit: None
Qualifying exam details required for NEETClass 12 or equivalent with PCB.
Class 12 percentage required for NEET 2023Gen/ OBC: Minimum 50% in PCB and aggregate
SC/ST: Minimum 40%
PwD: 45%
NEET attempt limitNo limit
Class 12 BoardStudents from recognized boards including NIOS and open schools
Biology as an extra subjectAllowed

NEET 2023 Application Process

Steps to fill NEET Application Form

The steps to fill out the NEET 2023 application form are as below:

  1. Registration– Go to official website neet.nta.nic.in and register for NEET 2023 by entering the asked details such as an active phone number and email ID. After entering the details, the NEET 2023 application number will be generated.
  2. Filling the Application Form: After the successful registration, go to the NTA NEET website again and log in through the candidate login. Upon reaching the application form, enter the asked details such as personal, academic and others.
  3. Upload Documents: In the thrift step, upload the scanned images of the photograph, signature and other documents as per the specification mentioned in the NEET 2023 Brochure.
  4. Paying NEET 2023 Application Fee– Pay the registration fee through Debit/Credit card/ Net banking/ UPI.
  5. Taking Printout of the Confirmation Page– Candidates must save a copy of the Confirmation Page of the NEET Exam 2023.

NEET 2023 Application Form Fee 

CategoryFee
GeneralRs 1700
OBC NCL/EWSRs 1600
SC/ST/PwdRs 1000
NRIRs 9500

NEET 2023 Exam Pattern

Salient FactorsDetails
Mode of ExamPen and Paper-based (Offline)
Duration3 hours 20 minutes
LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Punjabi and Malayalam.
SubjectsBiology (Botany+Zoology), Physics and Chemistry
Level of NEET 2023 questions10+2
Total Questions asked200
Total Questions to be answered180
Total Marks720
Type of QuestionsMCQs
Marks for a correct answer4 marks
Negative marking-1 mark

Previous Year NEET Question Papers

Previous year’s NEET question paper all codes: (English & Hindi)

NEET 2022 Question Combined SetsEnglishHindi
E1+F1+G1+H1Click hereClick here
E2+F2+G2+H2Click hereClick here
E3+F3+G3+H3Click hereClick here
E4+F4+G4+H4Click hereClick here
E5+F5+G5+H5Click here
E6+F6+G6+H6Click here

NEET 2023 Exam day schedule (Tentative)

NEET scheduleDate and Time
Duration of NEET Exam2:00 PM to 5:20 PM (3 hours, 20 minutes)
Last entry in the examination hall for NEET 20231:30 PM
Sitting in the NEET exam room1:15 PM
Announcement instructions and verifying NEET admit cards1:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Distribution of the NEET 2023 test booklet1:45 PM
Writing of particulars on the Test Booklet by the candidates1:50 PM
Commencement of NEET examination2:00 PM
NEET exam 2023 concludes5:20 PM

NEET 2023 Mock Test

Candidates wishing to practice at the NEET TPCs must register and book the slot and go to the college to practice. The questions asked in these mock tests for NEET will be based on the past question papers of the exam.

Steps for NEET 2023 NTA Mock Tests

  • Practice on the official NEET mock test on NTA website by clicking here.
  • Select NEET and the subject to start the test.
  • The login credentials are dummy and hence candidates must press the “enter” key to start the mock test for the chosen subject.

NEET 2023 Admit Card

Registered candidates will be able to download the admit card for NEET 2023 at www.ntaneet.nic.in. NEET 2023 admit card is mandatory on the exam day. Steps to download the admit card of NEET 2023 are as follows:

Steps to download the NEET Admit Card

Step 1: Click on the candidate login

Step 2: Enter the NEET 2023 application number, date of birth and security pin

Step 3: NEET 2023 Admit Card will be displayed

Step 4: Download the Admit card and check the details

Step 5: Print if the details are correct.

Step to Download NEET Admit Card 2023

NEET 2023: Details on Admit Card

  • NEET 2023 Application Number and Roll No
  • Name
  • Father’s name
  • Mother’s name
  • Birthdate
  • Gender
  • Category
  • Residential address
  • The Medium of the NEET 2023 Question Paper.
  • Test Centre Details
  • NEET 2023 Exam date and time

What to carry along with the NEET 2023 Admit Card?

  • A passport-size photograph is to be pasted on the attendance sheet at NEET 2023 Exam hall. Photo must be the same as uploaded in the Application of NEET 2023.
  • A valid original Photo ID – PAN Card/ Passport/ Ration Card/ Aadhaar Card/ Any Govt ID
  • PwD Certificate (only for PwD candidates)
  • Proforma of NEET Exam Admit Card with a Postcard Size photo pasted on it

NEET 2023: Dress Code

NEET 2023: Dress code for Male Candidates

  • What is allowed: half sleeve shirts/T-shirts, Trousers and simple pants and sandals and chappals with thin soles
  • What is not allowed: clothes with zip pockets, pockets, big buttons or elaborate embroidery, Kurta Pajamas and shoes

NEET 2023: Dress code for female candidates

  • What is allowed: Half-sleeved clothes and sandals and chappals with thin soles
  • What is not allowed: Clothes with elaborate embroidery, flowers, brooches or big buttons, full arm length sleeves, high heels and thick sole shoes and jewellery like earrings, nose rings, rings, pendants, necklaces, bracelets or anklets

NEET 2023: Exam Day instructions

Candidates must follow the given guidelines during NEET 2023 exam:

  • Candidates must sign the attendance sheet and admit card of NEET 2023 in front of the invigilator.
  • They must submit the photograph to be pasted on the NEET exam attendance sheet.
  • Candidates must read and understand all the instructions mentioned on the NEET question paper
  • All details in the particulars section of the NEET 2023 OMR Sheet must be filled in legible handwriting. Care must be taken to ensure details are correct.
  • Candidates must not talk to other candidates and must maintain silence during the NEET exam.
  • They must not indulge in malpractices and avoid carrying objects, gadgets and other things that are barred from the NEET 2023 exam.
  • With the COVID pandemic threat still in place, candidates must also follow social distancing, wear masks and carry sanitizer to the exam hall for NEET 2023.
  • The exam will be video graphed so candidates must ensure they sit upright and avoid any suspicious activity or behavior.

NEET 2023: Exam Centers (State Wise)

StateCity
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsPort Blair
Andhra PradeshGuntur
Kakinada
Kurnool
Nellore
Rajahmundry
Tirupati
Vijayawada
Visakhapatnam
Vizianagaram
AssamDibrugarh
Guwahati
Silchar
Tezpur
BiharGaya
Patna
ChandigarhChandigarh
ChhattisgarhBilaspur
Raipur
Dadra and Nagar HaveliDadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and DiuDaman
DelhiCentral Delhi
East Delhi
North Delhi
South Delhi
West Delhi
GoaPanaji
GujaratAhmedabad
Anand
Bhavnagar
Gandhinagar
Godhra
Patan
Rajkot
Surat
Vadodara
Valsad
HaryanaFaridabad
Gurgaon
Himachal PradeshDharamshala
Hamirpur
Shimla
Jammu and KashmirJammu
Srinagar
Udhampur
Leh
Ladakh
JharkhandBokaro
Jamshedpur
Ranchi
KarnatakaBengaluru
Belgaum
Davanagere
Dharwad
Gulbarga
Hubli
Mangaluru
Mysore
Udupi
KeralaAlappuzha
Ernakulam
Kannur
Kollam
Kottayam
Kozhikode
Malappuram
Palakkad
Thrissur
Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya PradeshBhopal
Gwalior
Indore
Jabalpur
Ujjain
MaharashtraAhmednagar
Amravati
Aurangabad
Beed
Buldana
Jalgaon
Kolhapur
Latur
Mumbai
Mumbai Suburban
Nagpur
Nanded
Nashik
Pune
Satara
Solapur
Thane
ManipurImphal
MeghalayaShillong
MizoramAizawl
NagalandDimapur
Kohima
OdishaAngul
Balasore
Cuttack
Rourkela
Sambalpur
Bhubaneswar
Berhampur
PuducherryPuducherry
PunjabAmritsar
Bathinda
Jalandhar
RajasthanAjmer
Bikaner
Jaipur
Jodhpur
Kota
Udaipur
SikkimGangtok
Tamil NaduChennai
Coimbatore
Kancheepuram
Madurai
Namakkal
Salem
Thiruvallur
Tiruchirappalli
Tirunelveli
Vellore
TelanganaKhammam
Hyderabad
Warangal
K.V.Rangareddy
TripuraAgartala
UttarakhandDehradun
Haldwani
Roorkee
Uttar PradeshAllahabad
Bareilly
Ghaziabad
Gorakhpur
Jhansi
Kanpur
Lucknow
Meerut
Noida
Varanasi
West BengalBurdwan
Durgapur
Hooghly
Howrah
Kharagpur
Kolkata
Siliguri
North 24 Parganas
Arunachal PradeshItanagar
Naharlagun
LakshadweepKavaratti

NEET 2023: Documents Required at Exam Center

  • NEET 2023 Admit Card
  • One Passport Size Photograph
  • PAN Card/Driving License/Voter ID/Passport/Aadhaar Card (with photograph) /Ration card/any other valid government ID
  • PwD certificate issued by the competent authority if applicable
  • Letter of undertaking of own scibe if applicable

Highlights of NEET(UG) during 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022

CANDIDATES2019202020212022
No. of candidates registered1519375159743516147771872343
No of Candidates Present1410755136694515442731764571
No of Candidates Absent10862023049070504107772
Indian Nationals1516066159390716122761870015
NRIs188418691054910
OCIs675732564647
PIO6349
Foreigners687878883771
Male680414716586710988807538
Female8389558808439037741064794
Transgender661511
Un Reserved53407247553446-853565964
SC211303221253235667268750
ST96456100519100900113830
OBC677544706214693652791135
EWS93915123705132664
Number of Cities154155

202 (including

Kuwait and Dubai)

497 (including 14

cities outside India)

Number of Languages11111313
Number of centres2546386238583570

Number of Centre / Deputy Centre

Superintendent

5970968097403570/7877
Number of invigilators128000266240269140156504
Number of Observers3600581858803911
No of City Coordinators163195202494

Language wise No. of Candidates Registered during 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022

 Registered Candidates Count
Language2019202020212022
ENGLISH1204968126327312655201476024
HINDI179857204399228641258827
ASSAMESE1796532845964063
BENGALI4750365933511042663
GUJARATI59395590554994249638
KANNADA230510059631193
MARATHI31239625829132368
MALAYALAMNANA30311510
ODIA314908221016822
PUNJABINANA10496
TAMIL1017171011986831965
TELUGU700162412511264
URDU1858197718221910
ENGLISH & HINDI1384825146767214941611734851
Regional Languages134550129763120616137492

Gender wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2021 and 2022

 

Gender

NEET(UG)-2021NEET(UG)-2022
RegisteredAppearedQualifiedRegisteredAppearedQualified
Male710979681168375260807538763545429160
Female90378286309349480610647941001015563902
Transgender1614811117
Total1614777154427587007418723431764571993069

Category wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2021 and 2022

 

 

Category

NEET(UG) – 2021NEET(UG) – 2022
RegisteredAppearedQualifiedRegisteredAppearedQualified
OBC693879667389396772791135750871447753
SC235696223883114221268750252054131767
ST100904937894019311383010339747295
Gen460159438242239789565964529929282184
EWS1241391209727909913266412832084070
Total1614777154427587007418723431764571993069
 

No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified in PwD Category during 2021 and 2022

 

Category

NEET(UG) – 2021NEET(UG) – 2022
RegisteredAppearedQualifiedRegisteredAppearedQualified
PwD620058932683648561022717

Nationality wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2021 and 2022

 

Nationality

NEET(UG)-2021NEET(UG)-2022
RegisteredAppearedQualifiedRegisteredAppearedQualified
Indian1612263154209986848318700151762476991629
Foreigner885695427771676424
NRI1064962736910851558
OCI565519428647568458
PIO
Total1597435136694577150018723431764571993069

Category wise No. of Candidates Qualified the test, based on qualifying criteria of NEET (UG) - 2021 and 2022

 

Category

Qualifying CriteriaNEET(UG) 2021NEET(UG) 2022

Marks

Range

No. of

Candidates

Marks

Range

No. of

Candidates

UR/EWS50th Percentile720 – 138770881715-117881402
OBC40th Percentile137 – 10866907116-9374458
SC40th Percentile137 – 10822384116-9326087
ST40th Percentile137 – 1089310116-9310565

UR / EWS &

PH

45th Percentile

 

137 – 122

 

132

 

116-105

 

328

OBC & PH40th Percentile137 – 108288104-93160
SC & PH40th Percentile136 – 10898104-9356
ST & PH40th Percentile135 – 10821104-9313
Total870074 993069

State wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2021 and 2022

 NEET (UG) – 2021NEET (UG) – 2022

 

State Name

Regd.Appd.QualifiedRegd.Appd.Qualified
Andaman & Nicobar Islands9148164131000959521
Andhra Pradesh620515772133841680616530540344
Arunachal Pradesh411032761642427639392027
Assam299732364811052360063314317027
Bihar9515083038463271036919866855709
Chandigarh163114491096273026221905
Chhattisgarh310272603012792356363344316299
Dadra & Nagar Haveli776671288921870465
Daman & Diu386317144427379195
Delhi345203120223554481854622135113
Goa382431351582404137551882
Gujarat792286479136398728796468441901
Haryana341633071922395409343885526666
Himachal Pradesh14565126947622176631693010129
Jammu and Kashmir346153147914743381403637420005
Jharkhand198471721410811252872400215154
Karnataka118978893595500913325512242372262
Kerala115480929115940412805311639564034
Lakshadweep300239105262233122
Madhya Pradesh641105546127134946298948740170
Maharashtra22765919533879974256126244903113812
Manipur704959763548792272753981
Meghalaya31492149978321827421402
Mizoram1784135958717931586705
Nagaland23561805731268123921304
Odisha384943394520654449474308026279
Puducherry492544742362574955112899
Punjab15070131828614164151556110533
Rajasthan104173957526575812167511709982548
Sikkim85565031711491105485
Tamil Nadu121617996105721514289413216767787
Telangana548725039228093612075929635148
Tripura427335361738486045912277
Uttar Pradesh17452315699288889229115219197117316
Uttarakhand1393312047732318002169299753
West Bengal744906188737301922078660750864
Ladakh906744367704639331
OTHER1659937699560352043715
Total1597435136694577150018723431764571993069

NEET 2023: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Who conducts the NEET 2023 UG exam?

A: NEET 2023 UG Exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Q: When will be NEET UG 2023 conducted?

A: NEET UG 2023 will be conducted tentatively in mid-June.

Q: When will NEET 2023 Admit Card be released?

A: NEET 2023 admit card is expected to be released a week before the exam.

Q: Can I make changes in the NEET 2023 application form?

A: Yes, registered candidates can make changes in the NEET 2023 application within the stipulated dates.

Q: Will the NEET 2023 exam pattern remain the same as last year?

A: The NEET exam pattern is expected to remain the same as last year.

Q: Will the NEET UG syllabus 2023 change?

A: As of now, there has been no indication about changing the exam syllabus of NEET UG. Hence, NEET 2023 syllabus will remain the same as that last year.

Q: What are the regional language options available for NEET UG 2023?

A: NEET UG question paper is available in 13 languages.

Q: What is the eligibility criteria for NEET?

A: As per the eligibility criteria of NEET, candidates should pass the Class 12 Board exam from a recognised institute and board from the Science stream with a minimum of 50 per cent aggregate (40 per cent for OBC/SC/ST and 45 per cent for PwD category candidates). They should be a minimum of 17 years of age as of December 31 of the year of admission.

Q: Is there any upper age limit for taking NEET UG?

A: There is no Upper age limit for NEET 2023

Q: How many times can I appear for NEET?

A:  The exam is conducted once a year.

A candidate can appear for NEET any number of times. There is no restriction on the number of attempts permitted.

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