The NEET 2025 exam is likely to be scheduled on the first Sunday of May 2025. The National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the NEET exam dates based on the past year trends to maintain the parity and begin the academic session 2025-26 timely. It is expecetd that NTA will release the NEET 2025 exam schedule anytime soon in December 2024 on their official website - nta.ac.in. Once the NEET exam date is announced, the official notification and the NEET 2025 application form will be released.
It is speculated that the NEET Registration form will be released in the first week fo March, followed by the NEET exam in May 2025. The exam authorities will release the NEET admit card on the official website a couple days before the examination takes place. After the NEET exam is succesfully conducted, the NEET Results are likely to be announced a month after the exam, and then the NEET counselling will start July 2025 onwards. Read this page to know more details on the upcoming NEET 2025 important dates.
While the NEET exam date 2025 is expected to be out soon, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced the NEET 2024 Counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round 2 dates from December to December 16, 2024.
NEET 2025 Exam Dates
In this section we have tabulated the NEET 2025 tentative dates for the reference of the candidates. Aspirants are advised to check these dates to not miss out on important deadlines.
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Upcoming Exam Events |
Dates |
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NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round 2 Institute Reporting |
12 Dec '24 - 16 Dec '24 |
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NEET 2025 Application Process |
Mar '25 |
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NEET 2025 Application Correction |
Apr '25 |
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NEET 2025 City Intimation Slip |
Apr '25 |
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NEET 2025 Admit Card |
May '25 |
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NEET 2025 Exam |
May '25 |
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NEET 2025 Provisional Answer Key Release |
May '25 |
NEET Exam Dates 2025 Important Events
NTA schedules NEET UG dates for multiple events including application, admit card, exam, answer key, result, and counselling. The overall duration ranges from approximately seven to eight months. Below are the salient features of the NEET 2025 exam dates and the related events. Originally, NTA announces the NEET important dates for application, exam and result. NTA announces the dates in real time for the rest of the events, such as city intimation slip, admit card, and answer key.
NEET exam date 2025 announcement
NTA will likely announce the NEET exam date 2025 in December 2024. NTA may release it through a common exam calendar, along with other top entrance exam dates, or individually. Last year, NTA released the NEET exam date through a common exam calendar, but the scenario may be different this year.
NEET 2025 application dates
The application form for NEET 2025 will be released online in the first week of March 2025. The last date of application is likely to be scheduled till the fourth week of March 2025. Based on stakeholders' requests, NTA may extend or reopen the NEET 2025 registration and application window. NTA will provide a correction facility for the NEET 2025 applicants for two to three days.
NEET 2025 advance intimation of exam city slip
The advance intimation of examination city slip is a document carrying the exam city name, released before the admit card. NTA will release the NEET 2025 city allotment slip in the fourth week of April 2025.
NEET 2025 admit card date
The NEET 2025 admit card will be released in the first week of May 2025, approximately three to four days before the exam date. The NEET admit card is a mandatory document to be carried to the NEET exam centre and must be preserved till the counselling process is over.
NEET 2025 exam date
The NEET 2025 exam is expected to be held in the first week of May 2025, from 2 PM to 5.20 PM, Indian Standard Time (IST) across the designated exam centres located in India and abroad. Based on the recommendation of the NTA Expert Committee, NEET 2025 may be conducted more than once, or in multiple slots. However, official confirmation is pending on this matter.
NEET 2025 answer key date
NTA will release the NEET 2025 provisional answer keys and OMR response sheets in the fourth week of May 2025, within a few weeks of conducting the exam. The challenge or objection submission window will be opened on the same date of releasing the provisional answer keys and will close within three to four days. The final NEET 2025 answer keys will be released by the second week of June 2025, along with the result.
NEET 2025 result date
NTA is likely to release the NEET 2025 result and scorecard in the second week of June 2025. NTA may announce the NEET result date for 2025 in the information bulletin. The NEET 2025 cutoff will also be released along with the NEET result, in the scorecard and the official press release. In the NEET merit list, NTA releases the NEET city and centre-wise result data, total number of candidates appearing and marks obtained by them. In general, NTA releases NEET result within a month of conducting the exam.
NEET 2025 counselling
The counselling for NEET 2025 is likely to begin in the fourth week of July 2025. The entire duration of NEET counselling 2024 is scheduled for three to four months, till November 2025. There will be four to five rounds of NEET counselling. NTA’s role is over with the release of the NEET scorecards.
NEET Exam Timing 2025
The following table brings the NEET exam timetable, or the exam day event-wise timings.
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NEET Exam Day Events |
NEET Exam Day Timings |
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NEET 2025 Exam Timing |
2 PM to 5.20 PM |
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NEET 2025 Exam Centre Entry Begins |
11.30 AM |
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NEET 2025 Exam Centre Last Entry |
1.30 PM |
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Sitting on the Exam Hall |
1.15 PM |
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Announcement of Important Instructions by Invigilators |
1.15 PM to 1.30 PM |
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Distribution of NEET 2025 Test Booklet |
1.45 PM |
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Writing of particulars on the NEET Test Booklet |
1.50 PM |
NEET Exam Date Year-wise Trends
Ever since the pandemic struck the nation, not just NEET, the academic schedule across streams underwent massive upheaval. Needless to say, NEET exam dates were also postponed between 2020 and 2022. The table below brings the original and postponed NEET UG dates.
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Year |
Exam Date |
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NEET 2025 |
First week of May 2025 or 04-May-2025 (Tentative) |
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NEET 2024 |
05-May-2024 23-Jun-2024 (retest) |
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NEET 2023 |
07-May-2023 06-Jun-2023 (For Manipur candidates) |
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NEET 2022 |
17-Jul-2022 04-Sep-2022 (For affected candidates) |
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NEET 2021 |
12-Sep-2021 |
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NEET 2020 |
13-Sep-2020 |
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NEET 2019 |
05-May-2019 |
