List of Medical Entrance Exams in India for 2023

With the intent to simplify admission to medical courses in India, many changes have been made in the past few years. This article on ‘Medical entrance exams in India’ aims to update medical aspirants with these changes and help them understand which entrance exam to take.

List of Medical Entrance Exams in India

Medicine and allied sciences, as a career, have gained popularity over the past few years. The medical entrance examinations in India are having more and more takers every year. With the implementation of the NMC Act and NEET, other undergraduate medical exams have been scrapped. Many others will be gone in a few years’ time. With so many changes, it is not uncommon for students to end up confused, not knowing which exam to take for admission to their dream college. To help medical aspirants make informed decisions, we have compiled all the medical entrance tests in India at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

A list of the medical entrance exams in India for the current year has been given below. Candidates who want to know more about the respective examination can read more about it in the section below this list.

List of Medical entrance exams in India

The following table brings the list of Medical entrance exams of India along with the courses offered and conducting body.

Medical entrance exams in India: Know more about them

NEET

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is conducted by NTA for admission to various undergraduate medical courses in India. It is the largest and most important medical entrance exam in India. NEET is also the sole entrance test for admission to any medical course in India. Since 2021, NEET scores are also used for BSc Nursing admission as well.  Aspirants can check the table below to know the NEET exam dates.

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NEET is a paper-pencil-based (PBT) or offline test which is conducted for a duration of 200 minutes or three hours and 20 minutes. The exam consists of three subjects, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Each subject is further divided into two sections, Section A (35 questions) and Section B (15 questions). Candidates have to attempt 10 out of 15 questions in Section B. Each question carries four marks and one mark is deducted for each wrong answer. The total marks of NEET is 720. The exam is conducted in 13 languages - English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Urdu.

Important dates for NEET 2023 

NTA has announced the exam date for NEET UG 2023. But some dates for other events have not been yet. The table below brings the tentative dates for NEET 2023. 

NEET PG

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post-Graduation is conducted by NBE for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma/DNB post-MBBS courses in India. NEET PG scores are widely accepted for admission to these courses. The exam is conducted in computer-based mode (CBT) for a duration of 3.5 hours. There are 200 multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Each correct answer will fetch four marks whereas, for each wrong answer, one mark will be deducted. The question paper is divided into three sections with a varying number of questions. The medium of questions is English.

Important dates for NEET PG 2023 

NBE has announced the NEET PG 2023 exam dates, application and result dates. The following table brings the tentative dates for NEET PG 2023.

NEET MDS

National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination for MDS courses, or NEET MDS, is another examination conducted by NBE. NEET MDS is conducted once, every year, for admissions to postgraduate dental courses in India. NEET MDS is a computer-based test of three hours duration carrying 240 MCQs. Each question carries four marks and there is a negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer.

Important dates for NEET MDS 2023 

Aspirants can check NEET MDS exam dates in the table below to know the.

INI CET

INI CET is conducted by AIIMS, Delhi for admission to its postgraduate courses. Apart from MD/MS courses, the exam scores are also used for admission to the six years DM/MCh courses offered at AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER and NIMHANS. Admission to the MDS courses in this institute is also through the same entrance test. AIIMS PG is conducted twice a year, in the months of January and July. 

Important dates for INI CET 2023 (July session)

Aspirants can check the table below to know the INI CET dates.

FMGE

Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, popularly known as FMGE, is conducted by NBE. FMGE is a licensing examination conducted for those who wish to practice medicine in India, but have completed their primary medical qualification from outside India. FMGE is conducted twice in a year. One must note that clearing this examination will not lead to admissions but a practising license. 

The mode of this exam is online. FMGE is conducted for a duration of 300 minutes. The total number of questions for the exam is 300, each carrying one mark. There is no negative marking scheme in the exam. The exam will be conducted in two phases of 2.5 hours duration each. 

Important dates for FMGE 2023

Aspirants can check the table below to know the FMGE dates.

AIAPGET

All India AYUSH Postgraduate Entrance Test, or AIAPGET, is conducted by NTA annually. AIAPGET is an entrance test conducted for admissions to postgraduate AYUSH courses in India. Qualifying for the AIAPGET exam will give the candidates to take admission to MS, MD or PG diploma courses in either of the following AYUSH disciplines; Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy. 

AIAPGET is conducted for a duration of two hours in a computer-based mode (CBT). The question paper will comprise 120 multiple-choice questions carrying a total of 480 marks. The exam will be conducted in two shifts. Each question carries four marks and there is one mark of negative marking for each wrong answer. 

Important dates for AIAPGET 2023 (Tentative)

Aspirants can check the table below to know the tentative AIAPGET dates for 2023.

DNB PDCET

Diplomate of National Board Post Diploma Centralized Entrance Test, abbreviated as DNB PDCET, is a ranking examination conducted by NBE. As the name suggests, DNB PDCET is conducted for admission to DNB courses in India. However, the applicants must possess a postgraduate diploma to apply for the DNB PDCET exam. 

DNB PDCET is conducted once a year in a computer-based mode for a duration of two hours. Each question carries four marks and there is a negative marking of one mrk for each incorrect response.  

Important dates for DNB PDCET 2023

Aspirants can check the table below to know the DNB PDCET dates.

NEET SS

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Super Speciality Courses) or NEET SS is conducted by NBE for admission to various DM/MCh courses. NEET SS scores are accepted by all private medical colleges/universities, deemed universities and the Armed forces medical services institutions. However, the following institutions do not accept the scores of NEET SS and conduct a separate entrance test for admissions to their super-speciality courses; AIIMS, PGIMER, JIPMER, NIMHANS, SCTIMST. 

NEET SS is conducted annually in a computer-based mode for 3.5 hours duration. There are 100 questions in total carrying four marks each. There is a negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer. The medium or language of the question paper is English only. 

Important dates for NEET SS 2023 

Aspirants can check the table below to know the tentative NEET SS dates.

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