NEET Passing/ Qualifying Marks 2025: Check Minimum NEET Marks to Qualify for Counselling
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NEET passing or qualifying marks refer to the minimum marks a candidate must secure to be eligible to participate in the NEET counselling process. Know the NEET 2025 qualifying marks and the past years’ passing or NEET cutoff marks here on this page.
NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks
NEET qualification marks refer to the pass marks or the minimum score to obtain to be eligible for participating in the NEET counselling process. The National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting authority, will release the NEET qualifying marks or the NEET cutoff along with the NEET result. The NEET 2025 exam was held on May 4, 2025. The NEET 2025 result has been declared on June 14, 2025, along with the NEET 2025 cutoff. Obtaining the NEET cutoff marks for 2025 will determine whether a candidate has passed or qualified for the exam or not.
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The NEET counselling registration fee varies for different candidate categories. For the AIQ seats and Central Universities, the fee for the General category candidates is INR 1,000 and for the SC, ST, OBC and PwD category candidates, the fee is INR 500. For participating in the NEET counselling process for Deemed Universities, the registration fee for all category candidates is INR 5,000. The registration fee is non-refundable. On the other hand, candidates will have to pay the tuition fee which is refundable. The amount for the General category candidates for the AIQ seats and Central Universities is INR 10,000. For the reserved category candidates, the amount is INR 5,000. For Deemed Universities, the tuition fee to be paid by all category candidates is INR 2,00,000. Those who would not be allotted a seat after the NEET counselling process will be refunded the tuition fee after the conclusion of the counselling rounds.
The terms Clear Vacancy and Virtual Vacancy are related to the NEET seat matrix, which is released prior to each round of counselling. Clear Vacancy means empty or unclaimed seats at the end of the institute reporting process conducted at the end of each round. After the declaration of the seat allotment result, if a candidate exits the seat, then those seats come under the Clear Vacancy category. On the other hand, Virtual Vacancy refers to the seats which are considered to be available, if candidates allotted those seats opt for upgradation. In case their seat is not upgraded then the virtual vacancy will not be applicable anymore.
How much marks are required to qualify for NEET? It is one of the most pertinent questions asked by candidates or NEET aspirants. After the exam is conducted, experts will predict the expected NEET 2025 cutoff or the NEET 2025 passing/qualifying marks based on the difficulty level of the exam and other factors. Last year, the NEET qualifying marks was higher than the previous year. This article of Shiksha.com brings all about the NEET qualifying marks, along with an overview of the previous years’ trends and what to expect after the NEET results, here on this page.
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According to the analysis, this year exam was more difficult than the past year. The number of students which appeared in the NEET 2025 were also less than the last year. A total of 22,09,318 students appeared for the exam, and nearly 12,36,531 students have qualified. The highest marks of NEET 2025 is 686 out of 720. Hence, the NEET 2025 cutoff is lower than last year.
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- NEET 2025 Cutoff Marks - What is the Passing/Qualifying Marks?
- NEET 2025 Exam Pattern Overview
- What is NEET Pass/Qualifying Marks
- NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks
- NEET 2023 Qualifying Marks
- NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks Trends of Past Years
- Will NEET 2025 Passing/Qualifying Marks be Higher than Last Year?
- NEET 2025 Result: How to calculate the percentile score?
- What After Obtaining NEET 2025 Passing/Qualifying Marks?
NEET 2025 Cutoff Marks - What is the Passing/Qualifying Marks?
The table below brings the NEET 2025 cutoff marks and percentiles for each category, as has been released by NTA.
| Category |
Cut off percentile |
Cut off score |
|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50th |
686-144 |
| OBC, SC, ST |
40th |
143-113 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
143-127 |
| OBC/SC/St-PwD |
40th |
126-113 |
NEET 2025 Exam Pattern Overview
The following table brings the overview of the NEET 2025 exam pattern and structure. This also carries information about the marking scheme and total marks of the NTA NEET exam.
| Particulars |
Details |
|---|---|
| Mode of the examination |
Offline |
| Duration of the examination |
Three hours (3 hours) |
| Exam timing |
2 pm to 5 pm |
| Type of questions |
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Total number of Questions |
180 (all questions are compulsory) |
| Total Marks |
720 |
| Negative marking |
Yes |
| Marking Scheme |
+4 for each correct answer -1 for each incorrect answer 0 for unattempted questions |
| Total sections in the question paper |
3 |
| NEET Subjects |
Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany + Zoology) |
What is NEET Pass/Qualifying Marks
Yes, medical aspirants can participate in the state as well as the All India NEET counselling processes simultaneously. In general, the dates of state and the All India NEET counselling rounds will be different.
Before participating in either of the NEET counselling processes, candidates must ensure that they fulfill the eligibility criteria. For the State NEET counselling processes, candidates must belong to the domicile. Students not belonging to the state may also participate in the particular NEET state counselling, provided they register and participate from the NRI quota. Apart from that, other eligibility criteria are the same.
The eligibility criteria to participate in the NEET counselling process is given below:
a. They must qualify for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) by securing the cutoff marks as per their category
b. They must be registered on the official website of MCC
c. All candidates, including candidates from the UT of J&K, can participate in the counselling for AIQ seats and deemed universities.
Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), the counselling authority for NEET counselling releases the NEET counselling seat allotment result online, in PDF format. The steps to check the result are given below:
Visit the official website of MCC at mcc.nic.in
Click on the link indicating Result under the Current Events section
Find your Roll Number or All India Rank (AIR) on the PDF document
Download the Seat Allotment order
As stated above, the NEET pass marks or the NEET qualification marks refer to the minimum marks or percentile one has to secure to be able to be eligible for the NEET counselling rounds. While NTA has fixed the NEET qualifying or pass percentile for each candidate category, the marks are variable for each year and category and would depend on candidates' performance. The NEET qualification percentiles are given below.
| Category | NEET Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
| General/EWS | 50 |
| OBC, SC, ST | 40 |
| General/EWS/PH | 45 |
| OBC & PH | 40 |
| SC & PH | 40 |
| ST & PH | 40 |
While the NEET cutoff percentile is fixed, the marks vary. Here we bring the last few years' NEET passing and qualifying marks.
NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks
Last year, the NEET cutoff was reduced by two marks for each category, after the re-release of the scorecards. The category-wise NEET cutoff 2024 percentiles and NEET qualifying marks are given below:
| Category |
Cut off percentile |
Cut off score |
|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50th |
720-162 |
| OBC |
40th |
161-127 |
| SC |
40th |
161-127 |
| ST |
40th |
163-127 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
161-144 |
| OBC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
| SC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
| ST-PwD |
40th |
142-127 |
The table below brings the original NEET 2024 cutoff.
| Category |
NEET 2024 Cutoff percentile |
NEET 2024 Cutoff score |
|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50 |
720-164 |
| OBC |
40 |
163-129 |
| SC |
40 |
163-129 |
| ST |
40 |
163-129 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45 |
163-146 |
| OBC-PwD |
40 |
145-129 |
| SC-PwD |
40 |
145-129 |
| ST-PwD |
40 |
141-129 |
NEET 2023 Qualifying Marks
The table below brings the category-wise NEET 2023 qualifying cutoff percentile and marks. The NEET 2023 pass/qualifying marks have been announced along with the NEET 2023 result is declared.
| Category | NEET 2023 Cutoff Percentile | NEET 2023 Cutoff Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General/EWS | 50 | 720-137 |
| OBC, SC, ST | 40 | 136-107 |
| General/EWS/PH | 45 | 136-121 |
| OBC & PH | 40 | 120-107 |
| SC & PH | 40 | 120-107 |
| ST & PH | 40 | 120-108 |
NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks Trends of Past Years
The NEET cutoff scores or the NEET qualifying marks vary for each candidate category every year. The table below brings the qualifying or pass marks for NEET over the past few years.
| Category |
NEET 2022 Qualifying Score
|
NEET 2021 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2020 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2019 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2018 Qualifying Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General/Unreserved (UR) |
715-117 |
720-138 |
720-147 |
701-134 |
691-119 |
| OBC/SC/ST |
116-93 |
137-108 |
146-113 |
133-107 |
118-96 |
| PwD (General/UR) |
116-105 |
137-122 |
146-129 |
133-120 |
118-107 |
| PwD (Reserved) |
104-93 |
121-108 |
128-113 |
119-107 |
106-96 |
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