NEET 2025 Exam Dates: Check Counselling Schedule (Revised), Registration & Result Dates

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.  

• NEET exam date 2025 announcement: NTA announced the NEET exam date 2025 on February 7, 2025. Last year, NTA released the NEET exam date through a common exam calendar, but the scenario is different this year. NTA announced the exam dates separately for each exam along with the release of the application form and information bulletin, and the same was applicable for NEET 2025 as well.  
• NEET 2025 Application Dates: The application form for NEET 2025 was released online on February 7, 2025. The last date of application, along with the fee payment, was March 7, 2025, 11.50 PM. NTA did not extend or reopen the NEET 2025 registration or application window. NTA provided a correction facility for applicants from March 9 to March 11, 2025, 11.50 PM.  
• NEET 2025 city allotment slip: The NEET advance intimation of the examination city slip is a document with the name of the exam city, released before the admit card. NTA released the NEET 2025 city allotment slip on April 23, 2025, a week before releasing the hall ticket.
• NEET 2025 admit card date: The NEET 2025 admit card was released on April 30, 2025, 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 was held on May 4, 2025, from 2 PM to 5 PM, Indian Standard Time (IST) across the designated NEET exam centres located in India and abroad.  
• NEET 2025 answer key date: NTA released the NEET 2025 provisional answer keys and OMR response sheets on June 3, 2025, within a month of conducting the exam. The challenge or objection submission window opened on the same date as the provisional answer keys and response sheets/OMR sheets, and closed on June 5, 2025, 11.50 PM. The final NEET 2025 answer keys were released by June 14, 2025, ahead of the result.  
• NEET 2025 result date: NTA released the NEET 2025 result and scorecard on June 14, 2025. NTA announced 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, the total number of candidates appearing and the marks obtained by them. In general, NTA releases the NEET result within a month of conducting the exam. 
• NEET 2025 counselling: The counselling for NEET 2025 is being conducted from July 21 to November 7, 2025. The dates for NEET Counselling 2025 Round 1 and Round 2 were extended multiple times. The Round 3 counselling registration and choice filling dates have been extended, and the seat allotment result has also been postponed. The dates of the NEET counselling 2025 have been extended further. The entire duration of NEET counselling is scheduled for around three months and will be extended in case of vacant seats. There will be four to five rounds of NEET counselling. NTA’s role is over with the release of the NEET scorecards. 

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NEET Exam Timing 2025

The following table brings the NEET exam timetable, or the exam day event-wise timings.

Till last year, the NEET exam centre was opened 2.5 hours before the exam commencement time, i.e. 11.30 AM. This year, the NEET exam centre will be open for candidates three hours in advance, at 11 AM. 

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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding NEET 2025 Important Dates.