NEET 2026 Exam Dates (Soon): Check Registration, Result & Counselling Schedule

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test 2025 ( NEET )

Rupali Pruthi
Updated on Nov 21, 2025 13:47 IST

By Rupali Pruthi, Deputy Manager - Editorial

NEET Exam Date 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon announce the exam date for the NEET UG 2026 exam. The dates will be announced with the release of the NEET 2026 notification and application. The NEET application form 2026 will be available for around a month. The NEET exam is likely to be held in May 2026 from 2 to 5 PM. The complete schedule will be available soon.

The NEET 2026 exam dates inform the students about the happening of exam events, including the date of release of notification, online form, admit card, NEET exam date, answer key, result and counselling. Read the complete page below to know more about the NEET 2026 dates.

Table of contents
  • NEET Exam Dates 2026: Important Events
  • NEET 2026 Exam Dates
  • NEET Exam Date Year-wise Trends
  • FAQs Regarding NEET Exam Date 2026
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NEET Exam Dates 2026: 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 2026 exam dates and the related events.  

  • NEET Exam Date 2026: NTA will soon announce the NEET exam date. Last year, the NTA NEET exam date was announced with the release of the application form and information bulletin.  
  • NEET 2026 Application Dates: The application form for NEET 2026 will be released online. The NEET application last date will be mentioned in the notification itself. The NTA provides the correction facility for all applicants as well.
  • NEET 2026 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 will release the NEET city allotment slip 2026 a week before the hall ticket.
  • NEET 2026 Admit Card Date: The NEET 2026 admit card will be released four days before the exam. 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 2026 Answer Key Date: NTA will release the NEET 2026 provisional answer keys and OMR response sheets within a month of conducting the exam. The challenge or objection submission window opens on the same date. The final NEET 2026 answer key will be released ahead of the result.  
  • NEET 2026 Result Date: NTA will release the NEET 2026 result and scorecard online within a month of conducting the exam. The NEET 2026 cutoff will also be released along with the NEET result in the scorecard. 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.
  • NEET 2026 Counselling: NTA’s role is over with the release of the NEET scorecards. The counselling for NEET 2026 will be conducted by the MCC. The entire duration of NEET counselling is around four months. There will be four to five rounds of NEET counselling.

NEET Exam Timing 2026

The table below contains the tentative NEET timetable, or the exam day event-wise timings.

NEET Exam Day Events NEET Exam Day Timings
NEET 2026 Exam Timing 2 PM to 5 PM
NEET 2026 Exam Centre Entry Begins 11.00 AM
NEET 2026 Exam Centre Last Entry 1.30 PM
Sitting on the Exam Hall 1.15 PM
Announcement of Important Instructions by Invigilators 1.15 PM to 1.30 PM
Distribution of NEET 2026 Test Booklet  1.45 PM
Writing of particulars on the NEET Test Booklet 1.50 PM

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the NEET registration date?
A: 

The NEET 2026 registration process will start soon. The last date to complete the registration process will be a month after the commencement. Registration is the first step of application wherein candidates have to enter the basic details, validate the OTP and create password. In the NEET application process, candidates have to login with their credentials and then fill up the form, upload documents and pay the application fee of NEET 2026.  

Q:   What is the schedule for different activities of the NEET exam day?
A: 

Although the NEET exam is generally scheduled from 2 to 5 PM, the array of activities are scheduled since morning. The table brings the activity-wise schedule for NEET exam.

NEET Exam Day EventsNEET Exam Day Timings
NEET 2025 Exam Timing2 PM to 5 PM
NEET 2025 Exam Centre Entry Begins11.00 AM
NEET 2025 Exam Centre Last Entry1.30 PM
Sitting on the Exam Hall1.15 PM
Announcement of Important Instructions by Invigilators1.15 PM to 1.30 PM
Distribution of NEET 2025 Test Booklet 1.45 PM
Writing of particulars on the NEET Test Booklet1.50 PM

 

NEET 2026 Exam Dates

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NEET 2025 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
Dec ' 25

NEET 2026 Notification

TENTATIVE
DatesPast Exam Dates
16 Nov ' 25 - 20 Nov ' 25

NEET 2025 Counselling Online Stray Vacancy Round Institute Reporting

15 Nov ' 25

NEET 2025 Counselling Online Stray Vacancy Round Final Seat Allotment Result

15 Nov ' 25

NEET 2025 Counselling Online Stray Vacancy Round Final Seat Allotment Result

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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.

Year

Exam Date

NEET 2025

04-May-2025

NEET 2024

05-May-2024

23-Jun-2024 (retest)

NEET 2023

07-May-2023

06-Jun-2023 (For Manipur candidates)

NEET 2022

17-Jul-2022

04-Sep-2022 (For affected candidates)

NEET 2021

12-Sep-2021

NEET 2020

13-Sep-2020

NEET 2019

05-May-2019

 

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Will NEET be conducted twice?
A: 

Although earlier NTA was mulling the idea of conducting NEET twice a year, now it has been confirmed that the exam will be held only once a year in a paper-pencil based mode. NTA communicated this information through an RTI response where it was stated that NEET will be conducted once a year. This has quashed the possibility of conducting NEET twice a year. However, the NTA expert committee headed by ISRO Chief K. Radhakrishnan has recommended conducting NEET twice a year, but there has not been any official confirmation on it yet. 

Q:   Who decides the NEET exam date?
A: 

The NEET exam date is decided by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body, on behalf of the Ministry of Education. NTA decides the NEET exam date after analysing several internal and external factors such as the previous year's exam date, Board exams and other entrance exam dates, elections, festivals, to name a few. 

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FAQs Regarding NEET Exam Date 2026

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding NEET 2026 Exam Dates. 

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   When does NTA release the NEET advance intimation to exam city slip?
A: 

NTA releases the NEET advance intimation to exam city slip around 10 days before the exam. The document needs to be downloaded online by logging in to the exam website with the registration details. The advance intimation to exam city slip carries the name of the city where candidates' NEET exam centre will be located. The actual exam centre address will be provided on the NEET admit card. 

Q:   What is the NEET 2025 result date?
A: 

The National Testing Agency announced the NEET 2025 result on June 14, 2025. The NEET 2025 final answer key was released on the same date. Last year, the date of NEET result declaration was June 14, but the result was announced 10 days in advance, on June 4, 2024. 

Q:   When did NTA release the NEET 2025 OMR response sheet?
A: 

The NEET 2025 OMR response sheet was released on June 3, 2025. Within this, candidates can check their OMR sheets or response sheets where they had marked answers in. In case of any discrepancy on the response sheet, candidates could submit obections or challenges to NTA by June 5, 2025, 11.50 PM. Along with the OMR sheet, NTA also released the provisional NEET answer keys. Candidates could submit objections against either or both documents. They could also calculate the estimated scores by crosschecking their responses on the NEET OMR sheet and the answer keys.

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Yes, you may be eligible to apply for AFMC BSc Nursing next year, provided you meet specific criteria, which primarily include being a female candidate, qualifying for the NEET UG exam, meeting the required academic qualifications and falling within the specified age limits.
 
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No, NEET is not compulsory to pursue medicine courses abroad. However, students who wish to return to India to practice medicine after completing their studies abroad need to have cleared the NEET exam. 

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Abhishek Khanna

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When we talk about the paramedical courses which do not require you to sit for NEET exam then we have options like :

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Diya Nihalani

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Rachit Kumar

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The application fee ranges from INR 500 to INR 5,500. Students can check the table below to know the Karnataka NEET UG Counselling application fee:

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5,500/-

General/2A/2B/3A/3B

2,500/-

SC/ST/Cat-I/PWD

500/-

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Sanjana Dixit

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Answered 2 months ago

Yes, candidates seeking admission in MBBS programme of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research must have a valid NEET score. Aspirants are allotted seats through centralised counselling by MCC of DGHS, New Delhi. There are a total of 250 seats available in the MBBS programme of SR

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Nishtha Shukla

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Yes, NEET is obligatory for Indian students who want to practice in India after returning from foreign MBBS. If students don't qualify from NEET, they cannot register with the Medical Council of India (NMC).

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