NEET Eligibility Criteria: Age Limit, Qualification, Marks Required

NEET Eligibility Criteria: NEET i.e. National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test is one of the most-awaited and popular exams in India. Lakhs of medical aspirants every year appear in this exam with hope and great aspirations. NEET 2021 likely to be conducted in May 2021. However, official exam dates are yet to be released. Those who wish to apply must go through the NEET Eligibility Criteria and other related details before filling the application forms.

NTA is a the competent authority that conducts NEET exam every year to select the eligible candidates for admission to MBBS/BDS and other UG medical courses offered by various Govt/Private medical and dental colleges in India.

NEET Eligibility Criteria 2021

Once the application forms are released, candidates who anxiously wait for the release of the notification and application can apply. Before applying for NEET exam, prospective candidates must ensure that they fulfil the eligibility requirements prescribed by the authority concerned.

If you are wondering about the NEET eligibility criteria then you are on the right page. Moving ahead in this article, you will find all the information about the eligibility requirements to appear in NEET exam which include, age criteria, nationality, educational qualification, marks required etc. details.  

NEET 2021- Quick Overview

Name of the exam	NEET
Article category	Eligibility Criteria
Examination Authority	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Year	2021
Application Status	Active Soon
Mode of examination	Offline
No. of Attempts	No restrictions
NEET NTA website	https://ntaneet.nic.in

NEET 2021 Important Dates

Events	Important Dates
Application dates	To be announced
Date of issue of admit card	To be announced
Date of exam	Expected in May 2021
Declaration of Result	To be announced

What are the Eligibility Criteria for NEET?

Eligibility is an important factor to be checked before applying a exam. The complete information about NEET eligibility criteria is provided in the official bulletin of NEET released every year at the time of release of the NEET Application Form. NEET aspirants can also check the same here in this section.

Nationality Criteria

• Indian Nations, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), Foreign Nationals and Persons with Indian Origin (PIO) are eligible for NEET and admission in Indian Medical Colleges.

Age Criteria

• Applicants who have completed the age of 17 years or will complete it before 31st December 2021.
• The maximum age limit is 25 years. A relaxation of 5 years in upper age limit of SC/ST/OBC-NCL category and PwD candidates.

Category-wise Age Criteria-

Category	Cut of date for DOB
General (UR)/General-EWS	Born on or before 31st December 2004
SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD Category	Born on or before 31st December 2004

Educational Qualification Criteria

• Applicants must have passed class 12th examination from a recognized board with minimum 50% aggregate marks in subjects- Physics, Chemistry & Biology/Bio-technology. They must have secured passing marks individually in PCB and English.
• Candidates who have passed qualifying exam as a private student or from Open Board are not eligible for NEET.

Check the qualifying exam criteria (qualification code-wise) shared below in detail-

Qualification Code

Code	Qualification
01	Illiterate
02	Below class X
03	Class X (10th) and class XII (12th)
04	Diploma in Engineering
05	Graduate – BA/BSc/BCom/BCA
06	Engineering Graduate – BE/BTech/BSc(Engg)
07	Medicine Graduate – MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BSMS/BUMS/BHMS/BUMS/BVSc
08	Law Graduate – LLB
09	Post graduate – MA/MSc/MCom/MCA
10	Engineering Post Graduate – MTech/MSc(Tech)/ ME
11	Medical Post Graduate – MD/MS/MVSc
12	Law Post Graduate – LLM
13	MBA/CA/ICWA
14	PhD/DPhil/DSc/DM

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Code- 2

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Code – 3

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Code- 7

Number of Attempts

A candidate can now (after 2018 amendment) appear in NEET examination as many as times provided, he/she must fulfil all the eligibility requirements. As of now, there is no restriction on the number of attempts in NEET.

Important Links

NEET portal	Click Here
NEET 2021 Application	Check Now
NEET 2021 Admit Card	Check Now
NEET 2021 Preparation	Check Now

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