NEET 2026 Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern, Detailed Syllabus and Colleges

NEET Exam

NEET, National Eligibility cum entrance test, is a national-level exam conducted for medical aspirants. NEET exam will be conducted by a national testing agency. It is also known as the All India pre-medical test ( AIPMT). The medical aspirants who want to get admission in UG medical courses, like BAMS, BDS, BHMS, BUMS, or other nursing programmes in India and abroad, are needed to give the NEET exam and qualify it.

NEET Exam Pattern

Candidates who want to start the NEET preparation should follow the latest exam pattern. Following the NEET exam pattern helps students to cover all essential topics, according to the exam marks and duration and finish it properly on this exam date.

• The exam will conducts in an offline mode
• There are MCQ questions that will asked in this paper
  
  
• The exam duration is 3 hours and 20 minutes, and PwBD candidates will get 1 hour and 5 minutes extra
  
  
• There are two sections in the NEET exam, section 1 and section 2. There are 35 questions asked in section 1, and 15 questions are asked in section 2. Candidates should attempt any 10 questions out of 15 in section 2
  
  
• In the NEET 2026 Exam, questions will be asked from chemistry, physics, botany, and zoology
  
  
• This exam will organized in 13 different languages, Hindi, English, and other regional languages
  
  
• On every correct answer, the candidates will get 4 marks, and 1 mark will be deducted on every wrong answer. The questions that are not attempted carry no marks

Here are the detailed section-wise NEET exam pattern 

Section-wise Questions & Marks Weightage

NEET Exam Eligibility

Candidates are suggested to fulfil the NEET exam eligibility criteria to become eligible for it. The important requirements consist of nationality, age, educational background, and subjects. Here are the complete eligibility criteria that need to be meet

• Nationality: The Candidate must be Indian, OCIs, NRIs, PIOs, or foreign nationals
• Special provision given to UTs of J &K & Ladakh: Candidates hail from Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are eligible for NEET under a 15% quota
  
  
• Educational requirements: The candidate must be 12th passed
  
  
• Age limit: The age of the candidate must be 17 years old minimum. There is no maximum age limit.
• Subjects: The candidate must be passed their 12th standard with compulsory subjects like chemistry, physics, biology/biotechnology and English
  
  
• Marks: Candidates must score the minimum 50% marks in 12th standard with all compulsory subjects. The candidates of reserved categories will get a 10% relaxation as per government norms.
  
  

NEET 2026 Exam Dates

Students need to be updated on the NEET 2026 exam date. Along with the exam date, there are a number of important NEET 2026 dates, such as the NEET 2026 registration date, correction date, admit card release date, etc, that candidates should know

Top NEET Colleges

There are various medical colleges in India that accept the NEET cut-off. The NEET 2026 Cut offs marks determine the admissions of aspirants in various colleges, such as 1205 MBBS AIIMS seats, 91,415 MBBS seats, 27,948 BDS seats, 487 BSc Nursing seats, 200 JIPMER MBBS seats, etc. Here is the list of the 10 top NEET Colleges for NEET UG 2026

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
• Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore
  
  
• Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune
  
  
• Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi
  
  
• Grant Medical College (GMC), Mumbai
  
  
• Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal
  
  
• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry
  
  
• King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow
  
  
• Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU), Varanasi
  
  
• Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), Bangalore

NEET Exam Fee

The authority has set some NEET Exam fees that candidates should pay to become eligible for it. They should pay this fees through the online payment mode, either debit card, credit card, net banking, etc. These fees are vary as per category of candidates. Check the NEET 2026 details given below on exam fees.

NEET Exam Syllabus

It is important for NEET aspirants to understand the comprehensive NEET Exam syllabus to prepare for their exam best. It is suggested to candidates to prepare according to the syllabus to have the most chance of qualifying it. Here is the complete syllabus given below based on class 11th and 12th topics.