NEET 2018: Syllabus, Exam Date, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern, Admit Card

About NEET 2018-19

NEET is held by the Central Board of higher secondary education every year on the first Sunday of May. All medical (MBBS/BDS) colleges that don't conduct their own entrance exams, accept NEET for their admission process. It is held for the All India Quota seats (15%) in all Medical/Dental colleges across India under Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India with approval of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Only colleges like AIIMS and JIPMER, which conduct their own entrance tests, don't accept admissions through NEET.

Eligibility Criteria for NEET 2018-19

The following are the eligibility criteria for NEET 2018-19:

Lower Age Limit is 17 years as of 31st December 2018-19 and Upper Limit is 25 years (5 years relaxation for SC/ST/OBC)
Candidate should have passed in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology, English individually
Minimum 50% (40% for SC/ST/OBC) aggregate in PCB
For UR-PH it is 45% (40% for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH)
Students with 10+2 from open schools or as private candidates are allowed this year but the final hearing of the court on this decision is yet to be held in April and their eligibility can be eliminated

Exam Schedule for NEET 2019

Event	Date	Reference Links
Application Form	November 1, 2018	NEET Application Form ends on December 7, 2018
Application Form Correction Window	December 2018	(-)
Admit Card Release Date	April 15, 2019	Download Admit Card from nta.ac.in
NEET 2019 Exam Date	May 5, 2019	Exam duration will be 3 hours
Result Declaration	June 5, 2019	Check NEET Result online at nta.ac.in
Commencement of Counselling	June 13 onwards	Counselling for 15% All India Quota is organizing by MCC of DGHS

Counselling Dates for NEET 2019 (subject to 2018)

First round of counselling for AIQ, Deemed, CI	12 Jun 2019 – 24 Jun 2019
Last date of joining after first round of counselling for AIQ, Deemed, CI	03 Jul 2019
First round of state counselling	25 Jun 2019 – 05 Jul 2019
Last date of joining after first round of state counselling	12 Jul 2019
Second round of counselling for AIQ, Deemed, CI	06 Jul 2019 – 12 Jul 2019
Last date of joining after second round of counselling for AIQ, Deemed, CI	22 Jul 2019
Second round of state counselling	15 Jul 2019 – 26 Jul 2019
Last date of joining after second round of state counselling	03 Aug 2019
Mop up round of counselling for state	04 Aug 2019 – 08 Aug 2019
Last date of joining after mop up round in state	12 Aug 2019
Forwarding list of students in order of merit, equaling to ten times the number of vacant seats to the medical colleges by the counselling authority for state	13 Aug 2019
Mop up round of counselling for Deemed, CI	12 Aug 2019 – 22 Aug 2019
Last date of joining after mop up round in deemed, CI	26 Aug 2019
Forwarding list of students in order of merit, equaling to ten times the number of vacant seats to the medical colleges by the counselling authority for deemed, CI	27 Aug 2019
Last date of joining in state	18 Aug 2019
Last date of joining in deemed, CI	31 Aug 2019

Application Process

The application form for the exam is available here.
Fill in the application form and note the registration number for future reference
Upload signature and photograph as per the guidelines on the page
Pay application fees as per your category

Category

Fee

General, OBC

Rs 1400

SC, ST, PH

Rs 750
Take the print-out of the confirmation page and the fee payment proof

Admit Card for NEET 2019

The admit cards are available on official website of NEET Exam. CBSE allows the applicants to download their NEET UG 2018 Admit Card along with a format for affixing of Postcard Size Photograph. The admit card would not be sent by post to the candidates. While downloading admit card, a copy of same will be sent to the registered email id of the candidate.

UGC NEET 2018 Admit Card Dates are given below:

Admit Card Issuance	15 April 2019
Date of Examination	05 May 2019

Download UGC NEET 2019 Admit Card from here.

Pattern for NEET 2019

The test consists of questions of Physics, Chemistry and Biology based on the syllabus of class XI and XII. Since the syllabus of different Boards may differ slightly, the topics included in the exam are as follows:

Physics

Class XI	Class XII
Physical world and measurement	Electrostatics
Kinematics	Current Electricity
Laws of Motion	Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
Work, Energy and Power	Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body	Electromagnetic Waves
Gravitation	Optics
Properties of Bulk Matter	Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Thermodynamics	Atoms and Nuclei
Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory	Electronic Devices
Oscillations and Waves

Chemistry

Class XI	Class XII
Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry	Solid State
Structure of Atom	Solutions
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties	Electro-chemistry
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure	Chemical Kinetics
States of Matter: Gases and Liquids	Surface Chemistry
Thermodynamics	General Principles of Isolation of Elements
Equilibrium	p-Block Elements
Redox Reactions	d and f Block Elements
Hydrogen	Co-ordination Compounds
S-Block Elements	Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Some p-Block Elements	Alcohols, Phenol and Ether
Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques	Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Hydrocarbons	Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
Environmental Chemistry	Bio-molecules
	Polymers
	Chemistry in Everyday Life

Biology

Class XI	Class XII
Diversity in Living World	Reproduction
Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants	Genetics and Evolution
Cell Structure and Function	Biology and Human Welfare
Plant Physiology	Biotechnology and its Application
Human Physiology	Ecology and Environment

It is an offline (pen and paper based) exam with a total of 720 marks
There are sections of 45 questions of Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany
Each right answer gives 4 marks
Each wrong answer has negative 1 mark
The question paper can be attempted in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

Selection Process for NEET 2019

Students above the cut-off marks qualify the exam
Depending on the score and the preference list filled by the student, the college is allocated to the student