The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduates (NEET-UG) is the only medical entrance exam in India through which students can get into MBBS programmes in government medical colleges. With over 20.8 lakh candidates appearing for the NEET 2025 exam for approximately 1.18 lakh MBBS seats, of which around 60,000 are in government colleges, understanding the minimum marks required for MBBS admission through NEET 2025 is crucial for aspirants. Read the full article to know comprehensively about the minimum marks required for MBBS government colleges in NEET 2025.
The NEET UG 2026 examination will be conducted in 13 languages to accommodate candidates from different regions of the country. These languages include English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
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The minimum marks required to qualify the NEET 2025 and secure admission in government medical colleges are released by the NTA in the form of a qualifying NEET cutoff. Based on trends from previous years (2020–2024) and expert predictions for 2025, the expected minimum marks required in NEET 2025 for MBBS government colleges are provided below.
Category | Qualifying percentile | Expected marks |
General (UR) / EWS | 50th percentile | 720–160 |
OBC | 40th percentile | 159–125 |
SC | 40th percentile | 159–125 |
ST | 40th percentile | 159–125 |
UR/EWS-PwD | 45th percentile | 159–140 |
OBC-PwD | 40th percentile | 139–125 |
SC-PwD | 40th percentile | 139–125 |
ST-PwD | 40th percentile | 139–125 |
Category | Expected NEET 2025 Marks (Safe Range) |
General (UR) | 610 – 630+ |
EWS | 600 – 620+ |
OBC | 600 – 620+ |
SC | 500 – 530+ |
ST | 480 – 510+ |
The NEET 2025 cutoff in terms of qualifying percentile and marks will be released by NTA after the result declaration and will be provided here.
Category | Qualifying Percentile | Cutoff marks |
General (UR) / EWS | 50th percentile | To be announced |
OBC | 40th percentile | To be announced |
SC | 40th percentile | To be announced |
ST | 40th percentile | To be announced |
UR/EWS-Pwd | 45th percentile | To be announced |
OBC-PwD | 40th percentile | To be announced |
SC-PwD | 40th percentile | To be announced |
ST-PwD | 40th percentile | To be announced |
The minimum marks required for MBBS in the previous year NEET exams is provided below.
Category | Cut-off Percentile | Qualifying marks |
General | 50th | 720-162 |
General-PH | 45th | 161-144 |
SC/ST/OBC | 40th | 161-127 |
SC/OBC-PH | 40th | 143-127 |
ST-PH | 40th | 142-127 |
Category | Qualifying criteria | Passing marks | ||
UR/EWS | 50th Percentile | 720-137 | ||
OBC | 40th Percentile | 136-107 | ||
SC | 40th Percentile | 136-107 | ||
ST | 40th Percentile | 136-107 | ||
UR / EWS & PH | 45th Percentile | 136-121 | ||
OBC & PH | 40th Percentile | 120-107 | ||
SC & PH | 40th Percentile | 120-107 | ||
ST & PH | 40th Percentile | 120-108 | ||
On Question asked by student community
NTA is yet to announce the NEET 2026 correction date. Please refer to this article for the latest information about the NEET form correction 2026- https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-correction-window .
Dear Student,
You can check marks required in NEET for Government Colleges category-wise here .
Hello Student,
The admission process will start once the NEET Results are out and the counselling begins in sometime between July and August.
For more informatin you can also go through the link below.
Link - Admission in BPT and BOT through NEET 2026
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Hi, the Karnataka board usually releases the timetable for Exam-1 and Exam-2 first. After seeing the results, they decide whether Exam-3 is needed. If needed, they will release the timetable later.
So at the moment, there may simply be no notification yet, which is why they told you that they
Hey Gaurav, yes you can fill out a declaration/undertaking form in place of the EWS certificate for the NEET 2026 application process to tentatively claim the EWS category. However, you must obtain a valid EWS certificate (issued on or after April 1, 2026, for the 2026-27 session) before the counselling
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