The National Testing Aency (NTA) has announced the NEET 2026 exam date at neet.nta.nic.in. According to the NEET 2026 exam date, the exam is scheduled to be conducted on May 3, 2026. Candidates can apply for NEET UG 2026 from February 8, 2026 to March 8, 2026. All the important dates of NEET 2026 are provided in the information bulletin.
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The exam date of NEET 2026 has been officially announced by NTA on the official website, neet.nta.nic.in. Check the NEET exam calendar in the table below.
Events | Dates |
NEET notification | February 8, 2026 |
Submission of the application form | February 8, 2026 to March 8, 2026 |
Application correction window | March 10 to 12, 2026 |
NEET 2026 city intimation slip | To be announced |
Admit card release date | To be announced |
NEET 2026 exam date | May 3, 2026 |
Provisional answer key date | To be announced |
Final answer key date | To be announced |
NEET 2026 result date | To be announced |
The application form of NEET 2026 has been released in online mode. The NTA has released the NEET exam calendar 2026. The authority has announced the NEET exam date 2026 in the information bulletin along with other dates.
To get an idea of the NEET 2026 exam date by NTA, take a look at the exam dates for the last few years.
Year | Exam Date |
2026 | May 3, 2026 |
2025 | May 4, 2025 |
2024 | May 5, 2024 |
2023 | May 7, 2023 |
2022 | July 17, 2022 |
2021 | September 12, 2021 |
2020 | September 13, 2020 |
2019 | May 5, 2019 |
The NTA announces the NEET 2026 examination date in online mode. Candidates who want to appear in the exam should keep track of even-wise events. The important events of NEET UG 2026 date are listed below.
The NTA releases the registration form of NEET in online mode. Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria have to submit the NEET application form along with the registration fee before the deadline. It must be noted that the students whose application forms will be accepted successfully can appear in the exam.
The authority allows the registered candidates to make important changes in the application form through the NEET correction window. The correction window date of NEET is made available on the neet.nta.nic.in.
The NEET intimation slip 2026 is released before hall tickets. The NEET city intimation slips mention the details related to allotted NEET exam centre, cities of the candidates. To download the city intimation slip of NEET 2026, candidates have to enter login credentials.
The NTA issues the NEET admit card 2026 in online mode. The hall tickets of NEET 2026 can be downloaded on the official website. Registered candidates have to enter NEET application number and date of birth to download the NEET hall tickets. The NEET admit card mentions the candidate's name, roll number, allotted exam centre, reporting time, exam day guidelines and other details.
The NEET exam date 2026 is announced by NTA. The NEET 2026 will be conducted in offline mode for a duration of 3 hours. A total of 180 questions are asked in the exam and students have to answer the questions in the OMR sheet.
NTA releases the NEET provisional answer key after the exam. The answer key mentions the correct answers of the questions asked in the examination. Students can challenge the answer key by paying the required fee. The final NEET answer key is released along with the NEET result and it cannot be challenged.
The authority announces the NEET result online in the form of a scorecard. The NEET result 2026 mentions the candidate’s name, qualifying marks, total marks, All India Rank and other details. The category-wise NEET cutoff marks are released along with the results.
After the announcement of NEET results, the MCC releases the round-wise counselling dates for qualified candidates. The MCC NEET counselling is held for 15% AIQ seats. The counselling for the remaining 85% state seats is conducted by the responsible state authorities.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the NEET UG 2026.
No, NEET UG 2026 will be conducted in the pen and paper (offline) mode.
The NEET 2026 examination date is May 3, 2026.
The attempt limit for NEET 2026 will be announced by the NTA. However, until now a candidate can take NEET as many times as they want. There is no limit on the number of attempts.
On Question asked by student community
Hi Gawade,
please refer to this article -
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-ug-mock-tests
You can find the mock test link here
Government Medical Colleges in states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra
Hi Arti,
Please refer to these links
Weightage:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-biology-chapter-wise-weightage
High-weightage chapters:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-2026-high-weightage-chapters
Do or Die Biology:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/do-or-die-chapters-in-biology-for-neet
Hindi syllabus:
https://medicine.careers360.com/hi/articles/neet-syllabus
Most Scoring Concepts eBook (free PDF):
https://medicine.careers360.com/download/ebooks/neet-most-scoring-chapters-topics-based-on-past-5-year-analysis
You still have enough time. For NEET 2026 (drop year, 3 months left), focus on:
NCERT linebyline for highweightage chapters (Human Physiology, Plant Physiology, Cell, Biomolecules, Biological Classification, Plant/Animal Kingdom, Genetics, Ecology)
Daily chapterwise MCQs + PYQs and weekly full mocks with proper analysis
Useful Careers360 links for planning:
NEET
Yes, open category students can also appear in the NEET exam. Candidates must check the detailed eligibility criteria in the NEET information brochure. Applicants from the open category have to pay the NEET form fees for Rs. 1700.
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