The NEET passing marks 2026 is the minimum marks that a student must secure in the exam to pass the exam. Only such candidates who secure the NEET passing marks are considered eligible for the counselling. The passing marks in NEET out of 720 will be released by the NTA along with the result in the form of cutoff. The complete details of NEET passing marks 2026 can be checked below in this article.
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NEET passing marks mean the minimum marks that a candidate must score to qualify the exam. If a candidate scores more or equal to the passing marks, only then he/she is considered “Qualified” in NEET 2026. Students should know that passing marks in NEET varies for different categories.
The passing marks in NEET out of 720 will be released by the NTA. The NTA will release the NEET cutoff marks in the result notice, which mentions the qualifying cutoff marks. The qualifying cutoff marks released along with the NEET 2026 result are the passing marks.
To check the passing marks of NEET 2026, candidates need to follow the steps given below.
Go to the official website of NTA, nta.nic.in
Click on the NEET 2026 portal and under the notification section, select “NEET 2026 result”
The pdf notification of NEET result will appear on the screen
Check the cutoff section provided in the result notification
The lowest cutoff marks are the NEET 2026 passing marks
Passing marks | Cut-off marks |
Minimum score required to qualify for counselling | Minimum score needed to actually get a MBBS/BDS seat |
Declared by NTA | Different for every state/college |
Same for everyone | Changes state-wise and college-wise |
For a brief understanding of students about how the NEET passing marks have varied in the last few years, the previous year’s data is provided below.
Year | UR | OBC/SC/ST |
2025 | 144 marks | 113 marks |
2024 | 162 marks | 127 marks |
2023 | 137 marks | 107 marks |
2022 | 117 marks | 93 marks |
2021 | 138 marks | 108 marks |
NEET passing marks do not remain fixed every year. Only the qualifying percentile is fixed and based on the NEET result, the equivalent marks to the percentile are declared by the NTA. The passing marks in NEET can be influenced by these factors:
If the NEET question paper is tough, the passing marks will go down. However, If the paper is easy, there are high chances that more students will score high, eventually pushing the passing marks on the higher side.
Every year lakhs of students appear for the NEET UG. The more students appear in the exam, the higher the competition becomes. A large number of students appearing in NEET makes the passing marks go on the higher side.
If the majority of students who appear in the exam score good, the passing marks increases and vice versa.
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for PwD (handicapped) candidates in Telangana was set at 40th percentile with 126 - 113 marks. Admission to government colleges in Telangana require higher marks as many as over 500 marks in NEET.
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https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-cutoff-telangana
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