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The NBE has released the NEET PG passing marks 2025 along with the results. The NEET PG passing marks are the minimum qualifying marks a candidate must score to qualify for the entrance exam. The passing marks of NEET PG vary based on the candidate's category. The NEET PG 2025 passing marks for general category is 276, for general-PwD is 255 and for SC/ ST/OBC is 235.
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To secure a seat, it is crucial for students to score the required NEET PG qualifying marks. Candidates who score more than or equal to the passing marks will be eligible for the NEET PG counselling 2025. NEET PG is conducted for admission to MD, MS, DNB, DrNB, and PG Diploma courses. Read the full article on NEET PG passing marks 2025, NEET PG cut off and many others.
The NEET PG passing marks are the minimum qualification marks a candidate must score to qualify the NEET PG entrance exam. To get admission in MD, MS and PG Diploma courses, students need to score passing marks in NEET PG exam. The NBE releases the NEET PG cut off or qualifying marks along with the declaration of results. The qualifying percentile of NEET PG 2025 is 50 percentile for the General category, 40 percentile for the SC/ST/OBC category, and 45 percentile for General PwBD. Candidates who score equal or above passing marks out of 800 are eligible for counselling process and later for admission to postgraduate medical colleges.
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The NEET PG passing marks out of 800 is released by NBE for each category. The category-wise passing marks for NEET PG can be checked in the table below.
Category | Minimum qualifying criteria | Cutoff scores (out of 800) |
General/ EWS | 50th percentile | 276 |
SC/ST/OBC (including PwBD of SC/ ST/ OBC) | 40th percentile | 235 |
General PwBD | 45th percentile | 255 |
The NEET PG passing marks are released by NBE at nbe.edu.in along with the results. The passing marks in NEET PG vary for each category. The category-wise passing marks of NEET PG out of 800 are discussed below.
Year | NEET PG passing marks |
2025 | 276 |
2024 | - |
2023 | 291 |
2022 | 275 |
2021 | 302 |
Year | NEET PG passing marks |
2025 | 235 |
2024 | - |
2023 | 257 |
2022 | 245 |
2021 | 265 |
Year | NEET PG passing marks |
2025 | 235 |
2024 | - |
2023 | 257 |
2022 | 245 |
2021 | 265 |
The NEET PG passing mark out of 800 will be affected by several factors. Some of the major factors can be checked below.
Number of appeared candidates: If the number of candidates appearing for the NEET PG exam increases, and the number of seats remains the same, the passing marks will likely rise.
Difficulty level of the exam: If the NEET PG exam paper will be more difficult, the passing marks might be lower.
Availability of seats: The number of available seats in the participating colleges can affect the NEET PG passing marks.
On Question asked by student community
To get reservation benefits in both All India Quota (AIQ) and Maharashtra State Quota, you need to follow two different steps.
While filling the NEET PG application form (for AIQ), choose General-EWS using your central EWS certificate. This will help you get the 10% EWS reservation in colleges across India.
NEET PG application form 2026 dates are not out yet. You can check for the latest updates about the NEET PG 2026 here.
NEET PG stray round counselling was extended until February 20, 2026. For more details, check the link below:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/mcc-neet-pg-counselling-2025-stray-round
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