The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the NEET 2026 exam date soon at the official website: neet.nta.nic.in. Based on the NEET previous year dates trends, the NEET 2026 is expected to be held on May 3, 2026. This article focuses on the NEET previous year’s trends providing insights of registration trends, exam date trends, cutoff trends and others.
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NEET is the single medical entrance examination conducted in India to grant admission to undergraduate medical courses. NTA will commence the NEET 2026 registrations in online mode. Eligible candidates have to fill the NEET application form 2026 and pay the NEET form fees before the deadline. Read the article on NEET previous year trends to understand the previous year’s trends on registration, exam date, admit card, result date and others.
As per the NEET previous year exam date confirmation trends, the NEET exam date is announced prior to the registrations. NEET exam is conducted in a single day and in a single shift. Candidates can check the NEET exam date previous year’s trends from the below table.
Year | Exam date |
2023 | May 7, 2023 |
2024 | May 5, 2024 |
Re-exam for 1,563 students- June 23, 2024 | |
2025 | May 4, 2025 |
As per the NEET previous year's exam date trends, it is expected that NEET exam date 2026 will be May 3, 2026. The exam will be conducted in a single shift in offline mode. Candidates are advised to keep check the NEET latest news for more updates on NEET exam 2026.
NTA conducts the NEET registrations at neet.nta.nic.in. As soon as candidates register themselves, they have to fill the NEET application form. It is advisable to complete the application form process soon after registration, not leaving it for the last date to avoid issues.
Candidates can check the NEET schedule 2026 for registration trend from the table below. As per the NEET registration trend, it can be said that the NEET registration process lasts for one month.
Year | NEET Registration start date | Registration end date |
2023 | March 6, 2023 | April 6, 2023 |
2024 | February 9, 2024 | March 9, 2024 |
Extended- April 16, 2024 | ||
Reopened- April 9, 2024 | Closed- April 10, 2024 | |
2025 | February 7, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
After the NEET application form process is over, the NTA opens the NEET correction window through which candidates can edit the errors made in the application form. It must be noted that all errors cannot be corrected using the NEET correction window 2026, therefore candidates must fill the NEET application form carefully. Check the table below to know the correction window trend of NEET UG.
Year | Correction window opening date | Correction window closing date |
2023 | April 8, 2023 | April 10, 2023 |
2024 | March 18, 2024 | March 20, 2024 |
Reopened- April 11, 2024 | Reclosed- April 12, 2024 | |
Opened again- April 25, 2024 | Closing date- April 26, 2024 | |
2025 | March 9, 2025 | March 11, 2025 |
The authority issues the NEET admit card generally 3 to 4 days before the NEET exam date. Registered candidates can download the admit card through NEET candidate login. Candidates can check the previous year’s trends of NEET admit card date from the table below.
Year | Admit card issuance date |
2023 | May 3, 2023 |
2024 | May 2, 2024 |
2025 | April 30, 2025 |
NEET has a set exam pattern, however changes have been made recently. Candidates can check the previous year NEET exam pattern from the below table.
Particulars | Previous year exam pattern | Changes done for NEET 2026 |
Mode of the exam | Offline | Offline |
Number of questions | 200 out of which only 180 had to be answered | 180 |
Type of questions | MCQs | MCQs |
Exam duration | 3 hours 20 minutes | 3 hours |
The authority announces the NEET result which can be accessed by logging in through the application number and date of birth. As per the NEET result previous year’s trends, the result was announced almost after a month of the NEET exam date. Candidates can check the NEET result date trends from the table below.
Year | Result date |
2023 | June 13, 2023 |
2024 | June 4, 2024 |
Re-exam result- June 30, 2024 | |
Revised result- July 20, 2024 | |
2025 | July 14, 2025 |
The NEET cutoff is released along with the declaration of the NEET result. NEET past year’s highest score has remained 686 out of 720. NEET historical cut-off trends are provided in the table below for candidate’s reference.
Category | NEET 2023 cut off | NEET 2024 cut off | NEET 2025 cut off | |||
Cutoff percentile | Qualifying marks | Cutoff percentile | Qualifying marks | Cutoff percentile | Qualifying marks | |
General | 50th | 720-137 | 50th | 720-162 | 50th | 686 - 144 |
General- PH | 45th | 136-121 | 45th | 161-144 | 45th | 143 - 127 |
SC/ST/OBC | 40th | 136-107 | 40th | 161-127 | 40th | 143 - 113 |
SC/OBC- PH | 40th | 120-107 | 40th | 143-127 | 40th | 126 - 113 |
ST- PH | 40th | 120-107 | 40th | 142-127 | 40th | 126 - 113 |
NEET is a highly competitive exam and its difficulty level changes every year based on the questions asked in the examination. As per the NEET last year’s analysis, the NEET exam difficulty level was moderately difficult. Check the NEET previous year difficulty level from the table below.
Year | Difficulty level |
2023 | Easy to moderate |
2024 | Moderate to difficult |
2025 | Difficult level |
NEET 2025 was a normal year for the medical entrance exam however, NEET 2024 was surrounded with controversies. Right from the NEET application form filling till the result declaration, NEET 2024 experienced major blackslashes. The exam is generally conducted on a single day, however, it was conducted twice in 2024. Again, the NEET results 2024 were a big question mark.
When it comes to the comparison between NEET 2024 and NEET 2025 trends, the exams have seen a notable shift in difficulty level, question distribution and cut-off expectations. NEET 2025 was considered moderately difficult, with Physics being the toughest section. Additionally, the increasing number of candidates each year intensified competition, making strategic preparation even more important for the medical aspirants.
On Question asked by student community
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Hi! As per the NEET eligibility criteria , you must be 17 years of age as on December 31 of the year of admission. As you will complete the age criteria, you can definitely appear for NEET 2027. Do check the other eligibility criteria and apply for the NEET 2027
Hi Vishwajeet Nagare,
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The NEET qualifying cutoff for ST category was 143-113. For ST (PWD) , the cut off marks 2025 was 126-113. As you have not mentioned the closing rank for a particular college. Here, we have provided the college wise 2025 MBBS closing rank for ST category.
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