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The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG) is the single largest medical entrance examination in India. Through the NEET UG exam, admission to several undergraduate courses like MBBS, BDS, and AYUSH. Over the years, NEET UG registration has seen an upward trend in the number of registered students. This trend was expected to rise for NEET 2025 too, however, NEET UG registration trends 2025 have seen a slight downward trend.
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The NEET 2025 registration number has seen a slight decline in registrations compared to the previous year. Around 23 lakh students have registered for NEET UG 2025 exam, which is around 1 lakh less than the last year's mark of 24 lakh students. Read the full article to know comprehensively about the NEET UG registration trends in 2025, the contributing factors affecting the trend, and the implications it could have.
The total number of NEET 2025 registrations is around 23 lakh this year. The NEET form date 2025 was from February 7 to March 7, 2025. The earlier trends of NEET 2025 registrations hinted that this year the total registrations in NEET 2025 will cross the mark of 26 lakh. A graphical representation of NEET 2025 registration trends is provided here.
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Aspirants who are wondering "How many registration in NEET 2025" should know that the exact data of how many people registered for NEET 2025 will be released by the NTA. As per several media sources, the total registrations in NEET 2025 has dropped by 1 lakh and over 23 lakh students have filled the NEET application form 2025.
The NEET UG exam has seen a consistent rise in registrations over the years. The data indicates a consistent upward trajectory in registrations from 2021 to 2024, with an increase of approximately 791,302 candidates. However, NEET 2025 registrations have dropped by about 106,079 candidates compared to 2024. The year-wise data of NEET UG exam registration is provided below.
Year | Total registered candidates | Total appeared candidates | Absent candidates |
2024 | 2,406,079 | 2,333,297 | 72,782 |
2023 | 2,087,462 | 2,038,596 | 48,866 |
2022 | 1,872,343 | 1,764,571 | 107,772 |
2021 | 1,614,777 | 1,544,273 | 70,504 |
2020 | 1,597,435 | 1,366,945 | 230,490 |
2019 | 1,519,375 | 1,410,755 | 108,620 |
Gender | NEET 2024 registration | NEET 2023 registration | NEET 2022 registration |
Male | 1,029,198 | 902,936 | 807538 |
Female | 1,376,863 | 1,184,513 | 1064794 |
Third Gender | 18 | 13 | 11 |
Total | 2,406,079 | 2,087,462 | 1872343 |
Category | NEET 2024 | NEET 2023 |
OBC | 1,054,277 | 890,150 |
SC | 356,727 | 303,318 |
ST | 157,115 | 132,490 |
General | 647,260 | 607,131 |
EWS | 190,700 | 154,373 |
Total | 2,406,079 | 2,087,462 |
The total number of NEET registrations has been on the rise consistently for the last five years
The number of female students has been consistently more than the number of male students in NEET UG exam registrations
The total NEET UG registration of EWS category candidates has seen a significant jump over the last 3 years.
The NEET 2025 total registration has seen a drop of over 1 lakh candidates. Some of the reasons behind this NEET 2025 registrations drop are as follows -
While the competition level of the NEET UG exam has increased with the increasing number of applicants, the total seats under the NEET UG exam has not increased to that extent. This limited number of seats has reduced the interest of students from the NEET UG exam and they are now looking for alternative career options.
With no NEET registration window extension, many students who couldn’t register for the exam before the last date of NEET 2025 registration, couldn’t fill their NEET application form . The NEET 2025 registration last date was March 7. NTA generally extends the registration window of the NEET exam allowing more candidates to register. However, this year with no extension in the registration window, there has been a decline in total NEET 2025 registration.
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Ideally you should be able to. However, this is a minor detail and doesnt change much so we would advise and see if its an editable field. If its not, please donot worry. This detail is not of much concern and should not have any bearing in your admission as
Yes, it is an entrance exam. Please register at http://www.upvetuniv.edu.in/ .
Prospectus can be found at https://upvetuniv.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Prospectus-2026-27Final.pdf
You can check the NEET PYQs by Careers360 for previosu years' question papers.
Yes, You can change the date of birth in the NEET registration correction window.
To know what are the details can be corrected in the submitted NEET application form, Click here .
Yes — you can sit for NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) even if you took the Commerce stream in school, provided you meet the eligibility criteria set by the National Medical Commission (NMC) and your state/university. Key points and steps:
Eligibility criteria (core requirements)
Academic subjects: You must have
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