NEET Exam Date 2025 with Exam Timings are released: The NEET examination is planned for May 4, 2025. As the NEET UG 2025 exam approaches, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has already released the NEET Admit Card. Students can now get the City Intimation Slip for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test from the NTA’s official website (https://neet.nta.nic.in/). Read the entire article to find out more about the 2025 NEET exam dates, exam guidelines, and other upcoming events.
NEET 2025 Exam Date
The official NEET Exam date 2025 is out, the entrance exam is scheduled for May 4th. Last year also the exam was also held in the first week of May. Candidates were allowed to submit the NEET Application Form 2025 from February 7 to March 7. This year, students didn’t get a second chance to complete the registration same like last year. After the NEET UG exam, the board will release the NEET Answer Key 2025, and soon after that, the NEET 2025 Results.
2025 NEET Exam Date and Timings
The Invigilators will give you a total of 3 hours to solve the NEET Question Paper 2025 in a paper-and-pencil-based (PBT) format. At first, the NEET exam duration was 3 hours and 20 minutes, but with the latest revision in the NEET Exam pattern, the exam duration is reduced to only 180 minutes. Here we clearly break down the timing of the exam below –
Breakdown of NEET Exam Timings
Check out all the timings very carefully before going into the exam center.
Events | Time / Duration |
The NEET 2025 exam will be held from |
2 PM to 5 PM.
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Last admittance into the NEET UG test hall as per the NEET timetable is |
1:30 PM.
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Sitting in the examining room at your designated exam center at |
1:15 PM.
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The invigilator of the NEET Exam Center announces key instructions and checks admit cards |
from 1:30 pm to 1:45 PM.
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Distribution of the NEET booklet 2025 at |
1:45 PM.
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Candidates write particulars (such as Roll numbers and others) on the test booklet at |
1:50 PM.
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The NEET exam 2025 starts |
at 2 p.m.
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NEET UG will conclude |
at 5 PM.
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Read about the correct NEET dress code, More exam day guidelines, and Barred Items here – NEET Exam Day Guidelines
NEET 2025 Exam Date Schedule and Important Events
NEET 2025 Exam date was mentioned on the NEET UG notification. Till last year, NTA had announced only the application dates, and the rest were announced on a real-time basis.
Particulars | Details |
Release of NEET Exam Date 2025 | September (last Year) |
NEET Online Application | February 7 to March 7, 2025 |
Correction Window |
March 9, 2025
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NEET City Intimation Slip |
April 26, 2025
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Release of NEET Admit Card |
Fourth Week of April 2025
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NEET 2025 Exam Date 2025 |
May 4, 2025
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NEET UG Exam Timings |
from 2 PM to 5 PM
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NEET Result Date 2025 Declaration |
First Week of June 2025
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Commencement of Counselling | July 2025 |
Official Website | neet.nta.nic.in |
NEET Application Form 2025
Candidates can apply for the NEET (UG) exam using the “Online” method exclusively through the official website https://neet.nta.nic.in/. The candidate must provide a recent passport photograph, proof of address, a scanned signature, and other documents. For further details, please read the Bulletin thoroughly. A candidate can only submit one application for the entrance exam.
Candidates must strictly adhere to the instructions provided in the NEET Information Bulletin and on the NTA website. Candidates who do not follow the instructions will be summarily disqualified. Candidates must ensure that the e-mail address and mobile number supplied in the NEET UG Online Application Form are their own or their parents’/guardians’ own. Since NTA will send all information/communication by e-mail to the registered e-mail address or SMS to the registered mobile number.
Read the – Complete Information About NEET Application 2025 PDF
Will the NEET Exam 2025 be in Multiple Days?
Earlier, NTA released a notification stating that NEET will be conducted in a single day in offline mode. Hence, the speculations regarding the exam being conducted in multiple days and in more than one slot have been quashed.
Major Changes in NEET Exam Pattern
Moreover, the NEET exam pattern has been changed this year. The optional questions have been removed for all three sections. Instead of 200 questions, there will now be 180 questions; all questions are mandatory to answer. The total duration of NEET 2025 has been reduced from 200 minutes to 180 minutes, or three hours.
Also, check the complete Revised NEET Exam Pattern 2025
NEET City Intimation Slip and Admit Card Declaration Date
The NEET 2025 city intimation slip and the admit card is issued on April 30, 2025.
Provisional NEET Answer Key Release Date
Although the NTA has not declared a date for the publication of NEET 2025 answer keys and OMR sheets. The provisional NEET answer keys are expected to be issued in the fourth week of May 2025.
NEET Result 2025 Release Date
Students will know that their Total marks earned, Percentile score, All India Rank (AIR), and Qualification status will be included in the NEET 2025 Results. NEET cutoff will be announced along with the scorecards. The NEET 2025 results will be released in the second week of June 2025.
NEET Counselling 2025
There are two forms of NEET counseling 2025 – first, MCC conducts the All India Quota (AIQ) for 15% of the seats. Secondly, State quotas are administered by state governments for 85% of seats. Counselling for NEET UG 2025 will start in July 2025.
NEET Exam Date: Past 8 Years Trends
Here we have compiled the last 8 years’ NEET exam dates; most of the years the NEET UG exam was held in the first half of May. In 2024, the exam was held twice because of the NEET controversy.
NEET Exam Dates | Year |
4th May 2025 | 2025 |
5th May 2024 23rd June 2024 (NEET UG retest 2024) |
2024 |
7th May 2023 | 2023 |
17th July 2022 | 2022 |
12th September 2021 | 2021 |
13th September 2020 | 2020 |
5th May 2019 | 2019 |
8th May 2018 | 2018 |