NEET Eligibility Criteria, Age Limit – National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test

NEET Eligibility Criteria, Age Limit – National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test

  • Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRI’s), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI’s), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO’s) & Foreign Nationals are eligible for appearing in the NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG), 2018.
  • The candidate must have completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December, 2018 i.e. the year of his/her admission to the 1st year M.B.B.S./B.D.S. Course.
  • The upper age limit for candidates seeking admission in MBBS/BDS seats shall be 25 years as on the date of examination with a relaxation of 5 years for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC category and persons entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, .

NEET 2018 Eligibility Criteria, Age Limit

  • The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Bio-technology at the qualifying examination.
  • In respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology taken together in qualifying examination be
    40% instead of 50% for General category candidates.
  • In respect of the candidates with benchmark disabilities specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, , the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology taken together in qualifying
    examination shall be 45% instead of 50% for General category candidates and 40% for SC/ST/OBC candidates.

NEET Eligibility Criteria, Age Limit – National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test

  • Provided that two years of regular and continuous study of Physics,   Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology taken together shall be required at 10+2 level for all the candidates.
  • Candidates who have passed 10+2 from Open Schools or as Private candidates shall not be eligible to appear for National Eligibility-cumEntrance Test-UG. Furthermore, study of Biology/Bio-technology as an Additional Subject at 10+2 level also shall not be permissible.
  • Those who are appearing in Class XII examination in 2018 can also appear for the entrance test provisionally subject to their fulfilling the conditions later.
  • As the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana have decided to join and contribute their MBBS/BDS seats for the allotment to the candidates under 15% All India Quota from the academic year onward, the candidates belonging to these States shall also be eligible for 15% All India Quota seats.