The National Eligibility Entrance Test, Postgraduate or NEET (PG) is a national-level qualifying and ranking examination conducted by the NBE (National Board of Examination) for the students willing to study various postgraduate Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS) and diploma courses from the government or private medical colleges across the country. Interested candidates who have completed their MBBS degree and fulfill the NEET PG eligibility criteria have submitted their application forms for the exam. The NEET PG 2024 New Exam was held on 11th August 2024 in 2 shifts. Candidates can refer to the article for details regarding the NEET PG exam.
NEET PG 2024- Exam Highlights
The NEET 2024 Exam is conducted as a computer-based-test conducted for 3 hours and 30 minutes. Interested students are granted admission to their preferred medical courses based on the NEET PG 2024 exam results. The counselling and seat allotment are conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The specifications for NEET PG 2024 are detailed in a tabular form below:
NEET PG 2024- Exam Highlights | |
Exam Name | NEET PG 2024 |
Full Form | National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post Graduate |
Conducting Body | National Board of Examinations (NBE) |
Frequency of Conduct | Once a year |
Exam Level | National Level Exam |
NEET PG Exam Date 2024 | 11th August 2024 |
Language of the exam | English |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Mode of Counselling | Online / Offline |
Participating Colleges | 487 |
NEET PG Exam City 2024 | 185 cities |
Exam Duration | 3 Hours 30 Minutes |
Official website | nbe.edu.in/natboard.edu.in |
Contact Details | Helpline number-022-61087595 Email ID-helpdesknbeexam@natboard.edu.in |
NEET PG 2024 Exam Date
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post Graduate Exam 2024 is rescheduled to be held on 11th August 2024. The exam will be held at various exam centers allotted to 180 exam cities across the country. The exam date, timing, venue and other details regarding the exam has been released along with the admit card on 08th August 2024 at nbe.edu.in/natboard.edu.in.
NEET PG 2024- Important Dates
NBE conducts the NEET UG & NEET PG Exam every year for medical students. Here are the Important Dates regarding the NEET PG 2024 exam. NEET PG Exam 2024 was postponed and now the exam has been rescheduled for 11th August 2024. Candidates wishing to appear for the NEET PG Exam 2024 must bookmark these important NEET 2024 Event dates for convenience.
NEET PG 2024 Important Dates | |
Events | Dates |
Release of NEET PG Application Form 2024 | 16th April 2024 (3 pm) |
Last date for NEET PG Application 2024 | 6th May 2024 (11:55 pm) |
NEET PG Application correction window 2024 | 10th May to 16th May 2024 |
Edit window to rectify incorrect images | 28th May to 3rd June 2024 and final from 7th June to 10th June 2024 |
NEET PG Admit Card 2024 | 08th August 2024 |
NEET PG 2024 Exam date | 11th August 2024 |
NEET PG Result 2024 | 23rd August 2024 |
Online registration for the first round of counselling | To be notified |
Last Date for NEET PG 2024 Counselling | To be notified |
NEET PG 2024 New Session | To be notified |
NEET PG 2024 Result Out
The result of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post Graduate Exam 2024 has been released on 23rd August 2024. The result link has been made available on the official website nbe.edu.in/natboard.edu.in. Candidates can check and download the results from the official website National Board of Examinations (NBE).
NEET PG Result 2024 Out - Click to Check
NEET PG 2024 Online Application Form
The NEET PG 2024 application process involves steps such as registration, filling up details in the application form, paying the exam fee, and uploading documents. The candidates who have been preparing for the NEET PG Exam are required to submit their online application form before the deadline to attempt the exam. The last date for the NEET PG 2024 Application process is 06th May 2024. Only the candidates who successfully register for the NEET PG 2024 Exam by filling up the application form will be allowed to appear for the exam.
NEET PG Registration Form 2024 Link (Inactive)
Steps to Fill NEET PG 2024 Application Form
Application forms CANNOT be submitted offline / printed copy by post. Submission of the application form for appearing in the NEET-PG 2024 is to be undertaken online at the website www.nbe.edu.in. The following sequence shall be observed while filing the online application form:
Step 1: Fill out the user registration form to generate the User ID/Application ID and password.
Step 2: User ID and Password will be sent through SMS and Email.
Step 3: Complete the application form and upload your Photograph, Scanned signature, Thumb impression & Prescribed documents.
Step 4: Choose your Test City and pay the Examination Fee.
Step 5: Agree to the declaration and submit the Application.
Step 6: Take a printout of the filled Application form with Transaction printed on it for records.
NEET PG 2024 Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification - Candidates are required to possess an MBBS degree or Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate recognised by the Indian Medical Council Act 1956
Certificate of Registration - Candidates must have MBBS qualification registration (permanent/provisional). This registration is supposed to be issued by MCI or State Medical Council (SMC) or Medical Council of India (MCI)
Internship - As per the eligibility criteria of NEET PG candidate must complete their one-year internship on or before 11th August, 2024.
NEET PG 2024 Application Fee
To complete the NEET PG Application Form candiadtes are required to pay an application fee as per category. Candidates from the General, EWS, and OBC categories have to pay Rs. Rs. 3500/- and candidates from SC, ST, and PWD are required to pay Rs. 2500/-.
Category | Fee Amount |
General, EWS and OBC | Rs. 3500/- |
SC, ST and PWD | Rs. 2500/- |
Fees shall neither be refunded nor carried forward if the application for NEET PG 2024 is rejected/the candidature is found to be ineligible or the candidate is unable to appear in the examination.
NEET PG 2024 Edit/ Correction Window
Candidates who successfully submit their application form during the Application Submission window will also be allowed to edit their applications. No new applications will be registered during the edit window. All editable fields in the application form will be opened for the candidate to make any corrections if so required. Details of the field that could not be edited are mentioned below.
Information entered in the application form can be changed during the “Edit Window” However, the following fields in the application form shall remain non-editable:
• Name of the Candidate
• Email ID
• Nationality
• Test City
If a candidate updates his/her category or PWD status during the edit window which requires him/her to make any payment of the difference in Examination Fee to the National Board of Examination the difference of examination fee needs to be deposited through demand draft drawn in favour of National Board of Examinations, payable at New Delhi before the date of issuance of admit cards.
No editing in the information provided shall be permissible in the application form, once the edit window is over.
NEET PG 2024 Admit Card
NEET PG 2024 Admit Card will be released 1-2 weeks before the examination. NEET PG 2024 Admit Cards will be available on the official website. The candidates will be required to download their admit card from the NBE website and affix firmly their latest passport-size photograph in the space provided on the admit card.
The photograph must meet the following specifications:
• Size of photograph: Minimum 35 x 45 mm (and not larger than the box printed on the admit card for pasting the photograph) with at least 75% area on the photograph should be occupied with the face & head of the candidate.
• It should be a Colour photograph with a white background
• The photograph needs to display a full front view of the face with a neutral expression. No Caps, Stethoscopes, Goggles, or Ornaments are to be worn.
• The photograph should not have reflection or shadow on the face with red eyes.
• The photograph needs to be printed on high-quality paper with at least 600 dpi Resolution.
• The photograph must not have kinks, scratches and stains.
NEET 2024 Exam Centre
NBE will release the list of NEET PG 2024 exam centres. Candidates can refer to the table given below which contains list of cities where the NEET PG exam was held last year:
S.No | City | S.No | City |
1 | Adoni | 51 | Durg |
2 | Agartala | 52 | Durgapur |
3 | Agra | 53 | Eluru |
4 | Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar | 54 | Ernakulam |
5 | Ahmednagar | 55 | Erode |
6 | Aizawl | 56 | Gadag |
7 | Ajmer | 57 | Gorakhpur |
8 | Aligarh | 58 | Gudur |
9 | Amalapuram | 59 | Guntur |
10 | Ambala | 60 | Guwahati |
11 | Amravati | 61 | Gwalior |
12 | Amritsar | 62 | Haldwani |
13 | Anand | 63 | Hamirpur (HP) |
14 | Anantapur | 64 | Hassan |
15 | Angul | 65 | Hazaribagh |
16 | Arrah | 66 | Hyderabad |
17 | Asansol | 67 | Indore |
18 | Aurangabad (MH) | 68 | Jabalpur |
19 | Balasore | 69 | Jagtial |
20 | Bankura | 70 | Jaipur |
21 | Bapatla | 71 | Jalgaon |
22 | Bareilly | 72 | Jammu |
23 | Bargarh | 73 | Jamnagar |
24 | Bathinda | 74 | Jamshedpur |
25 | Belagavi(Belgaum) | 75 | Jhansi |
26 | Bengaluru | 76 | Jodhpur |
27 | Berhampore (WB) | 77 | Jorhat |
28 | Berhampur-Ganjam | 78 | Kadapa |
29 | Bhagalpur | 79 | Kakinada |
30 | Bhavnagar | 80 | Kallakurichi |
31 | Bhilai Nagar | 81 | Kalyani |
32 | Bhimavaram | 82 | Kanchipuram |
33 | Bhopal | 83 | Kannur |
34 | Bhubaneswar | 84 | Kanpur |
35 | Bikaner | 85 | Karimnagar |
36 | Bilaspur (CG) | 86 | Karur |
37 | Chandrapur | 87 | Kasaragod |
38 | Chennai | 88 | Kavali |
39 | Chikkamagaluru | 89 | Khammam |
40 | Chittoor | 90 | Kolhapur |
41 | Coimbatore | 91 | Kolkata |
42 | Coonoor | 92 | Kollam |
43 | Cuddalore | 93 | Kottayam |
44 | Cuttack | 94 | Kozhikode |
45 | Darbhanga | 95 | Kurnool |
46 | Delhi/Ncr | 96 | Lucknow |
47 | Dhanbad | 97 | Machilipatnam |
48 | Dharwad/Hubballi(Hubli) | 98 | Madurai |
49 | Dhenkanal | 99 | Mahabubnagar |
50 | Dibrugarh | 100 | Malappuram |
101 | Mandya | 144 | Salem |
102 | Mangaluru(Mangalore) | 145 | Samba |
103 | Markapur | 146 | Sambalpur |
104 | Meerut | 147 | Sangli |
105 | Mehsana | 148 | Sathupally |
106 | Moradabad | 149 | Satna |
107 | Mumbai/Navimumbai | 150 | Shillong |
108 | Muzaffarnagar | 151 | Shivamogga(Shimoga) |
109 | Muzaffarpur | 152 | Sikar |
110 | Muzaffarpur | 153 | Silchar |
111 | Mylavaram | 154 | Siliguri |
112 | Mysuru(Mysore) | 155 | Sindhudurg |
113 | Nagpur | 156 | Sivaganka |
114 | Naharlagun | 157 | Srinagar |
115 | Nanded | 158 | Surampalem |
116 | Nandyala | 159 | Surat |
117 | Narasaraopet | 160 | Suryapet |
118 | Nellore | 161 | Tadepalligudem |
119 | Ongole | 162 | Tadipatri |
120 | Palakkad | 163 | Tezpur |
121 | Palghar | 164 | Thiruvananthapuram |
122 | Panaji/Madgaon | 165 | Thrissur |
123 | Pandharpur | 166 | Tiruchirappalli |
124 | Paschim Medinipur | 167 | Tirunelveli |
125 | Pathanamthitta | 168 | Tirupathi |
126 | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | 169 | Tirupur |
127 | Patna | 170 | Tiruvallur |
128 | Peddapalli | 171 | Tiruvannamalai |
129 | Port Blair | 172 | Tiruvuru |
130 | Prayagraj | 173 | Tumakuru(Tumkur) |
131 | Proddatur | 174 | Udaipur |
132 | Puducherry | 175 | Udupi |
133 | Pune | 176 | Ujjain |
134 | Purba Medinipur | 177 | Vadodara |
135 | Purnea | 178 | Varanasi |
136 | Puttur (AP) | 179 | Vellore |
137 | Raipur | 180 | Vijayawada |
138 | Rajahmundry | 181 | Viluppuram |
139 | Rajkot | 182 | Visakhapatnam |
140 | Ranchi | 183 | Vizianagaram |
141 | Ratnagiri | 184 | Warangal |
142 | Rayachoty | 185 | Yemmiganur |
143 | Rourkela |
NEET PG 2024 Exam Pattern
As per the NEET PG 2024 exam pattern, there will be 200 objective questions in the test. Earlier, a total of 300 questions were asked in the NEET PG exam. The duration of NEET PG 2024 is 3 hours and 30 minutes. As per the NEET PG exam pattern, the test will be conducted in a computer-based mode. The NEET PG 2024 exam will be held on 5th March 2024. The NEET PG exam will be conducted in the English language only.
Time Allocated | 3 Hrs. 30 min. |
No. of items (questions) | 200 (Earlier 300) |
Total Marks allocated | 800 (Earlier 1200) |
Negative marking | Yes, 1 mark will be deducted for incorrect response 4 marks will be awarded for correct response. |
Language of NEET PG 2024 | English only |
NEET PG 2024 Marking Scheme
Understand the NEET PG 2024 Marking Scheme. Given below is the marking scheme for NEET PG 2024. There will be negative marking, 1 mark will be deducted for every incorrect response and 4 marks will be awarded for correct answers. 0 marks will be awarded for no response. The table below will make it clearer:
Response | Marks |
Correct answer | 4 |
Wrong answer | -1 |
Unanswered | 0 |
NEET PG 2024 Syllabus
Section A- (Pre- Clinical) Subjects
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Anatomy
Section – B (Para Clinical) Subjects
- Microbiology
- Pharmacology
- Social and Preventive Medicine
- Forensic Medicine
- Pathology
Section – C (Clinical) Subjects
- General Medicine including Dermatology & Venereology & Psychiatry
- ENT
- General Surgery including Orthopaedics, Anaesthesia & Radiodiagnosis
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Ophthalmology
NEET PG 2024 Overview of the Computer Based Exam
Step 1: Online Application Form Submission
Step 2: Demo Test
Step 3: Issuance of Admit Cards
Step 4: Reporting at Test Centre on Schedule Date &Time
Step 5: Security Check-in Process
Step 6: Registration for Test + Face ID & Biometric
Step 7: Examination Begins
Step 8: Examination Ends
NEET PG 2024 Result
The National Board of Examination (NBE) will release the NEET PG 2024 Results after the successful conduction of the examination. Candidates who are planning to appear for the NEET PG Exam 2024 will be able to check the NEET PG 2024 Result at the official website nbe.edu.in/natboard.edu.in. Candidates will need their application ID and password created at the time of registration to check NEET PG Result 2024. The scorecard and cut-off will be released soon after the announcement of the result. The direct link to download the NEET 2024 PG Result will be shared below.
Here are the qualifying criteria-
SNo. | Category | Eligibility Criteria |
1 | General | 50th Percentile |
2 | SC/ST/OBC (Including PWD of SC/ST/OBC) | 40th Percentile |
3 | UR PWD | 45th Percentile |
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