NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) – 2017 (NEET-UG-2017)

As per the Indian Medical Council Act-1956 as amended in 2016 and the Dentists Act-1948 as amended in 2016, online applications are invited for
NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) – 2017 (NEET-UG-2017) to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),
for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India except for the institutions established through an Act of Parliament i.e. AIIMS and JIPMER
Puducherry.
Admissions to all seats of MBBS/BDS courses will be done through NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG), 2017. The seats are
classified in the following categories:
(i) All India Quota Seats
(ii) State Government Quota Seats
(iii) State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental Colleges or any Private/ Deemed University
(iv) Central Pool Quota Seats
REQUIREMNENT OF AADHAAR NUMBER
 For Indian citizens and ordinary residents of India, Aadhaar Number is a requirement to fill up the online application of NEET-2017 in all States except
J&K, Assam and Meghalaya.
 For NRIs, Passport Number is the mandatory requirement for filling up of the online application of NEET-2017.
 For Foreign Nationals, Overseas Citizen of India (OCI’s), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO’s), Passport Number is the mandatory requirement for filling
up of the online application of NEET-2017.
 At the time of filling application form of NEET– 2017, the candidates will have to enter their AADHAAR number, name, date of birth & gender and
hereby give their consent to CBSE to validate the information provided by them with the UIDAI’s database. In case, these particulars do not match,
the candidate will not be able to fill the application form of NEET- 2017. Therefore, the candidates are advised to ensure that their AADHAAR card
has correct details of their name, date of birth & gender as per school records. If there is some mismatch in these details, the candidates should
immediately get it corrected in AADHAAR data or school records, as the case may be.
 Regarding requirement of AADHAAR a separate PUBLIC NOTICE is being published and also hosted on website. Candidates may follow the
instructions given therein.
PATTERN OF TEST
The NEET (UG) shall consist of one paper containing 180 objective
type questions (four options with single correct answer) from Physics,
Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology). The duration of paper
would be 03 hours from 10.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
(i) 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), 2017.
(ii) The candidate must have completed age of 17 years at the time of
admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December,
2017 i.e. the year of his/her admission to the 1st year
M.B.B.S./B.D.S. Course.
(iii) 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.
(iv) The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at
NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) shall be
limited to 3 (Three) uniformly for all the candidates.
(v) 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 or 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 candidates. Further, for persons for locomotor disability
of lower limbs, the minimum of 45% marks for General-PH and
40% marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH are required. Those who
are appearing in Class XII examination in 2017 can also appear
for the entrance test provisionally subject to their fulfilling the
conditions later.
For Candidates of
Unreserved Category (UR)
born on or between
08.05.1992 and 01.01.2001
For Candidates of
SC/ST/OBC Category
born on or between
08.05.1987 and 01.01.2001
Date of Test : 7th May, 2017 (Sunday)
SCHEDULE AND FEE DETAILS
Schedule for on-line
submission
of application forms
31.01.2017 (Tuesday) to
01.03.2017 (Wednesday)
(Till 00.00 midnight)
Last date for successful
final transaction of fee
01.03.2017 (Wednesday)
(Till 00.00 midnight)
FEE DETAILS FOR GENERAL/OBC FOR SC/ST/PH
Rs.1400/- (INR) Rs.750/- (INR)
RESERVATION OF SEATS & ADMISSION IN MEDICAL/DENTAL
COLLEGES
1. An All India merit list and All India Rank of the qualified candidates shall be
prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the National Eligibility-cum
Entrance Test and candidates shall be admitted to MBBS/BDS courses from
the said list only by following the Existing Reservation Policies.
2. All admission to MBBS/BDS courses within in the respective categories shall
be based solely on marks obtained in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance
Test.
3. All other existing eligibility criteria for admission to Medical/Dental Colleges
shall be applicable as per Rules and Policies of the
State/UT/Institution/University concerned.
COUNSELLING DETAILS
1. CBSE will provide All India Rank. Result will be given to DGHS, Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India to provide the same to admitting
authorities.
2. Admitting authorities will invite applications for counselling and merit list
shall be drawn based on All India Rank by the admitting authorities subject
to their applicable rules.
COMMON SERVICES CENTRES/FACILITATION CENTRES
Candidates, if need be, may take the assistance of Common Services Centres
for filling up the application form. The details of the common services centres
are given on the website www.cbseneet.nic.in
INFORMATION BULLETIN
The Information Bulletin containing detailed information of test, syllabus,
eligibility criteria to appear/admission, reservation, examination fee, cities of
examinations, State Code of eligibility, Age, etc. is available on website
www.cbseneet.nic.in. Candidates may, therefore, check all the details in the
online Information Bulletin before submission of application form.
HOW TO APPLY
 Candidates can apply ONLY ONLINE.
 Online submission of application may be made by accessing the
Board’s website www.cbseneet.nic.in Instructions for submitting
online application and payment of fee are available on website.
 Candidates may remit the fee in the following manner:
a. Through any Debit/Credit Card
b. Net Banking/UPIor
c. e-wallets of different service provider
ADDRESS & CONTACT DETAILS
The Deputy Secretary (Examination),
National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test Unit,
Central Board of Secondary Education,
Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre,
Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 092
Website - www.cbseneet.nic.in
Email – neet.cbse@nic.in
Phone No. – 011-22041807, 011 - 22041808,Fax No.-011-22509251
Toll Free No. - 1800118002,
Mobile No. - 9599590192,9599590193
Director (NEET)