NEET PG 2024 Application Form, Exam Date (Out), Eligibility, Fee

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. The NEET PG 2024 online registration process has been started on 16th April 2024 at nbe.edu.in/natboard.edu.in. Interested candidates who have completed their MBBS degree and fulfill the NEET PG eligibility criteria can submit their application forms through the official website or direct link shared in the article. The NEET PG 2024 Exam will be held on 23rd June 2024. 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 a duration of 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 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. Candidates can apply online for NEET PG from 16th April to 06th May 2024. Candidates wishing to appear for the NEET PG Exam 2024  must bookmark these important NEET 2024 Event dates for convenience.

NEET PG 2024 Online Application Form

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has started the NEET PG 2024 Application process on 16th April 2024. 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 (Active) - Click to Apply

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/-.

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:

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.

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:

NEET PG 2024 Syllabus

Section A- (Pre- Clinical) Subjects

1. Biochemistry
2. Physiology
3. Anatomy

Section – B (Para Clinical) Subjects

1. Microbiology
2. Pharmacology
3. Social and Preventive Medicine
4. Forensic Medicine
5. Pathology

Section – C (Clinical) Subjects

1. General Medicine including Dermatology & Venereology & Psychiatry
2. ENT
3. General Surgery including Orthopaedics, Anaesthesia & Radiodiagnosis
4. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
5. Paediatrics
6. 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 on 14th July 2024 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.

NEET PG 2024 Declaration of Result

The eligibility criteria for participation in counselling towards allotment of PG seats conducted by the designated counselling authority shall be in accordance with the post-graduate Medical Education Regulations (as per the latest amendment) notified by the NMC/ the erstwhile MCI with prior approval of MoHFW, Govt. of India. The NEET PG 2024 Date for result declaration is 15th July 2024.

Here are the qualifying criteria-