NEET 2022: Application Form (Till 20 May), No Upper Age Limit, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Date

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the ‘National Eligibility cum Entrance Test’ (NEET 2022) for admission into the MBBS and BDS programmes offered by the medical institutes. The NEET is national level examination which is conducted every year. Candidates will be eligible to apply for NEET 2022 after passing the 12^th examination. NEET has replaced AIPMT after the Supreme Court ruling in 2016.  Now, NEET is the only exam which is conducted for admission into all medical institutes of India to pursue a Bachelor programme like MBBS and BDS.

The post has been updated with all the necessary details of the NEET 2022 Application Form, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern, and Important Dates.

News- NEET 2022 application form has been released online 6th April 2022.

The upper age limit for NEET 2022 has been removed now.

Salient features about NEET 2022

Exam name	National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
Commonly known as	NEET
Conducted by	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Level of exam	National level
Examination Mode	Pen and Paper Mode
Exam category	UG Medical
Courses offered	BDS and MBBS
Minimum eligibility	10+2 with science stream
Application mode	Online
NEET 2022 application form date	Soon
Application fee	Rs 1400/- (Unreserved & OBC) and Rs 750 (SC/ST/PwD)
Exam duration	3 hours
Number of Sections	3 (Physics, Chemistry and Biology)

NEET 2022 Important Dates

The tentative dates for the NEET 2022 has been provided in the following table. It is important that the dates assigned to all the events related to the NEET 2022 and it will be at the sole discretion of the NTA to set any change in the schedule of the exam.

S.No.	Name of the Event	Dates
1.	Release date of information brochure	Soon
2.	Date for application form submission (including uploading photo & signature)	20th May 2022
3.	Date for successful final transaction of fee	To be updated
4.	Correction in the form	To be updated
5.	Admit card release date	To be updated
6.	Commencement of the Exam	17th July 2022
7.	Date for the announcement of Result	To be updated
8.	Admission Counselling	To be updated

NEET 2022 Application Form

The details of the NEET 2022 application form has been providing in the following points which candidates need to keep in mind while submitting the same:

• The application form will be available only on the official website of NTA and the forms might be accessible soon.
• Candidates can fill the application form through the online mode only.
• After filling all the details in the application form, candidates need to take the printout of the application form.

Details of the NEET Application Fee

• The application fee for NEET 2022 will be Rs. 1400.
• Candidates of the reserved category need to pay Rs. 750 as the NEET application fee.
• The application fee can be paid through the credit card/debit card/ net banking.
• Candidates can pay the application fee through the bank challan as well.

NEET Eligibility Criteria

Candidates need to make sure that they fulfill the NEET eligibility criteria as provided in the following points:

• Indian Citizens/Overseas Citizens of India willing to have MBBS/BDS from a foreign Medical/Dental Institute they need to qualify NEET UG 2022.
• Candidates must have passed 12^th with Physics, Chemistry, Biology / Biotechnology (PCB) and English individually.
• Moreover, he must have secured at least 50% marks (40% for the reserved category) taken together
  in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology at the higher secondary level (12^th).

Age limit

• Candidates must be at least 17 years old at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before 31st December of the year of admission to the first year MBBS/BDS Course.
• Candidates of Candidates of Unreserved Category should be born on or between 05.05.1997 and 31.12.2005. SC/ST/OBC/PwD Category candidates should be born on or between 05.05.1992 and 31.12.2005.
• There is no upper age limit to apply for NEET in 2022.
  

Number of attempts for NEET 2022

The attempt limit rule has been removed in NEET exam. You can also check it @official website of NEET exam.

NEET 2022 Exam Pattern

The NEET 2022 exam pattern will be as per the details provided in the following points:

• The examination will be comprised of an objective question paper.
• The test will be conducted through pen and paper mode.
• The medium of the exam will be exam English, Hindi, or Vernacular.
• The number of question in the exam will be 180.
• The duration of the exam will be 3 hours.
• Every question will be of 4 marks.
• There will be negative marking of 1 mark as well for the incorrect answer of a question.

The table given below gives an overview of marks distribution for the NEET 2022:

S.No.	Subject Name	Number of Questions	Marks assigned
1.	Physics	45	45×4= 180
2.	Chemistry	45	45×4=180
3.	Botany	45	45×4=180
4.	Zoology	45	45×4=180
5.	Total	180	180×4=720

Admit card

The admit card of NEET 2022 will be issued to those applicants only who successfully registered for the exam. The conducting body will release the admit card according to the given schedule. Candidates can get their respective admit cards through online mode from the official website of NEET. The Admit Card will contain important details related candidate and exam such as Name of candidate, Date of Birth, date & time of exam, and examination venue etc. Candidate should bring the admit card at the examination center. No candidate will be allowed to write for the exam without holding a valid admit card.

NEET Syllabus 2022

NEET 2022 Syllabus will be set by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Generally, the syllabus of NEET is based on Class 11 and 12 topics. The chapters/ contents covered in NEET Syllabus usually include sections of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology from NCERT or recommended books. Some of NEET 2022 important topics are listed below:

NEET syllabus for Physics

• Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
• Energy and Power
• Optics
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Current Electricity
• Electronic Devices

NEET syllabus for Chemistry subject

• Structure of Atom, States of Matter
• Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
• Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers
• Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
• Solid State
• Hydrocarbons
• Thermodynamics
• Environmental Chemistry

Biology Syllabus

• Plant Physiology
• Cell Structure and Function
• Genetics and Evolution
• Biotechnology and Its Applications
• Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants
• Ecology and Environment
• Human physiology
• Biology and Human Welfare

Result

The result for the NEET 2022 exam will be announced by the authority as per the given schedule. The candidates will be able to check their result through online mode from the official website.  To check/download the result, Candidates will have to enter their registration number or Roll number.  The authority will not send scorecard via post or any other offline mode.

Cutoff

The cut off for NEET exam 2022 will be published after the announcement of result. The NEET 2022 cutoff will be decided after considering some factors like difficulty level of exam, number of appearing applicants, seat availability and previous years’ cut off etc. The cut off list will be comprised of NEET All India category wise ranks of the qualified students. It is necessary for the candidate to clear sectional wise and overall cut off in order to be eligible for the counseling process.

Selection process

The selection or admission criteria of NEET 2022 for all the participating states may be different from each other. However, the basic criterion is to clear the sectional and overall NEET Cut Off 2022 as decided by the conducting body i.e. NTA There will be two merit lists declared by the NTA namely All India rank and State Level rank. Candidates satisfying such criteria are eligible for the next level of the selection process.