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SREYASHI SEN 12th Jul, 2021

Dear Aspirant,

Eligiblility for NEET UG 2021//

NEET 2021 is open to Indian citizens, non-resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), and international nations. Aspirants who meet the NEET eligibility criteria listed below and complete the application process by the deadline will be eligible to take the medical entrance exam in the 2021 session. Aspirants should be aware that if they wish to study medicine at the undergraduate level, they must take and pass the NEET 2021 exam. NEET is now required for aspirants who seek to study medicine overseas yet return to India to practise medicine.

NEET Eligiblity By NTA-

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Qualifying Exam for NEET 2021

  • Candidates must have passed 10+2 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English as core subjects from a recognized board.

  • Class 12 or equivalent appearing aspirants are also eligible to apply for NEET.

NEET age limit 2021

Candidates must have completed 17 years as on December 31, 2021.

NEET Maximum Age Limit*

The decision on the upper age limit is pending, so, all candidates are provisionally eligible to apply for NEET 2021.

NEET eligibility marks 2021

The class 12 percentage required for NEET 2021 exam is separate for each category and can be listed as under. NEET eligibility marks in class 12 to be considered are aggregate marks only for PCB subjects

  • UR - 50%,

  • OBC/SC/ST - 40%,

  • PWD - 45%

Maximum Number of Attempts for NEET

There are no restrictions on the maximum NEET attempt limit 2021.

Nationality

Indian Nationals, NRIs, OCIs, PIOs & Foreign Nationals aspirants are eligible to apply


The bold column will provide you the required information.

For some further information you can refer to the official website that is nta.nic.in or https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria .

Regards....!!!!

Ayush 12th Jul, 2021

Hello candidate,

There are some of the eligibility and criteria requirements for Neet examination-

1. The Candidates must have completed 17 years as on December 31, 2021.

2. The decision on the upper age limit is pending, so, all candidates are provisionally eligible to apply for NEET 2021.

3. There are no restrictions on the maximum NEET attempt limit 2021.

4. Candidates must have passed 10+2 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English as core subjects from a recognized board.

For more details you can visit https://www.google.com/amp/s/medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria/amp

If you have any further queries feel free to post it here!!

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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 12th Jul, 2021

Hi

There's no maximum/ upper age limit for neet 2021, earlier there was  age limit of 25 years for Neet but now this matter is in Supreme Court and till the supreme court passes judgement on it, there is no upper age limit for neet examination

And now, there's Only minimum age limit for neet according to which ,to be eligible for neet  one has to be at least 17 years old or more by  31st  December of the year in which one is appearing for Neet examination

For your reference ,complete Neet 2021 eligibility criteria is provided below:-

Neet 2021 eligibility criteria says that to be eligible you must be either appearing for 12th board examination or should have passed 12th board examination with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English and must have got:-


  • at least  50  % in aggregate of PCB  i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology  in 12th examination  if belongs to general category

  • at least  40%  in aggregate of PCB if belongs to  Obc/ Sc /st category

  • at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.

Also,

* to be eligible for neet 2021 one has to be at least 17 years old or more by 31st December 2021

* There is no upper age limit for Neet 2021

* There's no limit for the maximum number of attempts/times one can appear in NEET.

For detailed information about neet examination eligibility go through our page for which link is provided below; -

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria


Thank you

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