Eligibility Criteria for NEET Exam 2024

Eligibility to appear in NEET (UG) – 2024
Eligibility for appearing in NEET (UG), as per related Regulations of NMC and DCI are as follows:-

a.) He/she has completed 17 years of age at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before 31 December of the year of his/her admission to the first year of the Undergraduate Medical Course.

b.) From National Medical Commission (NMC), Under Graduate Medical Education Board
(UGMEB) regarding the upper age limit, there is no upper age limit.

c.) A candidate who is appearing in the qualifying examination, i.e., class 12 in 2024, whose
result is awaited, may apply and appear in the test but he/she shall not be eligible for
admission to the Undergraduate Medical Courses if he/she does not pass the qualifying
examination with the required pass percentage at the time of first round of Counselling.
Candidates who have appeared or are appearing at the qualifying Examination with
English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as the main subject and expect to pass the
Examination with the required percentage of marks are also eligible to apply and appear
in the Competitive Entrance Examination. However, their candidature will be
considered only if they provide documentary evidence of having passed the qualifying
Examination with the required subjects and percentage of marks.

                                                              OR
d.) The Higher/Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination
which is equivalent to class 12 Higher/Senior Secondary Examination after a period of
12 years of study, the last two years of such study comprising of Physics, Chemistry,
Biology/Bio-technology (which shall include practical tests in these subjects) and
Mathematics or any other elective subject with English at a level not less than the core
course for English as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and
Training after the introduction of the 10+2+3 educational structure as recommended by
the National Committee on Education.
Candidates who have passed Class 12 from Open School or as private candidates shall
not be eligible to appear for the ‘National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test’. Furthermore,
a study of Biology/Biotechnology as an Additional Subject at Class 12 level also shall
not be permissible.*
*The candidates who have passed Class 12 level with Biology as an additional subject
will also be eligible for MBBS Entrance Examination (as per Hon’ble High Court Order
No. 2341/-W/DHC/WRIT/D-1/2019 dated 24/09/2019 in the Writ Petition (C) No.
6773/2019.
*(NOTE: The proviso in italics has been a subject matter of challenge before the
Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, Hon’ble High Court of Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, and
Hon’ble High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur. The provisions of the regulations
disqualifying recognized Open School Board candidates and the candidates who have
studied Biology/Biotechnology as an Additional Subject has been struck down. The
Medical Council of India has preferred Special Leave Petitions before the Hon’ble
Supreme Court and Appeals in the Hon’ble High Courts. Therefore, the candidature of
candidates in the NEET (UG) – 2024 who have passed the qualifying examinations i.e.
Class 12 from National Institute of Open Schooling or State Open Schools or as private
candidates from recognized State Boards; or with Biology/Biotechnology as an
additional subject shall be allowed but subject to the outcome of Special Leave
Petitions/Appeals filed by the Medical Council of India)
If the institute has to consider an examination of an Indian University or of a
foreign/university to be equivalent to the Class 12 under intermediate science
examination, the candidates shall have to produce a certificate from the concerned Indian
University/Association of Indian Universities to the effect that the examination passed
by him/her is considered to be equivalent to the class 12 under intermediate science
examination.

                                                                OR
e.) The Intermediate/Pre-degree Examination in Science of an Indian University/Board or
other recognized examining body with Physics, Chemistry, Biology /Biotechnology
(which shall include practical test in these subjects) and also English as a compulsory
subject.

                                                            OR
The Pre-professional/Pre-medical Examination with Physics, Chemistry,
Biology/Biotechnology, and English after passing either the Higher Secondary
Examination or the Pre-University or an equivalent examination. The Preprofessional/Pre-medical examination shall include practical tests in these subjects and
also English as a compulsory subject.

                                                         OR
The first year of the three years’ degree course of a recognized University with Physics,
Chemistry, and Biology/Biotechnology including practical tests in these subjects
provided the examination is a University Examination and the candidate has passed the
earlier qualifying examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/ Biotechnology with
English at a level not less than a core course.

                                                              OR
 B.Sc. Examination of an Indian University provided that he/she has passed the B.Sc.
Examination with not less than two of the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany,
Zoology)/Biotechnology and further that he/ she has passed the earlier qualifying
examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English.

                                                           OR
Any other examination which in scope and standard (Last 02 years of 10+2 Study
comprising of Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology; which shall include
practical test in these subjects) is found to be equivalent to the Intermediate Science
Examination of an Indian University/Board, taking Physics, Chemistry and
Biology/Biotechnology including practical tests in each of these subjects and English