Ministry of Health and Welfare Scraps AIIMS MBBS and JIPMER MBBS from 2020

In a recent interview with Ministry of Health and Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan has declared that from 2020, NEET will be only entrance examination for admission of candidates in medical UG colleges in the country. National Testing Agency (NTA) the official exam conducting body had released the official notification for NEET 2020 on August 21, 2019. Admission of candidates in AIIMS and JIPMER  will now be taken through NEET 2020. As per the notification for NEET 2020, the exam will be conducted on May 3, 2020 in pen and paper mode. Online registration for the exam will commence from December 2, 2019 and the last date to fill the application form of NEET 2020 is December 31, 2019. The online correction window for the application form will tentatively be made available in the second week of January, 2020. Candidates will be able to download the NEET admit card 2020 from March 27. Please read the below article for all the relevant details of NEET 2020.

Latest News: As per the recent announcement by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Ministry of Health and Welfare, admission in UG Courses in AIIMS and JIPMER institutes will now be done through NEET. AIIMS and JIPMER MBBS exams have been discontinued from 2020.

Aspirants are advised to check the eligibility criteria for NEET before applying. Applicants will be able to download the NEET 2020 admit card from the official website from March 27, 2020. All the important details related to NEET can be checked below.

NEET 2020 Overview

Exam Name	National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET UG)
Conducting Body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Level	National
Examination Category	Undergraduate
Scope of Examination	Admission to MBBS and BDS programmes in India Admission to all the AYUSH courses available in the country. Admissions to veterinary and other undergraduate medical courses in the country. To pursue MBBS and BDS abroad Admission to AIIMS MBBS and JIPMER MBBS
Seat Intake	75893 (MBBS seats) in 529 colleges (as per MCI) 26693 (BDS seats) in 313 colleges (as per DCI)
Number of Applicants (2019)	15,19,375 (in 2019)
Number of Candidates Appeared (2019)	14,10,754 (in 2019)

How to Apply for NEET 2020?

Since now, NEET will be the only and the largest undergraduate medical entrance exam, it is very important for all the aspirants to keep a track of all the important events related to the exam. NTA the conducting body has announced the NEET 2020 Eligibility criteria which entails Nationality, age limit of candidates as well as the qualifying exam studied, subjects and pass percentage for the same. Applicants are advised to carefully go through the eligibility conditions to ensure they are eligible for the exam. Refer to the link given here to check the detailed eligibility criteria.

The NEET 2020 Application Form will be available online from December 2, 2019. The application procedure for the medical entrance exam is completely online and involves 5 steps in all. Applicants are advised to keep all the necessary documents and details ready in advance to help them register for NEET 2020 successfully in one go. Given below are the important dates for NEET 2020 exam.

Notification	August 21, 2019
Application form release date	December 2, 2019
Last date for registration	December 31, 2019
Last date to pay the application fee	December 31, 2019
NEET 2020 correction window dates	Second week of January 2020
Release of Admit Card	March 27, 2020
NEET 2020 exam date	May 3, 2020 (2.00 PM to 5.00 PM)
Display of recorded responses	May last week, 2020*
Release of provisional answer keys	May last week, 2020*
Release of final official Answer Key	June 4, 2020*
Declaration of NEET 2020 results	June 4, 2020
Counselling for 15% AIQ/Deemed/Central Universities/ESIC and AFMC
Registration - Round 1	June second week, 2020
Result of Round 1	July first week, 2020
Registration - Round 2	July second week, 2020
Result of Round 2	July second week, 2020