NEET-UG 2013 Exam Date Notification has just been published today officially by CBSE, which is going to conduct the exam on behalf of MCI (Medical Council of India) & DCI (Dental Council of India). As per the notification, NEET-UG 2013 is scheduled to be held on 5th May, 2013 (Sunday) for admissions to MBBS & BDS Courses in the institutions approved by the MCI and DCI.
You can click here to download the NEET-UG 2013 Official Notification.
What is NEET? This blog article tries to answer this question while in subsequent blog posts, I would cover more on the same subject to help you apply and prepare for the same. For example, you can go through my blog post: Download NEET-UG 2013 Syllabus to find the syllabus for NEET-UG 2013.
What is NEET-UG;
NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test)-UG (Under Graduate) is the national-level common MBBS entrance test, which is set to replace all individual MBBS entrance exams, which are being organized individually by each state/medical college (e.g.: AFMC, OJEE, EAMCET ETC.). NEET-UG would also replace AIPMT, which till this year was a national level medical entrance test for MBBS courses.
NEET-UG is neither the first nor the only test which is proposed to replace individual smaller entrance/recruitment test. Many other entrance as well as recruitment exams in India are going in for a single-exam-mode, replacing exams which were held separately and individually for institutes/organizations. The list is end-less and with each passing day, more and more individual exams are being combined to make a single test. For example, CBSE has also announced common engineering entrance called JEE (Join Entrance Exam combining IIT-JEE & AIEEE). Similarly IBPS CWE has replaced all bank PO/Clerk recruitment exams, which were held individually by 18 PSU banks separately. GATE, (although is an engineering entrance test for PG studies in India) is being used by prominent organizations like IOCL/NTPC/PGCIL etc. for recruitment, thus nullifying written exams which was conducted previously by these orgnisations individually.
Thus with launching of NEET-UG in 2013, students vying for MBBS seats would no longer have to appear in so many different medical entrance test as it was in the past. Just sit for NEET and than choose the medical college according to your merit position. Life is getting better is not it?
NEET-UG 2013 List of colleges & number of seats:
As told before, NEET is the common MBBS entrance test – through NEET, you can get admission in 335 medical colleges, which are recognized by MCI. The number of seats on offer through NEET is also huge: 40,485.
You can click here to find the list of these state-wise NEET UG colleges along with number of seats in each college.
NEET-UG 2013 Exam Pattern:
The exam pattern of NEET-UG is very similar to that of AIPMT. The paper will have 180 questions, comprising 45 each from physics, chemistry, botany and zoology. The test is proposed to be of 180 minutes duration.
But, there would be no negative marking in NEET (unlike AIPMT which has negative marking), as per the information available at this moment.
Syllabus for NEET-UG 2013 Exam:
I have posted an exclusive blog post titled: Download NEET-UG 2013 Syllabus on this subject. You can also click here to download the NEET-UG 2013 Syllabus in pdf format from MCI website.
Eligibility for NEET-UG Exam:
At this moment, MCI has not published the information-cum-bulletin/brochure for NEET-UG 2013, but same is expected to be released soon. The exact eligibility for NEET-UG can be known only when MCI publishes the exam notification. But in my opinion, the eligibility for NEET-UG would roughly be same as that of AIPMT, which is as below:
i) Academic eligibility (Minimum percentage): 50% for General category student & 40% for SC/ST/OBC category student in Physics, Chemistry Biology taken together (i.e. aggregate). Also students should pass Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English subjects individually.
ii) Age eligibility (Minimum percentage): Minimum 17 years at the time of admission Upper age limit relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST/OBC students.
iii) Maximum number of 3 (three) attempts.
NEET-UG 2013 Application Forms:
You would able to find detailed information along with the NEET-UG 2013 online/offline form in this website of MCI when the exam notification is published.
I will cover more later on NEET-UG - but since this exam would be not be that much different from AIPMT, base your preparation on AIPMT study materials – you can find a detailed post of mine on this subject titled: AIPMT 2012 Exam Pattern, Papers, Books & Coaching institutes. Do not forget to keep visiting this blog – I will keep you updated on NEET-UG as and when more information comes out.