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Eligibility for NEET-UG

NEET Eligibility Criteria - Details of Qualifying Examination Codes

Aspirants who apply online for NEET 2020 have to select a code for qualifying examination appropriate from the list given below. In case of confusion in NEET 2020 qualifying codes, click here.

Code 01: Candidates who will be appearing for their Class 12 board exam in 2020 and awaiting their result must choose this code. However, such candidates must have qualified their class 12 as per the specified criterion at the time of admissions failing which they will become ineligible.

Code 02: Candidates studying the higher/senior secondary examination or Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE) which is equivalent to Class 12 examination and comes after a period of 12 years of study must choose this code. The last two years of this study must comprise science subjects namely Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and Mathematics or any other elective subjects with English as a core subject as prescribed by the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT). Candidates who have qualified Class 12 in the year 2019 or before and have not pursued any other course after the completion of Class 12 have to choose this code.

Code 3: Candidates who have completed their Intermediate/Pre-degree Examination in Science of an Indian University/Board or other recognized body with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and also English as a compulsory subject must choose this code. The course should have a practical test in science subjects. Candidates whose qualifying examination is equivalent to Class 12 completed from a state board must also choose this code.

Code 4: Candidates who have completed a Pre-professional/Pre-medical Examination after passing either the Higher Secondary Examination or the Pre-University or an equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology & English must choose this code while applying. The Pre-professional/Pre-medical examination shall include practical tests in these subjects and also English as a compulsory subject.

Code 5: Candidates who are pursuing the three years’ degree course of a recognized University with with Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology as mandatory subjects and have qualified the first year including practical tests in these subjects are required to choose this code. It is to be noted that qualifying exam here examination must be a University Examination and candidates should passed the earlier qualifying examination namely 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology with English at a level not less than a core course.

Code 6: Candidates who have qualified the BSc Examination from an Indian University with not less than two of the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany, Zoology)/Bio-technology must choose this code during the application process. Further they must have passed the earlier qualifying examination (10+2) with English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

Code 7: Candidates who have passed any other examination which in scope and standard is equivalent to the Intermediate Science Examination of an Indian University/Board, with Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology including practical tests in each of these subjects and English have to enter this code in the NEET application form. It is to be understood that the last two years of study should include Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology and practical tests in these subjects. Candidates who have completed the qualifying examination from a University located in a foreign country are also required to fill in this code. The equivalency of such a course with Class 12 of Indian Boards will be determined by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). If the marks obtained in the qualifying examination are in grades then the equivalent marks obtained will also be determined by AIU.

NEET Eligibility Criteria 2020 - Age Limit

NEET 2020 eligibility criteria specifies that a candidate must have completed 17 years of age either at the time of admission or else on or before December 31, 2020. The upper age limit norm of NEET has been challenged in the Supreme Court. Candidates are allowed to appear for the exam and admissions pending the court's judgement.

NEET 2020 Age criteria

Qualifying Marks for NEET 2020

• As per NEET eligibility criteria 2020, candidates must have passed in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English individually in the qualifying examination which is 10+2 or equivalent.

• Unreserved category candidates must have scored a minimum required percentage of 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in their Class 12 or HSC examination.

• Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates should have scored a minimum of 40% in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in aggregate in the qualifying examination.

• Persons with locomotor disability of lower limbs must have secured a minimum of 45% marks for General-PH and 40% marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH in aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology.

NEET 2020 Eligibility Criteria - Minimum Required Percentage

NEET 2020 Eligibility Criteria for NRI/Foreign students

In order to be eligible for NEET 2020, it is mandatory for candidates to pass Class 12 or equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English. The candidates who have completed their education from outside the country must fulfil the NEET eligibility criteria 2020. The last examination passed by these candidates must be equivalent to Class 12 qualification in their respective country. Candidates should have studied Physics, Chemistry, and Biology and must have passed the theory and practical test in each of these subjects as well as English in the qualifying examination.

NEET Eligibility Criteria 2020 – Number of Attempts

In 2018, the cap on the number of attempts for NEET was removed. therefore there is no restriction on the number of attempts in NEET 2020 also. NEET 2020 eligibility criteria allows candidates to appear for the entrance exam as many times as they would like to only if they are eligible.

NEET Eligibility Criteria 2020 - 15% All India Quota seats/Deemed Universities/Central Universities/ESIC and AFMC Colleges

• NEET 2020 qualified candidates can apply for the 15% All India Quota seats, 100% of the seats in Deemed universities as well as Central Universities, ESIC and AFMC as well. This counselling will be conducted at an All India level by MCI.

• J&K candidates are not eligible for 15% All India Quota seats unless they have filled a self-declaration form to be submitted along with the NEET 2020 application form. This self-declaration form denotes that the candidate wishes to participate in the counselling for 15% All India Quota seats and would forgo the home state counselling in return. Such candidates will be eligible for the seats of Deemed Universities, ESIC and AFMC colleges.

• The allotment for 85% seats of DU will be open to candidates who have completed Class 10 and 12 from Delhi while the Institutional Quota seats of AMU will be exclusively for AMU students only.

NEET Eligibility Criteria 2020 - 85% State Quota seats

• The 85% state quota seats mean seats in all government colleges of the states/union territories respectively. Counselling for such seats will be conducted by the respective state authorities. To apply for state quota seats, candidates must fulfil the NEET 2020 eligibility criteria laid down by each state or union territory authority and include domicile, conditions too

• Admission to private medical and dental colleges will also be subject to the policies of the State/ Union Territory.

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