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pdwords Student Expert 15th Jun, 2021

Hello,

No, you cannot get admission in MBBS course without appearing in NEET, in fact from last year even AIIMS and JIPMER have respectively scrapped their individual entrance test, and now admission to MBBS all over india is done through NEET only, in fact NEET is also for admission to BDS, ayush courses, BVSC and AH, in some cases for BSc Nursing/BPharm/BPT etc, this varies as per university or state specific, but to answer your question you have to appear for NEET if you want to pursue a career in MBBS, the eligibility criteria to appear for the same is as follows-

Attained 17 years age as on 31st December of appearing year

Passed/appearing 10+2 from a recognized board with physics, chemistry, biology/biotechnology and english as core subjects

PCB Aggregate against one's respective category inclusive of theory and practical needs to be attained such as

  • UR - 50%
  • SC/ST/OBC - 40%
  • PwD- 45%

As of now there is no upper age limit, hence no restriction in terms of number of attempts, application form for this year for NEET isn't release yet but the official website is launches at neet.nta.nic.in and the exam is scheduled to be on 1st August, follow our page at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-application-form for latest updates regarding the exam.

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