National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Post Graduate) for admission to MD/MS/Post Graduate Diploma Courses

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NEET-PG is an eligibility-cum-ranking examination prescribed as the single entrance examination to various MD/MS and PG Diploma Courses as per Section 10 (D) of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.

NEET-PG 2025 shall be the single eligibility cum entrance examination for admission to MD/ MS/ PG Diploma Courses for the academic session 2025-26 which will include the following:

1. All India 50% quota seats for all States/Union territories of India.
2. State quota seats for all States/Union territories of India.
3. All Private Medical Colleges, Institutions & Universities/Deemed Universities all across the country
4. Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions.
5. Post MBBS DNB Courses, Direct 6 years DrNB Courses and Post MBBS NBEMS Diploma Courses

The following Medical institutions are not covered by centralized admissions for MD / MS seats through NEET- PG:

1. AIIMS, New Delhi and other AIIMS
2. PGIMER, Chandigarh
3. JIPMER, Puducherry
4. NIMHANS, Bengaluru
5. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum

No State Government/Private Medical college/Universities shall be conducting any separate entrance for admission to their MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses for the admission session 2025-26.

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria to appear in NEET-PG 2025 is as follows:

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INDIAN MEDICAL GRADUATES:

• Candidates who have completed their MBBS from India must:
• Possess MBBS degree or Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate recognized as per the provisions of the NMC Act, 2019 and the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023, and
• Possess Permanent or Provisional registration certificate of MBBS qualification issued by the NMC/ the erstwhile Medical Council of India or State Medical Council, and
• have Completed one year of internship or are likely to complete the internship on or before 31st July 2025,
• Candidates found to be ineligible at any stage of NEET-PG 2025 will not be permitted to appear in the examination and/or counseling. In an unlikely event of any ineligible candidate appearing and/or being successful in the NEETPG 2025, the results/ candidature of such candidate shall be cancelled and/or are deemed to be cancelled.
• Requests for appearing in NEET-PG 2025 from candidates completing internship after 31st July 2025 or having qualifications that are not recognized as per the NMC Act, 2019 and the repealed IMC Act, 1956 shall be summarily rejected. Candidates are further advised not to canvass for the same.
• The dates indicated by candidates with regard to 12 months Compulsory Rotating Resident Internship in the application form (i.e. internship starting and completion date) shall be treated as final and candidates will be required to submit the original Compulsory Rotating Resident Internship completion certificate at the time of counseling/admission in allotted Medical College/Institute.
• The cut off dates for the recognition of the Medical Colleges, from where the candidates have passed their MBBS Degree Course and completed compulsory rotatory Internship for the year 2025 will be as prescribed by the NMC. The Colleges recognized after the cut- off date prescribed by the NMC will not be considered.
• Registration with the NMC/ the erstwhile Medical Council of India or State Medical Council is necessary and its documentary proof should be furnished  by the candidates on the day of examination and at the time of counseling/admission.
• Some of the Universities/Institutions are having regulations that candidates who are already pursuing the PG Course in their University or in another University are not eligible for admission till they complete the course. The candidates who are already pursuing PG Courses either through All India Quota or State Quota and are applying for a seat under All India Quota / State quota seats may confirm the eligibility conditions of that University in this regard. NBEMS / MoHFW / Designated Counseling Authority shall not be responsible if such candidates are refused for admission. Such candidates may opt for the subject and the college at their own risk and cost.
• The definition of NRI for admission to Deemed University shall be as per Honble Supreme Court order dated 22/08/2017 in WP 689/2017.
• Eligibility of candidates issued admit card for the examination shall be purely provisional. Appearance in NEET-PG 2025 does not confer any automatic rights upon the candidate for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma courses.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES:

Indian citizens or overseas citizens of India who have obtained their Primary Medical Qualifications from Medical Colleges outside India should have qualified the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (Screening Test) as per Screening Test Regulations, 2002 which is conducted by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences. Further, they should have been registered with the NMC / the erstwhile Medical Council of India or State Medical Council and should have completed their internship or likely to complete their internship on or before 31st July 2025.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS:

• Their basic Medical Qualification, equivalent to MBBS, should be recognized by the NMC.
• Foreign Nationals desirous of appearing in NEET-PG and those, who are required to have security clearance as per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) requirements, shall obtain the security clearance from Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India before applying for NEET-PG. The security clearance shall be required to be submitted while applying for NEET-PG.
• The NMC may, on payment of the prescribed fee for registration, grant temporary registration for the duration of the Post Graduate course limited to the medical college/institution to which he/she is admitted for the time being exclusively for pursuing postgraduate
  studies. Provided further that temporary registration to such foreign national shall be subject to the condition that such person is duly registered with appropriate registering authority in his own country where from he has obtained his Basic Medical qualification, and is duly recognized by the corresponding Medical Council or concerned authority and Permission/No Objection Certificate from the medical council of that country to allow undertaking Post Graduation in India has also been obtained.
• Candidates are advised not to canvass with NBEMS for eligibility in NEETPG or issuance of admit card. Queries, if any, can be submitted through Communication Web Portal only. Canvassing in any form shall invite rejection of the application.

Examination Fees

 Applications forms once submitted cannot be withdrawn. Fee shall neither be carried forward to a future date nor refunded under any circumstances. Any claim for refund, adjustment or carrying forward of Application fee will not be entertained.

How to pay:

•  The prescribed exam fee should be remitted through payment gateway provided using UPI or Credit Card / Debit Cards issued by banks in India or other modes as may be made available and have been provided on the web page. Fee can not be deposited through any mode other than the payment gateway available while submitting online application form submission.
• Examination fees in respect of candidates who are absent or have been declared ineligible due to any reason shall be forfeited. Candidates are advised to read the information bulletin for NEET-PG 2025 carefully and satisfy the terms and conditions for fulfilment of eligibility criteria before proceeding for payment of fees.
• Kindly ensure that the payment made for examination fee is successful and confirmation of the same can be seen in the application form under payment status reflected as S (for successful). In case the status is shown as pending, the payment might be stuck with your bank and might be cleared at a later date. The application submission process in not completed till such time the status of payment is reflected as S in application form. NBEMS shall not be responsible for rejection of your application due to delay in settlement of the payment by your bank to NBEMS.
• In an event of receipt of duplicate/multiple examination fees towards the same application ID, NBEMS shall refund the excess fees received for an application retaining the prescribed examination fee, after closure of application window.

SUMMARY OF STEPS IN ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SUBMISSION

The following sequence shall be observed while filing the online application form:

•  Fill the user registration form to generate User ID / Application ID and Password.
• User ID and Password will be sent through SMS and Email.
• Complete the application form and upload your Photograph, Scanned signature, Thumb impression & Prescribed documents.
• Choose your Test City and pay Examination Fee
• Agree to the declaration and Submit Application
• Take a print out of the filled Application form with Transaction ID printed on it and payment status mentioned as S (Successful) for records.

More details can be available from the official website.

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