Candidates interested in appearing for the NEET UG need to fulfill certain eligibility criteria. Those who fail to meet these criteria are not eligible for the test under any circumstances.
NEET UG Reservation of Seats as per category in government medical colleges under 15% All India Quota is:
| Category | Reservation Percentage |
| Scheduled Castes (SCs) | 15% |
| Scheduled Tribes (STs) | 7.5% |
|
Other Backward Class (OBC—as per a Central Act, seats are reserved for OBC candidates in Central institutions) |
27% |
| Physically Challenged | 3% |
The syllabus for NEET UG examination is integrated and common for all candidates, irrespective of the board of higher secondary education they have studied from. This syllabus is prescribed by the Medical CounciI of India (MCI) for NEET UG and NEET UG PG. It is also available at www.mciindia.org. Due to the integrated and common syllabus, the burden on aspirants has fairly reduced as students earlier had to prepare a vast syllabus for the various medical entrance examinations. The integrated and common syllabus also provides uniformity in the evaluation process. It checks the competency level of candidates all across India based on the same parameters. The NEET examination is conducted in ten regional languages—Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu to facilitate candidates who have completed their higher secondary education in vernacular medium. In NEET 2018, around 80% of candidates preferred writing in English, 11% in Hindi, 4.31% chose to write it in Gujarati, 3% wrote in Bengali and 1.86% in Tamil. Candidates opting for regional languages are provided with a Bilingual Test Booklet in the selected regional language and English.
The NEET UG syllabus is prepared after reviewing various syllabi maintained in state boards as well as those prepared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council Board of School Education (COBSE), and the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT). It is strictly based on the topics covered in class XI and class XII across Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
| Class XI | Class XII | |
| 1 |
Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory |
Atoms and Nuclei |
| 2 | Gravitation | Current Electricity |
| 3 | Kinematics | Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation |
| 4 | Laws of Motion | Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents |
| 5 |
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body |
Electromagnetic Waves |
| 6 | Oscillations and Waves | Electronic Devices |
| 7 | Physical World and Measurement | Electrostatics |
| 8 | Properties of Bulk Matter | Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism |
| 9 | Thermodynamics | Optics |
| 10 | Work, Energy, and Power |
| Class XI | Class XII | |
| 1 | Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers |
| 2 |
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties |
Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids |
| 3 | Environmental Chemistry | Biomolecules |
| 4 | Equilibrium | Chemical Kinetics |
| 5 | Hydrocarbons | Chemistry in Everyday Life |
| 6 | Hydrogen | Coordination Compounds |
| 7 |
Organic Chemistry—Some Basic Principles and Techniques |
d and f Block Elements |
| 8 | Redox Reactions | Electrochemistry |
| 9 | s-Block Element (Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals) | General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements |
| 10 | Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry | Haloalkanes and Haloarenes |
| 11 | Some p-Block Elements | Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen |
| 12 | States of Matter: Gases and Liquids | p-Block Elements |
| 13 | Structure of Atom | Polymers |
| 14 | Thermodynamics | Solid State |
| 15 | Solutions | |
| 16 | Surface Chemistry |
| Class XI | Class XII | |
| 1 | Cell Structure and Function | Biology and Human Welfare |
| 2 | Diversity in Living World | Biotechnology and its Applications |
| 3 | Human Physiology | Ecology and Environment |
| 4 | Plant Physiology | Genetics and Evolution |
| 5 |
Structural Organization in Animals and Plants |
Reproduction |
