NEET 2024: Dates, Syllabus, Cutoff and Result Archive

NEET 2024 is the 2024 edition of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), the single national exam the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted on 5 May 2024 for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, BVSc and AH courses starting in the 2024-25 academic session. This page is kept as a dated historical reference for that specific cycle: registration ran from 9 February to 9 March 2024, the exam was held in 13 languages, and results were declared on 14 June 2024. Admissions from NEET 2024 are complete, and two further cycles (NEET 2025 and NEET UG 2026) have since taken place. If you are preparing for the current cycle, see our NEET UG 2026 guide and 2026 result coverage instead.

Key Takeaways

• NEET 2024 was held on 5 May 2024; results were declared on 14 June 2024, with 20,38,596 candidates appearing out of 20,87,462 registered.

• The NEET 2024 General/EWS qualifying cutoff was 720-162 marks (50th percentile); OBC/SC/ST candidates qualified between 161 and 127 marks (40th percentile).

• NEET 2024 admissions are closed; this page is a historical record, not a live-cycle guide.

• The NEET-UG syllabus and exam pattern have stayed structurally similar since 2024: 200 questions (180 to be attempted), a +4/-1 marking scheme, and a 720-mark paper across Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

• NEET registrations have kept rising since 2024: from roughly 20.9 lakh in 2024 to over 22.8 lakh for the 2026 cycle, according to NTA figures, making yearly comparisons across cycles essential before relying on any single year's cutoff.

What Was NEET 2024?

NEET 2024 was the pen-and-paper undergraduate medical entrance exam that NTA conducted once, nationally, as the sole gateway into MBBS, BDS and AYUSH courses in India for the 2024-25 session. It replaced no other exam and had no state-level alternative; every aspirant for a medical seat that year, regardless of state or category, had to qualify this single test.

When Was the NEET 2024 Exam Held?

The exam was held on 5 May 2024, with the result declared on 14 June 2024. The table below is the exact schedule this cycle followed.

What Was the NEET 2024 Exam Pattern?

NEET 2024 was a three-hour-20-minute, pen-and-paper test of 200 objective questions across Physics, Chemistry and Biology, of which candidates had to attempt 180 for a maximum of 720 marks. Each subject was split into Section A (35 compulsory questions) and Section B (15 questions, 10 to be attempted), and marking followed the standard +4 for a correct answer and -1 for an incorrect one. This structure has carried over into subsequent cycles, including NEET UG 2026, with only syllabus weightage and question-paper specifics changing year to year.

What Were the Steps to Apply for NEET 2024?

The application process for that cycle ran entirely online through the NTA's exam portal, in five steps:

1. Register on the NEET 2024 portal with an active phone number and email ID to receive an application number.

2. Log in with the application number and complete the form with personal, academic and category details.

3. Upload scanned photograph, signature and required documents per the official NEET 2024 information bulletin.

4. Pay the application fee via debit card, credit card, net banking or UPI.

5. Download and save the confirmation page as proof of submission.

What Was the NEET 2024 Eligibility Criteria?

Eligibility for that cycle required a Class 12 pass (or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry and Biology, a minimum of 50% aggregate for General/OBC candidates (40% for SC/ST/PwD), and a minimum age of 17 as of 31 December 2024, with no upper age limit and no cap on the number of attempts. Indian nationals, NRIs, OCIs, PIOs and eligible foreign nationals could all apply under this cycle's rules.

What Was the NEET 2024 Syllabus?

The NEET 2024 syllabus was trimmed from 97 to 79 chapters compared with earlier cycles, with Physics weighting current electricity and ray optics, Chemistry weighting electrochemistry and aldehydes and ketones, and Biology weighting the molecular basis of inheritance and cell cycle and division. Units removed that year from Chemistry included states of matter, solid state, metallurgy, s-block elements, surface chemistry and environmental chemistry, while Biology added coverage of dengue, chikungunya, and frog morphology and physiology. Every subsequent NEET-UG cycle, including NEET UG 2026, has published its own revised syllabus and weightage, so treat the 2024 chapter list above as historical rather than current.

What Was the NEET 2024 Cutoff?

The NEET 2024 qualifying cutoff was 720-162 marks (50th percentile) for General/EWS candidates and 161-127 marks (40th percentile) for OBC, SC and ST candidates. Out of 20,38,596 candidates who appeared, roughly 56.35% qualified that year. For comparison, the NEET 2025 General/EWS cutoff moved to 686-144 and the NEET UG 2026 cutoff, declared 16 July 2026, settled at 715-213 for General/EWS with about 11.21 lakh of the nearly 20 lakh candidates who appeared in that cycle's re-exam qualifying. Qualifying marks are a percentile, not a fixed number, so they shift with paper difficulty and cohort performance every year; never assume one cycle's cutoff predicts another's.

How Many Students Registered and Appeared for NEET 2024?

NEET 2024 drew 20,87,462 registrations and 20,38,596 candidates who actually appeared, continuing a steady multi-year rise in demand for MBBS, BDS and AYUSH seats. The table shows how that compares with the years immediately before it.

By the NEET UG 2026 cycle, registrations had climbed further to over 22.8 lakh, underlining why MBBS-seat availability, not just qualifying the exam, is the real constraint for most Indian medical aspirants. India's undergraduate medical seat count has grown alongside this demand, though not fast enough to keep pace with it; AIIMS and other Institutes of National Importance publish their own admission and seat data directly, for instance at aiims.edu, separate from the state-quota and private-college seats that made up the bulk of the 2024 counselling pool.

How Does NEET 2024 Compare to the Current NEET UG 2026 Cycle?

NEET 2024 and NEET UG 2026 share the same exam structure and quota system, but the 2026 cycle involved a genuine disruption that 2024 did not: the original 3 May 2026 paper was cancelled after a confirmed leak, and a re-exam was held on 21 June 2026 before the result was declared on 16 July 2026. Both cycles used the same counselling architecture, where the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) handles the 15% All India Quota plus central and deemed universities, and states run their own counselling for the remaining 85% of seats plus all private-college seats. Aspirants using this archived NEET 2024 page for syllabus or pattern reference should still confirm current-cycle details on our 2026 NEET preparation coverage, since exam-fee, syllabus-weightage and seat-count figures are updated every year.

For students whose NEET 2024, 2025 or 2026 score did not translate into a government MBBS seat in India, a regulated MBBS abroad option at an NMC-recognised university remains available; see our MBBS abroad guide for how that path works.