NEET UG 2024: NTA Decides To Conduct Medical Entrance At Centres In 14 Foreign Cities

NEET-UG medical entrance exam will also be held at examination centers in 14 foreign cities on May 5.

NEET UG exam will also be conducted in 14 foreign cities.

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New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Wednesday that the NEET-UG medical entrance exam will also be held at examination centers in 14 foreign cities on May 5. This decision follows requests from aspirants, as the initial information bulletin for the exam released earlier this month did not include any mention of centers outside India for candidates to take the test.

"It has been decided that the exam will also be conducted in 14 foreign cities in 12 countries," said NTA Senior Director (Exams) Sadhna Parashar.

The NEET-UG exam will be conducted in 14 foreign cities, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah (UAE), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Bangkok (Thailand), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Doha (Qatar), Kathmandu (Nepal), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Lagos (Nigeria), Manama (Bahrain), Muscat (Oman), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Singapore. Additionally, the exam will be held at 554 centers across India.

"Candidates who have already selected centres in India and paid the fee without the option for foreign centres but they want to appear for the exam at centres outside India will have the opportunity to correct their centre and country choice during the correction window, which will open after the registration window closes," Parashar said.

NEET-UG serves as the qualifying entrance examination for admission to various undergraduate medical courses including Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS), Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS), Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS), as well as BSc (H) Nursing programs.

Candidates must submit their applications by March 9, with the exam results set to be announced on June 14.