NEET UG 2019: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Main) exam will be conducted twice a year from now. Aiming at bringing the best out of the students, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had said that the changes in NEET and JEE (Main) exams will give more chances to students thereby giving adequate opportunity to bring out their best. This came as a major relief from the students as the decision will help in reducing stress among them which develops due to a single exam being conducted on one day in the year.

JEE (Main) is the exam which is conducted for admission into undergraduate courses in engineering colleges, while NEET, is conducted for admission into medical and dental courses. According to the new rule JEE (Main) from now onwards will be held in January and April, whereas, NEET will take place in February and May. The students can choose to sit for either of the exams or both. The best of both their scores will be taken into account.

The online registration for the NEET 2018-19 is likely to begin in October 2018 for February exam, as per the report by the Indian Express. Check out the tentative dates and syllabus for the NEET UG 2018- 2019 schedule here:

NEET UG 2019: Exam date


February 2019 examinations:

Online registration: 1 October, 2018 to 31 October, 2018
Exam dates: 3 February, 2019 to 17 February, 2019
Results declaration: March 2019

May 2019 examinations:

Online registration: Second week of March, 2019
Exam dates: 12 May, 2019 to 26 May, 2019
Results declaration: June 2019

NEET UG 2019: Exam pattern and syllabus


• NEET exams usually take place for 3 hours.
• Candidates will be tested on their knowledge in physics, chemistry, and biology.
• The syllabus includes the whole of Class 11 and 12 NCERT textbooks.
• The exam includes negative marking.