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According to the revised schedule, NEET SS 2025 will now be held on December 27 and 28, 2025. Previously, it was set to take place on November 7 and 8.
NEET SS 2025 was earlier slated to be conducted in November. (Representational/File)
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has postponed the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Examination Super Speciality (NEET SS 2025). According to the revised schedule, NEET SS 2025 will now be held on December 27 and 28, 2025. Previously, it was set to take place on November 7 and 8.
“NEET-SS 2025 which was tentatively scheduled to be held on 7th and 8th November 2025, shall now be conducted on 26th and 27th December 2025. This has approval from NMC and MoHFW. The dates for conduct of NEET-SS 2025 as notified vide NBEMS notice dated 16.10.2025 should therefore be read accordingly,” reads the official notice.
The exam will be conducted in two shifts: the first shift from 9 am to 11.30 am, and the second shift from 2 pm to 4.30 pm.
NEET SS 2025 Exam Patttern
The NEET SS exam pattern consists of 150 multiple-choice questions divided into three sections, each containing 50 questions and a time limit of 50 minutes per section, resulting in a total exam duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes. The exam is valued at 600 marks, awarding four marks for each correct answer and deducting one mark for each incorrect response. The questions are based on the primary broad specialty subject and its sub-specialties and are presented in a computer-based test format in English.
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Super Specialty (NEET SS) serves as the sole eligibility and entrance examination for admission to Super Specialty Courses, which include:
All DM/MCh Courses nationwide, including those offered at Private Medical Colleges/Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities.
All DM/MCh courses at Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions.
All DrNB Super-Specialty Courses (excluding Direct 6 Years DrNB Courses).
The 13 disciplines covered in NEET SS are medical, pharmacology, obstetrics and gynaecology, ENT, pathology, anaesthesiology, radiodiagnosis, microbiology, psychiatry, surgery, paediatrics, respiratory medicine, and orthopaedics. NEET SS is used by 156 public and private medical schools, as well as Armed Forces Medical Service (AFMS) institutions, to admit students to 2,447 seats in Doctor of Medicine (DM) and Masters of Surgery (MCh) programmes.
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