NEET 2027 Exam Date: Application Form & Full Calendar

NEET 2027 Exam Date: Application Form & Full Calendar

The NEET 2027 exam date has not been officially notified yet, but based on the National Testing Agency's own pattern over the last several years, it is widely expected to fall on Sunday, 2 May 2027 — with the application form opening in February 2027. This guide lays out every stage of that expected calendar in one place, from notification to result, and flags exactly which parts are confirmed versus still projected.

Key Takeaways

• The NEET 2027 exam date is expected on or near Sunday, 2 May 2027 — NTA has followed a "first Sunday of May" pattern for several years running (indicative, not yet notified).
• The NEET 2027 application form is expected to open in February 2027, with the last date to apply in the first half of March 2027.
• The NEET 2027 admit card is expected around the second-last week of April 2027, roughly a week before exam day.
• NEET-UG is officially reported to shift to computer-based test (CBT) mode from 2027 — but at least one active source still describes an unchanged offline pattern, so treat the exam mode as reported, not fully settled.
• The NEET UG 2026 cycle was disrupted by a paper leak: the original 3 May 2026 exam date slipped to a re-exam on 21 June 2026 — proof that even a well-established calendar can move, so build slack into your NEET 2027 plan.

What is the expected NEET 2027 exam date?

The NEET 2027 exam date is the day the National Testing Agency is expected to conduct the undergraduate medical entrance test for admission to MBBS, BDS and allied courses across India. Based on NTA's own multi-year pattern — NEET has consistently landed on the first Sunday of May — coaching portals and exam-tracking sites project 2 May 2027 as the most likely date. Nothing is official yet: NTA typically confirms the exact date only when it releases the information bulletin, expected in February 2027.

Why does NEET keep landing on the first Sunday of May?

NTA has run NEET-UG in the first week of May for several consecutive cycles, and the NEET 2027 exam date is expected to follow the same rhythm because it gives the agency roughly ten to eleven months after the previous cycle's admissions close to prepare the next one — enough runway to finalise a syllabus notification, open registration, print or configure exam infrastructure, and still declare results in time for counselling to close before the next academic session starts in India's medical colleges (typically around September).

Notification and registration open February 2027, last date to apply March 2027, admit card April 2027, exam day 2 May 2027 (tentative), result June 2027. Expected NEET 2027 calendar (tentative) Notification / registration Feb 2027 Last date to apply Mar 2027 Admit card release Apr 2027 NEET 2027 exam day 2 May 2027 (tentative) Result declaration Jun 2027 Indicative/expected schedule, not yet notified — confirm on the official NTA bulletin.

For the two years before this one, NEET UG stayed almost entirely offline and predictable. That changed in 2026, which is exactly why this year's calendar is worth reading carefully before you plan around the NEET 2027 exam date — more on that disruption below.

When will the NEET 2027 application form open?

The NEET 2027 application form is expected to open in February 2027 on neet.nta.nic.in, running for roughly three to four weeks before the last date to apply (projected for the first half of March 2027), followed by a short correction window later that month. This mirrors the exact rhythm NTA used for the 2026 cycle, where the form opened on 8 February 2026.

Historically, the application fee for NEET has sat in a similar band each year, and most portals project it will again for NEET 2027: roughly ₹1,700 for General/EWS candidates, ₹1,600 for OBC-NCL, and ₹1,000 for SC/ST/PwD/third-gender candidates, with a higher fee for candidates applying from outside India. Treat these figures as indicative until NTA publishes the 2027 fee notification. Age eligibility is also expected to hold steady: candidates must be at least 17 years old as of 31 December 2027, with no upper age limit under the current rules.

Don't wait for the notification to start preparing. Whatever the final NEET 2027 exam date turns out to be, the syllabus and question style are expected to stay anchored to NCERT. Start practising NCERT-aligned MCQs on NEETsheet today, so results day — not registration day — is the moment that actually surprises you.

The full NEET 2027 calendar, month by month

Here is the complete expected sequence, compiled from exam-tracking sources that model NTA's own historical pattern. Every row below is a projection, not a confirmed date — the table exists to help you plan buffers, not to lock in deadlines.

Two structural things are unlikely to move even if the exact NEET 2027 exam date shifts by a week or two: the 180-question, 720-mark paper (Biology 90 questions/360 marks, Physics and Chemistry 45 questions/180 marks each, +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one), and the NCERT-anchored syllabus. If either of the study-strategy posts for Biology, Physics or Chemistry is on your reading list, that structure is the one constant you can plan around regardless of what the calendar eventually confirms.

Is NEET 2027 really moving to computer-based testing?

Reported, yes; fully notified, no. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan publicly stated on 15 May 2026 that NEET-UG would move to computer-based test (CBT) mode "from next year," a decision pushed by the Radhakrishnan Committee after the 2026 paper-leak controversy, and reporting in July 2026 added that the CBT exam is planned to run across roughly six days at more than 1,000 centres.

That said, the picture is genuinely mixed in the search results themselves: some exam-tracking pages still describe NEET as continuing in "offline (OMR-based)" mode as of their last update, which shows the operational notification has not caught up with the Minister's statement everywhere online. Until NTA's official 2027 information bulletin confirms the mode in writing, treat CBT-from-2027 as reported and expected, not settled. If you want the preparation angle — building screen-based habits regardless of which way this resolves — see our dedicated NEET 2027 CBT mode preparation guide.

What the disrupted NEET 2026 cycle teaches you about trusting "expected" dates

The clearest reason to hold every NEET 2027 exam date projection loosely is what actually happened in 2026. NEET UG 2026 was originally scheduled for 3 May 2026, in line with the usual pattern — but a paper-leak controversy forced NTA to cancel that sitting and hold a re-exam on 21 June 2026 instead, a slip of roughly seven weeks from the original date.

The original NEET UG 2026 exam date of 3 May 2026 slipped to a re-exam on 21 June 2026, a gap of about seven weeks, after a paper-leak controversy. NEET UG 2026: planned vs. actual exam date Originally scheduled 3 May 2026 Actual re-exam date 21 Jun 2026 (~7 wks later) Even a well-established NTA calendar can move — build slack into your own plan.

Source: Collegedunia's NEET 2026 exam-dates tracker (registration opened 8 Feb 2026, original exam 3 May 2026) and The Quint / Deccan Herald reporting on the re-exam held 21 June 2026 following the paper-leak cancellation.

That single year is the strongest argument for not treating any projected NEET 2027 exam date as a hard commitment. It also explains why the government pushed CBT mode: the OMR-based paper process was identified as the specific point of failure, and moving the exam onto screens is the proposed fix — which is exactly why NEET 2027 is such an unusually news-heavy cycle to track.

If you're a NEET 2026 candidate currently working through MCC's AIQ counselling — Round 1 registration opened this week, on 5 August 2026, following NTA's declaration of the NEET UG 2026 result on 16 July 2026 (about 11.21 lakh candidates qualified out of roughly 20 lakh who appeared) — that counselling process sits outside the scope of this calendar; check mcc.nic.in directly for your round-wise dates.

How to use this calendar for your NEET 2027 prep

A date you can't control is not a reason to wait. Whatever the final NEET 2027 exam date turns out to be, the months between now and then map cleanly onto the preparation series already on this site. Work through them in this order:

1. Right now (Class 11 starters): anchor your two years with the NEET 2027 Class 11 study plan, then start subject method with Biology, Physics and Chemistry strategy guides.
2. Through the current academic year (Class 12): balance boards and NEET using the Class 12 board exam preparation plan, while reading NCERT the right way via how to study NCERT for NEET 2027.
3. Confirm scope early: check the NEET 2027 deleted syllabus guide and the best books for NEET 2027 booklist so you're not studying — or buying — anything that no longer counts.
4. From January–February 2027 (once the notification lands): shift into exam-mode rehearsal with the NEET 2027 CBT mode preparation guide, then ramp testing intensity using the mock test strategy and the previous year question papers plan.
5. If you're a dropper restarting after the 2026 result: the dropper strategy after the 2026 result roadmap is built around exactly this calendar's rhythm.

Sources

• National Testing Agency — official NEET UG portal (for live/official notifications). https://neet.nta.nic.in/
• National Testing Agency — official corporate site. https://nta.ac.in/