NEET PG 2018: Counselling Process, Registration, Seat Allotement, Cut Off

National Board of Examinations (NBE) is responsible for conducting NEET PG 2018 examination on January 7, 2018. The exam is held in online mode only. After clearing the exam, students will get admission in various courses like MD/ MS, PG Diploma etc. So, for appearing in the exam, students have to fill the application form which was released on October 31, 2017. Only those students are eligible to apply who have cleared MBBS degree or Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate recognized by medical council act of India. All the eligible students can fill the application form and appear for the exam. They have to download the admit card to sit for the exam. You will get detailed information about NEET PG 2018 through this Article.

Students can download the admit card within 24 hours of registration. The paper is comprised of objective type multiple choice questions. Questions will be asked from the subjects that students have studied during MBBS or BDS.

After the completion of the exam, the result will be soon announced by January 31, 2018. Cut off will also be declared according to the students score in the exam. As per the applicant’s score, they will be called for counselling

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Today is the last day of the registration process of NEET PG counselling 2018. Students who have not registered; Yet has a chance to get registered by 5 pm.

Highlights Of NEET PG 2018

Date of NEET PG 2018 Exam	January 7, 2018
Conducting Body	National Board of Examination (NBE)
Mode of NEET PG 2018 Exam	Computer Based Test
Official Website	www.nbe.edu.in
Duration of NEET PG 2018 Exam	3 hours 30 minutes
Eligibility	Must have cleared MBBS or equivalent degree
Courses Offered	MD/ MD or PG Diploma

Exam Dates

The following table shows all the important dates related to the various events of the NEET-PG 2018 examination:

Events	Dates
NEET PG 2018 Application form released on	October 31, 2017
Last date to fill the NEET PG 2018 Application form	November 27, 2017
Availability of NEET PG 2018 Admit card	December 31, 2017
NEET PG 2018 Examination Date	January 7, 2018
Declaration of NEET PG 2018 Result	January 23, 2018
NEET PG 2018 Rank Card	February 15, 2018
Declaration of NEET PG 2018 Merit List	February 16, 2018
NEET PG 2018 Counselling	March 2018

Eligibility Criteria

It’s important for all the eligible students to check the examination eligibility criteria. If the eligibility criterion does not match then students candidature will be canceled. Following is the explanation of eligibility criteria:

• Students must be Indian National
• Applicants must possess MBBS degree or provisional MBBS pass certificate recognized by MCI
• Students must have completed one year of internship on or before March 31, 2018
• Those who have passed MBBS from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir states are not eligible to apply

Application Form

For registering for the exam, students have to fill and successfully submit the application form. The application form for NEET PG 2018 will be released on October 31, 2017. The registration can be done in online mode only through the website. Following is the step by step process of filling the application form.

Step 1: Registration

• Visit the official website to create a profile by entering the details.
• Entered details are such as students name, gender, parents name, valid email address, valid mobile number etc.
• Click on the submit button

Step 2: Fill the Application Form

• Now by using the login credentials, enter the details in the application form
• Students have to fill the details related to personal, academic and communication
• After verifying the details, click on the Submit button

Step 3: Upload Documents

• Upload the scanned images of photograph, signature, photo ID, SMC/ MCI and other certificates
• Size of the images of photograph and signature should be between 10kb-30kb
• MCI/ SMC certificate size should not be more than 500 kb
• Click on the upload images button

Step 4: Pay the Application fees

• Students can pay the application fees via debit card/ credit card/ net banking/ e-wallet.
• For making the payment, click on the Go for payment button
• After entering the bank details students can pay the application fees.

Application Fee

Category	Fees
General and OBC	INR 3750
SC/ ST/ PWD/ PH	INR 2750

Step 5: Final Submission

After paying the application fees, students can take the printout of the confirmation page and keep it safe for their future use.

Admit Card

Admit card is a very important document because without it students cannot enter in the examination hall. Students can download admit card in online mode only by entering the credentials like username and password. It cannot be sent to the student’s address via post or courier.

Students can follow the below steps to download the NEET PG 2018 admit card:

• Visit the official website of NBE i.e. nbe.edu.in
• Click on the NEET PG 2018 Admit card
• Now a login window will appear
• Enter the credentials like username and password
• Click on the login button

After clicking on the button, the admit card will be displayed on the screen. Students can download and take the printout of it for their future reference.

To get detailed information about NEET PG 2018 Admit Card click here

Exam Centre

Students can choose the examination centre as per their preference at the time of filling the application form. But the final allocation is done by the examination conducting authority on the first come first serve basis. Following is the list of exam centres from which students can choose anyone:

Ahmadabad	Pune	Indore
Aurangabad	Ranchi	Jaipur
Bangalore	Raipur	Jammu
Bhopal	Trivandrum	Jamshedpur
Bhubaneswar	Udaipur	Kolkata
Chandigarh	Varanasi	Bardoli
Chennai	Durgapur	Lucknow
Cochin	Kozhikode	Mumbai
Coimbatore	Mangalore	Mysore
Dehradun	Trichy	Nagpur
Greater Noida	Vijayawada	Navi Mumbai
Gurugram	Vishakhapatnam	New Delhi
Guwahati	Gandhinagar	Noida

Exam Pattern

Applicants are advised to check the examination pattern in advance before appearing in the exam. After knowing the examination pattern, students will come to know about the type of questions asked in the exam. Following is the detailed explanation of NEET PG 2018 Examination pattern:

• The examination is conducted in online mode only
• The paper is comprised of 300 multiple choice questions
• The paper was only in the English language
• Total time duration given to complete the paper is 3 hours 30 minutes
• For every correct answer, one mark will be awarded and no marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

The following table shows the subject-wise distribution of questions:

Subject	Weight-age of questions
Anatomy	15
Physiology	15
Biochemistry	15
Pharmacology	20
Microbiology	20
Pathology	25
Forensic Medicine	10
Social and Preventive Medicine	25
Medicine, Dermatology and Venereology	37
Surgery, Orthopaedics, Anaesthesia, & ENT	46
Radiotherapy & Radiodiagnosis	12(6+6)
Gynaecology & Obstetrics	25
Paediatrics	15
Psychiatry	10
Ophthalmology	10
Total	300

Exam Pattern Highlights Table

Mode of examination	Online
Number of Questions	300
Maximum marks	300
Duration of exam	3 hours 30 minutes

Syllabus

NEET PG 2018 examination consists of the syllabus that students have studied in MBBS and BDS programme. The following table shows the important topics of the subjects that students have to prepare for the examination:

Subjects	Important Topics
Pathology	Cell injury
	Cell death and adaptations
	Acute and chronic inflammation
	Tissue Repair
	Regeneration
	Healing and Fibrosis
	Hemodynamic Disorders
	Thrombosis and shock
	Diseases of the immune system Neoplasia
	Genetic and Pediatric Diseases
	Environmental and Nutritional Diseases
	General pathology of Infectious Diseases
	The Blood vessels
	The Heart
	Hematopoietic and lymphoid systems
	The lung
	The kidney and its collecting system
	The oral cavity and Gastrointestinal tract
	The liver
	Gallbladder and Biliary tract
	The pancreas
	The male genital system
	The female genital system and breast
	The Endocrine system
	The musculoskeletal system
	The skin
	The nervous system
	Miscellaneous Topics
Pharmacology	General Pharmacological Principles
	Drugs acting on Autonomic Nervous system
	Autacoids and Related Drugs
	Respiratory and Related Drugs
	Hormones and Related Drugs
	Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System
	Cardiovascular Drugs
	Drugs Acting on kidney
	Drugs Affecting Blood and Blood formation
	Gastrointestinal Drugs
	Antimicrobial Drugs
	Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases
	Miscellaneous Drugs
Biochemistry	Structures and functions of proteins and Enzymes
	Bioenergetics and the metabolism of Carbohydrate and lipids
	Metabolism of proteins and amino acids
	Structures
	Function and replication of informational macromolecules
	Biochemistry of extracellular and intracellular communication
	Nutrition
	Digestion and Absorption
	Vitamins and minerals
	Intracellular traffic and sorting of proteins
	Glycoproteins
	The extracellular matrix
	Muscles and the cytoskeleton
	Plasma proteins and immunoglobulins
	Homeostasis and thrombosis
	Red and white blood cells
	Metabolism of xenobiotics
	The Human genome project
	Miscellaneous Topics
Microbiology	Methods and Techniques
	Immunology
	Bacteriology
	Virology
	Mycology
	Miscellaneous Topics
Orthopaedics	Fractures and Injuries
	Infections of bones and joints
	Bone tumours
	CTEV
	PIVD
	Back pain
	Degenerative and metabolic bone disease
	Miscellaneous Bone diseases
Preventive and Social Medicine	Man and Medicine: Towards health for all
	Concept of Health and Diseases
	Principles of Epidemiology and Epidemiologic Methods
	Screening for Disease
	Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases
	Epidemiology of chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Conditions
	Health programs in India
	Demography and Family planning
	Preventive Medicine in Obstetrics Pediatrics and Geriatrics
	Nutrition & Health
	Social Sciences and Health
	Environment and Health
	Hospital Waste Management
	Disaster Management
	Occupational Health
	Genetics and Health
	Mental Health
	Health Information and Basic Medical Statistics
	Communication for Health Education
	Health Planning and Management
	Healthcare of the community
	International Health
	Miscellaneous Topics
ENT	Diseases of Ear
	Diseases of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
	Diseases of oral cavity and Salivary Glands
	Diseases of pharynx
	Diseases of Larynx and trachea
	Diseases of Esophagus
	Recent advances
	Clinical methods in ENT and Neck Masses
	Operative surgery
	Miscellaneous Topics
Anatomy	The thorax
	The Abdomen
	The Pelvis
	The perineum
	The upper limb
	The lower limb
	The Head and Neck
	The Back
	Miscellaneous Topics
Surgery	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Urogenital Surgery
	Paediatric Surgery
	Hernia
	Umbilicus and Abdominal wall Cardiothoracic Surgery
	Burns
	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
	Transplantation and oncology
	Head Injury
Gynaecology	Diseases & Injury to female genital tract
	Conception
	Birth control and MTP
	Trophoblastic diseases
	Ectopic gestation and disorders of menstruation
Forensic Medicine	Medical Jurisprudence
	Autopsy
	Death
	Post mortem changes
	Injuries and wounds
	Thermal death
	Starvation
	Mechanical Asphyxia
	Sexual offences and Abortion
	Poisoning
	Psychotropic drugs
	Asphyxiants
	Miscellaneous Topics
Psychiatry	Cognitive disorders
	Schizophrenia
	Mood disorders
	Anxiety disorders
	Adjustment disorders
	Somatoform disorders
	Sexual disorders
	Eating
	Sleep and Personality disorder
	Impulse control disorders
	Miscellaneous Topics
Radiology	Physics and Technique
	Diagnostic features and signs
	Systemic Radiology
	Miscellaneous Topics
Radiotherapy	Radiotherapy
	Chemotherapy
	Nuclear medicine
	Miscellaneous Topics
Physiology	Digestion and Absorption
	Respiration
	Cardiovascular Physiology
	Nervous System
	Excretion
	Endocrine System
	Sensory organs
	Muscles
	Miscellaneous Topics
Anaesthesia	General Anaesthesia
	Regional Anaesthesia
	Drugs used for Anaesthesia
	Anaesthesia in coexisting diseases
	Critical Care
	Miscellaneous Topics

Result

After the completion of the exam result has been soon declared on January 23, 2018. Students can check the result online on the official portal of NBE. With the help of the testing ID and date of birth, students can download their result. Following steps help students to download the result:

• Open the official website of NBE
• Click on the NEET PG 2018 Result
• Enter the details such as testing id and date of birth
• Click on the download button

After clicking on the button, the result will be displayed on the screen. Students are advised to download and take the printout of the final score for future use.

Cut off

Cut off marks are the minimum marks scored by the student in order to get admission in the desired course. NBE is responsible for declaring the cut off marks. According to the students cut off marks, they will get admission in respective colleges. Cut off marks will be decided on the basis of various factors which are as following:

• Total number of students appearing in the exam
• Difficulty level of the question paper
• Availability of seats
• Previous year cut off trends
• Total number of students passed the exam

NEET PG 2018 Cut off is tabulated below:

Category	NEET PG 2018 Cut off
Unreserved	863.6479
Unreserved – Physically Handicapped	682.3638
OBC (Other Backward Classes)	842.2654
OBC (Other Backward Classes) -Physically Handicapped	655.5969
SC (Scheduled Caste)	655.1937
SC (Scheduled Caste) – Physically Handicapped	658.5397
ST (Scheduled Tribe)	655.1766
ST (Scheduled Tribe)- Physically Handicapped	673.4360

Counselling Process

On the basis of students score in the NEET exam a merit list will be prepared. Students can take participate in the NEET counselling according to their rank in the merit list. In the counselling process, students have to fill their college and course choices.

Students must bring the following list of documents at the time of counselling for verification:

1. NEET PG 2018 Admit Card and Rank Card
2. 12th class mark sheet and passing certificate
3. 10th class mark sheet and passing certificate
4. Graduation certificate
5. Transfer certificate
6. Category certificate (if applicable)
7. Counselling call letter
8. Recent passport size photographs