NEET PG 2025 in two shifts on June 15

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) that organizes the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) will organize the 2025 examination on June 15. The NEET PG 2025 will be conducted in two shifts as it was conducted last year. The information bulletin with the eligibility, test pattern, NEET PG marking scheme is however yet to be published. The natboard.edu.in will carry the NEET PG 2025 information bulletin.

Earlier, in December of last year, the NBEMS had issued the date of completion of internship to be eligible to appear in NEET PG. The date of completion of internship for eligibility to appear in NEET PG 2025 is July 31, 2025.

Approximately two lakh MBBS graduates appear for NEET PG annually for approximately 52,000 postgraduation seats across India.

This time last year, NEET PG was conducted in two shifts, rather than a single shift. The exam took place on August 11 in two shifts — first from 9 am to 12:30 pm and the second one from 3:30 pm to 7 pm.

The board explained that the examinees were given disparate shifts randomly to ensure that every group was roughly equal in size. The random allocation ensured that any possible bias in allotting the candidates was averted. Moreover, since there were hundreds of examinees distributed all over the country, chances of bias were slim, the board added.

Since the new system was in place, the Board needed to embrace a process of normalisation.

The NEET PG results previous year for all shifts were written in the raw scores and percents.

Up to seven digits of percentiles for the composite score was calculated. The mechanism followed for breaking ties (near percentiles) will be decided on the age factor — candidate of older age was placed at higher rank.

Also, the percentile rank of the overall marks of all the shifts was combined and sorted to come to an overall Merit List / Ranking. Overall NEET PG merit or ranking was computed based on the percentile rank of the raw score.