if i complete my 17 year age in 01 January 2026 can I give my neet exam in 2025

Hi

No, you are not eligible for Neet 2025 examination with your date of birth .

This is because,

To be eligible for Neet  examination one needs to be at least 17 years old by 31st December of the year in which one is attempting Neet i. e To be eligible for Neet 2025 examination one needs to be at least 17 years old by 31st December 2025

But ,

You fail to  fulfill this criteria  ,

As with your date of birth , you will be 17 years old on 1st january 2026   i. e after  31st December 2025 and thus  not eligible .

You will become eligible for neet in 2026 i. e for neet 2026

For your reference,

Here's the eligibility criteria for NEET :-

-----------) Qualification required :-As per Neet eligibility to be eligible you must be either appearing for 12th board examination  or should have passed 12th board examination from any recognised board with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English as core subject.

†††Important Note :- Students with Biology as an additional subject are also provisionally eligible for neet until Supreme Court gives its judgement over it.

-----------)  Percentage required :- You must get

• at least 50 % in aggregate of PCB i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in 12th examination if belongs to general category

• at least 40% in aggregate of PCB if belongs to st/Obc/ Sc

• at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.

------------------)  Age limit :-

• Lower age limit:- to be eligible for neet  one has to be at least 17 years old or more by 31st December in the year of appearing for the examination .

• Upper age limit :-There's no upper age limit for NEET. Earlier there was upper age limit  of 25 years which was pending in supreme court, on 9th march 2022 NMC in its notice has removed upper age limit. For details about it checkout :- https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-number-of-attempts-and-age-limit

--------------------) There's no attempt limit for neet.

For detailed information about neet examination eligibility go through our page for which link is provided below; -

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria

Thank you