NEET PG 2024: NBEMS Asks Candidates To Submit Fresh Preferences of Exam City, Here's How To Submit

New Delhi: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) will conduct the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2024 on August 11. The board will conduct the exam in 185 cities across the country. Candidates who registered for the NEET-PG 2024 will have to fill the fresh preferences of exam city. The window to select the NEET PG city preference opens today, July 19.

“On account of additional security measures being taken by NBEMS and MoHFW (Govt. of India), this examination shall now be conducted in 185 test cities across the country,” said NBEMS in an official notice. “The test city and test centre communicated in the admit cards issued earlier for NEET PG 2024 which was to be held on 23rd June 2024 shall no longer be valid,” it added. The last to submit preferences is July 22 till 11.55 pm. 

Meanwhile, NBEMS has also released the list of examination cities where the exam will be conducted. Based on the preferences, NBEMS will release fresh city intimation slip and NEET PG admit card for candidates. The exam city allotment will be notified to candidates via email on July 29. NEET PG 2024 admit card will be out on August 8. 

NEET PG 2024: Preference of Exam City

• Candidates shall be required to provide choices for four preferred test cities where he/she wish to appear for the examination. These test cities will be selected from the available test cities within the state of correspondence address indicated by the candidate in his/her NEET-PG 2024 application form. 
• Wherever the number of available test cities in a State/UT of correspondence address are less than four or the demand of testing seats is exceeding the available capacity in the state of correspondence address, the candidate shall be offered to choose from the test cities of nearby States/UTs. 
• Allocation of the test city to a candidate will be done randomly from the choices provided, and these four choices will not be considered as an order of preference of test cities. 
•  It is possible that a test center cannot be provided in any of these four preferred test cities due to reasons such as overcapacity, logistical, administrative, or security reasons. In such cases: 

1. The candidate will be allocated a test center in one of the nearest available locations within the state of correspondence address or in nearby states/ UT.
2. If no test center can be allocated within the state of correspondence address or in a nearby state as well, the applicant shall be allocated a test center in any part of the country based on availability. 

• Candidates who will fail to provide any preferences regarding the test cities during this online window shall be allocated a test centre by NBEMS anywhere in the country.
• The allocation of the test center is subject to availability and the decisions made by NBEMS. NBEMS reserves its right to add a new city (other than those listed above) for conduct of examination or to delete an offered city due to security and/or logistic reasons. 
• Candidate shall not be entitled to claim any changes in the preferred test city choices given, after submitting the form. Further, the form shall not be accessible to edit after being submitted once or after the expiry of prescribed timelines of submission.

Click here for official notice.

How to Submit NEET PG City Preferences

• Visit the official website- nbe.edu.in
• Click on ‘NEET PG’ tab
• Log in using your credentials 
• Click on Exam City Selection Option
• Choose your prefered city for exam and submit.