It is to note that NEET UG 2023 is to be conducted on 7 May 2023 as per the decision made earlier.

For download anytime soon.

So it is only an estimation as to when NEET UG 2023 admit card could be made ready for download.

Usually, admit cards are made ready about 10 or 15 days before the exam date.

If that is to be taken into account, the NEET UG 2023 admit card could be made ready for download from 24 to 29 April 2023.

As said earlier, this is just guesswork, students can visit the official website regularly for updates.

How to download admit card?

The process to download admit card is online and the official website is to be visited.

URL to access the official website is ‘https://neet.nta.nic.in/’

The URL must be typed into the browser and the website must be allowed to download.

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Once it is available, students must click the link for NEET UG 2023 admit card.

After clicking the link, they can enter their registration number and other required details and submit them to obtain NEET UG 2023 admit card.

Once, the NEET UG 2023 admit card is available, they can download and take a printout.

Point to remember

Students after viewing NEET UG 2023 admit card can check for the presence of errors on it.

If there are no errors, they can download and take its printout.

In case of errors, they can take it to the notice of authorities concerned for rectification.

Apart from English, candidates can also choose to write the exam in Hindi or other local languages.

They must remember that question papers in English will be available in all the states.

However, the local language question paper will be available in the respective states where they are largely spoken.

For example, a candidate willing to write NEET UG 2023 in Bengali must opt for a test center in West Bengal.

Detailed information about the medium of NEET UG 2023 question papers is provided in the table below:

Postponement

While the attention of all is on the availability of the NEET UG 2023 admit card, there is another issue that is also coming to light.

News is doing rounds that a certain number of students are seeking postponement of NEET UG this year.

There has been no decision on this yet from the authorities concerned.

So one can consider that NEET UG 2023 will be conducted on the date decided earlier.

Students can visit the official website regularly for any updates on the exam date.

The year before

Last year about 18 lakh candidates applied for the NEET UG exam.

That is a very encouraging figure as it shows that NEET UG is gaining popularity year-over-year.

The same momentum is expected during 2023, many expect the registrations for the exam this year to exceed.

Number of women applicants during 2022 were 10.64 lakhs, the men applicants were 8.07 lakhs, according to sources.

They can visit the exam center a day or two before to know its exact location.

This will help candidates in reaching the test centers faster on the day of the exam.

Candidates will also be saved time from finding out the exact location of the test center on the day of the test.

The applicants must also remember that the website may not showup for some initially, when the link to download NEET UG 2023 admit card is available.

Heavy flow of visitors to the website may put it down.

In case of such a situation, candidates can wait for sometime and then attempt again to download NEET UG 2023 admit card.

They can also approach other places with good net connectivity to download NEET UG 2023 admit card.

The objective of FACE admission is to reward and encourage students who have achieved excellence in fine arts and culture.

Of the two seats in each program, one seat will be female-only, and the other will be gender-neutral.

Director of IIT Madras

Speaking at a press conference at the institution, Director of IIT Madras Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, IIT Madras is embarking on a new journey to admit students to her much-coveted undergraduate programs in recognition of their excellence in fine arts and culture.

The candidates are required to apply through the IITM-FACE admission portal (https://jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/face) for consideration for admission under fine arts and culture excellence to IIT Madras, he said.

Portal

The admission process through FACE would not be through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) portal but on a separate portal (https://jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/face) maintained by IIT Madras where other IITs interested in offering seats through FACE may also participate.

For the academic year 2025-2026, only IIT Madras is offering seats through Fine Arts and Culture Excellence admission.

IIT Madras-FACE

The IITM-FACE portal is to be used exclusively for admission to various academic programs at IIT Madras under FACE admission only.

The candidates are required to apply separately on JoSAA portal for the academic programs at IIT Madras and/or other IITs where the seats are offered through JoSAA.

Ø The candidate should be an Indian National (by birth or naturalization) or OCI/PIO candidate who has chosen to be treated at par with Indian Nationals at the time of JEE (Advanced) 2025 registration.

Ø The candidate should have qualified in JEE (Advanced) 2025 and have obtained a rank in the Common Rank List (CRL) or category-wise rank list in JEE (Advanced) 2025. The position in the rank list may be in any of the categories for which rank lists are prepared, thereby ensuring that the benefits of reservations are not lost and the requisite academic requirement is not diluted.

Ø The candidate should have obtained the minimum required marks in Class XII as per the eligibility criteria for IITs (Clause 26 of the Information Brochure (IB), JEE (Advanced) 2025).

Ø Candidates should have received recognition in at least one of the select categories in recognition of their excellence in fine arts and cultural activities.

Application, Seat Allotment Process

The candidate should be ready with all the necessary documents before starting their application on the following portal – https://jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/face.

A score will be assigned to each candidate based on their fine arts and culture excellence as per the category mentioned in Table.

A separate FACE Rank List (FRL) will be prepared based on the total score obtained by the candidates based on their performance in various fine arts and culture events/awards/scholarships.

The list of eligible awards/scholarships/recognitions mentioned in Appendix – A will only be considered for the preparation of FRL.

The seat allotment will be, done in multiple rounds, based only on the FACE Rank List (FRL). Mere presence in the FRL does not guarantee admission, say sources from IIT Madras.

After a seat is allotted to a candidate in any round, the candidate is given the option to ‘Accept’ or ‘Reject’ the allotted seat and pay the seat acceptances fee, before a specified deadline for the the same.

If the candidate rejects the seat, he or she will be removed from the FACE seat allotment process permanently, say sources from IIT Madras.

If the candidate accepts the seat, they should (1) pay the Seat Acceptance Fee before the deadline specified and (2) choose one of the two options – ‘Freeze’ or ‘Slide’ similar to the case of the JoSAA admission process.

In addition, they should submit proof of withdrawal/exit from JoSAA 2025.