The NEET PG exam center 2026 list of cities in India where the NEET PG 2026 examination will be conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has 233 cities. The examination is scheduled to be held on 30 August 2026* in one shift from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM in computer-based test (CBT) mode.
The candidates have an option to select up to three preferred cities for conducting the NEET PG 2026 exams. The final allocation of the exam centres is done on a first-come, first-served basis by NBEMS depending on the availability of the seats. The exact address of the exam centre is mentioned in the NEET PG Admit Card 2026, which is likely to be released in August 2026.
Latest Update: The NEET PG 2026 City Intimation Slip will be released in July 2026 on natboard.edu.in. This slip is to be released before the admit card. This slip will inform the candidates of their exam city. However, the complete address of the exam centre is only found in the admit card.
NEET PG Exam Center 2026 – Key Highlights
| Particulars | Details |
| Exam Name | NEET PG 2026 |
| Conducting Body | National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) |
| NEET PG Exam Date 2026 | 30 August 2026 (tentative) |
| Exam Shift | Single Shift – 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM |
| Total Exam Cities | 233 Cities across India |
| Exam Center Preferences Allowed | Up to 3 cities (in order of preference) |
| Center Allotment Basis | First-Come-First-Served + Seat Availability |
| City Intimation Slip Release | July 2026 (Expected) – on natboard.edu.in |
| Admit Card Release Date | August 2026 (expected) |
| Application Form Released | April 2026 (expected) |
| Last Date to Apply | May 2026 (expected) |
| Official Website | natboard.edu.in | nbe.edu.in |
NEET PG 2026 – Important Dates for Exam Center
| Event | Date |
| Application Form Release | April 2026 (expected) |
| Last Date to Apply (with City Preference) | May 2026 (expected) |
| Correction Window | To be Announced |
| City Intimation Slip Release | July 2026 (Expected) |
| NEET PG Admit Card Release | August 2026 (Expected) |
| NEET PG Exam Date 2026 | 30 August 2026 |
What is the City Intimation Slip for NEET PG 2026?
The City Intimation Slip is an important document released by NBEMS before the admit card. It informs candidates about their allotted exam city so they can make travel and accommodation arrangements in advance.
| Feature | City Intimation Slip | Admit Card |
| Released When | July 2026 (2–3 weeks before exam) | August 2026 (Expected) |
| Contains | Allotted exam city only | Complete center address, roll no., timings |
| Used For | Travel & accommodation planning | Entry to exam hall |
| Is it mandatory at the exam centre? | No | Yes – mandatory |
| Download From | natboard.edu.in (login required) | natboard.edu.in (login required) |
Note: The City Intimation Slip is NOT a substitute for the admit card. Candidates must download BOTH separately. Entry to the exam hall is only permitted with the printed admit card.
How to Select NEET PG Exam Center 2026
Candidates can select their preferred exam centre cities while filling out the NEET PG 2026 application form. Here is how it works:
- Candidates can choose up to 3 exam city preferences in order of priority
- City preferences are entered at the time of application form submission
- Allotment is done on a first-come, first-served basis based on seat availability
- NBEMS will try to allot one of your preferred cities – but it is not guaranteed
- If none of the preferred cities are available, NBEMS will allot the nearest available centre.
- Once submitted, exam center preference cannot be changed after the correction window closes
- The final exam center address is mentioned only on the NEET PG Admit Card 2026
Note: Fill all 3 preferences carefully. Always keep your home city or nearest major city as Preference 1. Apply early – allotment is first-come, first-served, so earlier applications get better chances of preferred cities.
Tips for Choosing the Right NEET PG Exam Center 2026
| Tip | Why It Matters |
| Choose your home city as preference 1. | Saves travel time, reduces fatigue and exam day stress |
| Fill all 3 city preferences | Increases chances of getting a nearby center |
| Apply early in the application window | First-come, first-served – early applicants get priority |
| Avoid selecting distant metro cities unless necessary | Heavy traffic and travel fatigue can affect performance |
| Choose cities with good transport connectivity | Ensures you reach the center on time without stress |
| Visit exam center a day before the exam | Understand the route, distance, and parking to avoid last-minute confusion |
What to Do If the Wrong Exam Centre is Allotted in NEET PG 2026?
If the allotted exam centre does not match any of your preferences, here is what you can do:
- Check whether it falls within the correction window (May 2026 (expected)) – if yes, you can make changes
- After the correction window closes, no changes are permitted to exam center preference
- Contact the NBEMS helpdesk at nbems.helpdesk@gmail.com with your application number and issue details
- In genuine cases, NBEMS may consider relocation to a nearby centre – but this is at NBEMS’s discretion
- Regardless of the center allotted, make travel arrangements early and plan to stay nearby if the center is in another city
NBEMS Helpdesk: nbems.helpdesk@gmail.com | Official Website: natboard.edu.in
NEET PG Exam Center 2026 – Complete City List (233 Cities)
NBEMS has designated 233 cities across India as examination centres for NEET PG 2026. Below is the complete state-wise list:
Complete NEET PG 2026 Exam City List
| S. No. | City Name | S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Adoni | 2 | Agartala |
| 3 | Agra | 4 | Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar |
| 5 | Ahmednagar | 6 | Aizawl |
| 7 | Ajmer | 8 | Aligarh |
| 9 | Amalapuram | 10 | Ambala |
| 11 | Amravati | 12 | Amritsar |
| 13 | Anand | 14 | Anantapur |
| 15 | Angul | 16 | Arrah |
| 17 | Asansol | 18 | Aurangabad (MH) |
| 19 | Balasore | 20 | Bankura |
| 21 | Bapatla | 22 | Bareilly |
| 23 | Bargarh | 24 | Bathinda |
| 25 | Belagavi (Belgaum) | 26 | Bengaluru |
| 27 | Berhampore (WB) | 28 | Berhampur-Ganjam |
| 29 | Bhagalpur | 30 | Bhavnagar |
| 31 | Bhilai Nagar | 32 | Bhimavaram |
| 33 | Bhopal | 34 | Bhubaneswar |
| 35 | Bikaner | 36 | Bilaspur (CG) |
| 37 | Chandrapur | 38 | Chennai |
| 39 | Chikkamagaluru | 40 | Chittoor |
| 41 | Coimbatore | 42 | Coonoor |
| 43 | Cuddalore | 44 | Cuttack |
| 45 | Darbhanga | 46 | Delhi/NCR |
| 47 | Dhanbad | 48 | Dharwad/Hubballi |
| 49 | Dhenkanal | 50 | Dibrugarh |
| 51 | Durg | 52 | Durgapur |
| 53 | Eluru | 54 | Ernakulam |
| 55 | Erode | 56 | Gadag |
| 57 | Gorakhpur | 58 | Gudur |
| 59 | Guntur | 60 | Guwahati |
| 61 | Gwalior | 62 | Haldwani |
| 63 | Hamirpur (HP) | 64 | Hassan |
| 65 | Hazaribagh | 66 | Hyderabad |
| 67 | Indore | 68 | Jabalpur |
| 69 | Jagtial | 70 | Jaipur |
| 71 | Jalgaon | 72 | Jammu |
| 73 | Jamnagar | 74 | Jamshedpur |
| 75 | Jhansi | 76 | Jodhpur |
| 77 | Jorhat | 78 | Kadapa |
| 79 | Kakinada | 80 | Kallakurichi |
| 81 | Kalyani | 82 | Kanchipuram |
| 83 | Kannur | 84 | Kanpur |
| 85 | Karimnagar | 86 | Karur |
| 87 | Kasaragod | 88 | Kavali |
| 89 | Khammam | 90 | Kolhapur |
| 91 | Kolkata | 92 | Kollam |
| 93 | Kottayam | 94 | Kozhikode |
| 95 | Kurnool | 96 | Lucknow |
| 97 | Machilipatnam | 98 | Madurai |
| 99 | Mahabubnagar | 100 | Malappuram |
| 101 | Mandya | 102 | Mangaluru |
| 103 | Markapur | 104 | Meerut |
| 105 | Mehsana | 106 | Moradabad |
| 107 | Mumbai/Navi Mumbai | 108 | Muzaffarnagar |
| 109 | Muzaffarpur | 110 | Mylavaram |
| 111 | Mysuru (Mysore) | 112 | Nagpur |
| 113 | Naharlagun | 114 | Nanded |
| 115 | Nandyala | 116 | Narasaraopet |
| 117 | Nellore | 118 | Ongole |
| 119 | Palakkad | 120 | Palghar |
| 121 | Panaji/Madgaon | 122 | Pandharpur |
| 123 | Paschim Medinipur | 124 | Pathanamthitta |
| 125 | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | 126 | Patna |
| 127 | Peddapalli | 128 | Port Blair |
| 129 | Prayagraj | 130 | Proddatur |
| 131 | Puducherry | 132 | Pune |
| 133 | Purba Medinipur | 134 | Purnea |
| 135 | Puttur (AP) | 136 | Raipur |
| 137 | Rajahmundry | 138 | Rajkot |
| 139 | Ranchi | 140 | Ratnagiri |
| 141 | Rayachoty | 142 | Rourkela |
| 143 | Salem | 144 | Samba |
| 145 | Sambalpur | 146 | Sangli |
| 147 | Sathupally | 148 | Satna |
| 149 | Shillong | 150 | Shivamogga (Shimoga) |
| 151 | Sikar | 152 | Silchar |
| 153 | Siliguri | 154 | Sindhudurg |
| 155 | Sivaganga | 156 | Srinagar |
| 157 | Surampalem | 158 | Surat |
| 159 | Suryapet | 160 | Tadepalligudem |
| 161 | Tadipatri | 162 | Tezpur |
| 163 | Thiruvananthapuram | 164 | Thrissur |
| 165 | Tiruchirappalli | 166 | Tirunelveli |
| 167 | Tirupathi | 168 | Tirupur |
| 169 | Tiruvallur | 170 | Tiruvannamalai |
| 171 | Tiruvuru | 172 | Tumakuru (Tumkur) |
| 173 | Udaipur | 174 | Udupi |
| 175 | Ujjain | 176 | Vadodara |
| 177 | Varanasi | 178 | Vellore |
| 179 | Vijayawada | 180 | Viluppuram |
| 181 | Visakhapatnam | 182 | Vizianagaram |
| 183 | Warangal | 184 | Yemmiganur |
Note: The complete official NEET PG 2026 exam center list with codes will be published in the official information brochure on natboard.edu.in. Candidates are advised to verify the list on the official website before applying.
NEET PG Exam Centers – State-Wise List 2026
Andhra Pradesh
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Amalapuram |
| 2 | Anantapur |
| 3 | Bhimavaram |
| 4 | Chittoor |
| 5 | Eluru |
| 6 | Guntur |
| 7 | Kadapa |
| 8 | Kakinada |
| 9 | Kurnool |
| 10 | Machilipatnam |
| 11 | Nandyala |
| 12 | Narasaraopet |
| 13 | Nellore |
| 14 | Ongole |
| 15 | Proddatur |
| 16 | Puttur |
| 17 | Rajahmundry |
| 18 | Tadepalligudem |
| 19 | Tirupathi |
| 20 | Vijayawada |
| 21 | Visakhapatnam |
| 22 | Vizianagaram |
Bihar
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Arrah |
| 2 | Bhagalpur |
| 3 | Darbhanga |
| 4 | Muzaffarpur |
| 5 | Patna |
| 6 | Purnea |
Chhattisgarh
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Bhilai Nagar |
| 2 | Bilaspur |
| 3 | Raipur |
Gujarat
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar |
| 2 | Anand |
| 3 | Bhavnagar |
| 4 | Jamnagar |
| 5 | Junagarh |
| 6 | Navsari |
| 7 | Porbandar |
| 8 | Rajkot |
| 9 | Surat |
| 10 | Surendranagar |
| 11 | Vadodara |
| 12 | Valsad |
Maharashtra
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Ahmednagar |
| 2 | Amravati |
| 3 | Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar) |
| 4 | Chandrapur |
| 5 | Jalgaon |
| 6 | Kolhapur |
| 7 | Mumbai / Navi Mumbai / Thane |
| 8 | Nagpur |
| 9 | Nanded |
| 10 | Pandharpur |
| 11 | Pune |
| 12 | Ratnagiri |
| 13 | Sangli |
| 14 | Sindhudurg |
| 15 | Solapur |
Uttar Pradesh
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Agra |
| 2 | Aligarh |
| 3 | Bareilly |
| 4 | Gorakhpur |
| 5 | Jhansi |
| 6 | Kanpur |
| 7 | Lucknow |
| 8 | Meerut |
| 9 | Moradabad |
| 10 | Muzaffarnagar |
| 11 | Prayagraj |
| 12 | Satna |
| 13 | Varanasi |
Rajasthan
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Ajmer |
| 2 | Bikaner |
| 3 | Jaipur |
| 4 | Jodhpur |
| 5 | Sikar |
| 6 | Udaipur |
Kerala
| S. No. | City Name |
| 1 | Ernakulam |
| 2 | Kannur |
| 3 | Kasaragod |
| 4 | Kollam |
| 5 | Kottayam |
| 6 | Kozhikode |
| 7 | Malappuram |
| 8 | Palakkad |
| 9 | Pathanamthitta |
| 10 | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 11 | Thrissur |
Documents Required at NEET PG Exam Center 2026
Candidates must carry the following documents to the NEET PG exam centre 2026 on exam day:
- Printed NEET PG Admit Card 2026 (clearly printed – digital/mobile copy NOT accepted)
- Valid Photo ID Proof – Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, Passport, Voter ID, or Driving Licence
- Passport-size photograph pasted on the admit card (same as uploaded in application form)
- Photocopy of Medical Council Registration Certificate (MCI/NMC or State Medical Council)
- FMGE Pass Certificate (for Foreign Medical Graduates only)
Note: Entry without a printed admit card and valid photo ID is strictly not permitted at any NEET PG 2026 exam centre. Carry BOTH mandatorily.
Items NOT Allowed at NEET PG 2026 Exam Center
| Prohibited Item | Reason |
| Mobile phones & smartphones | Strictly banned – will be confiscated |
| Smartwatches & digital watches | Not permitted inside the exam hall |
| Calculators & electronic devices | Not allowed under any circumstance |
| Bluetooth devices & earphones | Banned to prevent malpractice |
| Study material, books, notes | No reference material allowed |
| Bags & large purses | Leave outside or at designated area |
| Metallic accessories & jewellery | May trigger security check delays |
| Food & drinks (except water) | Only plain water in transparent bottle allowed |
NEET PG 2026 – Exam Day Timeline at the Center
| Activity | Time |
| Exam Center Opens | 7:00 AM |
| Recommended Reporting Time | At least 90 minutes before exam |
| Gate Closes (No Entry After This) | 8:30 AM |
| Document Verification & Biometric | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM |
| Exam Begins | 9:00 AM |
| Exam Ends | 12:30 PM |
| Total Duration | 3 Hours 30 Minutes |
Important: Candidates arriving after 8:30 AM will NOT be allowed to enter the exam centre under any circumstances. Plan your travel well in advance and arrive early.
How to Download NEET PG Admit Card 2026
- Step 1: Visit the official NBEMS website – natboard.edu.in
- Step 2: Click on the “NEET PG 2026” tab on the homepage
- Step 3: Click on “Applicant Login”
- Step 4: Enter your Application ID and password.
- Step 5: Download the admit card in PDF format
- Step 6: Verify all details – name, roll number, exam center address, photo
- Step 7: Print 2–3 copies and keep one safe for counselling
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. In how many cities will NEET PG 2026 be conducted?
Ans. NEET PG 2026 will be conducted across 233 cities in India. Candidates can select their preferred exam city during the application process.
Q2. How many exam city preferences can I select in NEET PG 2026?
Ans. Candidates can select up to 3 exam city preferences in order of priority while filling the NEET PG 2026 application form. Allotment is on a first-come-first-served basis.
Q3. When will the NEET PG 2026 City Intimation Slip be released?
Ans. The NEET PG 2026 City Intimation Slip is expected to be released in July 2026 on natboard.edu.in – before the admit card. It informs candidates about their allotted exam city.
Q4. Where can I find the NEET PG 2026 exam centre details?
Ans. The exact exam centre address, including the venue name and complete address, is mentioned on the NEET PG Admit Card 2026, expected to be released in August 2026.
Q5. What is the NEET PG 2026 exam date and timing?
Ans. The NEET PG 2026 exam is on 30 August 2026 in a single shift from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Candidates must report to the exam centre by 8:30 AM – no entry after this.
Q6. Can I change my NEET PG 2026 exam centre after submission?
Ans. Changes can only be made during the correction window (May 2026). After the correction window closes, no changes to exam centre preference are permitted under any circumstances.
Q7. What documents should I carry to the NEET PG exam centre?
Ans. Carry a printed NEET PG Admit Card 2026 with a passport-size photo pasted; a valid original photo ID (Aadhaar/PAN/Passport/Voter ID); and a photocopy of your Medical Council Registration Certificate.
Q8. What if I am not allotted my preferred exam city?
Ans. If your preferred cities are not allotted due to seat unavailability, NBEMS will allot the nearest available centre. Contact the helpdesk at nbems.helpdesk@gmail.com if you face any issues.
Q9. Is it advisable to visit the NEET PG exam centre before exam day?
Ans. Yes. It is highly recommended to visit the exam centre a day before to understand the route, travel time, parking, and entry points. This avoids any last-minute confusion on exam day.
Q10. Are mobile phones allowed at the NEET PG 2026 exam center?
Ans. No. Mobile phones, smartwatches, and all electronic devices are strictly banned at the NEET PG 2026 exam center. Any candidate found with prohibited items may be disqualified.
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