The NEET syllabus for 2027 hasn’t been released yet: as of 3 Nov 2026, NMC had notified nothing new, so study from the official NEET (UG)-2026 syllabus, which NTA says is unchanged from 2025. It has 50 units (Physics 20, Chemistry 20, Biology 10), tested through 180 compulsory questions for 720 marks. Below you’ll find every unit with its key topics, the official PDF, and a unit-to-NCERT chapter map.

NEET Syllabus 2027 at a Glance

Subject Units in the official syllabus Questions and marks (2026 pattern) Best book for this part
Physics 20 (Units 1–20, one list) 45 questions, 180 marks MTG NEET PYQ 39 Years Physics; for concepts, H. C. Verma Concepts of Physics Part 1
Chemistry 20 (Physical 1–8, Inorganic 9–12, Organic 13–20) 45 questions, 180 marks MTG Objective NCERT at your Fingertips Chemistry, 2026-27
Biology (Botany and Zoology) 10 (Units 1–10) 90 questions, 360 marks NCERT Biology Class 11 and Class 12, then MTG Fingertips Biology, 2026-27
Past papers, all three subjects All 50 units 180 questions, 720 marks, 180 minutes MTG NEET PYQ 39 Years (1988–2026), set of 3
Hindi medium Same 50 units Same paper, English–Hindi booklet MTG Fingertips Biology (Hindi)

More options for each subject: best NEET preparation books.

By PrepPick Editorial Team · Last updated 3 November 2026

Status pages (NMC’s What’s New, neet.nta.nic.in and NTA’s exam calendar), the official syllabus PDF and the 2026 information bulletin were rechecked on 3 Nov 2026.

How we checked this page: the unit list and key topics come from the official NMC syllabus for NEET (UG)-2026, and the pattern and marking from NTA’s 2026 information bulletin (Chapter 4). We don’t use coaching-site chapter lists, and we name the source when we mention another site’s claim. Our methodology · About PrepPick

Has the NEET 2027 syllabus been released?

Not yet. As of 3 Nov 2026, NMC has not notified a NEET (UG) 2027 syllabus. The latest official syllabus is the NEET (UG)-2026 syllabus (NMC/UGMEB, 22 December 2025), and NTA confirmed it was unchanged from 2025. This page follows that syllabus. We will update it when NMC publishes the 2027 version.

We checked NMC’s “What’s New” list (latest item 30 Oct 2026, nothing on the NEET syllabus), the NEET site (only 2026 items) and NTA’s revised exam calendar of 26 Oct 2026, which runs to April 2027 and doesn’t list NEET. For reference, the 2026 syllabus notice came on 22 December 2025.

What could change for NEET 2027

Item Status on 3 Nov 2026 What it means for you
Syllabus No 2027 notice; 2026 syllabus unchanged from 2025 Study the 50 units below
Information bulletin Not out; not on NTA’s calendar to April 2027 Pattern, dates and eligibility for 2027 are not announced yet
Exam mode (pen and paper or computer-based) Not decided The syllabus doesn’t depend on the mode

On computer-based testing (CBT): the then Education Minister announced on 15 May 2026 that NEET would move to CBT from 2027 (Hindustan Times). Since then the Centre has told the Supreme Court that no final decision has been taken: on 4 August (Times of India) and again on 18 September 2026, when it said the switch was still under “active consideration” (The Hindu). Hindustan Times later reported that NEET-UG 2027 may stay pen and paper, after the Nilekani-led task force’s term was extended to 27 January 2027. Aakash’s syllabus page states that NEET 2027 “moves to CBT mode”; the government’s statements in court don’t support that yet. Wait for NTA’s 2027 bulletin.

NEET exam pattern and marking (2026)

Subject Questions Marks
Physics 45 180
Chemistry 45 180
Biology (Botany and Zoology) 90 360
Total 180 compulsory questions 720 marks, 180 minutes

Marking (Chapter 4 §3): +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong answer, 0 for a question left blank. If NTA finds more than one correct option, anyone who marked a correct one gets 4 marks; if all options are correct, everyone who attempted it gets 4; if a question is dropped or has no correct option, every candidate gets 4 marks.

Source: NEET (UG)-2026 Information Bulletin, Chapter 4 §2–3. The 2026 paper ran from 2:00 to 5:00 pm and was offered in 13 languages. NTA re-held the 2026 exam on 21 June 2026 and declared results on 16 July 2026. The 2027 pattern will be confirmed in the 2027 bulletin.

Who sets the NEET syllabus: NMC or NTA?

Body Role
NMC (National Medical Commission), through its Under Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) Finalises and notifies the syllabus. The UGMEB “has finalized the NEET (UG)-2026 Syllabus” (public notice, 22 Dec 2025)
NTA (National Testing Agency) Publishes the syllabus on its NEET site and runs the exam. Its 2026 bulletin says “NMC … has notified the syllabus of NEET (UG) – 2026”
Document Use it?
NTA: “Syllabus for NEET (UG)-2026 Examination” page on neet.nta.nic.in Yes, start here. NTA’s own page for the current syllabus, with the PDF link below. Rechecked 3 Nov 2026
NMC: Updated syllabus for NEET (UG)-2026 (NMC “What’s New”, 23/12/2025) Yes, the official NMC copy
NTA: Syllabus for NEET (UG)-2026 Examination (18 pages, with NMC’s letter of 22-12-2025) Yes, the same syllabus as hosted by NTA
The NEET site’s generic “Syllabus” link (…/20260102588210790.pdf) No. Its first line reads “SYLLABUS FOR NEET (UG) – 2025”. The topics are the same, but the label is stale
The NMC link printed in the 2026 bulletin’s FAQ No. It now returns an error (404)

Did the syllabus change for 2026?

No. The NEET (UG)-2026 Information Bulletin answers this directly: “No, there is no change in the syllabus of NEET (UG) – 2026 with respect to the previous year.”

We compared the 2025 and 2026 syllabus texts word by word and found no differences beyond the year in the heading and office footer lines (text only; diagrams weren’t compared). So any list of “deleted chapters for 2027” has no official basis yet.

One wording fix to note: Biology Unit 2 says “of an insect(Frog)”. The bulletin’s FAQ says it “should be read as of an insect and a frog”.

All 50 units: the official NEET syllabus

Subject Units Grouping in the syllabus
Physics 20 One list
Chemistry 20 Physical (Units 1–8), Inorganic (Units 9–12), Organic (Units 13–20)
Biology 10 One list

The syllabus is organised by units only; it has no chapter level and no Class 11/12 split. Each unit carries a list of sub-topics. The “Key topics” column below condenses them in our words; the full wording is in the NMC PDF.

Unit map of the NEET (UG) 2026 syllabus. It shows all 20 Physics units, from Physics and Measurement to Experimental Skills; all 20 Chemistry units, grouped as Physical (units 1–8), Inorganic (9–12) and Organic (13–20); and all 10 Biology units, from Diversity in Living World to Ecology and Environment. It also shows the question split of 45 Physics, 45 Chemistry and 90 Biology questions.
All 50 units of the NEET (UG) syllabus on one page. NMC lists units only, with no chapter level and no Class 11 / Class 12 split, so tick off each unit’s sub-topics against the official PDF.

NEET Physics syllabus (20 units)

Unit Title Key topics
1 Physics and Measurement SI units, least count, significant figures, errors, dimensional analysis
2 Kinematics Motion in a straight line and its graphs, vectors, relative velocity, projectile and uniform circular motion
3 Laws of Motion Newton’s laws, momentum and impulse, friction, circular motion on level and banked roads
4 Work, Energy, and Power Work-energy theorem, power, spring potential energy, vertical circle, elastic and inelastic collisions
5 Rotational Motion Centre of mass, torque, angular momentum, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems
6 Gravitation Law of gravitation, variation of g, Kepler’s laws, potential, escape and orbital velocity, satellites
7 Properties of Solids and Liquids Elasticity and moduli, fluid pressure, viscosity, Bernoulli, surface tension, thermal expansion, calorimetry, heat transfer
8 Thermodynamics Zeroth, first and second laws, isothermal and adiabatic processes, reversible and irreversible processes
9 Kinetic Theory of Gases Ideal gas equation, kinetic interpretation of temperature, RMS speed, equipartition, mean free path
10 Oscillations and Waves SHM, spring and simple pendulum, wave speed, superposition, standing waves in strings and pipes, beats
11 Electrostatics Coulomb’s law, field and potential, dipole, Gauss’s law, capacitors and dielectrics, stored energy
12 Current Electricity Drift velocity, Ohm’s law, resistivity, cells, Kirchhoff’s laws, Wheatstone and metre bridge
13 Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Biot-Savart and Ampere’s laws, force on charges and conductors, galvanometer, magnetic dipole, para-, dia- and ferromagnetism
14 Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws, eddy currents, inductance, LCR circuits, resonance, AC power, generator and transformer
15 Electromagnetic Waves Displacement current, characteristics of EM waves, the EM spectrum and its uses
16 Optics Mirrors, lenses, prism, total internal reflection, microscope and telescope, Huygens’ principle, interference (YDSE), single-slit diffraction, polarisation
17 Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation Photoelectric effect, Einstein’s equation, de Broglie relation
18 Atoms and Nuclei Rutherford and Bohr models, hydrogen spectrum, mass defect, binding energy, fission and fusion
19 Electronic Devices Semiconductor diode, rectifier, LED, photodiode, solar cell, Zener diode, logic gates
20 Experimental Skills 18 listed experiments, including Vernier callipers, screw gauge, metre bridge, resonance tube, and diode and Zener characteristic curves

NEET Chemistry syllabus (20 units)

Unit Title Key topics
Physical chemistry
1 Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry Dalton’s theory, laws of chemical combination, mole concept, empirical and molecular formulae, stoichiometry
2 Atomic Structure Hydrogen spectrum, Bohr model, dual nature, uncertainty principle, quantum numbers, orbital shapes, Aufbau, Pauli and Hund
3 Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Ionic and covalent bonds, lattice enthalpy, Fajan’s rule, VSEPR, hybridisation, resonance, MO theory, hydrogen bonding
4 Chemical Thermodynamics System and surroundings, first law, enthalpy, Hess’s law, second law, entropy and Gibbs energy, ΔG° and K
5 Solutions Concentration terms, Raoult’s law, ideal and non-ideal solutions, colligative properties, van’t Hoff factor
6 Equilibrium Physical and chemical equilibria, Kp and Kc, Le Chatelier, acids and bases, pH, buffers, solubility product
7 Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry Oxidation number, balancing redox, conductance, Kohlrausch’s law, galvanic cells, Nernst equation, dry cell, lead accumulator and fuel cells
8 Chemical Kinetics Rate law, order and molecularity, zero- and first-order reactions, half-life, Arrhenius theory and activation energy, collision theory
Inorganic chemistry
9 Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties Modern periodic law, s, p, d and f blocks, periodic trends in radii, ionisation and electron gain enthalpy
10 p-Block Elements Groups 13 to 18: configuration, trends, unique behaviour of the first element
11 d- and f-Block Elements First-row transition elements and their properties, K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4, lanthanoids and actinoids
12 Co-ordination Compounds Werner’s theory, ligands, IUPAC names, isomerism, valence bond and crystal field ideas, uses
Organic chemistry
13 Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds Purification methods, chromatography, detection and estimation of elements, empirical-formula numericals
14 Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry Hybridisation, functional groups, isomerism, IUPAC names, reactive intermediates, inductive and resonance effects, reaction types
15 Hydrocarbons Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and benzene: preparation, reactions and mechanisms, conformations, Markovnikov and peroxide effect
16 Organic Compounds Containing Halogens Preparation and reactions, C–X bond, substitution mechanisms, environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform, freons, DDT
17 Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen Alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes and ketones: named reactions and tests; for carboxylic acids, only acidic strength
18 Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen Amines and their basic character, diazonium salts
19 Biomolecules Carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, nucleic acids, hormones (general introduction)
20 Principles Related to Practical Chemistry Detection of elements and functional groups, named preparations, titrations, qualitative salt analysis, four listed experiments

NEET Biology syllabus (10 units)

Unit Title Key topics
1 Diversity in Living World Taxonomy and nomenclature, five-kingdom classification, viruses and lichens, plant groups, animal phyla and classes
2 Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants Plant morphology and anatomy, five flowering-plant families, animal tissues, the organ systems of an insect and a frog (read as corrected by the bulletin)
3 Cell Structure and Function Cell theory, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, organelles, biomolecules and enzymes, cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis
4 Plant Physiology Photosynthesis, C3 and C4 pathways, respiration and ATP yield, plant growth and growth regulators
5 Human Physiology Breathing, body fluids and circulation, excretion, locomotion, neural and chemical coordination, related disorders in brief
6 Reproduction Sexual reproduction in flowering plants, human reproduction, reproductive health and assisted reproduction
7 Genetics and Evolution Mendelian inheritance and deviations, sex determination, molecular basis of inheritance, lac operon, evolution and Hardy-Weinberg
8 Biology and Human Welfare Diseases and pathogens, immunology basics, cancer, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, microbes in human welfare
9 Biotechnology and Its Applications Recombinant DNA technology, insulin and vaccines, gene therapy, Bt crops, transgenic animals, biosafety
10 Ecology and Environment Population interactions and attributes, ecosystems and energy flow, biodiversity and its conservation

Physics (Unit 8) and Chemistry (Unit 4) both have a thermodynamics unit, and the last unit in each is about practical or experimental work.

Is the NEET syllabus the same as NCERT?

We found no official NTA or NMC statement saying the syllabus equals the NCERT Class 11–12 books. Use the NMC syllabus as the checklist and your textbooks to study it. Our unit-to-chapter map below shows where each unit sits in NCERT, and the three units and handful of topics NCERT doesn’t cover. Our guide Is NCERT enough for NEET? looks at where students usually add practice.

NEET syllabus unit to NCERT chapter map

The official syllabus lists units, not chapters. This map matches each NEET (UG)-2026 unit to the current NCERT Class 11 and 12 chapters that teach it. Chapter titles are copied exactly as printed on each book’s contents page (NCERT Chemistry calls its chapters “Units”). Each link opens that chapter on NCERT’s free textbook site.

How the map was made: we matched the unit lists in the official syllabus PDF against the contents pages of the ten current NCERT science books, mostly the 2025-26 and 2026-27 reprints, by searching each chapter’s text for the syllabus topics. A topic marked “not found” doesn’t appear in the current chapter by name; NCERT may still touch it under other wording, so check the chapter itself if a topic matters to you.

In short: 47 of the 50 units have at least one NCERT chapter (Physics 19 of 20, Chemistry 18 of 20, Biology 10 of 10). Every chapter in the current books maps to some unit.

Physics: NEET units to NCERT chapters

NEET unit NCERT book NCERT chapter and exact title Free NCERT link
1. Physics and Measurement Class 11, Physics Part I Ch. 1 “UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS” keph1=1-7
2. Kinematics Class 11, Physics Part I Ch. 2 “MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE” keph1=2-7
2. Kinematics Class 11, Physics Part I Ch. 3 “MOTION IN A PLANE” keph1=3-7
3. Laws of Motion Class 11, Physics Part I Ch. 4 “LAWS OF MOTION” keph1=4-7
4. Work, Energy, and Power Class 11, Physics Part I Ch. 5 “WORK, ENERGY AND POWER” keph1=5-7
5. Rotational Motion Class 11, Physics Part I Ch. 6 “SYSTEM OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION” keph1=6-7
6. Gravitation Class 11, Physics Part I Ch. 7 “GRAVITATION” keph1=7-7
7. Properties of Solids and Liquids Class 11, Physics Part II Ch. 8 “Mechanical Properties of Solids” keph2=1-7
7. Properties of Solids and Liquids Class 11, Physics Part II Ch. 9 “Mechanical Properties of Fluids” keph2=2-7
7. Properties of Solids and Liquids Class 11, Physics Part II Ch. 10 “Thermal Properties of Matter” keph2=3-7
8. Thermodynamics Class 11, Physics Part II Ch. 11 “Thermodynamics” keph2=4-7
9. Kinetic Theory of Gases Class 11, Physics Part II Ch. 12 “Kinetic Theory” keph2=5-7
10. Oscillations and Waves Class 11, Physics Part II Ch. 13 “Oscillations” keph2=6-7
10. Oscillations and Waves Class 11, Physics Part II Ch. 14 “Waves” keph2=7-7
11. Electrostatics Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 1 “ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS” leph1=1-8
11. Electrostatics Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 2 “ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE” leph1=2-8
12. Current Electricity Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 3 “CURRENT ELECTRICITY” leph1=3-8
13. Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 4 “MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM” leph1=4-8
13. Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 5 “MAGNETISM AND MATTER” leph1=5-8
14. Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 6 “ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION” leph1=6-8
14. Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 7 “ALTERNATING CURRENT” leph1=7-8
15. Electromagnetic Waves Class 12, Physics Part I Ch. 8 “ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES” leph1=8-8
16. Optics Class 12, Physics Part II Ch. 9 “RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS” leph2=1-6
16. Optics Class 12, Physics Part II Ch. 10 “WAVE OPTICS” leph2=2-6
17. Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation Class 12, Physics Part II Ch. 11 “DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER” leph2=3-6
18. Atoms and Nuclei Class 12, Physics Part II Ch. 12 “ATOMS” leph2=4-6
18. Atoms and Nuclei Class 12, Physics Part II Ch. 13 “NUCLEI” leph2=5-6
19. Electronic Devices Class 12, Physics Part II Ch. 14 “SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS: MATERIALS, DEVICES AND SIMPLE CIRCUITS” (major topics missing; see below) leph2=6-6
20. Experimental Skills — No NCERT chapter (see below) —

Note on Unit 2: Ch. 2’s opening box lists “2.5 Relative velocity”, but the current chapter text has no such section, so practise relative velocity from your practice book.

Book pages: Class 11 Part I · Part II; Class 12 Part I · Part II.

Chemistry: NEET units to NCERT units

NEET unit NCERT book NCERT unit and exact title Free NCERT link
1. Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry Class 11, Chemistry Part I Unit 1 “Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry” kech1=1-6
2. Atomic Structure Class 11, Chemistry Part I Unit 2 “Structure of Atom” kech1=2-6
3. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Class 11, Chemistry Part I Unit 4 “Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure” kech1=4-6
4. Chemical Thermodynamics Class 11, Chemistry Part I Unit 5 “Thermodynamics” kech1=5-6
5. Solutions Class 12, Chemistry Part I Unit 1 “Solutions” lech1=1-5
6. Equilibrium Class 11, Chemistry Part I Unit 6 “Equilibrium” kech1=6-6
7. Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry Class 11, Chemistry Part II Unit 7 “Redox Reactions” kech2=1-3
7. Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry Class 12, Chemistry Part I Unit 2 “Electrochemistry” lech1=2-5
8. Chemical Kinetics Class 12, Chemistry Part I Unit 3 “Chemical Kinetics” lech1=3-5
9. Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties Class 11, Chemistry Part I Unit 3 “Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties” kech1=3-6
10. p-Block Elements — No NCERT chapter (see below) —
11. d- and f-Block Elements Class 12, Chemistry Part I Unit 4 “The d-and f-Block Elements” lech1=4-5
12. Co-ordination Compounds Class 12, Chemistry Part I Unit 5 “Coordination Compounds” lech1=5-5
13. Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds Class 11, Chemistry Part II Unit 8 “Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques” kech2=2-3
14. Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry Class 11, Chemistry Part II Unit 8 “Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques” (same NCERT unit as NEET Unit 13) kech2=2-3
15. Hydrocarbons Class 11, Chemistry Part II Unit 9 “Hydrocarbons” kech2=3-3
16. Organic Compounds Containing Halogens Class 12, Chemistry Part II Unit 6 “Haloalkanes and Haloarenes” lech2=1-5
17. Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen Class 12, Chemistry Part II Unit 7 “Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers” lech2=2-5
17. Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen Class 12, Chemistry Part II Unit 8 “Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids” lech2=3-5
18. Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen Class 12, Chemistry Part II Unit 9 “Amines” lech2=4-5
19. Biomolecules Class 12, Chemistry Part II Unit 10 “Biomolecules” lech2=5-5
20. Principles Related to Practical Chemistry — No NCERT chapter (see below) —

Book pages: Class 11 Part I · Part II; Class 12 Part I · Part II.

Biology: NEET units to NCERT chapters

NEET unit NCERT book NCERT chapter and exact title Free NCERT link
1. Diversity in Living World Class 11, Biology Ch. 1 “The Living World” kebo1=1-19
1. Diversity in Living World Class 11, Biology Ch. 2 “Biological Classification” kebo1=2-19
1. Diversity in Living World Class 11, Biology Ch. 3 “Plant Kingdom” kebo1=3-19
1. Diversity in Living World Class 11, Biology Ch. 4 “Animal Kingdom” kebo1=4-19
2. Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants Class 11, Biology Ch. 5 “Morphology of Flowering Plants” kebo1=5-19
2. Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants Class 11, Biology Ch. 6 “Anatomy of Flowering Plants” kebo1=6-19
2. Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants Class 11, Biology Ch. 7 “Structural Organisation in Animals” kebo1=7-19
3. Cell Structure and Function Class 11, Biology Ch. 8 “Cell : The Unit of Life” kebo1=8-19
3. Cell Structure and Function Class 11, Biology Ch. 9 “Biomolecules” kebo1=9-19
3. Cell Structure and Function Class 11, Biology Ch. 10 “Cell Cycle and Cell Division” kebo1=10-19
4. Plant Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 11 “Photosynthesis in Higher Plants” kebo1=11-19
4. Plant Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 12 “Respiration in Plants” kebo1=12-19
4. Plant Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 13 “Plant Growth and Development” kebo1=13-19
5. Human Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 14 “Breathing and Exchange of Gases” kebo1=14-19
5. Human Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 15 “Body Fluids and Circulation” kebo1=15-19
5. Human Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 16 “Excretory Products and their Elimination” kebo1=16-19
5. Human Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 17 “Locomotion and Movement” kebo1=17-19
5. Human Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 18 “Neural Control and Coordination” kebo1=18-19
5. Human Physiology Class 11, Biology Ch. 19 “Chemical Coordination and Integration” kebo1=19-19
6. Reproduction Class 12, Biology Ch. 1 “Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants” lebo1=1-13
6. Reproduction Class 12, Biology Ch. 2 “Human Reproduction” lebo1=2-13
6. Reproduction Class 12, Biology Ch. 3 “Reproductive Health” lebo1=3-13
7. Genetics and Evolution Class 12, Biology Ch. 4 “Principles of Inheritance and Variation” lebo1=4-13
7. Genetics and Evolution Class 12, Biology Ch. 5 “Molecular Basis of Inheritance” lebo1=5-13
7. Genetics and Evolution Class 12, Biology Ch. 6 “Evolution” lebo1=6-13
8. Biology and Human Welfare Class 12, Biology Ch. 7 “Human Health and Disease” lebo1=7-13
8. Biology and Human Welfare Class 12, Biology Ch. 8 “Microbes in Human Welfare” lebo1=8-13
9. Biotechnology and Its Applications Class 12, Biology Ch. 9 “Biotechnology : Principles and Processes” lebo1=9-13
9. Biotechnology and Its Applications Class 12, Biology Ch. 10 “Biotechnology and its Applications” lebo1=10-13
10. Ecology and Environment Class 12, Biology Ch. 11 “Organisms and Populations” lebo1=11-13
10. Ecology and Environment Class 12, Biology Ch. 12 “Ecosystem” lebo1=12-13
10. Ecology and Environment Class 12, Biology Ch. 13 “Biodiversity and Conservation” lebo1=13-13

Book pages: Class 11 · Class 12.

Where NCERT isn’t enough

Units with no NCERT chapter:

  • Physics Unit 20, Experimental Skills. It’s practical work, so the theory books have no chapter. Some theory overlaps (Stokes’ law and capillary rise in Ch. 9, Ohm’s law in Class 12 Ch. 3), but the metre bridge, Zener diode and travelling microscope experiments aren’t covered.
  • Chemistry Unit 10, p-Block Elements (Groups 13 to 18). The p-block unit was removed from NCERT in the rationalisation. The groups appear only in passing in Class 11 Unit 3, “Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties”.
  • Chemistry Unit 20, Principles Related to Practical Chemistry. Lab-based. Detecting extra elements is in Class 11 Unit 8 (section 8.9); the preparations, titrations and salt analysis aren’t in any textbook chapter.

Topics missing inside mapped units (not found in the current NCERT text):

  • Physics Unit 19 (major): LED, photodiode, solar cell, Zener diode (including as a voltage regulator) and logic gates. The current Ch. 14 stops at the diode as a rectifier.
  • Biology Unit 2: NEET names five plant families (Malvaceae, Cruciferae, Leguminosae, Compositae, Gramineae). The current Ch. 5 describes only Solanaceae and mentions Brassicaceae once. Ch. 7 covers the frog but not an insect; NTA’s bulletin FAQ on the syllabus says this unit “should be read as of an insect and a frog”.
  • Physics, smaller items: least count (Unit 1; errors get only brief treatment), motion in a vertical circle (Unit 4), the parallel and perpendicular axes theorems (Unit 5), critical velocity (Unit 7), the metre bridge (Unit 12; one sentence only) and Brewster’s law (Unit 16).
  • Chemistry, smaller items: metallic bonding (Unit 3) and sulphonation of phenols (Unit 17).
  • Biology, minor: the term “Red Data Book” (Unit 10); the IUCN Red List itself is covered.

What to use for these: NCERT’s own pre-rationalisation (2022-23) books still cover the biggest of these topics. NCERT’s site now has only the newer editions, so the links below open NCERT’s own 2022-23 PDFs saved on the Internet Archive:

For everything else on the lists above, take the topic list for each from the official syllabus PDF and study it from a NEET practice book or your coaching module. Before you rely on a book for one of these topics, check that its contents page lists it. For Biology, MTG Fingertips Biology and MTG NEET PYQ 39 Years Biology cover NCERT-line and past-paper practice. For Physics and Chemistry, see our NEET Physics books and NEET Chemistry books guides.

NCERT sections you can skip (outside the NEET topic lists, on our reading of the syllabus rather than an official statement):

  • Physics Class 11, 11.11 Carnot engine;
  • Physics Class 12, 13.6 Radioactivity;
  • Physics Class 12, 5.3 Magnetism and Gauss’s Law and 5.4 Magnetisation and Magnetic Intensity (NEET Unit 13 lists only the bar magnet, magnetic dipole, and para-, dia- and ferromagnetism).

No whole NCERT chapter falls outside the syllabus.

Class 11 vs Class 12: where the units sit

The official syllabus has no class split. Using our NCERT map, this is where each unit is taught:

Subject Class 11 NCERT Class 12 NCERT No NCERT chapter
Physics Units 1–10 (14 chapters) Units 11–19 (14 chapters) Unit 20
Chemistry Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (redox), 9, 13, 14, 15 (9 chapters) Units 5, 7 (electrochemistry), 8, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 (10 chapters) Units 10, 20
Biology Units 1–5 (19 chapters) Units 6–10 (13 chapters) —

That is 42 Class 11 chapters and 37 Class 12 chapters, 79 in all. NTA publishes no class-wise or chapter-wise weightage; percentages on coaching pages are their own estimates from past papers (Aakash, for one, labels its tables “trend-based”).

How to plan the 2027 attempt with this syllabus

  1. Now: treat the 2026 syllabus as your checklist. It was unchanged from 2025, and no 2027 change has been announced.
  2. Study phase: go unit by unit with NCERT, using the map above, and tick off each unit’s sub-topics against the official PDF. Cover the topics NCERT misses from a practice book.
  3. Practice phase: solve past NEET papers by chapter, then full timed papers of 180 questions in 180 minutes. Our NEET PYQ books guide compares the past-paper sets.
  4. When NMC publishes the 2027 syllabus: compare it with the 2026 list and adjust only what changed. We will flag any changes here.

Subject guides: NEET Biology books · NEET Physics books · NEET Chemistry books · MTG Fingertips books · H. C. Verma · NEET books in Hindi.

नीट सिलेबस: हिंदी में सारांश

  • 3 नवंबर 2026 तक NMC ने NEET (UG) 2027 का सिलेबस जारी नहीं किया है।
  • अभी सबसे नया आधिकारिक सिलेबस NEET (UG)-2026 का है, जिसे NMC ने 22 दिसंबर 2025 को जारी किया था। NTA के अनुसार इसमें 2025 के मुक़ाबले कोई बदलाव नहीं है।
  • सिलेबस NMC तय करता है। NTA उसे प्रकाशित करता है और परीक्षा करवाता है।
  • परीक्षा में 180 अनिवार्य प्रश्न होते हैं: भौतिकी 45, रसायन विज्ञान 45, जीव विज्ञान (वनस्पति विज्ञान और प्राणी विज्ञान) 90। कुल 720 अंक, 180 मिनट।
  • सिलेबस केवल यूनिट के रूप में है: भौतिकी 20 यूनिट, रसायन विज्ञान 20 यूनिट (भौतिक, अकार्बनिक और कार्बनिक), जीव विज्ञान 10 यूनिट। इसमें कक्षा 11 और 12 का बँटवारा या अध्याय नहीं दिए गए हैं।
  • NEET 13 भाषाओं में होती है। हिंदी चुनने वाले उम्मीदवारों को अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी, दोनों भाषाओं वाली परीक्षा पुस्तिका मिलती है।
  • आधिकारिक सिलेबस केवल अंग्रेज़ी में मिला।
  • NEET 2027 कंप्यूटर आधारित (CBT) होगी या नहीं, यह अभी तय नहीं है। सिलेबस पर इसका असर नहीं पड़ता।

FAQs

Has the NEET 2027 syllabus been released?

No, not as of 3 Nov 2026. Prepare from the NEET (UG)-2026 syllabus (NMC, 22 December 2025), which NTA says was unchanged from 2025.

How many questions are on the NEET?

In NEET (UG) 2026 there were 180 compulsory questions: 45 in Physics, 45 in Chemistry and 90 in Biology, for 720 marks in 180 minutes (NTA information bulletin, Chapter 4). The 2027 numbers will be confirmed in the 2027 bulletin, which isn’t out yet.

How are the 720 marks divided in NEET?

Physics 180 marks (45 questions), Chemistry 180 (45) and Biology 360 (90, Botany and Zoology together). Each correct answer gets 4 marks, a wrong answer costs 1 mark, and a blank costs nothing (2026 bulletin, Chapter 4). So Biology alone is half the paper.

How many chapters are there in the NEET syllabus?

The official syllabus has no chapters; it has 50 units: 20 in Physics, 20 in Chemistry and 10 in Biology. Chapter counts you see elsewhere come from mapping these units to NCERT. The current NCERT books have 79 chapters (42 in Class 11, 37 in Class 12), and our unit-to-chapter map matches each one to a NEET unit.

Does the syllabus split units by Class 11 and Class 12?

No. It lists units with no class split and no chapter level. In NCERT terms, Physics Units 1–10 and Biology Units 1–5 are Class 11; Physics Units 11–19 and Biology Units 6–10 are Class 12; Chemistry is mixed (see the class table).

Is there an official chapter-wise weightage for NEET?

No. NTA and NMC publish only the subject split (45, 45 and 90 questions). Chapter-wise percentages on coaching sites are estimates from past papers. To build your own, sort NTA’s past papers by unit.

Will NEET 2027 be computer-based?

Not decided as of 3 Nov 2026. The Centre told the Supreme Court in August and September 2026 that the move to CBT was still under consideration (Times of India; The Hindu). The syllabus is the same either way.

Were any chapters deleted from the NEET syllabus?

Not for 2026: the 2026 bulletin says there is “no change in the syllabus” from the previous year. There is no official 2027 list of deleted topics.

Who decides the NEET syllabus: NMC or NTA?

NMC, through its Under Graduate Medical Education Board, finalises the syllabus. NTA publishes it and conducts the exam.

Where can I download the official NEET syllabus PDF?

Start at NTA’s Syllabus for NEET (UG)-2026 Examination page, which links the PDF, or download NMC’s copy. Both are free. Avoid the NEET site’s generic “Syllabus” link, which is labelled 2025.

Is NCERT enough for the NEET syllabus?

Mostly, but not completely. In our map, 47 of the 50 units have a matching NCERT chapter. Three have none: Physics Unit 20 (Experimental Skills), Chemistry Unit 10 (p-Block Elements, removed from NCERT in the rationalisation) and Chemistry Unit 20 (Practical Chemistry). Some mapped units also miss topics, mainly LED, photodiode, solar cell, Zener diode and logic gates in Physics Unit 19, and four of the five plant families in Biology Unit 2. See where NCERT isn’t enough and our guide Is NCERT enough for NEET?.

Is there an age limit or a limit on attempts for NEET?

For NEET (UG) 2026 you had to be 17 by 31 December of the exam year, and there was no upper age limit (bulletin, eligibility chapter). The 2026 bulletin sets no limit on the number of attempts. Check the 2027 bulletin when it comes out.

Is the NEET syllabus available in Hindi?

We found only English versions of the official syllabus. The exam itself was offered in 13 languages in 2026, and Hindi-medium candidates get a bilingual English–Hindi booklet.

Sources (checked 3 Nov 2026)

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