The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the NEET UG 2026 results on 16 July 2026 in New Delhi, bringing relief to nearly 20 lakh medical aspirants across the country. The entrance examination, held for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, BSc Nursing, BVSc & AH, and other undergraduate healthcare programmes, was conducted at 5,440 Examination centres across 511 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. According to the official notification, 11.21 Lakh candidates have qualified. NTA said the results were released on time to ensure the medical admission and counselling schedules remain to track.
This year, NTA introduced changes to make the evaluation process faster without affecting transparency. Instead of completing each stage one after another, the agency carried out multiple tasks simultaneously, helping it declare the result on the schedule.
Top Performer Shines in NEET UG 2026
The official data shows that 138 candidates scored more than 690 marks out of 720. Most of these high scores appeared for the NEET for the first time, and almost all belonged to the 17-to-19-year age group.
The highest score of 715 out of 720 was jointly secured by Aryan Gupta from Punjab and Panshul Bansal from Haryana.
The Top 138 candidates come from 66 different cities, while the top 17 rank holders represented Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.
Students from all 36 States and Union territories qualified in this year’s examination. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of successful candidates with more than 1.7 lakh qualifiers, while Lakshadweep had 43 qualified candidates.
With the results now available, the admission process will move to the counselling stage. NTA clarified that its responsibility ends with conducting the examination, preparing the results, and issuing the All India Rank (AIR). The counselling process will be handled by the designated authorities.
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will conduct counselling for 15% of All India Quota seats in MBBS and BDS programmes, while state counselling authorities will manage admissions under their respective state quotas. Admissions for AYUSH courses under the All India Quota will be coordinated by the Ayush Admissions Central Counseling Committee (AACCC).
NTA has also advised students and parents to stay alert against fake admission offers, fraudulent calls, and websites claiming to guarantee seats or improve scores. The agency said it never asks candidates to make payments or share confidential information through unofficial channels.
The declaration of the NEET UG 2026 results marks the next step in the medical admission process across India. Qualified candidates should download their scorecards from the official NEET website and regularly check updates issued by neet.nta.nic.in and their respective state counselling authorities for counselling schedules, seat allotment, and admission-related announcements.
