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Syllabus · NEET UG
The NEET UG 2027 syllabus had not been notified as of October 2026, so the NMC-prescribed 2026 syllabus — 20 Physics units, 20 Chemistry units and 10 Biology units across 32 NCERT chapters — is the one to study. This article separates what is confirmed from what is only expected, and names the chapters worth extra hours either way.
Quick answer
No — not as of October 2026. The National Medical Commission prescribes the NEET UG syllabus and NTA publishes it with the information bulletin, and neither had issued a 2027 version when this article was last reviewed. Until they do, the 2026 syllabus is the syllabus: 20 Physics units, 20 Chemistry units and 10 Biology units covering 32 NCERT chapters.
That matters because every September a fresh crop of "NEET syllabus reduced" posts appears, usually recycling the 2024 revision or a coaching brochure. Treat any deletion list you see as a rumour until it carries an NMC or NTA link. BrainStride is an AI tutor for JEE, NEET and Olympiad preparation that runs a 20-minute diagnostic, maps your weak chapters and writes a daily plan, with every solution checked by teachers — and our NEET syllabus page is updated against the official documents rather than against rumour.
Read this before rearranging a study plan around something you saw on social media. Only the first column is settled.
| What | Status in October 2026 | Where it gets confirmed |
|---|---|---|
| Syllabus | Not notified for 2027. The NMC-prescribed 2026 syllabus stands. | nmc.org.in, then the NTA information bulletin |
| Paper pattern | Confirmed since 2025: 180 compulsory questions, 720 marks, 180 minutes, +4 / −1. | NTA information bulletin |
| Subject split | Confirmed: Physics 45, Chemistry 45, Biology 90 (Botany 45, Zoology 45). | NTA information bulletin |
| Exam date | Expected in early May 2027. NEET 2025 was 4 May; NEET 2026 was 3 May, then cancelled and re-held on 21 June. The Centre has said 2027 may be computer-based; nothing is notified yet. | neet.nta.nic.in |
| Application window | Expected to open in February 2027, based on recent cycles. | neet.nta.nic.in |
| Qualifying percentile | Unchanged in recent years: 50th General/EWS, 45th General-PwD, 40th for reserved categories. | NTA result notice |
Status as of October 2026. Dates marked expected are inferred from the 2025 and 2026 cycles.
These chapters left the NEET UG syllabus in the 2024 revision and were still out for 2026. No further removal had been announced for 2027 as of October 2026.
| Chapter | Subject | In NEET 2026? |
|---|---|---|
| Solid State | Chemistry | Removed |
| Surface Chemistry | Chemistry | Removed |
| States of Matter (Gaseous and Liquid) | Chemistry | Removed |
| Hydrogen | Chemistry | Removed |
| s-Block Elements | Chemistry | Removed |
| General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Metals | Chemistry | Removed |
| Environmental Chemistry | Chemistry | Removed |
| Polymers | Chemistry | Removed |
| Chemistry in Everyday Life | Chemistry | Removed |
| Reproduction in Organisms | Biology | Removed |
| Transport in Plants | Biology | Removed |
| Mineral Nutrition | Biology | Removed |
| Digestion and Absorption | Biology | Removed |
| Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production | Biology | Removed |
| Environmental Issues | Biology | Removed |
| p-Block Elements | Chemistry | Still in — not removed |
Compared against the current NMC unit list on our [NEET syllabus page](/neet-ug/syllabus). Some surviving units also lost individual topics; the official syllabus PDF is the final word.
The questions students actually type, answered one line each against the current NMC unit list. "2027" means the syllabus to plan on until the 2027 bulletin is published; nothing on this list has been announced as changing.
Yes — Chemistry. Still a NEET Chemistry unit although the rationalised NCERT books dropped those chapters — study it from an older edition.
No — Chemistry. Removed in the 2024 revision.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024. Gas-law ideas needed in Thermodynamics and Equilibrium remain examinable there.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024 with the s-Block unit.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024.
No — Chemistry. Removed in 2024.
Yes — Chemistry and Biology. In both: an organic unit in Chemistry and a Class 11 chapter in Biology.
No — Biology. Removed in 2024. Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants, Human Reproduction and Reproductive Health remain.
No — Biology. Removed in 2024.
No — Biology. Removed in 2024.
No — Biology. Removed in 2024. Breathing, Body Fluids, Excretion, Locomotion, Neural Control and Chemical Coordination remain.
No — Biology. Removed in 2024.
No — Biology. Removed in 2024. Organisms and Populations, Ecosystem and Biodiversity and Conservation remain.
Yes — Biology. In the syllabus, and a frequent source of diagram-label questions.
Yes — Biology. In the syllabus.
Yes — Biology. In the syllabus.
Yes — Biology. In the syllabus.
Yes — Physics. In the syllabus, usually one to three questions.
Yes — Physics. In the syllabus — the practical unit most students forget.
No — Physics. Not in the current NEET Physics syllabus.
With the syllabus settled, the marks are decided by which remaining chapters you keep getting wrong. The 20-minute diagnostic names them, free.
The 2024 revision aligned the NEET UG syllabus with the rationalised NCERT textbooks. Biology now follows the current books, which is why our chapter tables list 32 Biology chapters rather than the older count. This is the change most "deleted topics" lists are still describing, three years later.
The important detail is that alignment was not total. p-Block Elements stayed in the Chemistry syllabus even though the current NCERT books dropped those chapters, so a student who owns only the newest edition has a gap that the syllabus still examines. Check each unit against the official syllabus rather than against your textbook's contents page, because a unit in the syllabus is examinable even where the rationalised book trimmed it.
No. From 2025 the paper dropped the optional Section B, so NEET UG has 180 compulsory questions in 180 minutes instead of 200 questions with a choice. Fewer questions on the day, the same syllabus behind them — and less room to skip a topic you dislike, because there is no optional section to hide in. The NEET exam pattern page sets out the marking in full.
Based on the 2025 and 2026 cycles. Nothing here is officially announced, so treat each row as a planning window, not a date to memorise.
The bulletin carries the final syllabus, the pattern and the exam date. This is the document to read, not a summary of it.
Released shortly before the exam in recent cycles. Watch neet.nta.nic.in rather than waiting to be told.
Early May, if the first-Sunday pattern holds (2026 was re-held on 21 June after the May paper was cancelled). Whether 2027 is pen-and-paper or computer-based is not yet notified.
In recent years the provisional key came in early June and the result around the middle of the month. Our [NEET answer key guide](/neet-ug/answer-key) explains the challenge process.
See the full cycle, including JEE dates, on the [exam calendar](/exam-calendar).
The 20-minute diagnostic maps the chapters where your marks leak today, and writes tomorrow around them. The syllabus wording can change later; your weak chapters will not.
Priorities follow the paper, and the paper has not moved: Biology is 90 of the 180 questions and 360 of the 720 marks. A student who is strong in Biology and shaky in Physics is usually one subject away from a much better rank — which is why our NEET Physics page exists as a separate plan rather than a footnote.
The table below is our reading of recent papers, not an official weightage, because NTA publishes none. Use it to decide the order of your revision, not to skip anything: a chapter worth "two questions" is still eight marks, and eight marks moves a rank band at this level.
Biology decides the rank. These ten units are the whole Biology syllabus, heaviest first.
| Unit | Chapters | Typical questions | How it is tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversity in Living World | 4 | 8–10 Q | Recall, example-driven |
| Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants | 3 | 5–7 Q | Diagram recall |
| Cell Structure and Function | 3 | 8–10 Q | Recall + reasoning |
| Plant Physiology | 3 | 6–8 Q | Process recall |
| Human Physiology | 6 | 8–12 Q | Recall + application |
| Reproduction | 3 | 8–10 Q | Sequence and diagram recall |
| Genetics and Evolution | 3 | 10–14 Q | Reasoning + numericals |
| Biology and Human Welfare | 2 | 4–6 Q | Recall |
| Biotechnology and its Applications | 2 | 5–7 Q | Process recall |
| Ecology and Environment | 3 | 6–9 Q | Recall, quick marks |
Question counts are BrainStride’s analysis of recent NEET papers, not official figures — NTA publishes no chapter weightage. Ranges overlap and are rounded, so they do not add up exactly to a subject total. Counts shift by a question or two every year.
Five each, from the same analysis. Physics is where most NEET ranks are lost, and it rewards numerical practice rather than re-reading.
| Unit | Typical questions | Marks at stake |
|---|---|---|
| Electrostatics | 3–5 Q | 12–20 |
| Current Electricity | 3–5 Q | 12–20 |
| Optics | 3–5 Q | 12–20 |
| Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism | 3–4 Q | 12–16 |
| Rotational Motion | 2–4 Q | 8–16 |
| Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | 3–5 Q | 12–20 |
| p-Block Elements | 3–5 Q | 12–20 |
| Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen | 3–5 Q | 12–20 |
| Co-ordination Compounds | 2–4 Q | 8–16 |
| Atomic Structure | 2–3 Q | 8–12 |
Question counts are BrainStride’s analysis of recent NEET papers, not official figures — NTA publishes no chapter weightage. Ranges overlap and are rounded, so they do not add up exactly to a subject total. Counts shift by a question or two every year. Full unit-by-unit tables: [Physics](/neet-ug/physics) · [Chemistry](/neet-ug/chemistry).
Very little, and slowly. Three rules keep a change from costing you a month:
Wait for the bulletin, then diff it yourself. Open the official syllabus beside the unit list you have been studying and mark only what genuinely differs. This takes an hour and replaces a week of anxious scrolling.
Never delete a chapter mid-cycle on hearsay. Students who dropped p-Block after the NCERT rationalisation lost marks they had already paid for in study time. If a topic leaves the syllabus, the cost of having studied it is one revision slot; if it stays and you dropped it, the cost is four marks a question.
Re-run your weak-chapter map afterwards. A syllabus change shifts what is examinable, not what you personally get wrong. Track both: the syllabus tracker keeps the coverage side honest, chapter by chapter, and a diagnostic keeps the accuracy side honest.
The NEET hub collects the pattern, the dates and the eligibility rules, and the cutoff page shows the qualifying marks by category for every year since 2019, including the jump to 213 in 2026. For the units this post flags as heavy, genetics and evolution and organic chemistry basics have chapter guides with the NCERT lines that are examined most. If you are in Class 11, the Class 11 plan sets out which of these chapters to finish in the first year.
No. As of October 2026 the National Medical Commission had not notified a NEET UG 2027 syllabus. NTA publishes the final syllabus with the information bulletin, which in recent cycles appeared in February. Until then, prepare from the NMC-prescribed 2026 syllabus — 20 Physics units, 20 Chemistry units and 10 Biology units across 32 NCERT chapters.
There is no official reduction for NEET 2027. The last significant revision was in 2024, when the syllabus was aligned with the rationalised NCERT textbooks. Posts claiming a fresh reduction usually recycle that change. Check nmc.org.in or the NTA bulletin before removing anything from your plan, because a wrongly skipped unit costs four marks a question.
Removed in the 2024 revision and still out for 2026: in Chemistry, Solid State, Surface Chemistry, States of Matter, Hydrogen, s-Block Elements, Isolation of Metals, Environmental Chemistry, Polymers and Chemistry in Everyday Life; in Biology, Reproduction in Organisms, Transport in Plants, Mineral Nutrition, Digestion and Absorption, Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production and Environmental Issues.
There is no 2027-specific deletion list, because no 2027 syllabus has been notified. The chapters that are out are the ones deleted in 2024: Solid State, Surface Chemistry, States of Matter, Hydrogen, s-Block, Isolation of Metals, Environmental Chemistry, Polymers and Chemistry in Everyday Life in Chemistry; Reproduction in Organisms, Transport in Plants, Mineral Nutrition, Digestion and Absorption, Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production and Environmental Issues in Biology.
Nothing has been announced that changes it. NMC prescribes the syllabus and NTA republishes it with each year’s bulletin; it has been the same since the 2024 revision. Prepare from the 2026 syllabus and compare the 2027 bulletin unit by unit when it is published.
The official syllabus PDF is published on the NMC website (nmc.org.in) and republished on neet.nta.nic.in with the information bulletin. Download it from one of those two sites rather than from a coaching portal, and check the year on the cover page: the current document is the one prescribed for NEET 2026.
No. The NMC-prescribed syllabus changed substantially once, for NEET 2024, and stayed the same for 2025 and 2026. NTA republishes it with each year’s information bulletin, which is why it looks new every year. Treat any claimed change as a rumour until it appears on nmc.org.in or in the NTA bulletin.
No. p-Block Elements remained in the NEET Chemistry syllabus even after NCERT dropped those chapters from the rationalised textbooks, so students working from the newest edition need the older NCERT chapters for that unit. Check every Chemistry unit against the official syllabus rather than your textbook contents page, because the syllabus decides what is examinable.
No. From 2025 NEET UG dropped the optional Section B, so the paper has 180 compulsory questions in 180 minutes instead of 200 with a choice. That changed the paper, not the syllabus. With no optional section, a weak chapter can no longer be skipped on the day, so full coverage matters more than it used to.
Biology carries 90 of the 180 questions, so genetics and evolution, human physiology and ecology repay time first — in our analysis of recent papers they bring 10–14, 8–12 and 6–9 questions respectively. In Physics, mechanics, current electricity and modern physics recur. These priorities barely move even when syllabus wording does.
Exam facts on this page are dated. Always confirm on the official site before acting on them.
Twenty minutes tells you which NEET chapters are leaking marks today, and what to do about them tomorrow.