NEET 2027 Syllabus: What Is Official Now and What to Expect
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If you are in Class 11 or Class 12 now and aiming for NEET 2027, the first question is simple: which syllabus should you study from? This article gives you the honest answer, the full unit list for Physics, Chemistry and Biology, and a way to turn the syllabus into a working study checklist.
Is the NEET 2027 syllabus out?
No. As of now, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has not released a NEET (UG) 2027 syllabus. The latest official document is the NEET (UG) 2026 syllabus, released by NMC through a public notice dated 22 December 2025 and published by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on its NEET website in January 2026.
Two facts make this useful for 2027 aspirants:
- The 2026 syllabus text is the same as the 2025 syllabus. We compared the two official PDFs word by word, and the only difference is the year printed on them.
- The big change happened earlier, when NMC revised and reduced the syllabus for NEET 2024. Since then the content has stayed stable.
Last year, the syllabus notice came out in late December, so the 2027 syllabus may appear around the end of 2026 or early 2027. That is an expectation, not an announcement. Until NMC publishes it, the 2026 syllabus is the best guide you have, and we will update this page when the new notice is out.
How the official syllabus is organised
The NEET (UG) syllabus has 20 units in Physics, 20 units in Chemistry and 10 units in Biology. Each unit maps to one or more NCERT chapters from Classes 11 and 12. The exam itself has three subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology), with 180 questions in the current pattern, +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one. Always confirm the pattern for your year in the official information bulletin on neet.nta.nic.in.
Physics: 20 units
| No. | Unit | Class | NCERT chapters it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physics and Measurement | 11 | Units and Measurement |
| 2 | Kinematics | 11 | Motion in a Straight Line; Motion in a Plane |
| 3 | Laws of Motion | 11 | Laws of Motion |
| 4 | Work, Energy and Power | 11 | Work, Energy and Power |
| 5 | Rotational Motion | 11 | System of Particles and Rotational Motion |
| 6 | Gravitation | 11 | Gravitation |
| 7 | Properties of Solids and Liquids | 11 | Mechanical Properties of Solids; Mechanical Properties of Fluids; Thermal Properties of Matter |
| 8 | Thermodynamics | 11 | Thermodynamics |
| 9 | Kinetic Theory of Gases | 11 | Kinetic Theory |
| 10 | Oscillations and Waves | 11 | Oscillations; Waves |
| 11 | Electrostatics | 12 | Electric Charges and Fields; Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance |
| 12 | Current Electricity | 12 | Current Electricity |
| 13 | Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism | 12 | Moving Charges and Magnetism; Magnetism and Matter |
| 14 | Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents | 12 | Electromagnetic Induction; Alternating Current |
| 15 | Electromagnetic Waves | 12 | Electromagnetic Waves |
| 16 | Optics | 12 | Ray Optics and Optical Instruments; Wave Optics |
| 17 | Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation | 12 | Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter |
| 18 | Atoms and Nuclei | 12 | Atoms; Nuclei |
| 19 | Electronic Devices | 12 | Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits |
| 20 | Experimental Skills | 12 | Laboratory Manual Physics (Class 11 and 12) |
Unit 20, Experimental Skills, is newer. It lists experiments such as the vernier calipers, screw gauge, simple pendulum, metre bridge, focal length by parallax, the prism, the travelling microscope, and diode and Zener characteristic curves. In our tagging of 2,060 past questions, only 6 questions fall into this unit, but it is official, so do not skip the lab manual.
Chemistry: 20 units
| No. | Unit | Class | NCERT chapters it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry | 11 | Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry |
| 2 | Atomic Structure | 11 | Structure of Atom |
| 3 | Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | 11 | Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure |
| 4 | Chemical Thermodynamics | 11 | Thermodynamics |
| 5 | Solutions | 12 | Solutions |
| 6 | Equilibrium | 11 | Equilibrium |
| 7 | Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry | 12 | Redox Reactions; Electrochemistry |
| 8 | Chemical Kinetics | 12 | Chemical Kinetics |
| 9 | Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties | 11 | Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties |
| 10 | p-Block Elements | 12 | The p-Block Elements |
| 11 | d- and f-Block Elements | 12 | The d- and f-Block Elements |
| 12 | Coordination Compounds | 12 | Coordination Compounds |
| 13 | Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds | 11 | Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques |
| 14 | Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry | 11 | Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques |
| 15 | Hydrocarbons | 11 | Hydrocarbons |
| 16 | Organic Compounds Containing Halogens | 12 | Haloalkanes and Haloarenes |
| 17 | Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen | 12 | Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers; Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids |
| 18 | Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen | 12 | Amines |
| 19 | Biomolecules | 12 | Biomolecules |
| 20 | Principles Related to Practical Chemistry | 12 | Laboratory Manual Chemistry (Class 11 and 12) |
Two Chemistry units are worth a second look. Unit 13, Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds, covers chromatography, detection of elements and quantitative estimation. Unit 20, Principles Related to Practical Chemistry, covers functional group tests, preparations such as Mohr's salt and acetanilide, KMnO4 titrations and salt analysis. The p-Block unit is now limited to general trends of Groups 13 to 18; most specific compounds were dropped in the revision.
Biology: 10 units
| No. | Unit | Class | NCERT chapters it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diversity in Living World | 11 | The Living World; Biological Classification; Plant Kingdom; Animal Kingdom |
| 2 | Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants | 11 | Morphology of Flowering Plants; Anatomy of Flowering Plants; Structural Organisation in Animals |
| 3 | Cell Structure and Function | 11 | Cell: The Unit of Life; Biomolecules; Cell Cycle and Cell Division |
| 4 | Plant Physiology | 11 | Photosynthesis in Higher Plants; Respiration in Plants; Plant Growth and Development |
| 5 | Human Physiology | 11 | Breathing and Exchange of Gases; Body Fluids and Circulation; Excretory Products and their Elimination; Locomotion and Movement; Neural Control and Coordination; Chemical Coordination and Integration |
| 6 | Reproduction | 12 | Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants; Human Reproduction; Reproductive Health |
| 7 | Genetics and Evolution | 12 | Principles of Inheritance and Variation; Molecular Basis of Inheritance; Evolution |
| 8 | Biology and Human Welfare | 12 | Microbes in Human Welfare; Human Health and Disease |
| 9 | Biotechnology and Its Applications | 12 | Biotechnology: Principles and Processes; Biotechnology and its Applications |
| 10 | Ecology and Environment | 12 | Organisms and Populations; Ecosystem; Biodiversity and Conservation |
The official syllabus lists Biology as one subject with 10 units. On Doubtly we split each unit into Botany and Zoology parts so you can track them the way the paper is sectioned, but the unit numbers above are the official ones.
What to expect for NEET 2027
Nobody outside NMC knows what the 2027 notice will say, so plan with care:
- Base case: study the 2026 syllabus in full. It has been unchanged across 2025 and 2026.
- If a change is announced: it will come as an NMC notice and an NTA upload. Rely on those two sources only, not on forwarded messages or screenshots.
- Keep NCERT as the scope. The syllabus text is short. When a sub-point is not named but sits inside a retained NCERT chapter, treat it as in syllabus.
How to use the syllabus well
- Turn units into a checklist. Write every unit and its topics in one place and mark each as not started, read once, practised, revised. Our NEET syllabus tracker already has all 50 units and their topics, so you can tick them off as you go.
- Use weightage to order, not to skip. Past papers show which units carry more questions. Human Physiology, Genetics and Evolution, and Cell Structure and Function lead Biology in our data, but every unit appears in past papers.
- Practise by unit. After finishing a unit, solve past questions from that unit only. You can build a unit-wise test from official papers in our topic-wise test builder.
- Filter out removed topics. Papers from 2023 and earlier include questions on topics no longer in the syllabus. Skip those or treat them as optional reading.
- Read the official papers. The full list of past papers is on our NEET previous year papers page.
Quick summary
- NEET 2027 syllabus: not released yet.
- Latest official syllabus: NEET (UG) 2026, NMC notice of 22 December 2025, same as 2025.
- Structure: 20 Physics units, 20 Chemistry units, 10 Biology units, all mapped to NCERT Classes 11 and 12.
- Study from the 2026 syllabus now and check neet.nta.nic.in for the 2027 notice.
Source: National Medical Commission (NMC), UGMEB public notice dated 22 December 2025, "Updated syllabus for NEET (UG)-2026", as published by the National Testing Agency on neet.nta.nic.in. NMC website: nmc.org.in.
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