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NORCET-11 2026: Important Dates You Must Remember

Published on September 1, 2026

📢 NORCET-11 2026: Important Dates You Must Remember.

🗓️ Important NORCET-11 Dates

  • 📝 Application Started: 24 July 2026

  • Last Date to Apply: 13 August 2026

  • Application Status: 24 August 2026

  • 🏙️ City Intimation: 03 September 2026

  • 🎫 Admit Card: 09 September 2026

  • 🔴 NORCET-11 Prelims: 12 September 2026

  • 📊 Prelims Result: 18 September 2026

  • 🔥 NORCET-11 Mains: 30 September 2026

  • 🏆 Mains Result: 10 October 2026

Dates are based on the currently available AIIMS examination schedule/information; candidates should continue checking the official AIIMS portal for any subsequent notice or change.

🔥 September = The Most Important Month

For candidates appearing in NORCET-11, September should not be treated as an ordinary preparation month.

12 September → Prelims 🎯

Focus on speed, applied knowledge, revision and question interpretation.

18 September → Expected Prelims Result 📊

If qualified, there will be very little time to switch your preparation completely toward Mains.

30 September → Mains 🔥

Mains demands a stronger focus on clinical application, prioritization, case-based questions and deeper nursing concepts.

⚠️ Don't Make This Mistake

One of the biggest mistakes candidates make is:

“First I'll clear Prelims, then I'll start Mains preparation.”

That's risky.

Your Mains preparation should already be running alongside Prelims preparation, because the gap between the Prelims and Mains examination is short.

🚀 Final Strategy

Before 12 September:

  • 📌 Maximum revision + Prelims-level practice

  • 📌 Previous-year questions

  • 📌 Clinical/application-based MCQs

  • 📌 Improve speed and accuracy

12–18 September:

  • 📌 Don't wait for the result

  • 📌 Immediately shift toward Mains-oriented preparation

  • 📌 Focus on case-based & clinical questions

  • 📌 Revise weak nursing topics

18–30 September:

  • 🔥 Mains Exclusive Preparation

  • 🔥 Clinical scenarios

  • 🔥 Priority nursing

  • 🔥 Applied pharmacology

  • 🔥 Critical care & emergency nursing

  • 🔥 Management & delegation

  • 🔥 High-level case-based questions

🩺 Remember

Prelims is the gate.

Mains is the selection battle.

Don't prepare only to qualify Prelims—prepare from now to perform in Mains.

NORCET-11 | September 2026

12 September → PRELIMS 🎯

30 September → MAINS 🔥

Official AIIMS Examination Portal: https://aiimsexams.ac.in

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