April 2025 Exam Calendar: JEE, NDA, NEET-MDS, UPSC dates revealed

April 2025 will be an important month for students sitting for India's most competitive entrance exams, which lead to careers in engineering, medicine, defense, civil services, and others. The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main begins on April 2, with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. With almost 9 lakh students likely to take part, the results will be declared on April 17. The successful candidates will be eligible for JEE Advanced, for which the registrations start on the same day, going up to the exam on May 18, with results likely in June.

For defence aspirants, National Defence Academy (NDA) 1 Exam has been announced on April 13, in mathematics, General Ability, and science, for an estimated 7 lakh aspirants. UPSC Combined Defence Services (CDS) 1 Exam, however, is scheduled on the same day and shall test English, General Knowledge, and maths. CDS results are anticipated in September.

The UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination, the door to coveted jobs in the IAS, IPS, and other government departments, will be held on April 17, with approximately 2.85 lakh candidates sitting for it. The CBSE Class 10 and 12 board examinations, which have been in progress, will end on April 4, affecting nearly 40 lakh students. Their results will be out between May 10-15.

For prospective medical students, April 19 NEET MDS Exam will seal admissions into Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) courses with 25,000 students fighting for about 3,500 seats. At the same time, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT) will take place in two shifts—April 26-30 and May 22-26—granting admissions to sought-after engineering courses.