7 Career Options in Medical Field Without NEET 2025

Here are seven promising medical-and-healthcare career paths you can pursue in 2025—no NEET required. Each combines strong job prospects with meaningful work in patient care, diagnostics, rehabilitation and public health.

Duration: 4½ years (including 6-month internship)

Eligibility: 10+2 with PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) and minimum aggregate (typically 50–60%).

Career Scope: Staff physiotherapist in hospitals/clinics, sports teams, rehabilitation centres; can start your own practice; pursue MPT or Sports Sciences.

1. Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT)

Duration: 4 years

Eligibility: 10+2 with PCB and English; some institutions conduct their own entrance tests.

Career Scope: Staff nurse in multi-specialty hospitals, community health centres,

2. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc Nursing)

Duration: 4 years

Eligibility: 10+2 with PCB/PCM and English; many colleges have their own entrance exams.

Career Scope: Pharmacist in retail/hospital pharmacies, pharmaceutical R&D, regulatory affairs, quality-assurance labs, clinical research

3. Bachelor of Pharmacy 

Duration: 3–4 years

Eligibility: 10+2 with PCB (and sometimes English) with minimum aggregate.

Career Scope: Lab technologist in pathology labs, blood banks, histopathology centres

4. Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology (BMLT)

Duration: 4½ years (including internship)

Eligibility: 10+2 with PCB (and English) with minimum cut-offs.

Career Scope: Occupational therapist in rehab centres, special schools, geriatric care, industrial ergonomics

5. Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOT)

Duration: 4 years

Eligibility: 10+2 with PCB/PCM and English; some institutes have entrance tests.

Career Scope: Audiologist in ENT clinics, speech therapist in schools, cochlear-implant centres.

6. Bachelor of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology

Duration: 3 years

Eligibility: 10+2 with PCB and English; entrance test in select institutes.

Career Scope: Radiographer/sonographer in hospitals and diagnostic centres, medical imaging sales specialist.

7. Bachelor of Science in Radiology & Imaging Technology