CUET 2023 Application Form Live Updates: CUET UG 2023 will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in English and 12 other Indian languages. (Graphics by Angshuman Maity)CUET UG Form 2023 Updates: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Thursday (February 9) began the registration process for the Common University Entrance Test, Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2023. Interested and eligible candidates can register by visiting the official website of NTA — cuet.samarth.ac.in.
UGC Chairman, M Jagadesh Kumar tweeted that the CUET UG registration will conclude on March 12. The advance city intimation slip will be released on April 30. According to the official notice, CUET UG 2023 exam will be conducted between May 21 and May 31. The test will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in English and 12 other Indian languages.
This year the NTA made several changes, it has increased the number of exam slots from two to three phases in a day. The number of questions to be attempted in sections 2 and 3 has been reduced this year, number of subjects have been increased and so is the application fee.
CUET UG exam was first held in 2022. (Representative image)
This year for domain subjects, students will get only class 12 syllabus.
General Test will be based on General Knowledge, Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra geometry/mensuration/statistics), Logical and Analytical Reasoning
Language will be tested through reading comprehension based on different types of passages–factual, literary and narrative, and literary aptitude and vocabulary.
Candidates who are not well conversant and face difficulties in submitting the online application due to various constraints can use the services of Common Services Centre, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The Common Services Centre scheme is
managed at each village panchayat level by a Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE). There are more than 1.5 lakhs Common Services Centres (CSC) across the country which will provide support to candidates from urban as well as rural areas in online submission
of application form and payment of fee through e-wallet.
-Candidates are advised to report at the exam centre well in time i.e. 2 hours before commencement exam.
-The candidate must show, on-demand, the Admit Card downloaded/printed from the NTA website for admission in the exam hall. The test centre staff on duty is authorised to verify the identity of candidates and may take steps to verify and confirm the identity credentials. Candidates are requested to extend their full cooperation. A candidate who does not possess a valid admit card and authorised photo ID shall not be permitted to take the examination under any circumstances by the centre superintendent.
-A seat indicating roll number will be allotted to each candidate. Candidates should find and sit in their allocated seats only. In case a candidate ventures to change their seat and does not sit on the seat allotted to them could face cancellation of candidature. No plea would be entertained in this regard.
-The candidate should ensure that the question paper available on the computer is as per their opted subject indicated in the admit card. In case, it is a different subject it should be brought to the notice of the Invigilator concerned.
-The candidates may approach the Centre Superintendent/Invigilator in the room for any technical assistance, first aid emergency, or any other information during the course of the examination.
-If a candidate,furnishes false information or appears in more than one shift/date, their candidature will be cancelled and the result will not be declared.
-Candidates who are unable to appear on the scheduled date of test for any reason, re-test shall not be held by the NTA under any circumstances.
Last date of applying for CUET- March 12 (till 9 pm)
Last date of submitting fees- March 12 (till 11:50 pm)
Correction window- March 15 to 18 (till 11:50 pm)
City Intimation Slip- April 30
Admit card- Second week of May
Exam- May 21 to 31
Answer key- To be announced later
Results- To be announced later
The students are not allowed to carry the following items in the exam hall
Instruments
Geometry or Pencil box
Handbag, Purse
any kind of Paper/ Stationery/ Textual material (printed or written material)
Eatables and Water (loose or packed)
Mobile Phone/ Earphone/ Microphone/ Pager
Calculator
DocuPen
Slide Rules
Log Tables
Camera
Tape Recorder
Electronic
Watches with facilities of calculator
any metallic item or electronic gadgets/ devices
Similar to last year, there has been no change in the marking scheme. For every correct answer students are awarded 5 marks, for every wrong answer one mark would be deducted. No marks for questions left unanswered. If more than one option is found to be correct then 5 marks will be awarded to only those who have marked any of the correct options. If all options are found to be correct then 5 marks will be awarded to all those who have attempted the question. If none of the options are correct or a question is found to be wrong or a question is dropped, then all candidates who have attempted the dropped question will be given 5 marks.
The number of foreign centres have been increased to 24. The countries where the exams will be held are- Nepal, Thailand, Brazil South Africa, Sri Lanka, Qatar, UAE (Dubai), Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Baharain, Russia, Muscat, Canada, Mauritius, Riyadh, UAE (Sharjah), Singapore, Australia, Austria and USA.
The NTA has introduced several changes in the common university entrance test (CUET) 2023 including increase in application fee, number of subject choices, number of slots and more. Read full story on indianexpress.com
This year, NTA has increased the number of exam slots from two to three phases in a day. As a result, now CUET will be conducted in three phases each day. The timings of the slots have yet to be confirmed. In 2022, the exam was conducted in two slots - 9 am to 12:15 pm and 3 pm to 6:45 pm.
Step 1: Visit the official website — cuet.samarth.ac.in
Step 2: Register in by filling in your credentials such as full name, date of birth and email etc
Step 3: Once registered, sign in using your application number and password
Step 4: Fill online application form by filling in all the essential documents
Step 5: Pay the examination fee
Step 6: Take a print out or download the payment receipt for future references
The Section 1A will have the following languages:
This year all Central Universities are participating in the Common University Entrance Test for admission to undergraguate programmes.There are a total of 44 central universities that are participating.
The NTA will charge fees for CUET (UG) 2023 based on the number of subjects chosen by the candidates
The general teste section will be based on: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra geometry/mensuration/stat), Logical and Analytical Reasoning.
Language section will be tested through Reading Comprehension, based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary and Narrative, and Literary Aptitude and Vocabulary.
CUET UG 2023 will be conducted in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
For General Test, candidates would have to attempt 50 questions out of 60. For all other subjects, including languages, 35/40 questions are to be attempted out of 45/50.
The exam fee varies according to the number of subjects chosen by the candidates, as well as the category they are applying from
The undergraduate entrance test is conducted in 13 languages — English, Hindi along with regional languages i.e. Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
The CUET (UG) – 2022 was scheduled for approximately 14,90,000 candidates, with approximately 8,10,000 candidates in the first slot and approximately 6,80,000 candidates in the second slot.
Step 1: Visit the official website — cuet.samarth.ac.in
Step 2: Register in by filling in your credentials such as full name, date of birth and email etc
Step 3: Once registered, sign in using your application number and password
Step 4: Fill online application form by filling in all the essential documents
Step 5: Pay the examination fee
Step 6: Take a print out or download the payment receipt for future references
IIT Bombay recently revised its undergraduate curriculum to enable greater flexibility for students to choose courses they like. The new program provides for a greater number of courses related to humanities, arts, social science, management, entrepreneurship and design (HASMED). It also makes exposure to Data Science/Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning mandatory and has increased the number of elective courses that students can access from outside their allotted discipline. This allows for a certain amount of flexibility in whether to focus on depth or explore breadth in terms of topics. However, the program still stays within limits that acknowledge the distinct identity of conventional engineering disciplines. Read more here
CUET UG 2023 exam will be conducted between May 21 and May 31. The test will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in English and 12 other Indian languages.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has started the registration process for CUET UG 2023. Application form is now available at the official website -cuet.samarth.nic.in. Candidates can refer to information brochure to understand the exam pattern and eligibility criteria
The record of Common University Entrance Test UG, 2022 were preserved for 90 days from the date of declaration of result.
As per last year's marking scheme, for each correct answer the candidate would be awarded 5 marks, while one mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. For an unattempted question, the student will get 0 mark. If more than one option is found to be correct then 5 marks will be awarded to those who have marked any of the correct options. If all options are found to be correct then 5 marks will be awarded to all those who have attempted the question. And, if none of the options is found correct or a question is found to be wrong or a question is dropped, then all candidates who have attempted the dropped question will be given 5 marks.
There is no age limit to appear for CUET. The candidates who have passed the class 12 or equivalent examination or are appearing in 2023 can appear for the exam irrespective of their age. However, the candidates will be required to fulfill the age criteria (if any) of the University in which they want to take admission.
Section 3 will consist of questions on the following topics- general knowledge, current affairs, general mental ability, numerical ability, quantitative reasoning (simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra geometry/mensuration/stat taught till class 8), logical and analytical reasoning.
This section is intended to test a candidate’s fundamental understanding of the undergraduate disciplines they are choosing. A total of 27 subjects are available for candidates to choose from, including Accountancy/Book Keeping, Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science/Informatics Practices, Economics/Business Economics, Engineering Graphics, Entrepreneurship, Geography/Geology, History, Home Science, Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India, Legal Studies, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physical Education/NCC/Yoga, Physics, among others. Candidates can choose six subjects from this list of 27 subjects.
Section 1 is divided into two parts — 1A and 1B. A candidate’s proficiency in either English or one of the 12 Indian languages — Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Punjabi, or Odia — will be tested in the IA. Candidates will have 45 minutes to complete this section. Section 1B has a total of 20 languages, it is for students choosing undergraduate degree programmes in languages including Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Santhali, Kashmiri, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Tibetan, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic and others.
The CUET UG exam will have three sections- section 1 (languages), section 2 (domain) and section 3 (general test). Section 1 and 2 will have 50 questions each, out of which 40 have to be attempted. Section 3 will have 75 questions out of 60 had to be attempted. Students will get 45 minutes each for section 1 and 2 and 60 minutes for section 3.
Number of candidates registered- 14,90,294
Number of unique registrations- 9,90,469
Number of unique candidates appeared- 6,26,490
Number of subject test administered- 47,12,239
Candidate appeared in subject test- 28,86,298
Male (unique candidates)- 5,56,028
Female (unique candidates)- 4,34,431
Transgender (unique candidates)- 10
In addition to 259 cities in India, CUET UG 2022 exam was conducted in 10 cities abroad as well including Manama, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait City, and New York. The exam was also held in remote parts of the country such as Barpeta, Nalbari, Araria, Arrah, Begusarai, Bettiah, Bhabua, Buxar, Jammui, Samastipur, Bilaspur, Deoghar, Kargil, Morena, Behrampur, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sriganganagar, Balia, Basti, Chandauli, Ghazipur, Mau, Sonbhadra and more
Delhi and Uttar Pradesh account for more than half the number of candidates who appeared for the Central University Entrance Test (CUET) this year, the Union Ministry of Education (MoE) told Parliament recently.
The Minister of State Dr Subhas Sarkar informed the House that 9.25 lakh candidates appeared for CUET in July and August of which 4.81 lakh alone were from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. This was followed by Bihar (84,496) Madhya Pradesh (52,385), and Haryana (46,206), Sarkar added. Read more here
With several complaints of glitches in the conduct of CUET — the first-ever all-India exam for admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in 45 central universities held in 2022 — the National Testing Agency (NTA) was considering making changes to this year’s exam. Reduction in the number of subject combinations on offer and review of the number of cities where the exams are held were among the measures under consideration.
However, the UGC Chief has clarified that there will be no changes. “Everything will remain the same this year. There’s no change. Students will have the same choices of subjects, the upcoming year will have the same format, and it will also be computer-based multiple-choice questions,” he told Vidheesha Kuntamalla.
No, the registrations for CUET UG 2023 exams has not started yet. According to a statament by the UGC Chief, the registration will begin tonight.
Last year, a total of 21,159 candidates scored 100 percentile, out of which 12,799 were female candidates and 8,360 were female candidates.
The advance city intimation slip will be released on April 30, the UGC Chairman, M Jagadesh Kumar announced today.
Step 1: Visit the official website — cuet.samarth.ac.in
Step 2: Register in by filling in your credentials such as full name, date of birth and email etc
Step 3: Once registered, sign in using your application number and password
Step 4: Fill online application form by filling in all the essential documents
Step 5: Pay the examination fee
Step 6: Take a print out or download the payment receipt for future references
From focussing on self-study, regular revision, sticking to NCERT and more, this is what last year's CUET toppers did to ace the first edition of the exam. CUET toppers' tips at indianexpress.com
In 2022, students applied for 54,555 unique combination of subjects across 90 Universities. A total of 2219 question papers were there having 50476 questions. The question papers were prepared by about 1240 subject experts and 680 translators.
UGC chief, M Jagadesh Kumar had said that they are planning to increase the number of centres to 1000 centres this year. He said that nearly 450 centres were required by the students last year and the number might increase this. Some centres are extra to be on standby in case there are any glitches in the original centre. Read full story on indianexpress.com
In 2022, English received the highest number of registrations at 8,08,096, however, only 4,85,894 appeared for the exam. The lowest registrations were recorded for Konkani with only 10 students registering and only two students appearing for the exam.
The normalisation process, which is used by the agency in the case of engineering entrance tests, ensures equity as it takes into consideration various factors that could lead to one set of students performing better for reasons other than academic competence.
“Consider a situation where 20,000 students are taking the Economics paper on July 15, while another group is taking the paper on August 8. One would assume that those taking it earlier are at a disadvantage as the August 8 group will be better prepared. But while awarding the percentile scores, the relative performance of candidates from the same group will be considered,” Joshi said. Read the complete explanation here
In 2022, a total of 14.9 lakh candidates had registered for the CUET UG 2022 exam, out of which 5.56 lakh were male candidates, 4.34 were female candidates and 10 people had registered under the third gender category.
CUET had been earlier launched as the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) in 2010 under the UPA-II government, but had failed to gather steam since only 14 central universities had adopted it until last year. It is a revamped version of CUCET and it’s now compulsory for all 45 central universities to adopt it. This has come after the announcement of the new National Education Policy (NEP), which advocates the need for an entrance test for university admissions.
Candidates should keep the following list of documents ready for the CUET 2022 application process:
— Class 10 and 12 marksheet
— Scanned passport size photograph
— Scanned image of the signature
— ID Proof (Aadhar card, driving license, passport etc)
— Caste certificate (if applicable)
No, the CUET UG 2023 application will release tonight (February 9). Interested candidates can register for CUET 2023 till March 12. Candidates have to visit CUET’s official website — cuet.samarth.ac.in — to register for the exam.
Yes, there will be negative marking for incorrect answers in addition to students receiving marks for each correct response. A wrong response will result in a mark being subtracted. No points are deducted for not responding to a question.
Following the introduction of the Central University Entrance Test (CUET) for undergraduate (UG) programmes, the total number of students admitted to Delhi University (DU) has dropped by a quarter this year, with the strength of girls taking the biggest hit.
According to data accessed by The Sunday Express, DU’s enrollment figures have hit a five-year low – from 73,374 students in 2018-19 to 64,915 in 2022-23. This year, there were roughly 70,000 undergraduate seats on offer. The drop in admissions is even sharper when compared to last year — there have been 22,283 fewer enrollments, a 25.5% dip. Read the full report here
The UGC Chairman, M Jagadesh Kumar, took to his official Twitter account to announce the registration dates of the CUET UG 2023.
CUET UG is divided into three sections. Section I (IA and IB) for language proficiency, section II for core topic knowledge and section III for general knowledge. A candidate can choose maximum of 10 subjects from all three sections.
Section 1A has 13 Indian Languages; Section 1B has 20 other Languages; Section 2 has 27 domain subjects; Section 3 will have questions on general test.
No, andidates can only register through the online application forms, that will be available at the official website — cuet.samarth.ac.in — from the night of February 9.
The CUET (UG) - 2023 will be conducted in 13 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
According to the official notice, CUET UG 2023 exam will be conducted between May 21 and May 31.
Step 1: Visit the official website — cuet.samarth.ac.in
Step 2: Register in by filling in your credentials such as full name, date of birth and email etc
Step 3: Once registered, sign in using your application number and password
Step 4: Fill online application form by filling in all the essential documents
Step 5: Pay the examination fee
Step 6: Take a print out or download the payment receipt for future references
Candidates who wish to apply for CUET UG 2023 will be able to do so by visiting the official website of NTA — cuet.samarth.ac.in.