Central Universities Common Entrance Test

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Central Universities Common Entrance Test
AcronymCUCET, CU-CET
TypeComputer Based Test (CBT)
Developer / administratorNational Testing Agency (Since 2021)
Central University of Rajasthan (2010–2020)
PurposeAdmission to undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and PhD courses
Year started2010 (2010)
Duration2 hours
OfferedOnce a year
Countries / regionsIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi
Websitecucet.nta.nic.in

The Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) is an all-India test is being organized for admission to various Integrated/Under-Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes in several Central Universities and State Universities of India. From its inception in 2010 till 2020, the CUCET was conducted/coordinated by the Central University of Rajasthan. The National Testing Agency took over the conduct of these exams in 2021.

History[edit]

CUCET was first conducted to admission for seven central universities for 1,500 seats in 41 undergraduate, postgraduate and integrated courses from 2010. The application form was filled up through CUCET-2010 which held on 19 and 20 June 2010 in about 30 examination centres spread across the country.[1]

Exam pattern and structure[edit]

All Question Papers are MCQ based organized into different parts.

For UG and PG programmes[edit]

  • Part A : Language, general awareness, mathematical aptitude and analytical skills-consisting of 25 MCQs.
  • Part B: Domain Knowledge-consisting of 75 MCQs. (Sometimes divided into three/four/five sections and a candidate is required to answer a set of any three sections totaling to 75).
  • Some Integrated Programme/MBA/B.Voc./LLB/MCA and other general Programme require to pass only one paper consisting of 100 MCQs covering English language, reasoning, data interpretations/numerical ability, general awareness and analytical skills.[2]

For RP programmes[edit]

  • Part A: Language, general awareness, mathematical aptitude, analytical skills and Research Methodology-consisting of 50 MCQs
  • Part B: Domain Knowledge-consisting of 50 MCQs

Negative marking[edit]

For UI & PG Programmes, negative marking scheme is followed with a deduction of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. However, the negative marking is not followed for research programmes.

Duration[edit]

2 Hours

Organizing body[edit]

Central University of Rajasthan coordinated the CUCET in from its inception in 2010 till 2020.[3] The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been in charge of conducting the CUCET since 2021.

Application fees[edit]

Only online applications are accepted for CUCET-2020 and application fees for various categories are listed below.[4]

Category UG & PG Research Programmes
General/OBC/EWS Applicants ₹ 800 ₹ 1000
SC/ST Applicants ₹ 350 ₹ 450
PWD Applicants Nil Nil

Participating universities[edit]

Admission in the following universities is done through CUCET.

Central Universities State Universities

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Staff Reporter (5 May 2010). "Now, the all-new CUCET". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "FAQ" (PDF). CUCET. CUCET. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "CUCET". www.cucetexam.in. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "CUCET" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External Links[edit]

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