Central Universities Common Entrance Test

Central Universities Common Entrance Test
Acronym	CUCET, CU-CET
Type	Computer Based Test (CBT)
Developer / administrator	National Testing Agency (Since 2021); Central University of Rajasthan (2010–2020)
Purpose	Admission to undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and PhD courses
Year started	2010
Duration	2 hours
Offered	Once a year
Countries / regions	India
Languages	English; Hindi
Website	cucet.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[]

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[]

All Question Papers are MCQ based organized into different parts.

For UG and PG programmes[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

2 Hours

Organizing body[]

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[]

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[]

Admission in the following universities is done through CUCET.

Central Universities	State Universities
Assam University Central University of Andhra Pradesh Central University of Gujarat Central University of Haryana Central University of Jammu Central University of Jharkhand Central University of Karnataka Central University of Kashmir Central University of Kerala Central University of Odisha Central University of Punjab Central University of Rajasthan Central University of South Bihar Central University of Tamil Nadu	Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Bengaluru Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics University Khallikote University Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice

References[]

^ Staff Reporter (5 May 2010). "Now, the all-new CUCET". The Hindu.
^ "FAQ" (PDF). CUCET. CUCET. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "CUCET". www.cucetexam.in. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ "CUCET" (PDF).

External links[]

Central Universities Common Entrance Test - Official website
National Testing Agency (NTA) - Official website

[The_Hindu_5_May_2010-1] 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).

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Central universities	Aligarh Muslim University Assam University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Banaras Hindu University Central Agricultural University Delhi University Dr. Hari Singh Gour University English and Foreign Languages University Indian Maritime University Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Jamia Millia Islamia Jawaharlal Nehru University Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Manipur University Maulana Azad National Urdu University Mizoram University Nagaland University North-Eastern Hill University Pondicherry University Rajiv Gandhi University Sikkim University Tezpur University Tripura University University of Allahabad University of Hyderabad Visva-Bharati University
New central universities^†	Central Sanskrit University Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh Central University of Andhra Pradesh Central University of South Bihar Central University of Gujarat Central University of Himachal Pradesh Central University of Haryana Central University of Jammu Central University of Jharkhand Central University of Karnataka Central University of Kashmir Central University of Kerala Central University of Odisha Central University of Punjab Central University of Rajasthan Central University of Tamil Nadu Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Mahatma Gandhi Central University Nalanda University National Sanskrit University Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University South Asian University
^† Established or granted central university status in 2009 or afterwards.