NTA has announced the CUCET 2023 Exam Date. The National Testing Agency organizes the CUCET (Common University Entrance Test) (NTA). It is a required exam for admission to various UG level courses at various central universities, including the University of Delhi, BHU, AMU, and JNU. CUCET also holds CUCET PG examinations for admission to various Postgraduate level courses.
The CUCET is administered in 154 test centers across the country. Candidates who pass CUCET will be able to enroll in PG and UG courses at reputable Indian universities/institutions. In this article, we have covered everything you need to know about the CUCET 2023 exam, including the admission procedure, application form, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, and counselling process.
CUCET 2023 Overview
| Name of the Exam | CUCET 2023 |
| Full-Form | Common University Entrance Test |
| Conducting Body | National Testing Agency |
| Courses Offered | UG/ PG level |
| Application mode | Online mode |
| Mode of Exam | Online CBT |
| Admission offered | Central, State, and deemed universities |
CUCET 2023 Important Dates
For UG courses:
| Events | Dates 2023 (Tentative) |
| Online submission of application | 9th February 2023 |
| Last date to submit application | 30th March 2023 |
| Last date of fee submission | 30th March 2023 |
| Application correction | 1st April to 3rd April March 2023 |
| Announcement of city of exam | 30th April 2023 |
| Release of admit card | 2nd week of May 2023 |
| CUCET UG Entrance exam | 21st to 31st May 2023 (Reserve dates: 1st to 7th June 2023) |
| Answer key release date | June 2023 |
| Result declaration | June/ July 2023 |
| Commence of Counselling | July 2023 |
For PG Courses:
| Events | Dates 2023 (Tentative) |
| Online submission of Application Form | March 2023 |
| Last date to submit application form | March/ April 2023 |
| Last date of transaction of examination fee | April 2023 |
| Application correction | April/ May 2023 |
| Admit card | May/ June 2023 |
| CUCET PG exam | 21st to 31st May 2023 |
| Answer key release date | 2nd week of July 2023 |
| Result declaration | 2nd week of July 2023 |
| Commencement of counselling | 3rd week of July 2023 |
CUCET 2023 Application Form
- The CUCET 2023 Application form will be available in online mode.
- The application form for UG course will release from 9th February 2023.
- The application form for PG course will release in March 2023.
- Candidates have to fill the application form by filling up personal details, educational qualification, university/ program selection, test paper details, choosing the examination city, etc.
- For UG, last date to apply is till 30th March 2023.
- Upload the scanned images of candidate’s photograph, signature, and category certificate, and PWD certificate.
- In case of mistakes in UG application form of CUCET 2023, candidates can make changes from 1st April to 3rd April 2023.
- Candidates need to take the printout of the application form for future reference.
How to Apply for CUCET 2023?
- Visit the website of CUCET 2023 exam.
- Click on the “Register” button for the registration for the CUCET
- Candidates have to fill the details such as Personal details, father name, mother name, permanent address, etc.
- After that you have to choose password and enter the security pin.
- Candidates can preview and verify the personal details and click on “Submit and send OTP to mobile” button to proceed further.
- After successful OTP verification, candidates can login by using the application form number and password.
- Candidates have to select the university name, slot, exam center.
- Candidates have to upload the documents like photograph and signature.
- Candidates can now proceed to the payment of application form among the different payment options.
- Take the printout of the application form for future reference.
Application Fee:
- The application form fee will be submitted through online mode.
- Candidates have to pay application fee through gateways of payment such as credit card, debit card, net banking, and UPI.
The application fee for candidates applying for various courses will be as follows:
For UG Courses:
| No of Subjects | General (UR) | OBC-NCL/ EWS | ST/ SC/ PWBD /Third gender | Centres outside India |
| Up to 3 subjects | Rs.750/- | Rs.700/- | Rs.650/- | Rs.3750/- |
| Up to 7 subjects | Rs.1500/- | Rs.1400/- | Rs.1300/- | Rs.7500/- |
| Up to 10 subjects | Rs.1750/- | Rs.1650/- | Rs.1550/- | Rs.11000/- |
For PG Courses:
| Category | Application fee | Fee for additional test paper | Application fee (for up to three test paper) | Fee for additional test paper |
| General | Rs 800/- | Rs 200/- | Rs 4000/- | Rs 1000/- |
| OBC-NCL/ Gen-EWS | Rs 600/- | Rs 150/- | Rs 4000/- | Rs 1000/- |
| SC/ ST/ 3rdgender | Rs 550/- | Rs 150/- | Rs 4000/- | Rs 1000/- |
| PWBD | Rs 500/- | Rs 150/- | Rs 4000/- | Rs 1000/- |
CUCET 2023 Eligibility Criteria
Given below are the general criteria for the 2023 session:
- Age Limit: There is no age limit for the candidates. However, candidates must check the age norms at the Universities for which they are taking admission.
- For UG Programmed: A candidate must have passed class 12th (10+2) from a recognized board/ university. Those failed in 1 or 2 subjects will be considered ineligible.
- For PG Programmed: A candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline from a recognized university with at least 50% marks in graduation and (45% marks for reserved category) candidates.
CUCET 2023 Exam Pattern
For UG Courses:
- The exam will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
- The exam will be conducted in English medium language other than that there are 13 languages.
- The paper will contain Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in the exam.
- The duration of the paper is 3 hours and 15 minutes for slot I and for slot II it is 3 hours and 45 minutes to solve the paper.
- 100 questions will be there in the paper.
- 5 mark will be given for every correct answer and -1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
For PG Courses:
- CUCET 2023 will be conducted in Computer Based test mode only.
- The medium of the paper will be English and Hindi.
- The duration of the paper will be 2 hours to solve the paper.
- The question paper will contain 100 questions.
- 4 mark will be awarded for each correct answer and 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
CUCET 2023 Syllabus
For UG Programs: Candidates need to prepare for the CUCET 2023 exam as per the subject’s syllabus prescribed for class 11th and 12th, e.g., PCM/ PCB with English.
For PG Programs: The CUCET PG syllabus will be based on the subjects studied at the time of graduation.
Here is the syllabus for preparing CUCET 2023 exam:
- Section IA & IB: Language to be tested via Reading Comprehension (based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary, and Narrative [Literary Aptitude & Vocabulary].
- Candidate must prepare from NCERT 12th syllabus for section attempting II.
- Section III- Prepare from General Knowledge, Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra geometry/mensuration/stat taught till Grade 8), Logical and Analytical Reasoning.
CUCET 2023 Admit Card
CUCET 2023 Admit Card will be released from second week of June 2023 for UG courses and for PG courses it will be released in third week of June 2023.
CUCET 2023 Result
The CUCET 2023 result will be released from second week of July 2023 through online mode. Candidates can check the result be entering the login details on the website.