According to the latest announcement made by the University Grants Commission (UGC), it has introduced the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) which has been made mandatory for undergraduate admission at any of the 45 central university in the country. The CUET UG - 2022 is being initiated to curtail the practice of using a student’s Board marks to determine his/her eligibility to get admission to a college. With CUET UG - 2022, sky-high cut-off marks will be a thing of the past.
Several governments, over the years, have made attempts to replace multiple entrance tests with a single one to reduce the burden on higher education aspirants. The answer to their rigorous search was ultimately found in CUET UG - 2022.
CUET UG - 2022 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.
The CUET UG - 2022 (UG) 2022 will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode. National Testing Agency has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the Undergraduate entrance tests for all the Central Universities (CUs) for the academic session 2022-2023. The CUET (UG) 2022 will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode. National Testing Agency has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the Undergraduate entrance tests for all the Central Universities (CUs) for the academic session 2022-2023. The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will be conducted in 13 languages namely Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia and English by the National Testing Agency (NTA). CUET UG - 2022 may also be adopted by the State / Private / Deemed Universities.
UGC offers 27 domain subjects such as Accountancy, Bookkeeping, Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Geography, History, etc. A student can choose upto 6 domains out of 27 subjects.
With the introduction of CUET UG - 2022, students from every corner of the country can dream of getting admission in the central university of their choice which was earlier only a luxury of students with higher scores in Board Examinations!
NTA will be conducting the CUET (UG) – 2022 for admission to various Undergraduate courses/ programmes offered by central and other participating Universities/ Institutes across the country for the academic year 2022-23 in CBT Mode as per details given below:
| Duration of Online registration and submission of Application Form for CUET (UG) – 2022 | 06 April to 06 May, 2022 (upto 5:00 pm) |
| Last Date of successful fee transaction | 06 May, 2022 (upto 11:50 pm) |
| Dates of Examination | First and second week of July, 2022 |
| Duration of Examination | Slot 1: 195 minutes (3:15 hours) Slot 2: 225 minutes (3:45 hours) |
| Mode of Examination | LAN Based CBT (Computer Based Test) |
| Pattern of Examination | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Medium of Paper | 13 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu |
Candidates who desire to appear in CUET (UG) – 2022 may read the detailed Information Bulletin hosted on https://cuet.samarth.ac.in , www.nta.ac.in and the Prospectus available at Participating Universities/ Institutes websites carefully for eligibility, scheme/duration/timings/medium/fee of examination, syllabus, exam cities, important dates, admission procedure etc. before applying.
CUET UG - 2022 will consist of the following 4 Sections:
| Section | Subjects/Tests | Questions to be Attempted | Question type | Duration |
| Section IA - Languages | There are 13* different languages. Any of these languages may be chosen. | 40 questions to be attempted out of 50 in each language | Language to be tested through Reading Comprehension (based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary and Narrative, [Literary Aptitude and Vocabulary] | 45 Minutes for each language |
| Section IB - Languages | There are 19** Languages. Any other language apart from those offered in Section I A may be chosen | |||
| Section II - Domain | There are 27*** Domains specific subjects being offered under this Section. A candidate may choose a maximum of Six (06) Domains as desired by the applicable University/ Universities. | 40 Questions to be attempted out of 50 |
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45 Minutes for each Domain Specific Subjects. |
| Section III General Test | For any such undergraduate programme/ programmes being offered by Universities where a General Test is being used for admission. | 60 Questions to be attempted out of 75 |
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60 Minutes |
** Languages (13): Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu
** Languages (19): French, Spanish, German, Nepali, Persian, Italian, Arabic, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Santhali, Tibetan, Japanese, Russian, Chinese.
A Candidate can choose a maximum of any 3 languages from Section IA and Section IB taken together. (One of the languages chosen needs to be in lieu of Domain specific subjects)
*** Domain Specific Subjects (27): Section II offers 27 Subjects, out of which a candidate may choose a maximum of 6 Subjects.
If any University permits students of previous years of class XII to take admission in the current year also, such students would also be eligible to appear in CUET UG - 2022
Computer Based Test-CBT
Objective type with Multiple Choice Questions
Candidates may apply online only at https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ during the period specified above. The exam fee is also required to be paid online through a payment gateway, using debit/credit cards or internet banking or Paytm.
13 languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu)
Language to be tested through Reading Comprehension (based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary and Narrative [Literary Aptitude & Vocabulary]
As per NCERT model syllabus as applicable to Class XII only.
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
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