Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) has been renamed the Central Universities Entrance Test by the National Testing Agency (CUET). Students will be able to apply for admission to any of the Central Universities (CUs) across the country through CUET 2022. The Central Universities Entrance Test will be held in 13 languages across the country at 154 exam centres. Delhi University (DU) has made the CUET mandatory for the academic year 2022-23 this year. We will provide all information about the CUET 2022 exam in this article, including the CUET Full Form, Notification, Exam Dates, Selection Process, Online Form, CUET Syllabus, The Latest Exam Pattern, Previous Year's Question Paper, Eligibility Criteria, List of Colleges, and so on.
| CUET - Exam Summary | |
| Full Exam Name | Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET) |
| Conducting Body | National Testing Agency (NTA) |
| Frequency of Conduct | Once a year |
| Exam Level | University Level |
| Courses Offered | Undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs |
| Central Universities | 45 |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Mode of Exam | Online (Computer-based Test) |
| Type of questions | Multiple-choice questions |
| CUET Exam Centers | Around 150 |
| Mode of Counselling | Offline |
| Official website | https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ |
The official Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 notification was released on March 26, 2022, and the online application process will begin on April 6, 2022. The online registration process for the CUET entrance exam 2022 will be held tentatively in the first and second weeks of July 2022, according to NTA.
| CUET 2022- Important Dates | |
| Events | CUET 2022 Dates |
| CUET Application Form Starts | 06th April 2022 |
| CUET Application Form Ends | 06th May 2022 |
| Last Date for payment of fee online | 06th May 2022 |
| Release of Admit card | 2nd week of June 2022 |
| CUET 2022 Exam Date for UG | 1st- 2nd week of July 2022 |
| Provisional CUET answer key 2022 | July 2022 |
| Last date for Raising Objections against CUET Answer key | July 2022 |
| Final CUET answer key | July 2022 |
| CUET 2022 Result | To be announced |
| CUET 2022 merit list | To be announced |
| Counselling of CUET 2022 | 2nd week of August 2022 |
The candidates have to fill out CUET Application Form 2022 to get registered for the Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET). Follow the below steps to fill CUET 2022 Application Form.
Step 1 - Visit the official website of the CUET to fill CUET Application Form 2022.
Step 2 - Click on the ‘Apply Online’ tab to register for the programme.
Step 3 - After clicking, candidates will be able to see three programmes options- UG, PG, and RP. Click on the link you wish to apply for.
Step 4 - Complete the registration process by entering details like program applied for, name, valid e-mail-id, mobile number, date of birth, and verification code displayed on the screen.
Step 5 - Once all details are submitted, the application number and password are generated and are sent to the registered email address and mobile number.
Step 6 - Use the application number and password to log in and fill up the application form by entering the log-in details like personal, academic qualification and communication address.
Step 7 - Upload scanned images of a recent passport-sized photograph and signature in prescribed format and dimensions.
Step 8 - Select the examination centres- In order of preference, select and enter the exam centres.
Step 9 - On successful online application submission with payment of fees through an automated e-mail and SMS is sent to the registered e-mail ID and mobile number.
NTA will also conduct CUET Exam in 13 languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi, and Urdu).
- CUET 2022 will be conducted in an online mode this year, earlier, the exam was offline.
- CUET (UG) – 2022 will consist of the following 4 sections, namely-
Section IA 13 Languages Section IB 19 Languages Section II 27 Domain-specific Subjects Section III General Test - The question paper will be MCQ type only and there will be a total of 175 questions out of which 140 questions are to be attempted.
- A Candidate can choose a maximum of any 3 languages from Section IA and Section IB together.
- Section II consists of 27 Subjects, out of which a candidate may select a maximum of 6 Subjects.
| CUET Exam Pattern 2022 | ||||
| Sections | Subjects/ Tests | No. of Questions | To be Attempted | Duration |
| Section IA | 13 Languages | 50 | 40 | 45 minutes for each language |
| Section IB | 19 Languages | |||
| Section II | 27 Domain-specific Subjects | 50 | 40 | 45 minutes for each subject |
| Section III | General Test | 75 | 60 | 60 minutes |
Section IA Languages (13): Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi, and Urdu
Section IB Languages (20): French, Spanish, German, Nepali, Persian, Italian, Arabic, Sindhi, Sanskrit, Kashmiri, Konkani, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Santhali, Tibetan, Japanese, Russian, Chinese.
Domain Specific Subjects (27): 1) Accountancy / Book Keeping 2) Biology / Biological Studies / Biotechnology / Biochemistry 3) Business Studies 4) Chemistry 5) Computer Science/ Informatics Practices 6) Economics / Business Economics 7) Engineering Graphics 8) Entrepreneurship 9) Geography / Geology 10) History 11) Home Science 12) Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India 13) Legal Studies 14) Environmental Science 15) Mathematics 16) Physical Education / NCC / Yoga 17) Physics 18) Political Science 19) Psychology 20) Sociology 21) Teaching Aptitude 22) Agriculture 23) Mass Media/ Mass Communication 24) Anthropology 25) Fine Arts/ Visual Arts (Sculpture / Painting) / Commercial Arts, 26) Performing Arts – (i) Dance (Kathak / Bharatnatyam / Oddisi / Kathakali / Kuchipudi / Manipuri) (ii) Drama- Theatre (iii) Music General (Hindustani / Carnatic / Rabindra Sangeet / Percussion / Non-Percussion), 27. Sanskrit.
- A Candidate can choose a maximum of any 3 languages from Section IA and Section IB taken together. However, the third language chosen needs to be in lieu of 6th domain specific Subject chosen by the candidate - as applicable (so the maximum number of tests to be taken remains 9 only i.e. 2 Languages+6 Domain Specific Subjects+1 General Test OR 3 Languages+5 Domain Specific Subjects+1 General Test: flexibility being provided to help a candidate apply for many Universities depending on their eligibility conditions).
- Section II offers 27 Subjects, out of which a candidate may choose a maximum of 6 Subjects
- Section III comprises General Test.
- For choosing Languages from Section IA and IB and domain specific Subjects from Section II and General Test under Section III, the Candidate must refer to the requirements of his/her intended University.
Guidelines are that all questions in various testing areas will be benchmarked at the level of Class XII only. This means, that questions will be asked from the 10th 11th and 12th.
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)
The languages/subjects chosen should generally be those that a student chose in his most recent Class XII Board examination. However, if a university allows flexibility in this area, it can be used under CUET (UG) -2022 as well. In this regard, candidates must carefully review the eligibility requirements of various Central Universities. Furthermore, if the subject to be studied in the Undergraduate course is not available from the list of 27 Domain-Specific Subjects available, the Candidate may select the Subject that is closest to his or her preference, for example, The candidate can choose Biology instead of Biochemistry for Biochemistry.
Depending on the number of candidates and the languages/tests they take, the examination will be conducted over several days in two shifts.
