CUET UG & CUET PG 2026 — Common University Entrance Test Guide
CUET (Common University Entrance Test) is NTA's centralized admission gateway to Central Universities and many participating State/Deemed/Private universities — separate UG and PG versions.
- CUET UG: for Class-12 passouts, admission to UG programmes across Central/participating universities
- CUET PG: for graduates, admission to PG programmes at ~200+ universities incl. DU, BHU, JNU, JMI, Hyderabad
- CUET UG 2026: notification 3 Jan 2026, exam May-June 2026, subjects reduced from 63 to 37
- CUET PG 2026: notification 14 Dec 2025, exam March 2026, results April 2026
- *Exact pattern figures (marks, duration) conflict across secondary sources for both — verify against official bulletins
Overview
| CUET UG | For 12th pass · 37 subjects (2026) · +5/-1 marking |
| CUET PG | For graduates · 157 subjects · ~200+ participating universities |
Eligibility
- CUET UG: Class 12 pass (or appearing) from a recognized board, any stream. No upper age limit.
- *CUET PG: Bachelor's degree, minimum 50% (45% reserved categories) — figure not confirmed against the official bulletin.
Selection Process & Exam Pattern
- CUET UG (2026): CBT, language section(s) + up to 5 domain subjects + General Test, from a pool of 37 subjects (13 languages + 23 domain + 1 general). +5/-1 marking. *Duration figures conflict (45 vs 60 min/paper) across sources.
- *CUET PG: sources disagree — one says 75 questions/90 min/300 marks; another says 100 questions/120 min. Both cite +4/-1 marking. Needs official bulletin confirmation.
Syllabus
CUET UG: domain subjects based on NCERT Class 12 syllabus. CUET PG: 157 subjects across Science(30)/M.Tech(12)/Languages(41)/Humanities(26)/Common(22)/Acharya(26) categories.
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What is the difference between CUET UG and PG?
CUET UG is for admission to undergraduate programmes (Class 12 passouts); CUET PG is for postgraduate programme admission (for graduates), covering a much larger set of 157 subjects.
Which universities accept CUET scores?
Central Universities are the core, plus many participating State, Deemed, and Private universities — CUET PG reportedly covers 200+ institutions including DU, BHU, JNU, and University of Hyderabad.
Sources
Conducting body, general purpose, and 2025-26 notification timelines are corroborated. Exact exam-pattern figures (question count, duration, eligibility percentage for PG) conflict across secondary sources for both exams — the official Information Bulletin PDFs could not be parsed in this research; verify before publishing exact numbers.
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CUET UG & CUET PG 2026 — नोट्स
ज़ेनिथ इस परीक्षा के लिए पाठ्यक्रम-आधारित नोट्स हिन्दी एवं अंग्रेज़ी दोनों माध्यमों में प्रकाशित करता है — वर्तमान पैटर्न के अनुसार तैयार, विषय-विशेषज्ञ द्वारा समीक्षित, और चयनित विद्यार्थियों की प्रतिक्रिया से संशोधित। निर्णय से पहले एक पूरी यूनिट निःशुल्क पढ़ें।
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