The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GoI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous, and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting efficient, transparent, and international standardized tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admission to premier higher education institutions with a mission to improve equity and quality in education by developing and administering research-based valid, reliable, efficient, transparent, fair and international level assessments.
NTA has created a system that is promoting teaching (by teachers), learning (by students), and assessment (by parents and institutions). NTA strongly believes in the quality, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and security of assessments. To practice these values, NTA is constantly engaging with its stakeholders, viz. students, parents, teachers, experts, and partner institutions.
The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) is being introduced for admission into all UG Programmes in all Central Universities for academic session 2022-23 under the Ministry of Education, (MoE). The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will provide a common platform and equal opportunities to candidates across the country, especially those from rural and other remote areas and help establish better connect with the Universities. A single Examination will enable the Candidates to cover a wide outreach and be part of the admissions process to various Central Universities.
For appearing in the CUET (UG) - 2022, there is no age limit for the candidates. The candidates who have passed the class 12th /equivalent examination or are appearing in 2022 irrespective of their age can appear in CUET (UG) - 2022 examination. However, the candidates will be required to fulfill the age criteria (if any) of the University (ies) in which they are desirous of taking admission.
Candidates are requested to fill in the Application Form very carefully.
Follow the steps given below to Apply Online:
Step 1: Registration Form:
Register for the Online Application Form and note down the systemgenerated Application Number. The candidate should supply the required details
while filling the Online Application Form and is also required to create
PASSWORD and choose Security Question and enter his/her Answer. After
successful submission of the personal details, an Application number will be
generated and it will be used to complete the remaining Steps of the Application
Form and will also be required for all future reference/correspondence. For
subsequent logins, the candidate will be able to login directly with the respective
system-generated Application Number and created Password.
Step 2: Application Form:
The Candidates can log in with the system-generated Application Number and
pre-created Password for completing the Application Form including filling up
personal details, providing the details of educational qualification,
university/ programme selection, test paper details, choosing the Examination
Cities, and uploading the images and documents (if any)
Upload Scanned Images of Candidate’s Photograph, Signature, and Category Certificate (if applicable), and PwBD Certificate (wherever applicable):
Step 3: Fee Payment:
After completing Step 1 and Step 2, the candidates have to pay the requisite
examination fee. The fee can be submitted only online through Net Banking,
Credit Card, Debit Card, UPI, or Paytm Services. Processing charges and GST as
applicable are chargeable to the candidate (in addition to the examination fee) by
the concerned Bank/Payment Gateway Integrator.
The Confirmation Page of the online Application Form will be generated only after successful payment by the Candidate. In case the Confirmation Page is not generated after payment of fee, then the candidate may have to approach the concerned Bank/Payment Gateway (in the helpline number and e-mail given in the Information Bulletin) for ensuring the successful payment or for obtaining the refund of duplicate/multiple payments].
Download, save and print a copy of the Confirmation Page of the Application Form (which would be downloadable only after successful remittance of fee) for future reference.
All 3 Steps can be done together or at separate timings. The submission of the Application of a candidate could be considered as successful and his/her candidature would be confirmed only on the successful transaction/receipt of the prescribed application fee from him/her.
Note:
CHOICE OF CITIES
The Cities where the CUET (UG) - 2022 will be conducted are given in Appendix III. While applying, candidates have to select any four cities of their choice. Efforts will be made to allot the city of examination to the candidates in the order of preference opted by them in their online Application Form. However, due to administrative/logistic reasons, a different city can be allotted.
Choice of Centre Cities will be limited to the State of Permanent Address or State of Present Address only.
Section IA & IB: Language to be tested through Reading Comprehension (based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary and Narrative, [Literary Aptitude and Vocabulary].
Section II : As given on NTA website https://cuet.samarth.ac.in
Section III : 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
The syllabus for domain specific subjects will be available on NTA website https://cuet.samarth.ac.in.
Help Line: For Technical support, contact following during working days between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m.
Website-: https://cuet.samarth.ac.in, www.nta.ac.in
Email ID: [email protected]
