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| Parameters | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Form | Common University Entrance Test - Post Graduate (CUET PG) |
| No. of sessions | One |
| CUET PG Exam timings | Three per day (Shift 1: 9:00–10:30 AM, Shift 2: 12:30–2:00 PM, Shift 3: 4:00–5:30 PM) |
| CUET PG Exam fee | INR 1400 (General category), INR 1200 (OBC-NCL, EWS category), INR 1100 (SC, ST, and Transgenders), and INR 1000 (PwD) , INR 7000 (Outside India) |
| No. of test takers | Around 523,032 (as of 2025) |
| Mode of examination | Computer-based test mode |
| Scores validity | Valid for taking admission in different central universities across India |
| Conducting Institute for CUET PG exam | National Testing Agency (NTA) |
| CUET PG exam website | https://exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-PG |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January | Release of Notification |
| January | Release of Application Form |
| February | Last date to apply |
| March | Admit Card Release |
| March to April | Exam Date |
| May | Result |
information not available.
The link to the official website for CUET PG is open tentatively in January.Interested candidates can proceed with the registration during that time.
Candidates need to register themselves on the official website of CUET PG using their phone number, email, and full name. As a next step, students will be asked to enter a captcha and choose a security question for safety purposes. After answering the security question, candidates can proceed by submitting their registration details.
A User ID and Password will be generated and sent to your registered email for further verification. By clicking on the given link, the verification process will be completed.
As a next step, candidates need to visit the official website and log in with their credentials sent by mail. After logging in, search for the application form and click on it.
The application form contains some general sections such as personal details, educational qualifications, work experience, exam centres, and upload documents. Moving on, after filling out the application form correctly, candidates are required to upload their scanned image and signature according to the CUET PG instructions in the last section of the application form.
Lastly, candidates need to make an online payment to deposit the applicable fee for the exam. Fees can be deposited online by using UPI, net banking, debit cards, VISA, or credit card services. A downloadable confirmation page will only be generated after the payment is done successfully.
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|---|---|---|
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| Nellore | Anantapur | Jorhat |
| Ongole | Bhimavaram | Lakhimpur |
| Proddatur | Chirala | Silchar(Assam) |
| Rajahmundry | Chittoor | Tezpur |
| Srikakulam | Eluru | Dibrugarh |
| Surampalem | Gudur | Narasaraopet |
| Tadepalligudem | Guntur | Arrah |
| Tirupathi | Kadapa | Arwal |
| Vijayawada | Kakinada | Aurangabad(Bihar) |
| Visakhapatnam | Kurnool | Bhabua |
| Vizianagaram | Machilipatnam | Bhagalpur |
| Gopalganj | Nandyal | Bihar Sharif |
| Hajipur | Samastipur | Chhapra |
| Madhubani | Sasaram | Bhilai Nagar |
| Muzaffarpur | Siwan | Anand |
| Patna | Vaishali | Bhavnagar |
| Purnea | Bilaspur(Chhattisgarh) | Bhuj |
| Rohtas | Durg | Gandhinagar |
| Vadodara | Raipur | Himatnagar |
| Valsad | Jammu | Jamnagar |
| Vapi | Pulwama | Junagadh |
| Chaibasa | Sambha | Mehsana |
| Deoghar (Jharkhand) | Srinagar (J & K) | Navsari |
| Dhanbad | Ballari | Rajkot |
| Dumka | Belagavi(Belgaum) | Gulbarga/Kalaburgi |
| Hazaribagh | Bengaluru | Hassan |
| Jamshedpur | Bengaluru Urban | Haveri |
| Ramgarh | Bidar | Hubli |
| Ranchi | Chikaballapur | Kodagu |
| Tumakuru | Chikmagalur | Kolar |
| Angamaly | Davangere | Mandya |
| Chengannur | Dharwad | Mangaluru (Mangalore) |
| Ernakulam | Gadag | Manipal |
| Idukki | Balaghat | Mysuru (Mysore) |
| Kannur | Alappuzha | Ramanagara |
| Kasaragod | Bagalkot | Shivamoga (Shimoga) |
| Kollam | Udupi | Baramulla |
| Kottayam | Betul | Bokaro |
| Kozhikode/Calicut | Bhopal | Akola |
| Malappuram | Chhatarpur | Amravati |
| Moovattupuzha | Chhindwara | Aurangabad(Maharashtra) |
| Palakkad | Dewas | Beed |
| Pathanamthitta | Gwalior | Bhandara |
| Piyyannur | Indore | Buldhana |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Jabalpur | Chandrapur |
| Thrissur | Khandwa | Dhule |
| Wayanad | Khargone (West Nimar) | Gadchiroli |
| Ahmednagar | Neemuch | Gondia |
| Aska | Ratlam | Hingoli |
| Balangir | Rewa | Jalgaon |
| Balasore | Sagar | Jalna |
| Bargarh | Satna | Kolhapur |
| Baripada (Mayurbhanj) | Ujjain | Latur |
| Berhampur | Kohima | Mumbai |
| Bhadrak | Dimapur | Nagpur |
| Bhawanipatna (Kalahandi) | Bhatinda | Nanded |
| Bhubaneshwar (Khordha) | Fazilka | Nashik |
| Boudh | Firozpur | Navi Mumbai |
| Chhatrapur (Ganjam) | Hoshiarpur | Palghar |
| Cuttack | Jalandhar | Parbhani |
| Debagarh (Deogarh) | Ludhiana | Pune |
| Dhenkanal | Pathankot | Raigad |
| Jagatsinghapur | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | Ratnagiri |
| Jajpur | Rupnagar | Sangli |
| Jharsuguda | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar | Satara |
| Kendrapara | Amritsar | Solapur |
| Kendujhar (Keonjhar) | Angul | Thane |
| Koraput / Jeypore | Ajmer | Wardha |
| Malkangiri | Alwar | Yavatmal |
| Nabarangpur | Bharatpur | Abu Road |
| Nayagarh | Bhilwara | Chengalpet |
| Nuapada | Bikaner | Chennai |
| Paralakhemundi (Gajapati) | Chittorgarh | Coimbatore |
| Phulbani (Kandhamal) | Dausa | Cuddalore |
| Puri | Hanumangarh | Dharmapuri |
| Rairangpur | Jaipur | Dindigul |
| Rayagada | Jhunjhunu | Erode |
| Rourkela | Jodhpur | Kanchipuram |
| Sambalpur | Kota | Kanyakumari/Nagercoil |
| Subarnapur | Sikar | Karur |
| Sundargarh | Sirohi | Krishnagiri |
| Udala | Sriganganagar | Madurai |
| Jagtial | Udaipur | Namakkal |
| Jangaon | Ariyalur | Pudukkottai |
| Karimnagar | Hyderabad | Ramanathapuram |
| Khammam | Agra | Salem |
| Kothagudem | Aligarh | Sivaganga |
| Mahabubabad | Allahabad/Prayagraj | Thanjavur |
| Mahbubnagar | Ambedkar Nagar | Thiruvallur |
| Medchal | Azamgarh | Thoothukudi |
| Nalgonda | Ballia | Tiruchirappalli |
| Nizamabad | Banda | Tirunelveli |
| Sangareddy | Barabanki | Tiruppur |
| Secunderabad | Bareilly | Tiruvannamalai |
| Siddipet | Bijnor | Vellore |
| Suryapet | Bilaspur (Uttar Pradesh) | Viluppuram |
| Warangal | Bulandshahr | Virudhunagar |
| Dehradun | Chandauli | Roorkee |
| Haldwani | Faizabad | Almora |
| Nainital | Firozabad | Asansol |
| Pauri Garhwal | Ghaziabad | Bankura |
| Noida | Ghazipur | Burdwan(Bardhaman) |
| Pratapgarh | Gorakhpur | Darjeeling |
| Raebareli | Greater Noida | Durgapur |
| Rampur | Hapur (Panchsheel Nagar) | Hooghly |
| Saharanpur | Jaunpur | Howrah |
| Sitapur | Jhansi | Jalpaiguri |
| Sonbhadra | Kanpur | Kalyani |
| Sultanpur | Kaushambi | Kolkata |
| Unnao | Lucknow | Murshidabad |
| Varanasi | Mathura | North 24 Parganas |
| Muzaffarnagar | Mau | Paschim Medinipur |
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The CUET PG is a computer-based online entrance exam, which follows an MCQ or objective-based exam pattern. The following is the general exam pattern that CUET PG follows.
The entire duration of the exam is 105 minutes. The exam is conducted in the online mode at the exam respective exam centres. Each set of CUET PG exams contains 75 questions, which are in MCQ format.
Candidates get 4 marks for each correct answer. 1 mark is deducted for each wrong answer as the penalty in the negative marking system.
The exam is available in Hindi and English, both languages. Shiksha Acharya and Shiksha Shashtri are exams that are conducted in the Sanskrit language only. The total marks of the CUET PG exam are 300.
| Colleges | City |
|---|---|
| Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi |
| Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University | New Delhi |
| IIMT University | Meerut |
| Delhi University | New Delhi |
| Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University | Lucknow |
| University of Allahabad | Prayagraj |
| Manipur University | Imphal |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi |
Indian nationals belonging to certain categories are admitted under the seats reserved for them in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Government of India. Indian nationals belonging to certain categories (OBC-NCL, Gen-EWS, SC, ST) are admitted under the seats reserved for them in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Government of India.
27% of seats are reserved for “Non-Creamy Layer” or OBC-NCL in each course.
15% of seats in each course are reserved for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC).
10% seats are reserved for Economically Weaker Section or GEN-EWS candidates in every course.
7.5% reservation of seats is provided to the candidates of Scheduled Tribes (ST).
5% seats are reserved for candidates from each category with benchmark disability (PwBD).
The previous years' question papers help students to practise according to the exam pattern. Solving previous year's question papers allows students to get an idea of the question format and their level of difficulty, including the syllabus pattern. These things significantly help students understand the essential topics to be covered and what can be ignored.
Mock Tests are a great way to apply what you have learnt until now as these tests allow students to take sample tests based on the current syllabus of the exam and also facilitate timing patterns. The candidates are given a specific time limit to solve the mock tests. Practising these tests can significantly improve your confidence to take the exam and also help you know your qualifications regarding the exam. Aspirants can access CUET PG mock test at NTA official website - nta.ac.in.
https://cracku.in/cuet-pg-mock-test/cuet-pg-free-mock
The answer key for CUET PG is released approximately two weeks after the exams are conducted. Once the NTA release the answer key for CUET PG, candidates can access the answer key by following the below process.
Visit the official website of NTA for CUET PG and go to the “public notice”.
Click on the link to the answer key for CUET PG.
Enter the respective question paper number, the answer key will be displayed. Save it as a PDF for future reference.
Following some preparation tips helps you cover the necessary part, which is important according to the syllabus and exam pattern. Below are some guidelines that can be followed to prepare for the CUET PG exam thoroughly and effectively. Familiar yourself with the official syllabus of CUET PG and the exam pattern.
Identify your weak spots and work on them thoroughly. Practise each topic mentioned in the syllabus effectively and revise periodically. Solve previous year's question papers and participate in mock tests to apply your knowledge.
