CUET-UG 2025: Exam To Be Held In CBT Mode And Students Can Select Any Subjects Irrespective Of Class 12

The University Grant Commission (UGC) has invited feedback on the proposed revised methodology for CUET-UG and CUET-UG 2025 exams. The UGC constituted an expert committee to review the conduct of CUET-UG and CUET-PG for 2025. The expert committee examined various aspects of the test, such as its structure, number of papers, duration of test papers, syllabus alignment, and operational logistics.

The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) was introduced as a step toward standardizing the admission process for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programs across universities. As per the UGC based on feedback from past years, it is also essential to continuously improve the examination process to provide a better, more efficient, and conducive environment for students taking CUET.

According to the UGC, last year, 283 universities adopted CUET, and the number of registered candidates was 13,47,820.

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Proposed methodology for CUET-UG 2025 for comments

• The exam is to be conducted once a year in Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode.
• The candidates will be allowed to appear up to a maximum of five (05) subjects.
• The candidates will be allowed to take subjects in the CUET irrespective of the subjects opted in Class XII, within the permissible limit of five subjects.
• The exam duration will be one hour per subject per paper. The one hour duration will be consistent across all papers.
• All the questions will be compulsory and there will be negative marking.
• The standard of the questions will be based on the NCERT syllabus.
• The medium of examination will be in 13 languages (English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu) as per CUET-UG 2024.
• The General Test currently in vogue is to be redesigned as the General Aptitude Test.
• The domain-specific subject/paper on ‘Entrepreneurship’, ‘Teaching Aptitude’, ‘Fashion Studies’, ‘Tourism’, ‘Legal Studies’ and ‘Engineering Graphics’ are to be discontinued. For these programmes, admissions are to be made on the basis of performance in the General Aptitude Test.
• The twenty-three subjects/papers will be: 1.Accountancy/Book-keeping 2. Business Studies 3. Agriculture 4. Physics 5. Chemistry 6. Mathematics/Applied Mathematics 7. Biology/Biological Science/Biochemistry/ Biotechnology 8. Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music) 9. Fine Arts/Visual Arts/Commercial Arts 10. Geography/Geology 11. History 12. Home Science 13. Mass Media/Mass Communication 14. Political Science 15. Psychology 16. Sociology 17. Sanskrit 18. Environmental Science 19. Knowledge Tradition- Practices in India 20. Physical Education (Yoga, Sports) 21. Anthropology 22. Economics/Business Economics 23. Computer Science/Information Practices.

Proposed methodology for CUET-UG 2025 for comments

• The exam is to be conducted once a year in Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode.
• The duration of the exam will be 90 minutes per subject per paper and will be uniform across all the papers.
• All the questions will be compulsory and there will be negative marking.
• The medium of examination will be Bilingual.
• The standard of questions will be as was for CUET-PG 2024.
• The General Paper is to be redesigned to cater to skill-based and certain professions based on UG knowledge so that universities can use it for programmes in those areas.
• All admissions will be made using CUET-PG scores and in compliance with the UGC guidelines in this regard. However, a university, may decide the weightage of CUETPG score for admission to specialized courses.