CUET 2025: Changes in the Exams Guidelines

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December 23, 2024

NTA CUET UG 2025: The registration will begin in the last week of February 2025. The exam date for CUET 2025 and any changes to the exam pattern will be announced. CUET UG 2025 will include 23 subject areas, 13 languages, and a general aptitude test. The agency scheduled the exam in May-June 2025, using a computer-based test (CBT) format.

CUET UG 2025: The UGC has introduced several changes for CUET UG 2025. The key updates include reducing the number of subjects, changing the exam format, and standardizing the exam duration and questions. The number of subjects has been cut down to 37 (13 languages, 23 domain subjects, and a general test), compared to 63 in previous years. The removed subjects include 20 foreign languages and six domain subjects: Entrepreneurship, Teaching Aptitude, Fashion Studies, Tourism, Legal Studies, and Engineering Graphics.

Also Read: CUET 2025 in CBT Mode

Important Details:

Registration: Starts in the last week of February 2025 on the official NTA CUET UG websites: exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG/ or cuetug.ntaonline.in.

Eligibility: Candidates must meet the eligibility criteria for the 2025–26 academic year and carefully review the CUET mapping criteria when filling out application forms.

Exam Schedule: Expected in May/June 2025 over a 15-day window in CBT mode.

Participating Universities: CUET scores will be accepted by more than 200 universities, including central, private, and deemed universities.

What’s New in CUET 2025:

Subject Flexibility: Students can choose any subject for the exam, irrespective of their Class 12 subjects.

CBT-Only Format: The exam will be conducted exclusively in computer-based mode.

Standardized Duration: Each subject exam will last 60 minutes.

No Optional Questions: All questions are mandatory.

Removed Subjects: Admissions for discontinued subjects will now depend on the General Aptitude Test scores.

The official notification for CUET UG 2025 is expected to be released in February 2025. The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) is a national-level exam for undergraduate admissions. It serves as a unified platform, offering equal opportunities to students across India. Conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), CUET facilitates admission to UG programs in central, state, private, and deemed universities.

Each year, the number of universities participating in CUET varies. The exam takes place in over 300 cities across India and is available in 13 languages. Conducted in a computer-based test (CBT) format, the CUET exam has a uniform duration for all subjects.

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CUET 2025 UG will be a computer-based test (CBT) from next year onwards instead of the hybrid mode adopted for the 2024 exams. Students will be allowed to appear for those subjects that aren't studied in Class 12, University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar announced on Tuesday. 

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar about CUET 2025 Exams

The UGC also said that the number of subjects would be reduced from 63 to 37, and admission for programs in removed subjects would be based on the General Aptitude Test scores. As per the UGC-  "The feedback received from the past years, the committee is continuously working to streamline the examination process to make it more effective and student-friendly for the CUET 2025 aspirants. The committee deliberated on matters like the exam pattern, the number of tests, the duration, the syllabus guidelines, and the marking scheme. The recommendations were taken into account during the meeting of the panel.

"Candidates will also be allowed to opt for subjects in CUET-UG that they haven't studied in Class 12 to help students cross rigid disciplinary boundaries in higher education," Kumar said.

The shift to computer-based mode is done to reduce the scope of human errors in evaluation," Kumar explained. "CBT allows faster result processing and enhanced security, ensuring the integrity of the process. All compulsory questions would ensure a level playing field, testing the overall competency of the candidates on the same set of questions. This format would encourage the students to prepare well across all areas of the syllabus," he added.

Also Read: CUET 2025 Syllabus

Instead of having tests for 33 languages, tests will now be offered for only 13 languages: Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. The number of domain-specific subjects has been reduced from 29 to 23, with Entrepreneurship, Teaching Aptitude, Fashion Studies, Tourism, Legal Studies, and Engineering Graphics among the dropped subjects.

The duration of the test was standardized at 60 minutes for all papers, with uniform numbers of questions. Kumar added that the concept of optional questions has been removed, and all questions are now compulsory. 

Also Practice: CUET 2025 Mock Tests

CUET-UG, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), is the single gateway for UG admissions in 46 central universities, including Delhi University, BHU and Allahabad University.

In 2024, the exam was held in both online and pen-and-paper modes from May 15–31, but results, initially scheduled for June 30, were delayed. When first conducted in 2022, technical glitches caused results to be delayed until September. In 2023, results were postponed until mid-July to accommodate candidates from Manipur amid ethnic conflicts.

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