CUET (UG)

Dates

Dates of the 2026 exam — the next dates are not announced yet. Always check the official website.

Application opens

03/01/2026

Last date to apply

30/01/2026

Exam

11/05/2026 to 31/05/2026 and 06/06/2026 to 07/06/2026 (re-scheduled candidates)

Result

23/06/2026

Conducted by

National Testing Agency (NTA)

For

Undergraduate programmes (B.A., B.Sc., B.Com. and other UG courses) at Central Universities and participating State, Deemed and Private universities

Mode

Computer-based test

Duration

60 minutes per test paper

Languages

13 mediums: Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

Attempts per year

1

Application fee

Up to 3 subjects: General (UR) ₹1,000; OBC-NCL / Gen-EWS ₹900; SC/ST/PwD/PwBD/Third gender ₹800; centres outside India ₹4,500. Each additional subject: ₹400 / ₹375 / ₹350 / ₹1,800 respectively (2026).

Eligibility

No age limit for the test. Candidates who have passed Class 12 / equivalent or are appearing in the exam year can apply; each university's own programme eligibility and age criteria also apply.

Exam pattern

Up to 5 subjects (languages, domain subjects, General Aptitude Test); 50 compulsory questions per paper; +5 correct, -1 incorrect.

Score used for

UG admissions at Central Universities and participating State/Deemed/Private universities and institutions

For Maharashtra students

A Maharashtra student needs CUET (UG) only when applying to Central Universities or other universities that admit through CUET (e.g. Delhi University); it is not part of Maharashtra's CET Cell CAP admissions.