Central Universities Common Entrance Test

The Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) is an all-India test is being organized for admission to various Integrated/Under-Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes in several Central Universities and State Universities of India. From its inception in 2010, the CUCET is conducted/coordinated by the Central University of Rajasthan.

Central Universities Commom Entrance Test
AcronymCUCET
TypePen and paper based
Developer / administratorCentral University of Rajasthan (2010–2020)
PurposeAdmission to undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and PhD courses
Year started2010 (2010)
Duration2 hours
OfferedOnce a year
Countries / regionsIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi
Websitecucetexam.in

History

CUCET was first conducted to admission for seven central universities for 1,500 seats in 41 undergraduate, postgraduate and integrated courses from 2010. The application form was filled up through CUCET-2010 which held on 19 and 20 June 2010 in about 30 examination centres spread across the country.[1]

Exam pattern and structure

All Question Papers are MCQ based organized into different parts.

For UI and PG programmes
  • Part A : Language, general awareness, mathematical aptitude and analytical skills-consisting of 25 MCQs.
  • Part B: Domain Knowledge-consisting of 75 MCQs. (Sometimes divided into three/four/five sections and a candidate is required to answer a set of any three sections totaling to 75).
  • Some Integrated Programme/MBA/B.Voc./LLB/MCA and other general Programme require to pass only one paper consisting of 100 MCQs covering English language, reasoning, data interpretations/numerical ability, general awareness and analytical skills.[2]

For RP programmes
  • Part A: Language, general awareness, mathematical aptitude, analytical skills and Research Methodology-consisting of 50 MCQs
  • Part B: Domain Knowledge-consisting of 50 MCQs

Negative marking

For UI & PG Programmes, negative marking scheme is followed with a deduction of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. However, the negative marking is not followed for research programmes.

Duration

2 Hours

Organizing body

Central University of Rajasthan is coordinating the CUCET in 2020.[3]

Application fees

Only online applications are accepted for CUCET-2020 and application fees for various categories are listed below.[4]

Category UI & PG Research Programmes
General/OBC/EWS Applicants ₹ 800 ₹ 1000
SC/ST Applicants ₹ 350 ₹ 450
PWD Applicants Nil Nil

Participating universities

Admission in the following universities is done through CUCET.

Central Universities State Universities

References
  1. Reporter, Staff (5 May 2010). "Now, the all-new CUCET". The Hindu.
  2. "FAQ" (PDF). CUCET. CUCET. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. "CUCET". www.cucetexam.in. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. "CUCET" (PDF).
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