CUET: Registration starting | Check how to apply

College Tour Apr-02-2022

Common University Entrance Test applications for the exam have been starting today – 2nd April 2022. National Testing Agency (NTA) will organize the CUET examination for admission to an undergraduate program offered by the Central universities. CUET 2022 exam is going to be held in the first week of July, declared by the UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar.

CUET 2022 is a computerized national level entrance examination for admission to undergraduate programs i.e. namely B.Tech, B.Sc., Integrated B.Sc., M.A, M.Sc., and other various programs.

How to register for CUET 2022?

Firstly visit the website of NTA or CUET
Click on the option showing 'CUET 2022 Registration' showing on the homepage
You will be redirected to a new page, where you have to register and proceed
After the successful registration process, start filling all the required credentials in the CUET 2022 application form
Now you have to upload all the required documents and submit them on the website
At last, take a printout of the application form for future use

List of Central Universities participating for admission –

University of Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Assam University, Silchar
Central University of Andhra Pradesh
Central University of Haryana
Central University of Gujarat
Central University of Jammu
Central University of Jharkhand
Central University of Karnataka
Central University of Kerala
Central University of Punjab
Central University of Rajasthan
Central University of South Bihar
Central University of Tamil Nadu

*Note – later on more universities are also expected to get added to the list

Key factors that are considered for UG admission –

1. Intermediate Class (12th class) marks won’t be considered in UG admissions:
NTA will not consider the Intermediate Classmarks for admission to central universities. Students will be given admission on the basis of the merit list prepared by the National Testing Agency (NTA), and there will be no common counseling in the got admission procedure.

2. Exam will be organized in 13 languages:
UGC has decided to conduct the CUET exam 2022 in 13 languages to encourage the use of regional languages in education. Language in which the exam is going to be conducted in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Odia, and Assamese.

3. Quota of reserved seats:
UGC Chairman M Jagdesh clarified to Kumar has that AMU and Jamia will adopt the entrance test criteria for admissions, but it will not affect the quota of reserved seats. Thus, it is mandatory for them to provide admissions to all the students on the basis of the common test.
The UGC chairperson M Jagdesh Kumar said that - “The only difference is that these students will also have to come through CUET, like students to be admitted on general seats. The reservation policies and ordinances of the universities will remain unchanged.”

4. International students are exempted from the CUET exam:
International students who are looking for admission to Indian universities are exempted or free from the CUET exam, as they will be admitted via an existing supernumerary basis.