CUET Exam 2025 : Exam Date, Registration, Notification

The CUET UG 2025 exam will take place from May 13 to June 3 in computer based test mode. The CUET UG admit card 2025 was made available on May 10 for exams happening from May 13 to May 16. The CUET entrance test is being organized for admission to undergraduate courses in more than 282 universities and colleges. The CUET exam schedule will mention the subject-wise dates, shift timings and number of slots. The examination will be a computer-based test held across 300 exam centers in India and outside India. 

CUET UG Highlights 2025:

Check the table below for important features or highlights of the CUET 2025 exam.

what is CUET Exam ?

The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) serves as a nationwide exam which National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts for admission access to undergraduate and graduate levels as well as research programs across the whole of India. Among all entrance exams in India the Common University Entrance Test ranks as one of the most popular with its 14 lakh applicants granting access to 40+ central colleges along with 20 state and 12 deemed and 47 private universities. The testing takes place through Computer-Based Test and Pen-Paper Mode across over 500 locations within India and at international centers. Students select their subjects during admissions while their qualifications for entrance depend on their performance in the CUET examination.

CUET Exam - Date 2025

CUET UG 2025 Exam Timing (Shift)

The CUET UG 2025 exam will be held in different shifts each day. The shift timings are given below.

CUET 2025 - Exam Pattern

CUET 2025 contains multiple choice questions in General Aptitude, Domain Specific Knowledge and Language Comprehension. The exam is an online test, which takes place in several sittings and is held in several subjects.

CUET 2025 - Eligibility Criteria

CUET 2025 stands for – Central Universities Common Entrance Test which is a test conducted to provide admission into undergraduate courses in numerous central universities in India. To be eligible for CUET 2025, candidates must meet the following criteria:

Educational Qualifications:

General Category: Applicants must be passed in their Inter / 12th standard and await their Inter/ 12th results or hold Inter/ 12th pass certificate from any recognized Central or State Board, securing at least 50% marks.

Reserved Categories (SC/ST/OBC/PwD): A relaxation is given with a bar only 45 % of the students passing their Class 12 examination are admitted.

Age Limit:

As for the CUET 2025 there is no certain age that a student has to fulfill in order to appear in this exam. However, the candidates should fulfill age criteria if any for the particular universities they are applying to.

Number of Attempts:

CUET doesn’t have a limit of attempts which means that students can take the test any number of times they want. This paper can be taken multiple times by candidates as they desire so long as the requirements of the exam are met now and then.

Reservation Criteria:

Reservations are provided as per Government of India norms:

• Scheduled Castes (SC): 15%
• Scheduled Tribes (ST): 7.5%
• Other Backward Classes (OBC - Non-Creamy Layer): 27%
• Persons with Disability (PwD): 5% 

Important Considerations: There may, of course, be fine differences in the eligibility criteria depending on the particular course or University. Candidates are urged to first confirm to correct university requirements before applying for a course.

CUET 2025 - Syllabus

Here’s a simplified and human-friendly breakdown of the CUET 2025 UG General Aptitude Test syllabus:

1. General Knowledge

Ten things that people might not know about the world. Some of the easily predictable facts that any contemporary newspaper or a school might teach you include the following.

2. Current Affairs

What is going on in the world today? The major current incidents in sports, politics, technology and cultural life.

3. General Mental

Ability Puzzles and patterns! Puzzle yourself with basic mind games or try to complete the missing link in a sequence.

4. Numerical Ability

Concepts of basic arithmetic you use in everyday life such as addition, subtraction and multiplication or division. Consider, for example, when estimating the discounts or dividing check between the people.

5. Quantitative Reasoning

Introduction of problem solving in a daily basis with numbers. Things such as area when mapping the garden or algebra when figuring out how many apples can be bought for ₹10 per apple.

6. The other is the skills of logical and analytical reasoning .

The boxes, chains, sequences and questions such as “Then which one?” Recognizing trends or determining where there are relationships between two things.

CUET 2025 Admit Card

The CUET UG 2025 admit card is now available on the official website, cuet.nta.nic.in. The National Testing Agency has released the CUET hall ticket 2025 for exams scheduled between May 17 and May 24, 2025. The CUET 2025 exam for May 15 has also started in online mode.

The admit cards will be available for downloading via the National Testing Agency (NTA), and candidates will be able to download their cards two to three days before their reserved exam date.

 Important Details on the Admit Card:

Personal Information: Full name, an identification photograph, and a numerical or handwritten signature.

Exam Details: RNO, date of examination and time, address of examination center, code of paper.

Instructions: This paper focuses on the rules and regulations on conduct on examination day.

Additional Information: Advance Intimation Slip: In aggregate with the admit card, NTA will also release an ‘exam city’ intimation in the first week of May 2025. This slip is not admit card but important in arrangement of transport means.

CUET 2025 - Cutoff

To get admission through CUET 2024, aim 120+ marks in domain subjects, 80-90 in language papers and 400+ overall for high percentile rank. Here’s a simplified table for CUET 2024 Marks vs Percentile:

CUET 2025 Preparation

Here are some helpful CUET 2025 preparation tips for students:

• Make a study schedule and follow it regularly.
• Every student should understand all parts of the CUET 2025 syllabus completely.
• Understand the structure of the exam alongside its awarding system that directs your preparation process.
• Use study resources like guidebooks and previous year papers to strengthen your understanding.
• Solve past CUET question papers and sample tests for better practice.
• Take as many CUET mock tests as possible to improve speed and accuracy.