CUET-PG
Admission to MA, M.Sc, M.Com, MCA, MBA, LLM and other postgraduate programmes at central universities (DU, JNU, BHU, AMU, Jamia, HCU and others) and many state, deemed and private universities that accept CUET-PG scores.
Eligibility
Candidates who hold or are completing a bachelor's degree can apply, subject to the specific eligibility of each participating university and programme. NTA sets no age limit. Candidates choose test papers according to the courses they are targeting.
Age limit: No age limit
Exam pattern
Computer-Based Test (CBT) with 75 MCQs in 90 minutes per paper. Marking is +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one. Most papers are bilingual (English/Hindi), while language papers are in the respective language. Exams run over multiple shifts, and scores are normalised across shifts where a paper is held in more than one session.
Syllabus at a glance
Domain-specific undergraduate syllabus for each of about 150 test papers (e.g. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Computer Science, Economics, Commerce, Hindi). Some papers, such as MBA and general-category papers, test general awareness, reasoning, quantitative aptitude and English. NTA publishes the syllabus for each paper in the information bulletin.
Upcoming dates
| Event | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Information bulletin and notification | Dec 2026 | expected |
| Online registration window | Dec 2026 - Jan 2027 | expected |
| City intimation slip and admit card | Feb 2027 | expected |
| CUET-PG 2027 examination (NTA tentative calendar, revised Oct 2026) | March 2027, starting 2 Mar 2027 (about 17 exam days) | expected |
| Result | Apr 2027 | expected |
Expected dates follow the usual calendar; confirm on the official notification before planning.
Free prep material
Standard books
- Domain-specific undergraduate textbooks (e.g. Griffiths for Physics, Atkins for Chemistry, S.C. Malik for Mathematics)
- Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations - R.S. Aggarwal
- A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning - R.S. Aggarwal
- Lucent's General Knowledge - Lucent Publications
- Objective General English - S.P. Bakshi
How toppers play it
- With +4/−1 marking, a guess pays off once you can eliminate one option. Use this to set your attempt threshold instead of skipping everything you are unsure of.
- Ninety minutes for 75 questions leaves about 70 seconds each. Do a quick first pass for direct-recall questions, then return to calculation-heavy ones.
- Check each target university's paper codes before registering. The same programme can map to different papers at DU, JNU and BHU, and adding papers costs extra.
- Shifts are normalised, so don't panic over a hard shift. Concentrate on accuracy rather than comparing with friends.
- Revise the NTA syllabus line by line, because CUET-PG questions stick closely to the published UG syllabus.