The document provides information about the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and admission process for undergraduate programs. It discusses the sections and subjects in CUET, participating universities, exam scheme, syllabus, dates and fees. It also explains the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) used by Delhi University which has three phases - application, subject mapping and preference filling, and allocation-cum-admission. Key steps for filling CUET and CSAS forms are also outlined.
2. OVERVIEW OF CUET
1. INTRODUCTION ABOUT CUET
2. EXAM SCHEME OF CUET
3. THREE SECTIONS OF CUET
4. SLOT SELECTION
5. SYLLABUS FOR CUET
7. STEPS FOR FILLING CUET FORM
Q/A ROUND
8. CUET ANSWER KEY & SCORE
CARD
Q/A ROUND
Q/A ROUND
3. WHAT IS NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA)
VISION
DESERVING
CANDIDATE
JOINING BEST
INSTITUTIONS
MISSION
IMPROVING
EQUITY &
QUALITY IN
EDUCATION
CORE VALUES
BRINGING
QUALITY,
EFFECTIVENES,
SECURITY OF
ASSESSMENT
Established by the
Ministry of
Education (MoE),
Government of
India (GoI)
4. WHAT IS CUET (UG)
COMMON UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE TEST
CUET was introduced to provide equal opportunities to students across various boards
Introduced in April 2022 for session 2022-23
In all Central Universities under the Ministry of Education
A common platform for wide outreach
No age limit for appearing in CUET (Check university requirement for age criteria)
For class 12 pass and appearing candidates
5. PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES IN CUET
(UG) FOR SESSION 2022-23
• Jamia
Hamdard
• GALGOTIAS
UNIVERSITY
• DR. B.R.
Ambedkar
University
Delhi
• University
of Delhi
• Jamia
Millia
Islamia
• JNU
44
Central
12
State
13
Deemed
21
Private
Complete university
list available on
cuet.samarth.ac.in
TOTAL
90 UNIVERSITIES
6. EXAM SCHEME
Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
• Sample/mock test (English) available on NTA website
Medium of Exam - 13 languages
Objective type MCQs
Question paper - bi-lingual
(1. medium opted by the candidate 2. English)
“Language” Test will not be bi-lingual.
7. Correct answer: Five marks (+5)
Incorrect option: minus one mark (-1)
Unanswered/Marked for Review: no mark (0)
If more than one option is found to be correct, then Five marks (+5)
will be awarded to only those who have marked any of the correct
options.
If all options are found to be correct, then Five marks (+5) will be
awarded to all those who have attempted the question.
If none of the options is found correct or a question is found to be
wrong or a question is dropped, then all candidates who have
attempted the dropped question will be given five marks(+5) marks.
MARKING SCHEME FOR CUET
8. TEST
DESIGN
Section IA - 13
Languages
Section IB - 20
Languages
Section II –
27 Domain
Specific
Subjects
Section III -
General Test
9.
10. List B1
1 Accountancy/ Bookkeeping
2 Anthropology
3
Biology/Biological Studies/
Biotechnology/Biochemistry
4 Business Studies
5 Chemistry
6
Computer Science/ Informatics
Practices
7 Economics/ Business Eco.
8 Environmental Studies
9 Geography/Geology
10 History
11 Home Science
12 Legal Studies
13 Mathematics
14 Physics
15 Political Science
16 Psychology
17 Sanskrit
18 Sociology
List B:
Subjects/ Test papers mentioned in Section II of CUET 2022 have been categorised under List B1 and List B2.
Candidate must refer to Program-Specific Eligibility to choose the
subjects in which s(he) should appear in CUET 2022 to be considered
for admission to the selected program.
List B2
1 Agriculture
2 Engineering Graphics
3 Entrepreneurship
4 Knowledge Tradition and Practices India
5 Fine Arts/ Visual Arts (Sculpture/ Painting)/ Commercial Arts
6 Mass Media/ Mass Communication
7 Physical Education/NCC/Yoga
8
Performing Arts – i) Dance (Kathak/Bharatnatyam/Kathakali/ Odissi/
Kuchipuri/ Manipuri (ii) Drama- Theatre (iii) Music General (Carnatic /
Rabindra Sangeet/ Hindustani /Percussion/ Non-percurssion
9 Teaching Aptitude
11. SLOT 1 & SLOT 2 IN CUET EXAM
Two slots on
different
days
Slots based
on subjects
chosen by
candidates
Max - 9 Tests
Min - 1 Test
SLOT 1
MORNING SHIFT
Maximum 4 tests:
1 Language
2 Domain subjects
1 General test
SLOT 2
AFTERNOON SHIFT
Maximum 5 tests:
1 Language
4 Domain subjects
OR
2 Languages
3 Domain subjects
12. SLOT SELECTION CONTD.
For appearing in more than 5 subjects students had to appear in both slots
Choice of slots depends on university and course requirements.
Candidate must have appeared in CUET(UG) – 2022 in only those subjects in which s(he) has passed Class XII
(For DU)
For example – For B.A and B.A Hons course in University of Delhi candidate had the choice fulfilled from slot 2
so slot 1 was not required.
13. COMPARISON OF UNIVERSITIES
Name of the
Course
Selected
Combination/
Subjects/Slots
University of
Delhi Criteria
Jamia Millia
Islamia Criteria
Dr. B.R
Ambedkar
University Delhi
Criteria
Banaras Hindu
University
Criteria
B.A (Hons.)
History
Language :-
Urdu, English
Domain
Subjects :-
Chemistry,
Biology, Maths,
Physics
General Test:-
NO
Both Slots
1 Language
(List IA) +
2 Domain
Subjects (List
B1) +
1 Domain
Subject (List B1
or B2)
History General Test Section I A –
Language Test -
(Hindi or
English) and
Section III –
General Test
Eligibility Yes No No No
14. OVERVIEW OF CUET EXAM
Secti
ons
Subjects/ Tests
Questions to
be
Attempted
Syllabus Duration
Sec.
IA –
Lang
13 different languages. Any of
these languages may be chosen. 40 questions
out of 50 in
each
language.
Language to be tested
through Reading
Comprehension (based on
different types of
passages–Factual, Literary
and Narrative, [Literary
Aptitude and Vocabulary]
45 Minutes for
each language.
45 Minutes for
each Domain
Subject.
Sec.
I B –
Lang
There are 20 Languages. Any
other language apart from those
offered in Section I A may be
chosen.
Sec.
II -
Dom
ain
There are 27 Domains specific
Subjects being offered under this
Section. A candidate may choose
a maximum of Six (06) Domains
as desired by the applicable
University/ Universities.
40 questions
out of 50 in
each
subject
MCQs based on syllabus
given on NTA website
Sec.
III
Gene
ral
For any such undergraduate
programme/ programmes being
offered by Universities where a
General Test is being used for
60 questions
out of 75
General Knowledge, Current
Affairs, General Mental Ability,
Numerical Ability,
Quantitative Reasoning
60 Minutes
15. EXAM SCHEDULE WITH FEE DETAILS
Examination will be conducted on multiple days in two slots per day as given below:
Slot Slot 1 (Upto 4 ) Slot 2 (Upto 5 )
Timing of
Examination
09.00 a.m. to 12.15
p.m. (IST)
03.00 p.m. to 06.45
p.m. (IST)
* Assuming the candidate takes
all the offered Sections in the
given slot. Note: Compensatory
time for PwBD Candidates of 15
minutes for 45 minutes
examination and 20 minutes for
one-hour examination
Duration of
Examination*
45 or 60 Minutes to
195 Minutes*
45 Minutes to 225
Minutes*
Fees Details for Single Slot, For both Slot Fee will be Doubled:
General (Unreserved) : 650,
OBC (NCL)*/ EWS** : 600,
SC/ST/ Third gender/ PwBD : 550
16.
17. STEP 1: Registration Form
STEP 2: Application Form
STEP 3: Document Upload
STEP 4: Fee Details
STEPS FOR FILLING CUET FORM
18. STEP 1: New Registration
STEPS FOR FILLING CUET FORM
26. COMPARISON OF UNIVERSITIES
Name of the
Course
Selected
Combination/
Subjects/Slots
University of
Delhi Criteria
Jamia Millia
Islamia Criteria
Dr. B.R
Ambedkar
University Delhi
Criteria
Banaras Hindu
University
Criteria
B.A (Hons.)
History
Language :-
Urdu, English
Domain
Subjects :-
Chemistry,
Biology, Maths,
Physics
General Test:-
NO
Both Slots
1 Language
(List IA) +
2 Domain
Subjects (List
B1) +
1 Domain
Subject (List B1
or B2)
History General Test Section I A –
Language Test -
(Hindi or
English) and
Section III –
General Test
Eligibility Yes No No No
27. Preference for Examination Centres
Medium of Paper :
Select any one language from 13 languages given in List B1
English is compulsory for Bilingual Test
29. STEP 3 : FEE PAYMENT
After completing Step 1 and 2 candidates have to
pay the requisite examination fee online through Net
Banking, Credit/Debit card, UPI/Paytm services
Fee Payment & Helpline No’s
35. DOWNLOADING E-ADMIT CARD
Admit card will be available on
NTA website : https://cuet.samarth.
ac.in/
No candidate will be allowed to
appear at the examination Centre,
on the date and shift/time other
than that allotted to him/her in his/
her Admit Card
37. DISPLAY OF ANSWER KEY FOR CHALLENGES
Provisional Answer Key of the questions will be available on the NTA
website: https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ to provide an opportunity to the
candidates to challenge the Provisional Answer Keys with a non-
refundable online payment of ₹ 200/- per question
The subject experts will examine all the challenges received and then a
final answer key will be displayed and declared.
The result will be compiled based on the final answer key declared.
DISPLAY OF RECORDED RESPONSES
The NTA will display the recorded responses and Question Paper
attempted by the candidates on the NTA website prior to the
declaration of the result.
After Challenges NTA Release Final Answer Key.
38. DECLARATION OF RESULT
Result will be displayed in
the form of a score card
which will be available on
NTA website
Through CUET UG score card,
candidate will be able to
enrol in undergraduate level
courses in universities and
institutions selected during
form filling process.
Selected Universities will be visible at the
end of Score Card.
41. OVERVIEW OF CSAS
1. INTRODUCTION ABOUT CSAS
2. THREE PHASES OF CSAS
3. CSAS FEE
4. SUBJECT MAPPING AND
PREFERENCE FILLING
5. UPGRADE / FREEZE /
WITHDRAWL OPTION
6. OTHER UNIVERSITIES IN CUET
Q/A ROUND
Q/A ROUND
42. Admission are done on the basis of the eligibility requirements, criteria, and
procedures specified by the University on its website.
Simply appearing in CUET will not be a sufficient condition to secure a seat in
UoD. For admission to the UoD UG Programs, a candidate has to apply in
CSAS.
Admission to all Undergraduate programs is through CUET, except for the
School of Open Learning, Non-Collegiate Woman Education Board.
An online platform at www.admission.uod.ac.in will be made available for
seeking admission through CSAS.
There will be no offline filling of the CSAS Application Form.
INDRODUCTION OF CSAS
43. Three Phases of CSAS
PHASE I: APPLYING
TO UNIVERSITY OF
DELHI
PHASE II: SUBJECTS
MAPPING &FILLING
THE PREFERENCES
FOR PROGRAMS
AND COLLEGES
PHASE III:
ALLOCATION-CUM-
ADMISSION
44. CSAS- APPLICATION FORM
In the Personal Section, the details entered must match with the
particulars mentioned in the certificates/documents of the
candidate.
Candidate who had opted for PwBd category in CUET(UG) will not
be allowed to change his/her category
Candidate must ensure that the Bank Account details filled in by
him/her are valid and belong to the candidate or his/her
immediate family members. It may be noted that refunds (if any)
by UoD, will be made in this account only
45. One-time CSAS Application fee
(non-refundable):-
Category of the Candidate CSAS- Application Fee (Non Refundable)
UR/OBC-NCL/EWS Rs. 250.00 (Rupees Two Hundred Fifty Only)
SC/ST/PwBD Rs. 100.00 (Rupees Hundred Only)
• Note :- A candidate applying for ECA and/or Sports supernumerary quota
will have to pay an additional fee of Rs. 100.00 (Rupees Hundred only) for
each quota.
46.
47.
48. ALLOCATION RULES
The Highest Possible Preference will be provisionally allocated to a candidate considering
the following criteria:
a. Program-Group merit list (Programs with same Program-Specific Eligibility Criteria make a
Program-Group).
b. Category (UR/OBC-NCL/SC/ST/EWS/Minority/PwBD/KM).
c. Availability of seats.
The merit list for the Unreserved (UR) category will also include SC/ST/OBC-NCL /Minority/
EWS candidates
If candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/Minority/PwBD/CW/KM category do not
have a valid certificate. They will not be considered for allocation in the relevant category
as claimed. He/She may be considered under UR category in next Round.
49. SEAT ALLOCATION AND ADMISSION
To participate in subsequent rounds, candidate must accept the seat allocated to
him/her.
In case a candidate is offered multiple seats in a particular round, s(he) must
"Accept" ONE Allocated seat ONLY.
Inactivity/no-action will be taken as non-acceptance to the Allocated Seat.
Once the candidate "Accept" the provisionally Allocated Seat, the concerned
College will check the eligibility and documents uploaded by the candidate.
During the online approval process, if a college seeks more clarity/information from
the candidate, it may raise a query to the Candidate
50. SEAT ALLOCATION AND ADMISSION
After verification, the College will either 'Approve' or 'Reject' the
provisionally Allocated Seat of the candidate.
Once the College accords the approval, the candidate will have
to pay the 'Admission Fee'
if an application gets rejected, the College will state the reason for
rejection.
51. UPGRADE
Choosing the option 'Upgrade' will mean that the candidate consents to consideration of an offer
of admission to a Program + College Combination of his/her higher preference in the subsequent
round (if any). His/her current admitted seat will be auto canceled if new preference/s is/are
allocated.
A candidate who opts for 'Upgrade' can also reorder the Program + College Combinations that
were higher in preference than the allocated one.
A candidate who gets upgraded will have to 'Accept' the upgraded seat and complete the
admission procedures on the upgraded Allocated Seat/s. If a candidate does not do any activity
on the upgraded seat/s, it will, by default, be considered canceled and the candidate will be out
of CSAS.
In case, a candidate does not get upgraded, his/her admission to the earlier seat will be retained.
52. FREEZE
Candidates must "Freeze" their admission only if they are satisfied with
it and do not want to be considered for subsequent allocations.
If an admitted candidate neither opts for up gradation nor opts for
Freeze, and remains inactive for a round, the admission taken by him/
her will be retained and he/she will not be considered for up
gradation.
53. SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS OF ALLOCATION
The UoD will display the vacant seats on its admission website (admission.uod.ac.in) before
every allocation round.
All candidates who have applied for CSAS will be eligible for all allocation rounds, except
those whose allocated seat/admission has been canceled for whatever reason.
Candidates who were allocated their first preference in any round will not be considered in
subsequent rounds of allocation.
In subsequent round of allocation, you may reorder of your preferences.
54. CANCELLATION OF PROVISIONALLY
ALLOCATED SEAT/ADMISSION
1. Failure to 'Accept' the provisionally Allocated Seat within the stipulated
timeline.
2. If a candidate fails to pay the Admission fees within the stipulated time.
3. Any of the document(s)/certificate(s) is/are found to be invalid/
fraudulent.
4. It is found that a candidate does not meet the Minimum Eligibility
Criteria as declared by UoD.
55. WITHDRAWAL OF ADMISSION BY THE
CANDIDATE
A candidate who has taken an admission but wishes to withdraw can
do so through his/her dashboard by selecting the 'Withdraw' option and
paying a withdrawal fee of Rs. 1000.00 (non-refundable).
A candidate who withdraws his/her admission will be out of CSAS. No
further participation in any of the subsequent allocation rounds (if any)
will be allowed.
There will be no option to withdraw the admission once the Spot
Admission round is announced
56. MID-ENTRY
Candidates who failed to apply for CSAS within the stipulated time and are
desirous of participating in CSAS can participate through the Mid-Entry window
by paying a Mid-Entry fee of Rs. 1000.00 (non-refundable).
It will be mandatory for the Mid-Entrant to take admission on the seat allocated
to him/her, if offered.
There will be no option of 'Upgrade'.
Mid-Entry will not be allowed for Performance-Based Programs (B.A.(Hons)
Music, B.Sc Physical Education, Health Education, and Sports), and ECA, Sports
Supernumerary Quota.
57. SPOT ADMISSION
After the completion of regular CSAS rounds, if seats remain vacant, UoD may announce Spot
round/s of admission.
Candidates who applied for CSAS but were not admitted to any College on the date of
declaration of the Spot Admission round can participate in Spot Admissions.
On the announcement of Spot Admission, the admission of all already candidates will be locked
and they will not be considered for upgrades. Similarly, the admitted candidates will not be
allowed to withdraw their admissions.
To be considered in a Spot Admission round, the candidate will have to opt for 'Spot Admission'
through his/her dashboard.
The seat allocated in a particular Spot Admission round will be final.
58. TIE-BREAKING RULES
1. Higher percentage of aggregate marks in the Best 3 subjects of Class XII
2. Higher percentage of aggregate marks in the Best 4 subjects of Class XII
3. Higher percentage of aggregate marks in the Best 5 subjects of Class XII
4. Age of the candidate; preference will be given to the candidate having an
earlier date of birth.
59. CHANGE OF CLASS XII PASSING STATUS
Due to revision of Cass XIIth passing status, if a candidate
fulfills the 'Minimum Common Eligibility' criteria and
becomes eligible for admission, then such a candidate
may apply to CSAS through Mid-Entry.
60. ADMISSION TO PERFORMANCE-BASED PROGRAMS
B.A.(HONS.) MUSIC and B.Sc. PHYSICAL EDUCATION,
HEALTH EDUCATION, AND SPORTS
Will have to appear for the Performance-Based test.
For the merit list, 50% weightage will be given to the
CUET(UG) - score and 50% weightage will be given
to the score obtained from the Performance-Based
test.
61. ADMISSION ON EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
AND SPORTS (SUPERNUMERARY QUOTA)
Representation of at least 1% each (of total intake capacity
of the College) for ECA and Sports supernumerary quota is
mandatory for all Colleges, subject to a ceiling of 5% of
total intake capacity of the College in total for ECA and
Sports together.
62. ADMISSION ON OTHER SUPERNUMERARY
QUOTAS
1. PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY (PwBD):-
Five percent (5%) of the total sanctioned strength in each Program
of all Colleges are reserved for PwBD candidates
2. CHILDREN / WIDOWS OF PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES (CW):-
Five percent (5%) of seats are reserved for candidates for Children / Widows of
Personnel of the Armed Forces (CW), Program-wise, in all colleges
3. KASHMIRI MIGRANTS (KM):-
Upto 5% of seats are reserved Program-wise in all Colleges for the Wards of
Kashmiri Migrants
64. DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, DELHI
Program/ Course offered Domain/ General/ Optional
Languages mapped to the Program
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Section III: General Test
B.A. Global Studies/Sustainable Urbanism/Social
Science and Humanities/Law and Politics
Section IA: Any one Language
Section II: Best of any three domain specific
subjects
B.A. (Hons.) Economics
Section II: Best of any three domain specific
subjects
B.A. (Hons.) History
Section III: General Test
B.A. (Hons.) Psychology/Social Science and
Humanities/Sociology
Section IA: Any one Language
Section II: Best of any three domain specific
subjects
65. DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, DELHI
Program/ Course offered Domain/ General/ Optional
Languages mapped to the Program
B.Voc. Tourism and Hospitality/Retail
management/Early Childhood Centre
Management and Entrepreneurship/Accounting
and Finance
Section III: General Test
B.A. (Hons.) Hindi
Section IA: Hindi
Section II: Best of any three domain specific subjects
B.A. (Hons.) English Section IA: English
Section II: Best of any three domain specific subjects
B.A. (Hons.) Mathematics Section II: Mathematics and Best of any three other
subjects either from Section II or Section IA
66. JAMIA MILIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY, DELHI
Program/ Course offered Domain/ General/ Optional
Languages mapped to the Program
B.A.(Hons.) Hindi Hindi
B.A.(Hons.) Sanskrit
General Test
B.A. (Hons.) French & Francophone Studies
General Test
B.A. (Hons.) Spanish & Latin American Studies
General Test
B.A.( Hons) Economics Economics
67. JAMIA MILIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY, DELHI
Program/ Course offered Domain/ General/ Optional
Languages mapped to the Program
B.A.( Hons) History History
B.Sc. Biotechnology Biology/Biochemistry/Biotechnology
B.Voc. (Solar Energy) Physics
B.Sc.(Hons) Physics Physics
B.A.(Hons.) (Turkish Language & Literature) General Test
68. JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, DELHI
Program/ Course offered Domain/ General/ Optional
Languages mapped to the Program
B.A. (Hons.) Persian/ Pashto/Arabic/Japanese/
Korean/Chinese/French/German/Russian/Spanish
Section IA – English Test
Section III – General Test
B.Sc.-M.Sc. Integrated Program in Ayurveda Biology
Section IB – Sanskrit
Section II – Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Mathematics
Section III – General Test
COP Urdu/ Sanskrit Computational Linguistics/
Yoga Philosophy/ Vedic Culture/ Urdu/Uzbek/
Hebrew/Pali/ Bhasha Indonesia/ Sanskrit/Mongolian
Section IA – English Test
Section III – General Test
69. JAMIA HAMDARD, DELHI
Program/ Course offered Domain/ General/ Optional
Languages mapped to the
Program
B.Sc.(Hons.) Biotechnology/Biochemistry/
Botany/Clinical Research/Toxicology
Biology
B.Sc.(Hons.) Chemistry Chemistry
B.A. (Hons.) Islamic Studies Urdu language + General Test
B. Sc. (Hons.) Computer Science Mathematics/Computer Science/ Informatics
Practices
70. Program/ Course offered Domain/ General/ Optional
Languages mapped to the Program
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass
Communication
General Test
B.Com General Test
BBA General Test
B.A. (Politics and Governance) General Test
JAMIA HAMDARD, DELHI