CUET UG 2022 Likely To Be Held Twice A Year: UGC Chairman

New Delhi:

CUET 2022: Over 11 lakh (11,51,319) candidates have applied for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG 2022), and 9 lakh (9,13,540) candidates paid the application fee, the registration process was closed on Sunday, May 22. Taking to Twitter, Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) said, "students from every state and union territory have applied. Many of them are from remote and rural areas." Register here to get the exclusive study materials for CUET 2022 exam like prepartion tips, sample papers, questions papers, mock tests etc.

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A record 1151319 candidates have registered and 913540 have paid application fee for CUET-UG. Many of them are from remote and rural areas. Students from every state and union territory have applied. Without the burden of scoring very high marks in the range of 99 to 100%

— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) May 23, 2022

"Students can now try for admission in best of the universities through CUET. For students who could not get high board scores, earlier it was not possible to get admission in top universities. But now it is within reach. The participation of large number," his tweet mentioned. The UGC chairman further said that CUET can be held twice a year. "With the possibility that CUET will be conducted twice in a year, this will further help the students to plan and attempt CUET. Best wishes to all CUET applicants," he tweeted.

of Universities too is very encouraging. In the coming years, more universities are expected to adopt CUET. With the possibility that CUET will be conducted twice in a year, this will further help the students to plan and attempt CUET. Best wishes to all CUET applicants.

— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) May 23, 2022

CUET UG 2022 exam date will be notified soon, the application process was earlier closed on Sunday, May 22. The admit card will be available to download from the official website- cuet.samarth.ac.in, it will also be made available on the UMANG and DigiLocker applications. “The e-Admit Card would be issued provisionally to the candidates through the NTA website: https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/, subject to the fulfillment of the eligibility conditions and receipt of the prescribed application fee by NTA,” the official notification mentioned.

CUET UG 2022 paper will have four sections, it will include a compulsory language test, two domain-specific tests, and a general test. The exam will be conducted in 13 languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

Through CUET 2022, 44 central universities and 18 other universities will be offering admission to their UG programmes. For details on CUET 2022, please visit the website- nta.ac.in/cuetexam.