Major Changes Expected in CUET 2025, Online Mode, Revised Norms, Guidelines, Test Papers

Major Changes in CUET 2025: The Common University Entrance Test is expected to see a lot of changes this year. The CUET UG 2025 is to be conducted only in online mode. Instead of 63 subjects, students may require to appear only for 37 subjects. The total number of domain subjects have been reduced from 29 to 23. The number of test papers in CUET will be reduced from 6 to 5. The University Grant Commission has formed an expert panel to prepare a proposal to improve the examination process of CUET for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from the feedback of the students, teachers, parents and institutions.

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1. CUET 2025 Changes
2. Further Changes Expected in CUET 2025
3. Previous Years’ Changes in CUET
4. CUET PG Exam Dates 2025
5. CUET UG Exam Dates 2025

The panel will take feedback from the students who have appeared for the CUET in the past years, to provide a convenient and productive environment for students who are appearing for the CUET 2025. The UGC will take all the factors of the examination including pattern, subject-combination, number of papers, duration of the exam and logistics required for the test.

The first edition of the CUET was held in 2022 in online mode. Many students faced technical issues and later the exams were held in multiple shifts across India. In 2024, the CUET UG was held in hybrid format. But it was cancelled a night before the exam day in Delhi due to logistical reasons. The CUET 2025 notification and exam dates will be announced soon by the NTA. To know more changes in the CUET 2025, students can check this article.

CUET 2025 Changes

• The CUET 2025 will be held solely in computer based mode.

• Candidates have to answer all the questions in the test paper.

• There can be a reduction in CUET foreign language test papers.

• Number of subjects can be reduced from 63 to 37 this year, and to use General Aptitude Test (GAT) scores for the dropped subjects.

• Students may only appear for five test papers, compared to six in the previous year.

• The CUET 2025 exam duration would be of 60 minutes. Until 2024, the CUET exam used to be held for a varied duration of 45 to 60 minutes depending on the subject.

• Applicants can also apply for subjects which are not part of their Class 12 syllabus.

• Candidates are required to appear all the 50 answers in the CUET paper. The total marks of each paper will be of 250 marks.

• The total number of domain subjects is to be reduced from 29 to 23. Students will have to appear for the following subjects in CUET 2025: 1. Accountancy/Book-keeping. 2. Business Studies. 3. Agriculture. 4. Physics. 5. Chemistry. 6. Mathematics/Applied Mathematics. 7. Biology/Biological Science/Biochemistry/Biotechnology. 8. Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music). 9. Fine Arts/Visual Arts/Commercial Arts. 10. Geography/Geology. 11. History. 12. Home Science. 13. Mass Media/Mass Communication. 14. Political Science. 15. Psychology. 16. Sociology. 17. Sanskrit. 18. Environmental Science. 19. Knowledge Tradition - Practices in India. 20. Physical Education (Yoga, Sports). 21. Anthropology. 22. Economics/Business Economics. 23. Computer Science/Information Practices.

• The domain-specific subject/paper on ‘Entrepreneurship’, ‘Teaching Aptitude’, ‘Fashion Studies’, ‘Tourism’, ‘Legal Studies’ and ‘Engineering Graphics’ are to be discontinued from CUET 2025.

• For the 13 languages (English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu), the language-specific papers to test proficiency are to be conducted as per CUET-UG 2024. For all the remaining languages including foreign languages (20 as per CUET-UG 2024), the admissions in the programmes of these languages are to be made on the basis of performance in the General Aptitude Test.
  
  

Further Changes Expected in CUET 2025

• The CUET 2025 exam centres are expected to be increased for the smooth conduct of the examination.

• More number of state, private universities are expected to participate in the CUET 2025.

• As more universities are expected to offer admissions using the scores of CUET 2025, so the number of subject combinations might also increase.

Previous Years’ Changes in CUET

Here is the list of changes made by the NTA for the CUET exam in 2024. Students can check the changes made in CUET previous years’ exam listed below:

• Exam in Hybrid Mode - The exam was held in hybrid mode. For subjects with a high number of registrations, the exam was conducted in offline mode and for remaining subjects, the exam was held in online mode.

• New Domain Subjects - The NTA has added two new domain subjects for the CUET UG - Fashion Studies and Tourism.

• Reduced Test Papers - The number of test papers to be attempted by the candidates is reduced from ten to six. Students can opt for 4 domain subjects, 1 language and general test or 3 domain subjects, 2 languages and general test.

• For opting three subjects, General category students were required to pay Rs. 1,000, Rs. 900 for OBC and EWS aspirants and for SC/ST candidates, the fee was Rs. 800.

CUET PG Exam Dates 2025

Based on the previous trends, the NTA was expected to announce the CUET PG 2025 exam date in September. In 2024, the CUET PG exam was held from March 11 to 28. However, so far NTA has not released any notification for CUET PG 2025. The CUET PG registration 2025 is expected to begin from the last week of December.

The CUET PG exam dates 2025 might change this year. However, the structure, number of papers, subject-combination and the pattern of the examination is expected to remain the same as previous year. The number of institutes offering admissions for postgraduate programmes based on CUET PG has been increasing over the years.

CUET UG Exam Dates 2025

The CUET 2025 registration is likely to begin from the last week of February. The NTA is expected to conduct the CUET 2025 exam from May 15 to 24 in hybrid mode based on the previous trends.