What is the pattern of UP CPET exam?

The UP CPET examination features multiple-choice questions (MCQs) focusing on Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Mathematics subjects of class 12th standard. According to the exam pattern of UP CPET, there will be a total of 200 questions which will be asked in the exam and applicants will be given a total of 200 minutes only to solve the question paper.

What is section wise weightage of UP CPET syllabus?

There are four sections, A, B, C and D, from where questions are asked in the UP CPET exam. The individual weight of each section is 25%. For section A there are various subjects like Biology / Mathematics / Computer Science / Electronics/ Statistics / Psychology. The questions from this section asked will be in one topic only, which will be chosen by the applicants.

Is there any negative marking in UP CPET exam?

Applicants who want to qualify the exam must have an understanding about the marking scheme of UP CPET. There is no negative marking scheme in the UP CPET exam. Hence students are advised to attempt as many questions as they can to qualify the exam.

How many times is UP CPET exam conducted in a year?

The Uttar Pradesh Combined Paramedical Entrance Test (UP CPET) is conducted once a year only. Applicants who want to appear and get qualify in the exam are advised to first fulfil the eligibility followed by filling up the application form. This year in 2025 exam is tentatively scheduled to be conducted in June as per previous year trends.

What is UP CPET exam?

The UP CPET is a state-level entrance exam conducted in Uttar Pradesh for admissions into Bachelor level paramedical courses. After completing the course, students can make their career in various fields like Physiotherapy, Operation Theatre Technology, Occupational Therapy, and Medical Laboratory Science.

What are exam day guidelines for UP CPET?

Candidates must reach the allotted centre as per the date and time allotted in their UP CPET Admit Card. Any digital format (on the mobile) of the UP CPET admit card will not be accepted at the examination centre. Hence students are advised to bring the hard copy to the exam centre.

What is role of UP CPET answer key in taking admission?

The UP CPET 2025 answer key allows candidates to estimate their UP CPET scores by calculating the correct and incorrect answers marked in the exam. After that, it helps with counselling and selecting colleges based on expected UP CPET cut-offs.

When will the UP CPET 2026 answer key be released?

ABVMU has scrapped the UP CPET 2026 exam. Since there is no exam, no answer key will be released.

What should I do after the UP CPET result is declared?

After the UP CPET result is announced by the authorities, candidates must download their scorecard. If they are eligible for counselling then they need to register for the UP CPET counselling process by visiting the official portal. After attending the counselling, applicants will be allotted their desired college if they secured the minimum passing marks.

How are tie-breakers resolved in the UP CPET result?

The tiebreakers are resolved in the UP CPET exam based on the below-given methodology. Higher marks in Biology (Botany & Zoology)/Mathematics/Computer Science/Electronics/Statistics/Psychology in the Test Higher marks in Chemistry in the Test Higher marks in Physics in the Test Higher marks in English and General Knowledge in the Test Older age Higher class 10th marks percentage Higher class 12th marks percentage

When will the UP CPET exam be conducted?

Atal Bihari Bajpayee Medical University UP, scrapped the UP CPET 2026 exam. Now admission will be based on class 12 marks. The application form was available online from May 2 to June 14.

What documents are required for UPCPET registration?

Candidates need to upload the scanned copies of their Class 10 and 12 mark sheets, a recent passport-sized photograph, a signature, and a valid ID proof (Aadhaar card, voter ID, or passport). For reserved category candidates, a caste/category certificate is required while filling the UP CPET application form 2025. To fill the UP CPET form, students need to use domicile certificates for Uttar Pradesh residents during counseling.

Which body/authority conducts UP CPET exam?

UP CPET is organized by an authorized state body designated by the Uttar Pradesh government, ensuring fair admissions to paramedical programs in recognised institutions. The list is given below. A) All Government/Private Paramedical Colleges Affiliated to ABVMU B) SGPGIMS, Lucknow C) KGMU, Lucknow D) UPUMS, Saifai

When will the UP CPET Admit Card be released?

ABVMU will not release the UP CPET admit card. The authority has scrapped the entrance exam.

What details are mentioned in UP CPET admit card?

There are important details mentioned in the UP CPET 2026 admit card, which are the candidate's personal details, like name and category. Along with that there will be details like which centre is allotted, exam timings, the schedule of the exam, exam day guidelines, etc.

What to do if there are any discrepancies in the UP CPET hall ticket?

Students are advised to contact exam conducting authorities in case of any discrepancies in UP CPET admit card. They can contact authority via phone or through email ID and get correction done in the details.

How can I find the list of centers for UP CPET exam?

Applicants who want to fill the application form of UP CPET must know the exam centre list as it will help them to reach the exam centre on time and without too much difficulty. According to last year official notification there were a total of 19 UP CPET exam centre cities which students can fill in their application form.

When did UP CPET counselling begin?

The UP CPET 2025 counselling started on July 2, 2025. Applicants who are declared qualified as per the UP CPET results are eligible to participate in the counselling process. The last date to fill for the counselling process was July 9, 2025.

When will UP CPET seat allotment be declared?

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University (ABVMU), Lucknow, will release the UP CPET 2026 seat allotment results on the website. Students whose names are mentioned in the list will be eligible to appear for the admission process.

What topics are included in the GK section of UP CPET syllabus?

The purview of the General Knowledge section in UP CPET is very broad. Some of the important subjects that are part of GK section are History Geography Polity Economy Current Affairs Art and Culture Along with this, there are some more important topics, like day-to-day activities; government schemes can also be a part of GK section.

Is there any benefit for candidates who want to appear in UP CPET exam?

According to the notification issued by the authorities, Students who have a domicile of UP (Uttar Pradesh) or the students has passed 10th and 12th boards exam from UP will eligible to take admission in the govt. college.

Where can I find the UP CPET application form link?

To apply for the UPCPET 2026 exam, students are advised to visit the official portal of UP CPET. After that, students need to click on the UPCPET Registration link. After that, applicants need to enter personal details like name, email, and mobile number and set a password. At last, upload documents, and pay the application fee.

What are the eligibility criteria for UP CPET exam?

Students who want to participate in the UP CPET exam must know that there are different age-wise as well as educational eligibility criteria. The minimum age limit for admission is 17 years on or before December 31, 2026. While for BSc Paramedical courses in SGPGIMS, Lucknow, the maximum age limit is 30 years as on December 31, 2026. For other Institutes, there is no Maximum age limit.

When will the UP CPET result be declared?

The ABVMU may declare the UP CPET 2026 result tentatively in July 2026. The exam conducting authorities will release the results in the online mode on the official website. Students need to enter their login credentials, which are registration ID and password. Candidates can check their scores and rank on the official website by logging in with their credentials.

How can I download UP CPET admit card?

To download the admit card of UP CPET 2025, applicants are advised to follow the instructions given below. Go to the official website Click on the CPET hall ticket available on the page Enter the login credentials Download the UP CPET admit card

What is purpose of UP CPET exam?

Applicants who appear and qualify UP CPET exam to pursue paramedical course to make a career in it. It is a specialised exam to take admissions into bachelor's level paramedical courses in Uttar Pradesh (UP) state. There is no negative marking in the exam.

When will the UP CPET application form be released?

The UP CPET 2026 application form will be released soon. Students must complete the registration process before the deadline to avoid last-minute issues. The authorities gave a window of around 40 days to fill the form online. The application form of UP CPET will be filled in online mode only.

How can I apply for UP CPET 2026?

The applications of UP CPET exam are submitted online through the official portal. Students are advised to first register, followed by providing personal and academic details, uploading of documents, and at last paying of the application fees as per their category.

What is UP CPET application fees?

Students who want to fill out the UP CPET application form must note that there are different fees for different categories of candidates. The UP CPET application fees for the general category are INR 3000. While for the (SC/ST/PwD) category applicants, it is INR 2000.

UP CPET 2026: Exam Date, Registration, Syllabus, Pattern & Result

Updated on Jun 23, 2026 23:40 IST

By Vikash Kumar Vishwakarma

Atal Bihari Bajpayee Medical University UP, scrapped the UP CPET 2026 exam. The entrance test was conducted for admission to the BSc Paramedical courses. From here on, admission to UP Paramedical and Healthcare UG courses will be based on the merit list. Candidates who wish to get admission to the Paramedical courses need to complete the registration process online at ABVMU website. A merit list will be prepared based on Class 12 marks. Students whose names will be mentioned in the merit list will be considered for the admission process.

Table of contents

What is UP CPET ?
UP CPET Exam Dates & Schedule
UP CPET 2026 Highlights
UP CPET Eligibility Criteria 2026
UP CPET Application Form 2026
UP CPET Admit Card 2026
UP CPET Exam Pattern 2026
UP CPET Exam Centres 2026
UP CPET Answer Key 2026
UP CPET Results 2026
UP CPET Cutoff Marks 2026
UP CPET Counselling 2026
UP CPET FAQs 2026

What is UP CPET ?

UP CPET exam is conducted for paramedical courses. It is held for Uttar Pradesh students. This exam provides an opportunity to make a career in Radiography, Nursing, and Optometry. After completing a course one can earn on average between INR 1.7 to 3 Lakh annually.

UP CPET Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of UP CPET 2025 exam

Dates	Past Exam Dates
Jun ' 26	UP CPET 2026 Result
Jun ' 26	UP CPET 2026 Answer Key
Jun ' 26	UP CPET 2026 Exam Date
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UP CPET 2026 Highlights

Students who want to appear in the UP CPET exam are advised to check the highlights of exam, which will help them to understand the nuances about the exam. After knowing it, one can prepare their strategy for qualifying.

Particulars	Details
Exam Name	Common Paramedical Entrance Test (CPET)
Exam conducting body	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University (ABVMU), UP, Lucknow
Entrance Exam Level	State Level
Mode of Exam	Pen & Paper Mode/ Offline
Total questions	120 questions
Duration of exam	200 Minutes
Maximum Marks	120 marks
Language of exam	English & Hindi
Sections	Section A- Biology/ Mathematics/ Computer Science/ Electronics/ Statistics /Psychology(25%) Section B - Physics (25%) Section C- Chemistry (25%) Section D- General Knowledge & English (25%)

UP CPET Eligibility Criteria 2026

Before appearing for exam, students must check age and education wise eligiblity given below:

Parameters	Details
UP CPET Age Wise Eligibility	Students must complete a minimum age of 17 years for admission or before December 31, 2026. For taking admission to BSc Paramedical courses in SGPGIMS, Lucknow the maximum age limit is 30 years on December 31, 2026, while for other institutes there is no maximum age limit.
UP CPET Education Wise Eligibility	Candidates with science subjects Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB) in the 12th standard exam are eligible for all courses provided he/she has obtained a minimum of 45% marks in PCB and passed in English individually from any recognized board.
	Students who opted for Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) in the 12th class will only be eligible to take admission in the following Bachelor’s Paramedical courses only Bachelor of Optometry Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology provided that the candidate has obtained a minimum of 45% marks in PCM and passed in English individually from any recognised board.
	3. Applicants with science subjects Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science/ Statistics/ Electronics/ Psychology in the 12th standard examination are eligible for a Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology programme if they have secured a minimum of 45% marks along with passing in English subject individually from any recognised board.

UP CPET Application Form 2026

The authority will not release UP CPET application form 2026. Admission UP Paramedical Courses will be done through different channel. This year admission is held through UP Applied & Healthcare UG admission counselling. All students must fill and submit the application form online.

How to Apply Online UP CPET 2026

Go to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, Uttar Pradesh website, abvmuup.edu.in
Click on the CPET 2026 link
Now, click on Register button
Complete the registration.
Fill the required fields
Upload the photograph and signature
Pay the application fee.

UP CPET Registration Fees 2026

Category	Fees
Unreserved/Other Backward Classes (UR/OBC)	INR 3,000
SC/ST/PwD	INR 2,000

Examination Fees shall be submitted online after successful online registration of candidates.

Guidelines for Image Uploading in UP CPET Application Form 2026

The photograph should be full face. It must be on white background and without spectacles
Name and date of photograph should be mentioned.
Image should be in .jpg format and its size should be between (50-200KB).
The image dimensions should be passport 4.5 X 3.5 cm.
Signature should not be in CAPITAL letters.

UP CPET Admit Card 2026

The authority will not conduct UP CPET from 2026 onwards. Therefore, the UP CPET admit card will not be released online. It is important to appear for the entrance test. UP CPET admit card consists of the candidate's details, exam date, reporting time, gate closing time and important instructions. No student is allowed to appear for the test without an admit card.

UP CPET Exam Pattern 2026

Knowing the exam pattern is important to qualify. Students who want to appear in the exam are advised to check the UP CPET exam pattern from table given below.

Parameters	Details
Medium of exam	English & Hindi
Mode of Exam	Offline
Duration of exam	3 Hours & 20 minutes (200 minutes)
Maximum Marks	200 marks
Negative Marking	Not applicable

The questions that will be asked in the exam must be from the 12th-class syllabus. Along with knowing the exam pattern, students must have an idea about UP CPET syllabus, which will help them to prepare for the exam.

UP CPET Exam Centres 2026

Students who want to appear in the exam are advised to check the UP CPET exam centres from the table given below. It will help them while filling out the application form to locate the nearest exam center so that students can participate in the exam without much hassle.

UP CPET Exam Centre List
1. Agra	2. Aligarh	3. Ayodhya
4. Azamgarh	5. Bareilly	6. Basti
7. Banda	8. Ghaziabad	9. Gonda
10. Gorakhpur	11. Jhansi	12. Kanpur
13. Lucknow	14. Meerut	15. Mirzapur
16. Moradabad	17. Prayagraj	18. Saharanpur
19. Varanasi	--	--

UP CPET Answer Key 2026

The UP CPET answer key will be released in the last week of June 2026. The authorities released it online on the official website. Students need to log in with their details to download the answer key. The steps to download the UP CPET answer key PDF are given below.

First, go to the official UP CPET website.
Next, click on the UP CPET answer key link.
The answer key will open in a new window.
Students should download and save the CPET answer key PDF.

After downloading UP CPET answer from the link available on page, students are advised to check their answers and after that they can calculate their marks in the exam. It will also give them an insight about their exam selection process.

UP CPET Results 2026

The authority will declare UP CPET result online at abvmuup.edu.in. Candidates can check the result through login portal. CPET 2026 result will be available as scorecard. Candidates whose result status is qualified for counselling must complete the counselling registration online as per the schedule. The authority will prepare UP CPET merit list based on the marks obtained in the exam. A combined merit list and category wise merit list will be prepared.

In case two applicants secure the same marks, then the tie-breaking formula will be applied. The sequential order of the tie-breaking rule of the CPET exam is given below. It will be applied as per the given order.

Candidate obtaining higher marks in Biology (Botany & Zoology)/Mathematics/Computer Science/Electronics/ Statistics/Psychology in the Test.
Applicants who scored higher marks in the Chemistry Test.
Students who secured higher marks in the Physics subject in the exam.
Intermediate (10+2) examination marks percentage (if in case the marks are the same, the inter-merit ranking of individual marks in order of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics will be considered).
At last, a Higher Age (Older) candidate will be given preference while preparing the results of UP CPET exam.

UP CPET Cutoff Marks 2026

The authorities have identified the minimum qualifying marks which applicants must need to secure to be eligible for the admission process after participating in the UP CPET counselling. Since the cutoff marks of UP CPET is already pre-defined hence they it don't change with a change in exam pattern, number of students and difficulty level of the exam.

Category	Cutoff Marks
General	50th percentile
General (PwD)	45th percentile
SC/ST/OBC	40th percentile

UP CPET Counselling 2026

The counselling of UP CPET 2026 will be conducted by ABVMU in online mode on the official website. Students will be able to do registration and choice filling for UP CPET 2026 counselling online. After checking the registration of the students, the authorities will release the UP CPET seat allotment.

The candidate, who has qualified for admission to the Paramedical Bachelor course, shall deposit the prescribed fee on the date notified for that purpose by the University. Those who fail to do so will lose their claim for admission to the course.

The acceptance of seat allocation & reporting to the allotted college for the admission process can be done within the prescribed date.

Some of the popular government college, courses offered, and seats are mentioned in the table below.

COLLEGE NAME	COURSE NAME	DISTRICT	TOTAL
FACULTY OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES, UPUMS	B.Sc. in RADIOLOGICAL & IMAGING TECHNIQUES (BRIT)	ETAWAH	60
FACULTY OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES, UPUMS	B.Sc. IN MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY (BMLT)	ETAWAH	60
FACULTY OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES, UPUMS	BACHELOR OF OPTOMETRY	ETAWAH	60
FACULTY OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES, UPUMS	BACHELOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY (BPT)	ETAWAH	60
INSTITUTE OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCE, GIMS, GREATER NOIDA	B.SC. IN OPERATION THEATRE TECHNOLOGY (BOTT)	GREATER NOIDA	60
INSTITUTE OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCE, GIMS, GREATER NOIDA	BACHELOR IN MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES (BMLS)	GREATER NOIDA	60
INSTITUTE OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCE, GIMS, GREATER NOIDA	BACHELOR IN MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL & IMAGING TECHNOLOGY (BMRIT)	GREATER NOIDA	60
MAHARANI LAXMIBAI RAJKIYA PARAMEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE	BACHELOR IN MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES (BMLS)	JHANSI	30