NTA will conduct the CUET PG 2025 exam from March 11, 2025, to April 1, 2025, to test the candidate's domain knowledge in 157 courses offered at more than 190+ participating universities. CUET PG 2025 exam will be held for 17 days in 43 shifts in total for around 4,12,024 unique registered candidates. The exam duration will be 90 minutes to test candidates' knowledge in the form of 75 MCQ questions.
NTA will be conducting CUET PG 2025 exam from March 13, 2025 to April 1, 2025 at 312 exam centres across the nation and overseas. For the academic session 2025-2026, a total number of 4,12,024 unique registered candidates will take the exam for admissions to 157 master's degree and professional courses among 190+ participating universities. The exam officials will test candidates' domain knowledge in their chosen subjects from the specified CUET PG 2025 syllabus.
CUET PG 2025 exam will be conducted online/CBT mode in 43 shifts in total. Out of which the exam will be held majorly in three shifts each day, namely, morning shift from 9 AM to 10:30 AM, afternoon shift from 12:30 PM to 2 PM and evening shift from 4 PM to 5:30 PM. As per the CUET PG 2025 exam pattern, there will be 75 MCQ (multiple choice questions) which will be asked from the domain syllabus and to every correct answer, 4 marks will be awarded and -1 mark for incorrect answers.
CUET PG 2025 Exam Pattern: Marking Scheme
Below mentioned is the CUET PG marking scheme for the academic session 2025-2025.
| Specifics | Marks Awarded |
|---|---|
| Each question carry | Four marks |
| Total number of questions- 75 | 300- Total/ Maximum Marks |
| For correct response | 4 marks awarded |
| For incorrect response | 1 mark will be deducted |
| Unanswered/un-attempted answers | 0 marks awarded |
CUET PG 2025 Shift & Reporting Timings
The CUET 2025 shift-wise reporting timings are given in the below table.
| Dates of Examination |
March 13, 2025- April 1, 2025 (Exact date, shift, Subject and city of examination will be made available to the Candidates on their Admit Cards) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mode of Examination |
βComputer Based Test (CBT)β mode only |
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| Shift |
Shift-1 |
Shift-2 |
Shift-3 |
| Timing of Examination |
09.00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (IST) |
12:30 p.m. to 02:00 p.m. (IST) |
04:00 to 05:30 pm (IST) |
|
Duration of Examination |
1 Hour and 30 minutes (90 Minutes) |
1 Hour and 30 minutes (90 Minutes) |
1 Hour and 30 minutes (90 Minutes) |
CUET PG 2025 Insight Statistics
NTA has mentioned the information about the number of candidates appearing for the examinations, number of shifts, language papers and other miscellaneous information. Chcek out the complete insight from here:
| Particulars | Insight Information |
|---|---|
| Subject Papers | 157 Subjects |
| Number of Registrations | 4,12,024 unique registered candidates |
| Revised CUET PG 2025 Exam Dates | March 13,2025 till April 1, 2025 |
| Days where no Exam | March 14, 2025 March 17, 2025 March 20, 2025 |
| CUET PG 2025 exam shifts | 43 Shifts |
| CUET PG 2025 Cuty Intimation Slip | 10 days prior to the exam date |
| CUET PG 2025 Exam Duration | 90 Minutes |
The medium of the Question Paper for the CUET PG 2025 will be English and Hindi (Bilingual) except the following:
- 41 language papers
- Tech./Higher Sciences: The papers will be in English only.
- Acharya Papers: The paper will be in Sanskrit only, except for the Indian Knowledge System and Baurdha Darshana, which will be Trilingual (Hindi/Sanskrit/English).
- Hindu Studies, which will be in Hindi and English.
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