Multiple central universities including DU, JNU, BHU, HCU, state and private universities are preparing for CUET PG 2026 admissions.
National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the CUET PG 2026 notification in December 2025, with the registration window likely to open shortly after the announcement. With universities planning their postgraduate admission schedules for the 2025–26 academic cycle, students have begun tracking early signals about the exam calendar.
Last year, the CUET PG 2025 notification was issued in December, followed by registrations in December–January. Based on this pattern, students are expecting NTA to follow a similar schedule for the CUET PG 2026 cycle this year as well.
What Students Can Expect This Year
Upcoming CUET PG Exam information bulletin is likely to have details of:
- Subject-wise syllabus
- Exam pattern and marking scheme
- Eligibility norms
- Registration fees
- Participating universities
- Tentative exam dates and advance city intimation
Multiple central universities including DU, JNU, BHU, HCU, state and private universities are preparing for admission related announcements once NTA schedule is confirmed.
Changes expected in CUET PG 2026
Although NTA has not released any official notification related to the exam, students and universities are expecting it to be:
- More streamlined subject papers
- More number of exam centres in tier-2 and tier-3 cities
- Better coordination on counselling and seat allocation at different universities
Students will be able to access the official notification on pgcuet.samarth.ac.in once NTA publishes it.
CUET PG application form 2026 is anticipated to be released in the first week of January 2026 to provide admissions to postgraduate degree programs like MA, MSc, MCom, MTech, MFA, and other professional degrees like MBA, BEd, LLB, and LLM courses.
Only one application is to be submitted by a candidate. Under no circumstances, candidates will be allowed to fill more than one Application Form. Strict action will be taken, even at a later stage, against such candidates who have filled more than one Application Form
One of the important stages of filling out CUET PG 2026 application form is selection of university programme list. Candidates are advised to select their desired university and programme offered through it wisely, otherwise it may create hindrances in the CUET PG 2026 counselling process.
Step 1: After adding the exam centre city preferences, candidates will then have to select the University/Programme selection.
Step 2: In this section, candidates are required to select the university name first and then select the programme name. Likewise, candidates can select up to four universities and its allied programmes offered. After adding the university programme choices, save the details and move on to the next sections.
Step 3: In this section, candidates need to add the test details. Add the test paper subject code from the drop-down options mentioned in the window. After adding all the respective test paper codes of the university programme list which was selected in the previous step, save the details.
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CUET PG 2026 examination is expected to be scheduled in the month of March, 2026. Aspirants preparing for the CUET PG exam will be able to fill the online application form in the month January 2026. While filling up the CUET PG online application form, test taker can select only one subject in one slot of the examination day. However, from the previous year academic year, they were able to choose a maximum of 20 test paper codes in all.
Before choosing the multiple subjects for the examination, candidates are advised to check the minimal education eligibility criteria for the particular course candidate has applied for. Also check the university specific subject criteria for the subject a candidate wants to appear for.