UP CNET 2026 Exam Dates: Check Registration, Admit Card, Result, Counselling Dates

The UP CNET 2026 registration last date will be announced in the official prospectus. It will be extended owing to unforeseeable circumstances. If it gets further extended, it will also be notified on the official website of the exam conducting body. 

The UP CNET exam notification is expected to be released in March 2026. As per the previous year's trend, the exam will tentatively be held in May 2026. ABVMU will inform about the event schedule and other guidelines through the official notification. 

No, the UP Common Nursing Entrance Test (CNET) - 2026 nursing entrance exam will tentatively be scheduled in May 2026. It is an offline (Pen & Paper Mode) state-level nursing entrance exam. It will be held for a duration of 140 minutes. The entrance exam grants admission to both the BSc Nursing Course (4 years) and Post Basic BSc Nursing Course (2 Years) programmes. 

The UP CNET 2026 official notification is expected to be released in March 2026. The CNET application process, exam pattern, syllabus, important dates, counselling process, reservation criteria, and participating colleges.

The CNET BSc nursing counselling for admission to the BSc nursing four-year programme will tentatively begin in June 2026. There will be three rounds of counselling to fill the vacant seats. Candidates will have to participate in the CNET counselling by paying a counselling registration fee. The CNET exam is expected to be held in May 2026, and the results of the BSc nursing exam will be declared almost a week later. Only those candidates who appeared for the entrance exam will be able to participate in the CNET counselling.

Yes, candidates who have qualified the ABVMU CNET 2025 exam must participate in the counselling process. The BSc nursing college will be allotted on the basis of the seats available in the targeted institute and the rank secured in the entrance exam. Those candidates who did not apply for the counselling will not get admission to the UP CNET nursing participating institutes this year. They will have to appear again for the exam in the upcoming academic session.

The exam difficulty level depends on the preparation of the candidate. On a general note, most of the aspirants in the past who appeared for the exam have rated UP CNET as an exam of 'Medium' level. The question paper is primarily curated from the Class 12th syllabus of the physics, chemistry, and biology sections.  

The CNET marking scheme says that the candidate will get +1 mark for choosing the correct answer. There is NO negative marking in the exam. Overall, there will be 120 questions to test the aptitude of aspirants. This makes the question paper of 120 marks. 

UP CNET 2026 registration dates have not been released yet. However, last year the registration deadline was extended from April 26 to May 3. The conducting body, ABVMU, will inform the candidates regarding such changes through a notification, which will be published on the official website.  

Exam pattern of UP CNET 2026 will be released along with official brochure. As per existing exam pattern, exam will be held in offline mode. A total of 120 questions will be there in exam and students will be given 140 minutes to answer them.

The CNET admit card will be released around 10 days before the exam date. It will be released in online mode in PDF format. Candidates are advised to keep it safe till the counselling process. 

UP CNET 2026 final answer will be released along with the result on the result day itself at the official website. Candidates will be allowed to download the UP CNET 2026 final answer key from the official website.