Yes, CUET (Common University Entrance Test) is compulsory for admissions to undergraduate programs in most Central Universities in India. It serves as a unified entrance exam for students seeking admission to various undergraduate courses across participating Central Universities. Each university sets its eligibility criteria, but CUET scores are a primary criterion for admission. Exceptions may exist for certain specialised programs or institutions, but for most central universities, CUET is now an essential requirement for UG admissions.

For admission in Universities through CUET UG 2026, the policies regarding quota, category, relaxation, reservations, qualification, subject combinations, preferences etc of the respective University / Institution shall be applicable. For appearing in CUET exam there is no age limit, however, candidates must check the age criteria (if any) prescribed the university in which candidate is desirous of taking admission.

As the CUET eligibility criteria for admission may be unique for every University, the candidates are advised to visit the University website to which they are applying for their respective course and check the subject mapping criteria and age criteria.

Candidates can edit the following details in the CUET application form once the window is open:

CUET UG counselling process schedule is announced by the participating universities after the declaration of CUET results. The process will be conducted separately by the universities, and it will not be a centralised counselling system.

The number of seats offered through CUET UG counselling is not certain, it is estimated to be approximately 10,000 seats. Seat availability depends on course and university that candidate has applied for. Candidates can check the university wise CUET counselling seats on its repective official website.

After obtaining the CUET results, candidates will be able to apply for CUET counselling for various participating universities. To apply for CUET UG counselling, candidates can follow the process below;

• Register for the CUET cousnelling process on official website of participating university
• Fill the CUET UG admission application form like CSAS UG for DU, BHU UET application form for BHU and so forth.
• Upload the CUET UG scorecard or enter the marks obtained in the eligible subjects
• Declaration of admission status/ CUET cut off
• Visit the university for verification of documents and pay the admission fee

CUET UG result 2027 will be declared tentatively in first week of July 2027 at cuet.nta.nic.in. Candidates who appear for the exam can download the scorecard online. Candidates, upon downloading the CUET scorecard, must check the following details mentioned on the scorecard:

• Application number
• Roll number
• Candidate's name
• Mother's name
• Father's name
• Category
• Gender
• Person with benchmark disability (PwBD)
• Date of birth
• Candidate's signature
• Candidate's photograph
• Scorecard details in percentile and normalised score

Candidates must note that after the issue of CUET UG scorecard, no request for re-evaluation of the scores will be entertained under any circumstances.

While filling the CUET application form, candidates are advised to carefully mark the subjects from languages, domain subjects and general test. Candidates must check the institute wise subject requirement for the course candidate wishes to apply for. If the candidate has applied for four CUET domain subjects and appears for three subjects, it may affect the overall percentile of the candidate. However, if the domain subjects for which the student has appeared, qualify as per the institute’s course requirement, they will be eligible for admission process.

Candidates need to upload scanned copies of a few documents during the registration procedure. The documents must be in PDF / JPEG format. Below is the list of documents.

• Matriculation or its equivalent certificate.
• Class 12 mark sheet.
• Caste Certificate (SC/ST/OBC/EWS) and income certificate (SC/ST) issued by the appropriate authority.
• PwD Certificate (if applicable).
• BHU employee certificate (if applicable).
• Certificate of admission under sports quota is claimed.
• Scanned copy of a recent colour photograph & signature.

The frequency of CUET counselling rounds is dependent on:

• Availability of seats
• Number of vacant seat after each round
• CUET cut-off 

The CUET UG counselling is conducted by the universities acepting CUET UG scores seperately. Candidates will have to apply seperately for each university to appear for the CUET UG counselling process. National Testing Agency (NTA) has no role in conduction counselling process for CUET UG admissions. The participating universities conduct CUET counselling on the basis of candidate's CUET score and college preferences. The candidates are supposed to fill the forms for college and course for seat allotment. Candidates must stay updated with the important dates for admission to participating universities. 

CUET UG counselling registration last date depends from university to university. Each participating university sets its own counselling registration deadlines. Therefore, candidates must stay updated with admission and cut off dates of universities they wish to apply to. Candidates are suggested to stay updated with CUET 2025 admission dates for individual universities to avoid missing deadlines.

The final CUET answer key published by the NTA serves as the basis for the CUET result. Following this, it is anticipated that all of the participating universities will publish their separate cut-off lists (admission/merit lists) and dates for student acceptance to various UG programs.

Candidates must now complete the application in order to be admitted to the college they choose during the application process. Depending on the number of open seats, the college will release a separate cutoff and merit list in one or more rounds following the submission of the registration form on the college website.

Yes, candidate will have to participate in CUET UG counselling process even if they are class 12th topper. Candidates cannnot get direct admission to central universities without CUET. Class 12th marks are generally used for tie breaking criteria only.

NTA will announce the CUET result 2026 tentatively in first week of July. CUET UG result 2026 will be announced at cuet.nta.nic.in online. Candidates who will appear for the exam can check their scores online. Students will be required to enter their login credentials to view the CUET scorecard 2026. NTA will mention the applicant's details and subject-wise score for CUET 2026. The scores will be sent to the universities for which candidates have applied soon after the declaration of results. Candidates must note that the role of NTA ends soon after the declaration of CUET results 2026.