CUET PG Psychology Syllabus 2026 (OUT): Topic Wise Syllabus, Eligibility & Accepting Colleges List Here

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Updated on Feb 27, 2026 00:42 IST
Are you planning to pursue a master's degree in psychology? Appear for the CUET PG 2026 exam to get admission to the popular colleges offering MA/ MSc Psychology and its allied domains. CUET PG Psychology syllabus 2026 released by NTA. Read this Shiksha article to learn about the CUET PG Psychology syllabus 2026 and eligibility criteria.

The National Testing Agency has released the Psychology CUET PG syllabus. Students can check the NTA CUET PG 2026 syllabus to know what the important topics are for preparation. Check the article to know about the CUET PG 2026 syllabus for Psychology.

CUET PG Psychology Syllabus

CUET PG Psychology Syllabus (HUQP20)

The CUET PG Psychology syllabus 2026 is available online. Students can check the Psychology syllabus for CUET 2026 on this page. The exam syllabus consists of important topics for exam preparation. The topics covered in the Psychology syllabus are Introduction to Psychology, Intelligence, Personality, Psychological Testing and more. Students can plan CUET PG preparation according to the exam syllabus. National Testing Agency will conduct the CUET PG exam 2026 from March 6 to 27, 2027. 

CUET PG Psychology questions will be based on the exam syllabus. The psychology question paper comprises 75 questions. Each question carries 4 marks. The CUET PG exam 2026 duration is 90 minutes. Students can get the CUET PG 2026 syllabus for all domains here. Check the Psychology CUET PG detailed syllabus in this article.

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  • CUET PG Psychology Syllabus 2026
  • CUET PG Psychology Syllabus 2026 PDF Download
  • CUET PG 2026 Psychology Exam Pattern
  • CUET PG Syllabus and Question Paper: All Subjects
  • CUET PG 2026 Question Paper: All Papers
  • CUET PG MA Psychology: List of Accepting Courses

CUET PG Psychology Syllabus 2026

Preparing through the CUET PG MA/ MSc Psychology syllabus 2026 can help you to develop a deeper understanding and to better prepare for the exam. Aspirants preparing for the CUET PG Psychology should start their preparation according to the syllabus mentioned below:

Chapters Topics
Introduction to Psychology What is psychology? Perspectives on behaviour; Methods of psychology; Subfields of psychology; Psychology in modern India
History of Psychology  Need for study of History in Psychology; Problems in Historiography; Philosophical Issues: Mind-Body Problem, Free Will vs. Determinism. Schools: Structuralism- Contributions of Wundt and Titchener, Methodology and Tenets; Functionalism-Antecedents, Pioneers, Methodology and Tenets.
Schools of Psychology A Universal Quest for Understanding Consciousness Indian Perspective: Yoga and Vedant: Western Perspective /issues of content and methodology with reference to classical schools. Emergence of modern psychology: Questions from Western view; Debates: Free Will and Determinism, Empiricism and Rationality Positivist Orientation: Developments in Behaviourism (Watson), Neo-behaviouristic traditions (Skinner), Cognitive revolution- A Paradigm Shift).
Biological Bases of Behaviour Nature and scope; Methods and ethics in biopsychology; Divisions of biopsychology. The Functioning brain: Structure and functions of neurons; Neural conduction and synaptic
transmission. Organization of the Nervous system: CNS & PNS: Structure and functions. Functional abnormalities of neurotransmitters: dopamine and serotonin hypothesis. Neuroplasticity of Brain (neural degeneration,
neural regeneration, and neural reorganisation). Neuroendocrine system: Structure, functions and abnormalities of major glands: Thyroid, Adrenal, Gonads, Pituitary, Pancreas and Pineal.
Learning, Memory Models of memory: Levels of processing, Parallel distributed processing, Information processing; Reconstructive nature of memory; Forgetting; Improving memory.
Sensation and Perception Perception: Perceptual processing, Role of attention in perception, Perceptual organisation, Perceptual sets, Perceptual constancies, Depth perception, Illusions.
Emotion and Motivation Nature of emotion; autonomic, expressive and cognitive components. Theories of emotion: James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer and Lazarus. Motivation: Nature and types; need hierarchy model. 
Intelligence Concept of intelligence: Psychometric and cognitive approaches to intelligence; Gardner’s multiple intelligences; Emotional Intelligence, Heredity, environment and intelligence; Group differences in intelligence; Extremes of intelligence. 
Personality Nature of personality; Biological foundations of personality; Culture, gender and personality; Perspectives on personality: Psychodynamic, Phenomenological, humanistic and social cognitive. 
Psychological Testing Characteristics of a test: standardisation, reliability, validity, norms, applications & issues
Life-span Development To equip the learner with an understanding of the concept and process of human development across the life span. To impart an understanding of the various domains of human development and to inculcate sensitivity to the sociocultural context of human development
Abnormal and Clinical Psychology Unit 1: Biological etiology-explanations and interventions for Mood disorders and Schizophrenia: Application in the case of mood disorders and schizophrenia
Unit 2: Insight-oriented explanations and interventions: Psychoanalytic perspective – Conversion disorder, OCD, Dissociative disorder; Humanistic and Existential perspective – Application in the case of crises intervention.
Unit 3: Behavioural and Cognitive Explanations and interventions: Application in case of any two from phobias/panic disorder, depression/eating disorders
Unit 4: Going beyond the Individual and Singular Approaches: Family therapy and group therapies, Efforts towards integration of approaches.
Statistics for Psychology Introduction: Psychological Research; Relevance of Statistics in Psychological Research; Descriptive and Inferential Statistics; Variables and Constants; Scales of Measurement. Frequency Distributions, Percentiles, and Percentile Ranks: Organising Quantitative Data; Constructing a Grouped Frequency Distribution, a Relative Frequency Distribution and a Cumulative, Frequency Distribution; Computation of Percentiles and Percentile Ranks. Graphic Representation of Data: Basic procedures; The Histogram; The Frequency Polygon; The Bar Diagram; The Pie Chart; The Cumulative Frequency Graph; Factors Affecting the Shape of Graphs.

CUET PG Psychology Syllabus 2026 PDF Download

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CUET PG 2026 Psychology Exam Pattern

NTA has released the CUET PG Psychology exam pattern 2026. Students must refer to the CUET PG information bulletin for the exam pattern. Psychology CUET PG exam duration is 90 minutes. The mode of the exam is a computer-based test. The domain-specific questions will now be there to test the candidate's analytical and cognitive approach towards the applied course in the CUET PG 2026 examination. The question paper will comprise of 75 multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Each question carries 4 marks. Negative marking is done.

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CUET PG Syllabus and Question Paper: All Subjects

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CUET PG 2026 Syllabus: All Subjects

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CUET PG 2026 Question Paper: All Papers

Candidates can download the CUET PG question paper for all domains here. The link is provided below.

Subject Question Paper
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CUET PG MA Psychology: List of Accepting Courses

Candidates can check out the list of participating institutes which accept CUET PG MA Psychology Courses from here:

College/ University Name Courses Offered
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development MSc Applied Psychology
Central University Andhra Pradesh MSc Applied Psychology
Central University of Haryana MA Psychology
University of Hyderabad MSc Health Psychology
Central University of Karnataka MSc Psychology
Central University of Punjab MA Psychology
Central University of Rajasthan MA/ MSc Sports Psychology
Central University of South Bihar MA/MSc Psychology
Central University of Tamil Nadu MSc Applied Psychology
Tripura University MA Psychology
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar MA Psychology
Manipur University MA/MSc Psychology
Pondicherry University MSc Applied Psychology
Central University of Haryana P.G. Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology (PGDRP), Advance Diploma in Child Guidance and Counselling
(ADCGC), 
Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwa Vidyalaya MA/ MSc Psychology
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Amarkantak MA/ MSc Psychology
Banaras Hindu University MA/ MSc Psychology
Apex University MA Psychology
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies MA Applied Psychology
Mody University, Rajasthan MA Psychology
Galgotias University, U.P. MA Applied Psychology
Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Delhi MA Psychology
IIMT University, Meerut MA Psychology
G D Goenka University MA Psychology, MA Counselling Psychology, Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology
Jagannath University, Bahadurgarh MA Psychology
ASBM University MA  Applied Psychology
University of Delhi MA Psychology, MA Applied Psychology
Barkatullah University MA Psychology, MA Clinical Psychology
Sanskriti University MA Psychology
Central University of Odisha MA Applied Psychology
Mangalayatan University, Jabalpur MA Psychology
Rajiv Gandhi University (A.P) MA Psychology
University of Jammu MA Psychology
Chanakya University  MSc Psychology
Mizoram University MSc Psychology, MSc Clinical Psychology
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University MA Psychology
Graphic Era University MA Applied Psychology (Dual Specialization)
Shri Khushal Das University Hanumangarh MA Psychology
Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences MA/MSc  Psychology/ Clinical Psychology

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CUET PG 2027 counselling process will be conducted by the participating universities separately. The majority of the CUET PG 2027 exam participating universities will be conducting their counselling process online. Candidates have to visit the official websites of participating universities to get i

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Yes, the CUET-PG counselling and admission process for Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya has already started and advanced rounds, including spot/offline counselling, are currently underway. The university is conducting special offline and spot counselling sessions for remaining vacant seats till late Au

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The National Testing Agency is expected to release the provisional answer key for CUET PG 2027 exam by the second week of April 2027.

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NTA has not yet announced the exam dates for CUET PG 2027. However, the exams are expected to be conducted in March-April 2027, in CBT mode.

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The National Testing Agency will release the CUET PG admit card 2027, after the registration process is over and city intimation slips are released. The tentative release date for CUET PG hall ticket is last week of February 2027.

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As per last year, NTA will likely release the CUET PG city slip 2027 in the last week of February 2027. Once released, the details will be available on NTA CUET PG official website.

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CUET PG application form 2027 will likely be released in the second week of December 2026. With CUET PG scores, candidates will be able to get admission to postgraduate degree programs like MA, MSc, MCom, MTech, MFA, and other professional degrees like MBA, BEd, LLB, and LLM courses. 

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Galgotias University does not seem to have a single CUET PG cutoff for every postgraduate course. The score needed can vary based on the programme, merit, and seat availability. If you are applying for an M.Sc., M.Tech, MBA, or another PG course, check its the latest admission requirements before ap

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If you mean 200 marks in JEE Main, then yes, you have a very strong chance of getting admission to Galgotias University, provided you meet the Class 12 eligibility criteria for your chosen B.Tech branch. For B.Tech CSE, Galgotias currently requires 60% in the specified Class 12 subjects, and JEE Mai

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