UPCATET MSc 2024: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Results

The UPCATET 2026 admit card will be out on the official website on May 27, 2026, tentatively. Candidates who wish to appear for the UPCATET 2026 Exam must download their Hall ticket from the official website.

Follow these ways here to be able to download the UPCATET Hall Ticket.

1. Go to the official UPCATET portal
2. Fill in the registration number, preferred course and date of birth.
3. Click on the download and take a printout of the entry card.

The exam conducting authority has clearly mentioned in the official broucher that "Open & Distance Education" will be considered for educational qualification eligibility criteria of UPCATET. 

Applicants who have completed their education as full time course will be eligible to fill the form and apply online. Only those students are required to fill the application form who fulfill the eligibility criteria prescribed by the authorities. 

UPCATET asks only multiple‑choice questions (MCQs). Every question has four options. Students must choose the right answer. These questions help to analyse the speed and basic knowledge. This type of question is used for undergraduate, Postgraduate, and PhD courses. The difficulty changes, but the format remains the same. MCQs help students finish the exam on time and cover many topics in one test.

Normally, UPCATET offline counselling is not be done in offline mode. Applicants who want to take part in admission process must participate in online counselling done by Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology ( Ayodhya). Candidate must note that after declaration of UPCATET results the exam conducting authorities will release the dates of UPCATET counselling schedule. 

But authorities also releases the special schedule of offline counselling. Candidates who want to take part in counselling must prepare the required documents as well as security fees which needs to be deposited during counselling process. 

The UPCATET exam is 3 hours long. This provides sufficient time to answer 200 questions. The exam is held in offline mode at exam centres. Students must use a pen and paper. The UPCATET paper comes in Hindi and English. This helps students choose the language they are more comfortable with. 

Yes, applicants who pass the 12th standard exam with compartment will also be eligible to appear in the UPCATET exam. There are no passing percentage marks for the UPCATET exam. Candidates need to just pass the exam. But there are wise criteria which must be abided by. Students should be between 16 and less than 22 years of age on December 31, 2026. Applicants who fulfil both criteria need to fill UPCATET application form and appear in the exam. 

Applicants, while filling their application form, will be given four choices: PCB, PCM, PAG, and PHS. Students will have to choose any of these choices in the form according to their educational qualification. They will be given a paper of their choice in the UPCATET exam. There will be no change in the examination hall for any paper under any cicrumstances hence applicants must choose carefully while filling the form. 

Candidates will be given admission to a similar course for which they have appeared in the exam. There will be 200 questions in the exam, out of which 20 questions will be from the General Knowledge topic, and the remaining 180 will be from the group for which they have applied.  

Applicants who will appear in UPCATET exam first visit the official website of the portal or visit Shiksha page. Then they have to click on link mentioned as "UPCATET Results". 

After clicking on the result a new window will be opened in which students have to fill login details such as their registration number (which was provided during registration time) and password (which will be sent to applicants on their registered email & mobile). 

After entering these details candidates will be able to access their result of UPCATET exam. Download and save it for future reference.

The exam conducting authority has clearly mentioned in the official broucher that "Open & Distance Education" will be considered for educational qualification eligibility criteria of UPCATET. 

Applicants who have completed their education as full time course will be eligible to fill the form and apply online. Only those students are required to fill the application form who fulfill the eligibility criteria prescribed by the authorities. 

No, it's mandatory to have a domicile of UP to get a normal seat in UPCATET exam. Authorities ask for the UP domicile during counseling process.  Applicants who want to apply UPCATET online form must fulfil both age wise as well as educational eligibility criteria. 

The Eligibility criteria for UPCATET is mentioned below:

• Indian citizenship.
• Candidate must pass 12th standard exam from a recognised board. 
• Uttar Pradesh domicile status.

The result of UPCATET exam is declared by the exam conducting authority in online mode only.  The Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya, is the exam conducting body. Candidates who appeared in the exam and have successfully filled their OMR sheet their result will be declared. 

If by any chances candidates is unable to check their result then they should immediately contact to exam conducting authorities and they will help you in getting your results.

There are different eligibility criteria decided by the exam conducting authorities whcih includes both age as well as education for UG courses. There is no age limit for PG and PhD courses.  

For BVSC & H course the minimum and maximum age limit of candidate need to be 17 and 25 by December 31. While for all other course the minimum and maximum age limit of candidates need to be 16 and 22 by December 31. 

Note: Person with Disability (PwD) will be given a relexation of 5 years in upper age limit.  

Candidates who have filled the application form of UPCATET successfully can download the admit card. The exam conducting authorities released the admit card more than 10 days before the commencement of the exam. Students can download it by visiting the official website. 

To download the admit card applicants must enter their login credentials which will be provided to them after filling the application form. 

Applicants who qualify the UPCATET exam for the respective courses for which they have applied further need to appear in counselling. Applicants need to join counselling process possess the following items i.e Mobile phone, email id, date of birth, roll number and scanned copy of documents. 

The process of counselling includes registration, choice filling, seat allotment, uploading of document, document verification, dowloading of allotment letter and last admission process of the allotted universities.

Applicants who want to prepare and qualify UPCATET exam in first attempt must have a concrete plan and then execution becomes important to qualify it. The UPCATET exam is held once in year hence candidates preparing for the exam must complete their syllabus in advance at least 3 months before the commencement of exam.

• Now devotee last 3 months to practise the previous year question papers. 
• Candidates need to ensure that they are completing the practise paper less than the given time in examination, which will eventually boost their confidence to attempt the paper within time in the examination hall.  

The exam conducting authorities release the admit card of UPCATET in online mode. It includes the below-mentioned details available on the admit card. 

Applicant's name, registration number, roll number, signature & photograph, UPCATET exam center address, exam day instructions, Do's & Don't in the UPCATET exam hall.

In case of any error in details mentioned on the admit card, applicants are advised to contact the exam conducting authorities immediately to remove the discrepancy in time. Students may be prohibited by the exam conducting authorities in case of any issue mentioned in the admit card from the identity of applicants

Applicants who forget the password of their admit card of UPCATET while downloading it.  Candidates can recover the password of their UPCATET exam by clicking on the 'Forgot Password' button at the bottom of the login window. The exam conducting authorities will send the password of UPCATET to the registered email of the candidates. 

In case of not recieving any email applicants need to immediately contact to exam conducting authorities. 

 No, it is mandatory for candidates to carry a hard copy of the UPCATET admit card on exam day as required by the invigilator for exam attendance formalities. Since applicants will not be allowed to appear by carrying mobile phone in the exam hall hence applicants must carry the admit card of UPCATET to the authorities. 

Students just need to carry their original id & photo id proof to the UPCATET exam centre. 

The syllabus of UPCATET exam is officially not prescribed by the exam conducting authorities. Hence applicants need to cover the syllabus for the desired UG, PG and PhD courses from the official syllabus of acdemic qualification only. 

Along with this to get a better idea about the syllabus, marking scheme and exam pattern students are advised to check UPCATET previous year question papers.

The Undergraduate syllabus is similar to Class 12 Science. It includes Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, and General Studies. Students who want to study Agriculture also learn Agril. Botany, Agril. Chemistry, Horticulture, Agronomy, and Animal Husbandry. These subjects help students understand basic agriculture ideas. The syllabus is not difficult for students who have a Science background in school.

The PG syllabus is based on UG subjects. It includes Agriculture, Horticulture, Soil Science, Biotechnology, Extension Education, and similar fields. These types of topics need in-depth knowledge. Students must revise what they studied while preparing for the UPCATET Exam during their graduation. This syllabus helps students prepare for PG courses in agriculture. 

Students can download the full syllabus for UG, PG, and PhD from the official portal. The syllabus is shared by NDUAT and Banda University. It lists all subjects and topics in detail. Students should download the official PDF so they follow the correct syllabus while studying. 

Yes, the syllabus is different at the individual level. The UG syllabus is based on Class 12 Science subjects. The PG syllabus is based on what students learn in their Bachelor's degree. The PhD syllabus is deeper and more detailed. It includes in-depth information in one specific area. 

The UPCATET 2026 exam is not complex. The UPCATET paper has 200 questions in total. All questions are MCQ type. The total marks are 800. The mode of the exam is offline, so students write on paper. The exam duration is 3 hours. The language of the UPCATET exam paper is Hindi and English. Students can choose the language they know. This pattern helps students understand the exam easily.

UPCATET asks only multiple‑choice questions (MCQs). Every question has four options. Students must choose the right answer. These questions help to analyse the speed and basic knowledge. This type of question is used for undergraduate, Postgraduate, and PhD courses. The difficulty changes, but the format remains the same. MCQs help students finish the exam on time and cover many topics in one test.

For every right answer, students get 4 marks, and for a wrong answer, 1 mark is subtracted. If a student does not answer a question, no mark is removed. Students must think while answering a question. A better understanding of the UPCATET scoring system helps students who study well and answer carefully.

The UPCATET exam is 3 hours long. This provides sufficient time to answer 200 questions. The exam is held in offline mode at exam centres. Students must use a pen and paper. The UPCATET paper comes in Hindi and English. This helps students choose the language they are more comfortable with. 

Applicants who will appear in UPCATET exam first visit the official website of the portal or visit Shiksha page. Then they have to click on link mentioned as "UPCATET Results". 

After clicking on the result a new window will be opened in which students have to fill login details such as their registration number (which was provided during registration time) and password (which will be sent to applicants on their registered email & mobile). 

After entering these details candidates will be able to access their result of UPCATET exam. Download and save it for future reference.

 No, it is mandatory for candidates to carry a hard copy of the UPCATET admit card on exam day as required by the invigilator for exam attendance formalities. Since applicants will not be allowed to appear by carrying mobile phone in the exam hall hence applicants must carry the admit card of UPCATET to the authorities. 

Students just need to carry their original id & photo id proof to the UPCATET exam centre. 

As per previous years' statistics, the application numbers are increasing each year, and therefore, students need to buckle up to prepare for the competitive exams. 

To get an idea based on the previous year's statistics, students must know that if they want to score well, it should be more than 400 marks, then 370 marks is also good, the average score is 300, and the below-average score is less than 300. However, these scores are based on the difficulty level of this exam, and this has nothing to do with students' capability as individuals.

Applicants who qualify the UPCATET exam for the respective courses for which they have applied further need to appear in counselling. Applicants need to join counselling process possess the following items i.e Mobile phone, email id, date of birth, roll number and scanned copy of documents. 

The process of counselling includes registration, choice filling, seat allotment, uploading of document, document verification, dowloading of allotment letter and last admission process of the allotted universities.

Those who wish to give the UPCATET exam must score a minimum of 20 per cent if they come from the General category, and for SC/ST, the cutoff is 10 per cent. 

After the UPCATET exam is over, the exam officials release the cutoff on the official portal. Students who clear the cutoff become eligible to participate in the counselling process. Students need to visit the official portal to check out their UPCATET Cutoff. 

The exam conducting authority has clearly mentioned in the official broucher that "Open & Distance Education" will be considered for educational qualification eligibility criteria of UPCATET. 

Applicants who have completed their education as full time course will be eligible to fill the form and apply online. Only those students are required to fill the application form who fulfill the eligibility criteria prescribed by the authorities. 

Applicants who want to prepare and qualify UPCATET exam in first attempt must have a concrete plan and then execution becomes important to qualify it. The UPCATET exam is held once in year hence candidates preparing for the exam must complete their syllabus in advance at least 3 months before the commencement of exam.

• Now devotee last 3 months to practise the previous year question papers. 
• Candidates need to ensure that they are completing the practise paper less than the given time in examination, which will eventually boost their confidence to attempt the paper within time in the examination hall.  

The exam conducting authorities will release the result as well as the score card of applicants in online mode only. Candidates who have appeared in the exam can check the below-mentioned details in their score card:

• Candidate's Name

• Candidate's Roll No.

• Qualifying Status

• Individual and total passing marks

• Rank of candidate

Applicants who have secured the minimum passing marks will be declared qualified in the UPCATET exam and must participate in further process. 

The validity of the UPCATET result is only considered for those candidates who qualify for the exam. The validity of UPCATET results will be valid for one year. Applicants need to use their score card to appear in the counseling for their respective courses in the same year only. After the completion of one year, students will be able to appear with a different scorecard. 

Applicants who have appeared in the UPCATET exam and whether they have qualified for the exam should note that the exam conducting authorities don't send any hard copy of the result or score card to the candidates by post.  

Since the result & score card of UPCATET will be released in the online mode and it will be in PDF format only. Candidates need to note that no document is shared via post, whether it is an application form acknowledgment, admit card, or result.

Yes there will be different exam pattern of UG and PG courses in UPCATET exam. The UG courses i.e BSc & BTech and Post graduate courses i.e MBA, MSc have different pattern. The number of courses for UG is 200 while for PG it is 100. The total marks allotted for UG courses is 600, while for PG it is 300. 

Though each question from UG and PG weigh same 3 marks only. 

Time duration for both UG and PG is also different, UG is of 3 hours and PG is of 2 hours.  

No a student who belong to Bihar can not appear in UPCATET exam. As according to UPCATET eligibility criteria:

A) Such students who are living in UP from the last 5 years and have completed the required qualification from state only. 

B) Such citizens of India whose father’s residence or place of origin is UP and he/she also belong to UP. 

C) Such citizens of India whose father’s residence or their residence is not from UP but they acquired and have been living in the state for 5 years.

Candidates can follow the below mentioned steps for counselling

Step 1: Online UPCATET counselling registration (fees submission) and documents upload.

Step 2: Online choice filling and Locking.

Step 3: Seat allocation and Security fee deposit.

Step 4: Report at respective universities.

By following these steps the admission process of a candidate will be completed after declaratio of UPCATET results.

The UPCATET exam is compratively easy in comparison to JEE Main, BITSAT etc. exam. Applicants who have secured atleast 60 % marks in their academic exam are more likely to qualify the exam. Since it is state owned examination and number of users are also less in comparison to other competitve exam. 

Applicants just need to complete the syllabus within time and practise more and more to qualify the exam with good marks. 

Yes, there is a negative marking scheme in the UPCATET exam. For each correct answer applicants will be given 4 marks. For each incorrect answer, 1/4th of the total marks or 1 mark will be deducted. 

The calculation of the score for the respective programmes will be taken into consideration by taking into account all correct & incorrect answers. After preparing the list of all candidates the authorities will prepare the list of successful applicants based on the availability of seats. 

There are four participating universities offering admissions on the basis of UPCATET results which are as follows:

• Banda University of Agriculture & Technology
• Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology
• Chandra Shekhar Azad University
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology.

Applicants who want to participate and take admission in these universities must appear UPCATET exam and pass the exam with good marks. 

There are various courses which can be offered after qualifying UPCATET exam. 

UG Courses

• BSc (Hons) Agriculture
• BSc (Hons) Horticulture
• BSc (Hons) Forestry
• BSc (Hons) Home Science
• BVSc&AH
• BFSc
• BTech Biotechnology
• BTech Agriculture Engineering
• BTech Dairy Technology
• BTech Computer Science
• BTech Mechanical Engineering
• BTech Electronics & Communication Engineering

PG Courses

• MSc Agriculture
• MSc Home Science
• MSc Veterinary Science
• MSc Horticulture
• MVSc
• MTech Agricultural Engineering
• MTech Mechanical Engineering
• MTech/ MSc Biotechnology
• MBA Agribusiness

Applicants who will qualify the exam will be able to take admission in the above mentioned courses. 

Applicants who qualify the UPCATET exam for the respective courses for which they have applied further need to appear in counselling. Applicants need to join counselling process possess the following items i.e Mobile phone, email id, date of birth, roll number and scanned copy of documents. 

The process of counselling includes registration, choice filling, seat allotment, uploading of document, document verification, dowloading of allotment letter and last admission process of the allotted universities.

The UPCATET application fee is required to be paid after filling out the form. otherwise the form will not be accepted by the authorities. Every year, the updated fee structure is given in the UPCATET 2026 notification. But according to the previous year's information, male students who belong to the General & OBC categories have to pay INR 1350. Other students, both male and female, have to pay INR 1100 application fees. 

The application fees need to be paid online via Debit card, Credit card, Net banking, etc. Once the fee is paid, students are required to download the receipt of fees. 

There are different eligibility criteria decided by the exam conducting authorities whcih includes both age as well as education for UG courses. There is no age limit for PG and PhD courses.  

For BVSC & H course the minimum and maximum age limit of candidate need to be 17 and 25 by December 31. While for all other course the minimum and maximum age limit of candidates need to be 16 and 22 by December 31. 

Note: Person with Disability (PwD) will be given a relexation of 5 years in upper age limit.  

Before applying, candidates must ensure the following points:

• Candidates must meet the eligibility criteria to be eligible to appear for the UPCATET Exam for their preferred courses.
• Keep all the important documents ready for the admission process.
• Submit the application fee before the end date.