The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses will undergo several changes in the 2025 edition. Students taking the CUET UG in the upcoming year will be able to appear for maximum of five subjects as against six previously. The decision was announced by UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar.
CUET UG will be conducted only as a computer-based test (CBT) from 2025 and students will be allowed to appear for any subject irrespective of the subjects studied in class 12. The number of subjects have also been reduced from 63 to 37 and the duration of the exam has been standardised to 60 minutes. Students will be required to attempt all questions as the concept of optional questions have been eliminated with in the upcoming exam.
"The exam will be conducted only in CBT mode from 2025 unlike hybrid mode last year. We have also reduced the number of subjects from 63 to 37 and admissions for the dropped subjects will be conducted on the basis of scores of the General Aptitude Test (GAT)," the chairman said.
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