CUET Latest News: UGC Chief Jagadesh Kumar Announces Upcoming Changes to CUET-UG & PG in 2025

The University Grants Commission (UGC)  has announced a draft to address the latest changes to the Common University Entrance Test for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses to improve efficiency and standardize the admissions process. Some of the significant changes in CUET 2025 include a change in examination mode, a reduction in the number of subjects, uniformity in exam duration, and format and number of questions. These adjustments were recommended by a UGC-appointed expert group charged with reviewing the conduct of the CUET-UG and CUET-PG exams for the forthcoming academic session. Read the full post to get all CUET Latest News 2025 from UGC and NTA in one place.

CUET Latest News 2025

The University Grants Commission has announced major modifications for the upcoming CUET 2025 exams. The UGC Chief M Jagadesh Kumar and other delicates reviewed the proposal shared by the appointed expert group. The panel initially took these recommendations into consideration. According to the recommendations, UGC has released a draft proposal describing the new Changes for CUET 2025. Upon the release of the draft, stakeholders including students, parents, teachers, and scholars, are also invited to provide feedback on this matter. Final decisions will be taken after reviewing all the feedback and concerns.  To download the CUET Latest Changes draft PDF – Click here

CUET Latest Changes in Undergraduate Admission

Based on the committee recommendations of the expert committee, CUET-UG 2025 is planned to be conducted as given below:

• The exam is to be conducted once a year in Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode.
• The candidates will be allowed to appear up to a maximum of five (05) subjects.
• The candidates will be allowed to take subjects in the CUET irrespective of the subjects opted in Class XII, within the permissible limit of five subjects.
• The exam duration will be one hour per subject per paper. The one-hour duration will be consistent across all papers.
• All the questions will be compulsory and there will be negative marking.
• The standard of the questions will be based on the NCERT syllabus.
• The medium of examination will be in 13 languages (English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu) as per CUET-UG 2024.
• For the 13 languages (English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu), the language-specific papers to test proficiency are to be conducted as per CUET-UG 2024. For all the remaining languages
  including foreign languages (20 as per CUET-UG 2024), the admissions in the programmes of these languages are to be made on the basis of performance in the General Aptitude Test.
• The General Test currently in vogue is to be redesigned as the General Aptitude Test.
• The domain-specific subject/paper on ‘Entrepreneurship’, ‘Teaching Aptitude’, ‘Fashion Studies’, ‘Tourism’, ‘Legal Studies’ and ‘Engineering Graphics’ are to be discontinued. For these programmes, admissions are to be made on the basis of performance in the
  General Aptitude Test.
  11. The twenty-three subjects/papers will be:
  1.Accountancy/Book-keeping 2. Business Studies 3. Agriculture 4. Physics 5. Chemistry 6. Mathematics/Applied Mathematics 7. Biology/Biological Science/Biochemistry/Biotechnology 8. Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music) 9. Fine Arts/Visual
  Arts/Commercial Arts 10. Geography/Geology 11. History 12. Home Science 13. Mass Media/Mass Communication 14. Political Science 15. Psychology 16. Sociology 17. Sanskrit 18. Environmental Science 19. Knowledge Tradition- Practices in India 20.
  Physical Education (Yoga, Sports) 21. Anthropology 22. Economics/Business Economics 23. Computer Science/Information Practices.
• All admissions will be made using CUET-UG scores and in compliance with the UGC guidelines in this regard.

CUET UG 2025 Latest Changes

Let’s take a look at the new changes in the CUET UG Exam Pattern

CUET Latest Changes in Postgraduate Admission

•  The exam is to be conducted once a year in Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode.
• The duration of the exam will be 90 minutes per subject per paper and will be uniform across all the papers.
•  All the questions will be compulsory and there will be negative markings.
• The medium of examination will be Bilingual.
• The standard of questions will be as was for CUET-PG 2024.
• The General Paper is to be redesigned to cater to skill-based and certain professions based on UG knowledge so that universities can use it for programmes in those areas.
•  All admissions will be made using CUET-PG scores and in compliance with the UGC guidelines in this regard. However, a university may decide the weightage of CUETPG score for admission to specialized courses.

CUET PG 2025 Latest Changes

Let’s take a look at the new changes in the CUET PG Exam Format

CUET 2025 Latest Changes

In an interview with PTI, University Grants Commission (UGC) Chief M Jagadesh Kumar informed about a number of major changes to the Common University Entrance Test (CUET 2025), addresses several areas of the exams, such as their structure, subjects, syllabus, and operational logistics. Let’s take a look at the tentative changes that might improve the efficiency and standard of national-level CUET exams for admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Back to Fully Computer Based Test Mode

According to the suggested revisions, UGC and NTA intend to return to the computer-based test format rather than maintaining the hybrid model. In its debut edition in 2022, CUET-UG experienced technical difficulties, as the tests for a subject were administered throughout many shifts, the scores had to be normalized prior to the presentation of results.

In 2023, UGC determined that for topics with higher registration, the test would be administered on OMR sheets rather than the Computer Based Test (CBT) format. Last year, The exam was administered in a hybrid style for the first time in 2024 which also reduced the number of “exam days”. It was canceled across Delhi the night before it was to be held, citing logistical reasons.

However, this has changed in the upcoming 2025 session, “Unlike the previous year’s hybrid mode, the exam will be conducted entirely in CBT mode starting in 2025.

Decline in CUET Subject List

In the upcoming session, we will see a drastic reduction in the subjects in the UPG admission subject list. UGC has announced the abolition of 20 foreign languages and six domain disciplines. The number of CUET UG subjects was lowered from 63 to 37. The number of subjects will be reduced from 63 to 37, with admissions to the deleted subjects based on General Aptitude Test (GAT) scores. Refer to the list of deleted subjects below:

• Languages Subjects: (French, Spanish, German, Nepali, Persian, Italian, Arabic, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Santhali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Japanese, Russian, Chinese)
• Domain Subjetcs (Entrepreneurship, Teaching Aptitude, Fashion Studies, Tourism, Legal Studies, Engineering Graphics)

CUET Changes in Subject Selection

According to the new recommendations, students will be permitted to take the CUET UG in up to five courses instead of six previously. However, subject flexibility has been offered beginning this year. “Candidates will also be allowed to choose subjects in CUET UG that they haven’t studied in class 12 Standard.  This change is intended to provide students more flexibility and break down disciplinary barriers, allowing them to explore various areas for higher education

Exam Duration Fixed for All subjects

Earlier the CUET UG Exam duration ranged from 45 to 60 minutes depending on the subject, which has now been standardized at 60 minutes for all subjects” The concept of additional questions in the exam has also been done away with, and all questions will be compulsory now. Last year, CUET UG was held in three shifts on exam days: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., 12.30 p.m. to 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. However, this year, UGC has proposed a common 60-minute time for all papers. 

The UGC has also shirked down the exam duration for the CUET PG exam as well. As per the draft released by UGC, the CUET PG exam will last 90 minutes, down from 105 minutes previously.

Total marks Fixed for Each Subject

After making all the questions compulsory, ends a huge area of misunderstanding of the CUET Total Marks. Most students are confused about what is the total marks if they take 5 subjects. From the CUET 2025 Session, there will only be 50 questions in each subject regardless of language or domain. As a result, the total marks set for the CUET UG exam is 250 marks

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