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CUET UG 2025 Exam: UGC guidelines of Major changes (Mode, Time, Questions, Subjects, Test)

Preeti Daga Jan 6, 2025 1K Reads

UGC Notice

CUET, the Common University Entrance Test, is an MBA entrance exam for undergraduates, postgraduates, or PhDs or other streams like Science, Arts, or more that can be scheduled by the NTA (National Testing Agency). More than 13.6 Lakh test takers apply for it once a year. The CUET Exam will be scheduled in March 2025 and May 2025. 

On November 13, 2024, the UGC (University Grants Commission) committee held a decision meeting, which made some recommendations and changes that can be discussed over the next CUET 2025 for UG. And, they focused on key factors of the offered subjects, logistics operations, exam pattern, exam structure, and more.

The UGC or University Grants Commission announces that the CUET Exam 2025 has some major amendments in the exam. The changes can be situated like CUET Exam conduction mode is Online Mode or CBT mode only. A syllabus can be changed by dropping the subjects from 63 to 37 number of subjects

In addition, as per the CUET's latest updates or norms, in the CUET Examination 2025, students must obligatory to attempt all the questions. UGC released some revised norms for the CUET UG and PG Exams.

For further information about the CUET 2025 updates and UGC norms, this article will readily help you understand their exam changes more.

Latest Changes in CUET 2025 as per the UGC norms

Some changes can be made by UGC with a discussion on 13 November 2024:

  • Exam Mode- Computer Based Test mode (CBT) and Online mode CUET for UG & CUET PG exams can be scheduled in 2025.
  • Number of Subjects- Applicants are allowed to select more than 5 subjects in CUET 2025.
  • Number of Test Subjects- The subjects can be set to be reduced to 37 subjects while totally relying on the GAP or General Aptitude Test.
  • Mandatory Attempting Questions- It is necessitate to attempt all questions, there is no optional questions that can be offered in the exam.
  • Exam Duration- For all subjects, the exam duration can be changed to 60 minutes.
  • Subject Chosen Option- Test takers are allowed to choose any subject in the CUET exam of their 12 class subjects.
  • Domain Subjects in CUET 2025- Test takers can be allowed for 23 Domain Subjects in the CUET 2025 examinations which can be sorted below:
Domain Subjects in CUET 2025

Business Studies

Physics 

Mathematics or Applied Mathematics

Performing Arts of Drama, Music or Dance

Geography or Geology

Home Science

Political Science

Sociology

Environmental Science

Physical Education (Yoga or Sports)

Economics or Business Economics

Accountancy or Book-Keeping

Agriculture

Chemistry

Biology/ Biological Science/ Biochemistry/ Biotechnology

Fine Visual Arts or Commercial Arts or Fine Arts

History

Mass Media or Mass Communication

Psychology

Computer Science or Information Practices

Sanskrit

Knowledge Tradition - Practices in India

Anthropology

Deleted Domain Subjects in CUET 2025- Over the CUET 2025 exams, there have been such subjects that can be deleted from the Domain Subjects which list can be attainable from the down given table:

Deleted Domain Subjects in CUET 2025

Teaching Aptitude

Entrepreneurship

Legal Studies 

Tourism

Fashion Studies

Engineering Graphics 

Language Subjects of CUET 2025- From 13 Language tests which are stated below:

Language Subjects of CUET 2025

Hindi

Bengali

English

Malayalam

Kannada

Odia

Tamil

Urdu

Telugu

Urdu

Marathi

Punjabi

Assamese

Including foreign languages, there have been 20 language tests in CUET 2024 that can be made according to the General Aptitude Test.

  • Changed General Test- The General Test which can be amended over the General Aptitude Test.

Previous CUET Exam to Latest CUET Exam Changes or updates

Consider the full apprehension of the Previous CUET Exam to the Latest CUET Exam updates or changes, thoroughly read it:

Previous CUET Exam

CUET 2025 Exam (Latest Changes/ Updates)

Applicants can select up to 6 Subjects

Applicants are allowed to choose 5 Subjects only

Hybrid Mode 

(Online/ Offline examination)

Online or Computer Based Test (CBT mode)

45 minutes to 60 minutes for each subject

60 minutes for all subjects

Choose only 12 class subjects

Any subject can be chosen instead of 12 class

Having Optional Questions

Mandatory to attempt All Questions

Available 63 Subjects

Available only 37 Subjects (subjects reduced)

CUET PG 2025 Important Dates

CUET 2025 Upcoming Exam Dates

CUET PG Registration

Dec’2024 to Feb’2025 (Tentative)

CUET PG Admit Card

Feb’2025 to March’2025 (Tentative)

CUET PG Exam

March’2025 (Tentative)

CUET PG Exam Result

April’2025

How to prepare for the CUET Exam 2025?

To prepare for the CUET Exam 2025, it is a must to track down the process of exam preparation which is stated below, read it:

  • Having a good understanding of the CUET Syllabus and Norms.
  • Set goals according to the Exam pattern.
  • Make a schedule for weekly or monthly test reviews.
  • Use appropriate and effective learning or preparation strategies
  • Take your tests through previous year's papers or mock tests online. 

Get help with the given Study Materials for the CUET Exam 2025:

Sections

Books

Language Books

Objective General English – S.P. Baksh

Word Power Made Easy – Norman Lewis

Domain Specific Books

Subject-specific NCERT books

Objective Mathematics – R.D Sharma

Objective Biology – Dinesh

General Awareness

Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning – R.S. Agarwal

General Knowledge 2024 -Manohar Pandey

Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations – R.S. Agarwal

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