Aayushi MadaviAssociate Senior Executive
CUCAT 2025 Counselling - The University of Calicut will release the CUCAT 2025 counselling schedule once the results are declared. The schedule will be available on the exam's official website. It is likely that the CUCAT 2025 counselling will take place in August 2025. The CUCAT results will be declared before that in July 2025 and the exam itself is expected to be held in May 2025. During the CUCAT counselling process, candidates who make the merit list must complete the admission formalities by appearing for the counselling session to verify their documents and pay the first semester fees. Following the CUCAT 2025 counselling process, candidates who possess and produce all the relevant documents and have paid the tuition fee will be allotted seats to their chosen programmes at the university. Learn more about the CUCAT 2025 counselling process in the article below.
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Q: How are the seat availability of different colleges categorised in CUCAT counselling?
The seats availibility in various colleges in CUCAT exam are categorized as follows:
- Merit Seats
- Mandatory reservations Seats
- Community Quota Seats
- Management Quota Seats
- Other Reservation Category Seats
- Special Reservation Category seats.
Q: What are the documents required for CUCAT counselling?
Candidates appearing for CUCAT counselling will be required to submit following documents.
- Admit Card
- Print out of the application form
- Receipt/Chalan of the fee remitted for acceptance of allotment.
- Age Proof
- Qualifying Certificate
- Mark List of Qualifying Examination
- Transfer Certificate
- Conduct Certificate
- S.S.L.C
- Those candidates who have passed examinations other than HSE/VHSE except CBSE/CISCE should produce Equivalency/Recognition Certificate.
- Non Creamy layer Certificate / Nativity Certificate /Community Certificate/EWS Certificate as directed by the admitting authorities.
- Candidates who claim bonus/weightage marks shall produce relevant certificates.
Q: How is the CUCAT merit list prepared?
CUCAT merit list is prepared on the following criteria:
- Merit seats
- Mandatory reservations seats
- Community Quota Seats
- Management Quota Seats
- Other Reservation Seats
- Special Reservation Category Seats
- Total students appeared for the course
- Total Seats offered
- Average marks secured.
CUCAT 2025 Counselling - Allotment of Seats
There will be three allotments for all categories of students and two special allotments for General and SC/ ST/ EWS. All seat allotments will be final and will be done at the discretion of the exam body. No change or addition of new options will be allowed during any stage of the admission.
CUCAT 2024 Exam Dates and Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CUCAT 2024 exam
Dates | Past Exam Dates |
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Jun '24 | CUCAT Counselling 2024 |
Jun '24 | CUCAT Result 2024 |
15 Jun '23 - 25 Jun '23 | CUCAT Counselling 2023 |
Seat Categorisation for CUCAT 2025 Counselling
The seats available in the various colleges are categorized as follows:
Merit Seats |
Mandatory reservations Seats |
Community Quota Seats |
Management Quota Seats |
Other Reservation Category Seats |
Special Reservation Category seats. |
Q: What are the postgraduate courses offered through CUCAT?
CUCAT is held to offer admission to courses such as Integrated M.A. in Development Studies, Integrated M.Sc. Bioscience, Integrated M.Sc. in Physcis, Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry, LLM with Double Specialisation, M.A. Arabic Language & Literature, M.A. Comparative Literature, M.A. Economics & M.A. Financial Economics, M.A. English Language & Literature and other Master of Arts, Master of Science, and UG and PG law courses.
Q: Who will release the CUCAT 2025 result?
CUCAT Result 2025 will be declared by the Calicut University at its official website, uoc.ac.in once the exam is over. The CUCAT results will be available in the online mode as merit lists. Once the result is released, candidates will be able to get details such as their names, respective roll numbers, application numbers, merit ranks, entrance scores and percentages through the CUCAT Result 2025.
Q: What are the details mentioned on CUCAT merit list?
The CUCAT 2024 merit list is released in online mode. The merit list for a particular UG or PG programme will have details such as the names of candidates who have secured the desirable rank and are eligible for admission on the basis of marks secured and eligibility criteria.
Self-Financing Programmes Seat Distribution for CUCAT 2025
The category-wise distribution of seats for the self-financed programmes at Calicut University is mentioned in the table below.
Distribution of 50% Seats |
Reservation % |
---|---|
Open Quota |
65 |
SC |
8 |
ST |
2 |
Ezhava, Thiyya & illava |
9 |
Muslims |
8 |
Latin Catholics other than Anglo Indians |
2 |
Other Backward Christians |
1 |
Other Backward Hindus |
5 |
The seats under community quota shall be reserved for students of the community to which the college belongs and such seats shall be filled on the basis of merit.
Q: What is the marking scheme for CUCAT exam?
The marking scheme for CUCAT exam is as such that questions vary for different courses. There is no fixed number of questions set per course. For BTech, the number of questions will be different from the number of questions asked in a BA Political Science question paper. There will be negative marking and 1/3 marks will be deducted. The total marks will be 100 marks.
Q: What is the mode, format and duration of CUCAT exam?
Candidates interested to appear in the CUCAT exam can refer the space below to know about the CUCAT exam mode, format and duration.
- Exam Mode- Offline (Pen and Paper Test)
- Exam Format- MCQ & Objective Type Questions
- Exam Duration- 2 Hours
Q: What is the eligibility criteria for BCom course through CUCAT?
To pursue BCom course through Calicut University Common Admission Test (CUCAT), aspirants should have completed their Class 12 from Kerala State Board or a recognised board in Commerce stream and should have secured a minimum of 45% aggregate. With CUCAT, candidates can get admission in various other courses. Candidates are suggested to check the Shiksha's page to know about detailed eligibility criteria.
CUCAT 2025 Counselling - Required Documents
Candidates who appear for CUCAT 2025 counselling must produce the following documents.
Admit Card |
Printout of the application form |
Receipt/ Challan of the fee remitted for acceptance of allotment. |
Age Proof |
Qualifying Certificate |
Mark List of Qualifying Examination |
Transfer Certificate |
Conduct Certificate |
S.S.L.C |
Those candidates who have passed examinations other than HSE/ VHSE except CBSE/ CISCE should produce an Equivalency/ Recognition Certificate. |
Non-creamy layer Certificate/ Nativity Certificate/ Community Certificate/ EWS Certificate as directed by the admitting authorities. |
Candidates who claim bonus/weightage marks shall produce relevant certificates |
FAQs on CUCAT Counselling
Some important FAQs on CUCAT 2025 counselling are provided in the space below.
Q: What is the exam pattern of CUCAT exam?
The Calicut University UG Entrance Exam pattern is as such that students will be provided with OMR sheets and plain papers to write their answers. The duration of the entrance exam will be 2 hours. Candidates will have to write down their answers with a pen on the allotted answer sheets. The questions will be asked in both English and Malayalam.
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