CUET UG 2022: Delhi University receives highest number of applications

As per the reports, the Delhi University has received 6.63 lakh applications which is the highest, followed by Banaras Hindu University (4.34 lakh) and University of Allahabad (2.62 lakh).

CUET UG 2022: Delhi University receives highest number of applications

Delhi University has received the highest number of applications for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 which is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in two phases across July and August. As per the reports, the Delhi University has received 6.63 lakh applications which is the highest, followed by Banaras Hindu University (4.34 lakh) and University of Allahabad (2.62 lakh).

As per the official data released by the NTA, 90 universities, that are using CUET 2022 scores for admissions this year, have received 58.5 lakh. Of the 58.5 lakh applications, 26.4 lakh have been received by just 13 universities. All of the 13 universities, except one i.e. Rajiv Gandhi University, are located in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan. Apart from this, the private universities that have received over one lakh applications includes: Apex University (1,01,103), Galgotias University (1,23,534) and IIMT University (1,68,439).

Other central universities that have got good response this year with over 1 lakh applications each, includesLucknow’s Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (1.8 lakh), Central University, Haryana (1.09 lakh), Uttarakhand’s Hemvati Nandan Bahugana Garhwal University (1.11 lakh), Delhi-based Jamia Millia Islamia (1.44 lakh), and Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh (1.40 lakh). Lucknow’s Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University and Dr BR Ambedkar University in Delhi — with 1.17 lakh and 1.54 lakh applications, respectively — are the two state universities in this category.

This year, over 9.9 lakh candidates have registered for the entrance exam that is being conducted by NTA for undergraduate admission to 90 universities across the country.  As many as forty-four central universities, two state government-run universities, 21 private and 13 deemed universities have adopted the common entrance.

“While 9.9 lakh unique candidates have registered for the test, when the subject combinations chosen by them are taken into consideration, the number goes up to 14 lakh, as every unique candidate will appear in multiple papers. Each candidate can take up to nine papers,” a senior NTA official said, as reported by Indian Express.

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