CUET 2022: 8 Deemed Universities show interest in CUET based admission, says UGC chairman

The UGC chairman held a meeting with vice-chancellors and directors of these eight deemed universities including Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Jamia Hamdard, which receive maintenance grants from UGC. 

University Grants Commission Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar has announced that eight Deemed-to-be Universities have expressed interest to use Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores to admit students to undergraduate courses. The UGC chairman held a meeting with vice-chancellors and directors of these eight deemed universities including Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Jamia Hamdard, which receive maintenance grants from UGC. 

Eight Universities to participate in CUET: Details

Apart from the TISS and Jamia Hamdard, the other six Universities that showed interest includes Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Dindigul Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Sciences, Coimbatore, and Ramakrishna Vivekananda Educational Research Institute, Kolkata.

It must be noted that the CUET 2022 application process is set to begin on April 2. The last date of application is April 30. The National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body has notified the application dates and exam pattern of CUET 2022. The exam dates are yet to be announced. CUET UG 2022 will be conducted in a computer-based mode (CBT) which will carry multiple-choice questions (MCQs). 

While speaking about the eight universities that have come forward to use CUET score, the UGC chairman said, "They have also given some useful suggestions. This is an opportunity for all universities to adopt CUET and relieve the students from the stress of getting either very high Class 12 board scores or writing multiple entrance tests."

Last week, Kumar had announced that the CUET scores will be mandatory for admission to 45 central universities for undergraduate programmes. On Sunday, he also wrote to vice-chancellors of other universities to use CUET scores for admission to undergraduate programmes.

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