CUET 2022: Admission policy announced by these central universities, check details

With the application process starting anytime soon, several central universities across the country have also started releasing their admission policies. Read further to know the same.

Common University Entrance Test (CUET) Application Process 2022 began on April 6, 2022. With the application process starting, several central universities across the country have also started releasing their admission policies.Candidates must note that they can apply on or before May 6.

While the University of Grants (UGC) made CUET 2022 score mandatory for admission to 45 participating universities, the varsities have been given the choice to set their own admission criteria. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is the exam conducting authority and has urged students to check the eligibility requirements of various Central Universities before applying.

DU Admissions 2022

On Tuesday, Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh released the admission policy for undergraduate admission to DU colleges. Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh announced the most awaited admission policy for undergraduate admission to DU colleges on Tuesday. As per the admission policy, it is mandatory for the candidates to appear in CUET 2022. However, they can appear only in those subjects which they have studied in Class 12. 

"The candidates will be able to appear in CUET only in those subjects which they have taken in class XII. The merit will also be calculated on the basis of combination of only those subjects in which the candidate has appeared in the CUET test," the VC said.

He further added that the DU Admissions 2022 to undergraduate courses will be done through CUET 2022 only except the School of Open Learning and National Collegiate Women's Education Board.

"It is mandatory for all the candidates to appear in CUET 2022 including those seeking admission to additional seats. The eligibility criteria will be decided on the basis of marks obtained in CUET," VC said while announcing the DU admission guidelines for 2022.

The candidates can appear for CUET in a maximum of six subjects out of which one must be a language subject. The best score will be considered for admission, added VC.

While speaking about the CUET 2022, the Dean of Admissions Haneet Gandhi said, that the common entrance test will consist of three sections in which the first section will have two parts. The first part of CUET consists of 13 languages and 20 languages in the second part. 

“It is mandatory for the candidates to appear in at least one language for admission to Delhi University, out of both these parts combined,” Gandhi said. “The second section of the entrance exam consists of 27 domain-specific topics. The third section is based on General Knowledge which will be for admission to BA Program only,” she said.

Students seeking admission in BSc programmes must note that the eligibility criteria will be calculated on the basis of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or Biology. However, 30 per cent marks in any language will be obtained as qualifying criteria.

“For admission to Bachelor of Arts, a candidate will have to appear in the entrance test in any one language from section one and in any three subjects from the other section. Merit will be calculated on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate in the same subject and language,” said Gandhi.

Candidates opting for language programmes can choose a particular language or take tests in any other language. For the 50 per cent reserved seats in minority colleges, 85 per cent marks for admission will be taken from the CUET, and the remaining 15 per cent will be decided by colleges. "Admission to non-reserved 50 per cent seats will be on the basis of CUET," the VC added.

Pondicherry University

As per the Pondicherry University admission policy, a student will need to appear in a general test to get admission into the five-year integrated MA programme in subjects like history, political science and sociology. All aspiring students must have scored 50 per cent marks in Class 12. The university will offer 25 seats for each programme.

In an official notification,  Assistant Registrar of the University K Mahesh said that candidates aspiring for admission to the integrated PG courses are advised to apply for the CUET (UG) 2022 online at cuet.samarth.ac.in. The candidates are also advised to go through the information brochure available on the university website for eligibility criteria.

For all those looking forward to taking admission in science stream integrated programmes such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, and statistics, must note that they need to choose physics, chemistry and mathematics in the CUET 2022 with 50 percent marks in Class 12. Commerce and humanities stream students will not be eligible for this programme.  For the integrated programme in applied geology, students have to appear for physics, chemistry and mathematics. The university, as per the central reservation criteria, will implement reservations for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Caste and Economically Weaker Section. Five percent of seats in each course are also reserved for differently-abled candidates. The university offers nine integrated programmes.

Allahabad University Admissions 2022

The varsity also released the admission policy on Tuesday. The admission policy stated that the students who will be admitted to all undergraduate courses will be done strictly based on CUET 2022 scores only.

As per Allahabad University's admission policy, students will have to choose one language as Hindi or English in section 1A and 1B. For admission into BA courses, students can choose any domain-specific subject offered by NTA. The Allahabad University has however made an exception for BA geography course, where students will be given choice to choose from geography or physics, chemistry, mathematics and defense studies. For BSc programmes, the university has given options of domains specific subjects including physics, chemistry, mathematics, geology, biology and anthropology.

Candidates will be given a choice to choose at least two or all of these six subjects. For BCom courses, a candidate will have to either choose commerce or at least two subjects between physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology. Along with all these domain-specific subjects, students will also have to appear for the general aptitude test consisting of questions related to general knowledge, current affairs, numerical ability, and quantitative reasoning. 

Hyderabad University

Hyderabad University has not yet finalized its admission policy. However, while talking with Shiksha.com about the implementation of CUET, Vice-Chancellor B J Rao told that "It is a centralised admissions test administered by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The academic council of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has approved the adoption of CUET 2022 for the academic session 2022-23. NTA had asked UoH about the programmes we offer and we gave them all the details in which we are looking forward to giving admission as per CUET 2022 score. As per the details shared by us, the NTA mapped it to the specific admission test because it is a subject-wise admission test. NTA has a menu for different admission tests and in that, they have mapped the subjects or streams we require to conduct the entrance test. So, this mapping is important not only for the UoH but also for all the central universities across the country.  Based on this, the NTA came up with the master list for all the streams for which the CUET should be conducted. Now, NTA is getting ready to conduct the admission test in all the different subject streams that require the CUET score.

Central University of Karnataka

Students seeking admission to the Central University of Karnataka must note that the merit list for courses like BSc physics, chemistry, and mathematics will be based on CUET scores in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry.

On the basis of the subject taken in the third year by merit-cum choice, BSc(Physics) or BSc (Chemistry) degree will be awarded to students. The merit list of BSc (Life Sciences and Geology) will be on the basis of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. For the courses like BSc Psychology and BA English, Geography, History, Economics, Social work and BBA, the merit list will be prepared based on the general test, section three of the CUET 2022 exam.

It is mandatory for students to have scored 50 per cent marks in these specific subjects in Class 12 exams. The university will allow five percent relaxation for Class 12 marks to students from OBC, SC, ST and PwD as well as Kashmiri migrant and non-migrant pandits.

Ambedkar University 

Delhi government-run Ambedkar University on Thursday announced it will hold all undergraduate admissions through Common University Entrance Test (CUET). AUD Vice-Chancellor Anu Singh Lather said that the admissions to the university will be held through the CUET 2022. “It is mandatory for all the candidates to appear in CUET, 2022, including those seeking admission to supernumerary seats. The eligibility criteria will be decided on the basis of marks obtained in CUET,” she said. AUD is the first state university to opt for CUET exam for admission 2022-23, Singh informed.

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