How Many Students Appear for CUET PG; Check Subject, Category and Gender Wise Statistics Here

Central University Entrance Test Postgraduate 2025 ( CUET-PG )

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Manisha
Manisha Kumari
Associate Senior Executive
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 15:42 IST

NTA released the CUET PG registration data where the number of students who applied and appeared for the CUET PG exam in various categories. CUET PG aspirants can read this Shiksha article to learn about the CUET PG registration statistics based on the number of registrations made and appeared in different categories, subjects, and gender-wise in order to know the competition level of the examination. 

How Many Candidates Appear For CUET PG

CUET PG registration statistics will help the candidates understand the CUET PG subject-wise exam popularity level. Every year, NTA, the exam conducting body releases the statistics about how many students registered for CUET PG. Candidates interested in appearing in the upcoming CUET PG 2025 exam must go through the CUET PG registration statistics as this will help understand the popularity of the exam by going through the registrations made for the particular subject.

Also Read: CUET PG 2024 Seat Intake: Check University Wise PG Seat Matrix for All Category Here 

More the number of registered candidates, the competition level will be high and simultaneously candidates need to prepare for the CUET PG examination. Candidates can also diversify the CUET PG registration statistics based on the CUET PG registration based on category and gender. For the academic session 2024-2025, a total number of 4 lakh 62 thousand registrations were done by the unique candidates who were administered 7,68,414 tests. A total of 190 Universities (Central/State/Private and others) were CUET PG 2024 participating universities.

Read this Shiksha article to learn about how many students appear for CUET PG?

CUET PG Highlights

The following table brings the important features or highlights of the NTA CUET PG exam.

Particulars

Details

Exam Name

Central University Entrance Test (Postgraduate)

Conducting Body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Exam Level

Postgraduate

Exam Frequency

Once a year

Exam Mode

Online (Computer-Based Mode)

Total No. of Test Takers

Around 5 lakh

Courses Offered Through CUET PG

MSc

Exam Fees

INR 1,200 (General)

INR 1000 (OBC-NCL, EWS)

INR 900 (SC, ST and Transgender)

INR 800 (PwD)

INR 6,000 (International centres)

Exam Duration

105 Minutes or 1 hour 45 minutes

Total Marks

300 Marks

Total Number of Questions

75 Questions

Marking Scheme

+4 for each correct answer

-1 for each incorrect answer

Language of Exam

English and Hindi

Exam Centre Cities

300 cities in India and 24 cities abroad

Accepting Colleges

198 institutions

Official Website

pgcuet.samarth.ac.in

Contact Details

18004253800

CUET PG Year Wise Statistics Analysis: CUET PG 2024 vs 2023

Candidates can check out the stream-wise CUET PG 2024 candidates who appeared and registered analysis from here:

Stream Name 2024 2023
Registered Candidates Appeared Candidates Registered Candidates Appeared Candidates
Acharya 10,574 8,320 38,000 25,675
Common 3,02,667 2,30,352 3,23,909 2,64,988
Humanities 1,35,842 1,00,101 1,56,023 94,316
Languages 57,728 40,972 56,875 35,531
Science 2,35,901 1,91,074 3,,03,336 2,40,669
Mtech and Higher Studies 13,602 7,571 21,400 7936

Also Read: CUET PG 2024: List of Major Changes Introduced by NTA 

CUET PG 2024 Statistics: How Many Candidates Appear for CUET PG?

NTA, the conducting body has released the CUET PG registration data for the academic session 2024-2025. Candidates will be able to check out the CUET PG 2024 category-wise, gender and subject-paper-wise candidate registrations from here:

How Many Candidates Appear for CUET PG Subject Wise?

CUET PG 2024 exam was conducted from March 11, 2024, to March 28, 2024, at 326 exam centres across the nation and overseas. For this academic session around 4.6 lakh candidates appeared for CUET PG 2024 exam. Candidates can check out the CUET PG 2024 subject-wise registrations from here:

Subject Wise No of Candidates Registered and Appeared

Paper Code

Test Paper

Registered candidates

Appeared candidates

ACQP01

Shiksha Shastri B.Ed.

5910

5378

ACQP02

Shiksha Acharya M.Ed.

313

214

ACQP03

Agama

29

11

ACQP04

Baudha Darshan / Buddhist Studies

577

350

ACQP05

Dharma Shastra

121

90

ACQP06

Dharma Vijnan

19

12

ACQP07

Dharmashastra (BHU)

97

64

ACQP08

Hindu Studies

679

353

ACQP09

Indian Knowledge System

358

147

ACQP10

Jain Darshan (BHU)

23

13

ACQP11

Jyotish - Falit (BHU)

143

85

ACQP12

Jyotish - Ganit (BHU)

58

37

ACQP13

Krishna Yajurveda (BHU)

7

3

ACQP14

Nyaya Vaisheshika

33

20

ACQP15

Phalita and Siddantha Jyotisha

104

73

ACQP16

Puranetihas

50

38

ACQP17

Rigveda

31

16

ACQP18

Sahitya (BHU)

247

158

ACQP19

Sahitya (Alankara and Kavya Varga)

857

661

ACQP20

Samveda

13

4

ACQP21

Shukla Yajurveda (BHU)

58

43

ACQP22

Veda etc.

123

76

ACQP23

Vedanta (BHU)

36

24

ACQP24

Vedanta

186

120

ACQP25

Vyakaran (BHU)

129

86

ACQP26

Vyakarana and Sabdabodha Systems

373

244

COQP01

Agri-Business Management etc.

5561

3575

COQP02

Applied Geography

1781

1270

COQP03

B.Ed.

22673

16597

COQP04

B.Ed. Humanities andSocial Sciences

11622

8779

COQP05

B.Ed. Languages

7249

5197

COQP06

B.Ed. Science

6389

3982

COQP07

B.Ed. Mathematics

3142

2001

COQP08

Commerce

19216

13447

COQP09

Disaster Studies

1445

906

COQP10

Economics

23947

18379

COQP11

General (LLB, etc.)

66696

48251

COQP12

General (MBA, etc.)

97880

74116

COQP13

Library and Information Science

1722

1177

COQP14

L.L.M.

13478

10881

COQP15

M.Ed.

3607

2533

COQP16

MA Education

4257

2681

COQP17

Mass Communication and Journalism

12671

9131

COQP18

Physical Education

4355

3207

COQP19

Public Health

2965

1898

COQP20

Sports - Physiology

528

276

COQP21

Yoga

1033

586

COQP22

Healthcare and HospitalManagement

2550

1482

HUQP01

Ancient Indian History

3066

2034

HUQP02

Anthropology

1486

902

HUQP03

Applied Arts

477

349

HUQP04

Art and Aesthetics

1024

560

HUQP05

Dance

357

201

HUQP06

Development and Labour Studies

2249

1335

HUQP07

Fine Arts

1454

1105

HUQP08

Geography

12714

9817

HUQP09

History

23885

18422

HUQP10

History of Art

838

484

HUQP11

Home Science-Food & Nutrition

2610

1951

HUQP12

MusicKarnatak/Carnatic

46

23

HUQP13

Museology

202

125

HUQP14

Music – Hindustani

715

568

HUQP15

Painting

866

717

HUQP16

Philosophy

3023

1971

HUQP17

Plastic Arts

105

84

HUQP18

Political Science

41599

30242

HUQP19

Pottery and Ceramics

94

62

HUQP20

Psychology

17952

14783

HUQP21

Social Work

8420

5660

HUQP22

Sociology

11917

8237

HUQP23

Textile Design

195

147

HUQP24

Theatre

397

214

HUQP25

Music- Percussion

132

99

HUQP26

Rabindra Sangit

19

09

LAQP01

English

33339

22756

LAQP02

Hindi

11645

8091

LAQP03

Sanskrit

2546

2112

LAQP04

Linguistics

1528

929

LAQP05

Arabic

662

541

LAQP06

Assamese

192

132

LAQP07

Bengali

479

290

LAQP08

Bhutia

09

09

LAQP09

Chinese

101

73

LAQP10

French

591

450

LAQP11

Garo

321

254

LAQP12

German

282

184

LAQP13

Gujarati

71

51

LAQP14

Spanish

215

168

LAQP15

Japanese

182

118

LAQP16

Kannada

93

52

LAQP17

Kashmiri

07

04

LAQP18

Khasi

450

368

LAQP19

Kokborok

762

532

LAQP20

Korean

180

106

LAQP21

Lepcha

32

30

LAQP22

Limbu

24

24

LAQP23

Malayalam

240

95

LAQP24

Manipuri

580

509

LAQP25

Marathi

39

15

LAQP26

Nepali

117

95

LAQP27

Odia

484

232

LAQP28

Pali

42

30

LAQP29

Pashto

11

7

LAQP30

Persian

101

67

LAQP31

Prakrit

05

02

LAQP32

Prayojanmoolak Hindi (Patrakarita)

117

58

LAQP33

Punjabi

125

99

LAQP34

Russian

96

71

LAQP35

Tamil

315

168

LAQP36

Telugu

829

593

LAQP37

Urdu

785

578

LAQP38

Urdu Journalism

87

59

LAQP39

Indo-Tibetan

06

03

LAQP40

Santali

14

10

LAQP41

Italian

24

17

MTQP01

Chemical, Thermal and Polymer Engineering

134

60

MTQP02

Civil, Structural, and Transportation Engineering

845

543

MTQP03

Dairy Technology

448

298

MTQP04

Data Science

7556

3843

MTQP05

Electronics, Communication and Information Engineering

1468

892

MTQP06

Food Engineering and Technology

1135

785

MTQP07

Mechanical Engineering

426

229

MTQP08

Nano Science/Nano Technology

334

158

MTQP09

Nanoelectronics/Material Sciences

286

151

MTQP10

Electrical, Energy, and Power Engineering

588

368

MTQP11

Water Engineering and Management

339

223

MTQP12

Textile Engineering

43

21

SCQP01

Agricultural Science

12494

10986

SCQP02

Agro-forestry

859

601

SCQP03

Microbiology/Applied Microbiology

11045

9372

SCQP04

Architecture and Planning

136

62

SCQP05

Biochemistry

5094

3783

SCQP06

Bioinformatics

1649

1079

SCQP07

Botany

10867

8782

SCQP08

Chemistry

18870

15966

SCQP09

Computer Science

38891

32963

SCQP10

Criminology

1542

899

SCQP11

Environmental Sciences/Studies

9474

6434

SCQP12

Food Science and Technology

4978

3998

SCQP13

Forensic Science.

4871

3425

SCQP14

Geology

3177

2756

SCQP15

Geophysics

1417

779

SCQP16

Horticulture

6628

5591

SCQP17

Life Science

29356

24268

SCQP18

Material Science

208

85

SCQP19

Mathematics

18801

14662

SCQP20

Medical Laboratory Technology

837

569

SCQP21

MPT/Master in Respiratory Theory (MRT)

852

684

SCQP22

Nanoscience/Integrative Biosciences

279

139

SCQP23

Pharmacy

7313

6376

SCQP24

Physics

16159

13325

SCQP25

Plant Biotechnology

3067

2318

SCQP26

Soil Science - Soil & Water Conservation

1544

1061

SCQP27

Statistics

6493

4648

SCQP28

Zoology

18110

14965

SCQP29

Atmospheric Science

472

264

SCQP30

Animal Science (Poultry)

418

234

Grand Total

 

768414

577400

Also Read: CUET PG 2024 Course List; Check Stream Wise Masters Subject Here 

CUET PG 2024 Category-Wise Registered and Appeared Candidates

Candidates can check the category-wise students who appeared for the CUET PG 2024 examination from here:

Category

Registered

Appeared

EWS

68910

53434

General

289039

214637

OBC

269830

204781

SC

84661

63866

ST

55974

40682

Total

768414

577400

CUET PG 2024 Gender-Wise Registered and Appeared Candidates

Candidates can check the gender-wise students who appeared for the CUET PG 2024 examination from here:

Gender

Registered

Appeared

Female

415350

315788

Male

353044

261608

Third Gender

20

04

Total

768414

577400

Also Read: 7 Reasons Why to Give CUET PG 2024 Exam 

Highlights of CUET PG 2024

Candidates can check out the CUET PG 202 exam highlights from here:

Parameters

CUET (PG) – 2024

Number of registered candidates (unique)

462603

Number of tests administered

768414

Male Candidates

353044

Female Candidates

415350

Third gender Candidates

20

Question Paper Codes

157

Total Question Paper

240

Number of Questions

18000

Number of days and shifts

15 days & 44 shifts

Subject Expert for Question Papers

950

Translators

200

Number of Students Appeared in CUET PG 2023

Candidates can check out the candidates who appeared in the CUET PG 2023 examination subject-wise from below. This will help the candidates in knowing the competition trend going on among the students appearing in the examination. 

Paper Code

Test Paper

No. of Registered Candidate

No. of Appeared Candidates

ACQP03

Agama

50

17

COQP01

Agri-Business Management

7203

4174

SCQP01

Agricultural Science

16546

12759

SCQP02

Agro-forestry

2669

1215

HUQP01

Ancient Indian History, Culture & Arch.

4266

2048

SCQP30

Animal Science(Poultry)

966

381

HUQP02

Anthropology

2400

1076

HUQP03

Applied Arts

528

326

COQP02

Applied Geography and Geoinformatics

2151

1125

LAQP05

Arabic

702

440

SCQP04

Architecture and Planning

287

70

HUQP04

Art and Aesthetics

1197

524

LAQP06

Assamese

101

45

SCQP29

Atmospheric Science

862

383

COQP03

B.Ed

48054

30436

COQP04

B.Ed. Humanities and Social Sciences

16792

8844

COQP05

B.Ed. Languages

8929

5376

COQP06

B.Ed. Science

10737

4083

COQP07

B.Ed. Mathematics

5382

1835

ACQP04

Baudha Darshan / Buddhist Studies (Trilingual)

588

285

LAQP07

Bengali

857

475

LAQP08

Bhutia

31

24

SCQP05

Biochemistry

8896

5193

SCQP06

Bioinformatics

3484

1313

SCQP07

Botany

16130

10007

MTQP01

Chemical Thermal & Polymer Engineering

234

108

SCQP08

Chemistry

25994

20079

LAQP09

Chinese

173

95

MTQP02

Civil, Structural & Transport Engg.

1113

600

COQP08

Commerce

22291

15254

SCQP09

Computer Science, Information Technology etc.

36820

29494

SCQP10

Criminology

3455

1331

MTQP03

Dairy Technology

1019

622

HUQP05

Dance

561

330

MTQP04

Data Science, Artifical Intelligence, Cyber Security & Computer Science

11523

3320

HUQP06

Dev. and Labour studies

2565

1020

ACQP05

Dharma Shastra, Vastu, Paurohitya

259

172

ACQP06

Dharma Vijnan

19

7

ACQP07

Dharmashastra (BHU)

106

53

COQP09

Disaster Studies

2167

1264

COQP10

Economics

25593

17213

MTQP10

Electrical, Power and Energy Engineering

806

392

MTQP05

Electronics, Communication and Information Engineering

1768

795

LAQP01

English

31537

19982

SCQP11

Environmental Sciences/Studies

13279

7601

SCQP21

MPT/Master in Respiratory Theory (MRT)

714

550

HUQP07

Fine Arts

1659

888

MTQP06

Food Engineering and Technology

1699

783

SCQP12

Food Science and Technology

10303

5133

SCQP13

Forensic Science.

8726

4036

LAQP10

French

791

480

LAQP11

Garo

291

110

COQP11

General

50149

37815

COQP12

General (MBA etc)

65166

31764

HUQP08

Geography

17003

9855

SCQP14

Geology, Earth Sciences

4172

2856

SCQP15

Geophysics

2547

1190

LAQP12

German

448

154

LAQP13

Gujarati

63

18

LAQP02

Hindi

12733

7773

ACQP08

Hindu Studies (Bilingual)

543

311

LAQP14

Hispanic

184

123

HUQP09

History

27213

18381

HUQP10

History of Art

1227

414

HUQP11

Home Science

2680

1744

SCQP16

Horticulture

10363

5663

COQP22

Hospital Management

3319

1200

ACQP09

Indian Knowledge System

119

23

LAQP39

Indo-Tibetan

22

15

LAQP41

Italian

46

21

ACQP10

Jain Darshan (BHU)

28

10

LAQP15

Japanese

301

167

ACQP11

Jyotish -Falit (BHU)

115

52

ACQP12

Jyotish -Ganit (BHU)

54

23

LAQP16

Kannada

41

11

LAQP17

Kashmiri

29

17

LAQP18

Khasi

483

367

LAQP19

Kokborok

1074

582

LAQP20

Korean

244

97

ACQP13

Krishna Yajurveda (BHU)

14

4

LAQP21

Lepcha

54

39

COQP13

Library & Information Science

3470

1461

SCQP17

Life Science

26416

20647

LAQP22

Limbu

56

44

LAQP04

Linguistics

2385

1114

COQP14

LLM

11966

8091

COQP15

M.Ed.

6499

4023

COQP16

MA Education

7760

3067

LAQP23

Malayalam

267

122

LAQP24

Manipuri

644

436

LAQP25

Marathi

23

10

COQP17

Mass Communication and Journalism

15670

8748

SCQP18

Material Science

482

129

SCQP19

Mathematics

22045

14221

MTQP07

Mechanical Engineering

666

327

SCQP20

Medical Laboratory Technology

1532

799

SCQP03

Microbiology/Applied Microbiology

15615

9948

HUQP13

Museology

445

199

HUQP14

Music - Hindustani

954

650

HUQP12

Music- Karnataka

81

46

HUQP25

Music- Percussion

136

66

MTQP08

Nano Science/Nano Technology

1284

384

MTQP09

Nanoelectronics/Material Science

492

199

SCQP22

Nanoscience/Integrative Biosciences

863

404

LAQP26

Nepali

145

91

ACQP14

Nyaya Vaisheshika

38

11

LAQP27

Odia

565

320

HUQP15

Painting

895

655

LAQP28

Pali

31

23

LAQP29

Pashto

25

15

LAQP30

Persian

153

105

ACQP15

Phalita and Siddantha Jyotisha

211

160

SCQP23

Pharmacy

6238

4570

HUQP16

Philosophy

3869

1726

COQP18

Physical Education

5462

3830

SCQP24

Physics

20451

12972

SCQP25

Plant Biotechnology

6498

2950

HUQP17

Plastic Arts

109

77

HUQP18

Political Science

44211

29160

HUQP19

Pottery & Ceramics

116

70

LAQP31

Prakrit

35

22

LAQP32

Prayojanmoolak Hindi(Patrakarita)

227

122

HUQP20

Psychology

15753

10205

COQP19

Public Health

2303

1044

LAQP33

Punjabi

115

83

ACQP16

Puranetihas

84

49

HUQP26

Rabindra Sangeet

77

54

ACQP17

Rigveda

23

15

LAQP34

Russian

126

44

ACQP19

Sahitya (Alankara and Kavya varga)

979

727

ACQP18

Sahitya (BHU)

351

210

ACQP20

Samveda

6

4

LAQP03

Sanskrit

3071

2217

LAQP40

Santali

207

79

ACQP02

Shiksha Acharya M.Ed.

526

235

ACQP01

Shiksha Shastri B.Ed.

6802

5044

ACQP21

Shukla Yajurveda (BHU)

65

51

HUQP21

Social Work

11741

4727

HUQP22

Sociology

15240

7838

SCQP26

Soil Science - Soil & Water Conservation

4814

2581

COQP20

Sports Physiology etc

850

393

SCQP27

Statistics

7277

4548

LAQP35

Tamil

274

142

LAQP36

Telugu

716

397

HUQP23

Textile Design

393

192

MTQP12

Textile Engineering

58

18

HUQP24

Theatre

744

319

LAQP37

Urdu

983

520

LAQP38

Urdu Journalism

138

85

ACQP22

Veda

194

94

ACQP23

Vedanta (BHU)

87

27

ACQP24

Vedanta, Sarvadarshan, Mimansa,Nyaya

420

288

ACQP25

Vyakaran (BHU)

193

89

ACQP26

Vyakarana & Sabdabodha Systems

535

398

MTQP11

Water Engineering and Management

738

388

COQP21

Yoga

1980

1156

SCQP28

Zoology

24892

18646

Highlights of CUET PG 2023

Candidates can check out the CUET PG 2023 exam highlights from here:

Parameters

CUET PG 2023

Number of registered candidates (unique)

459083

Number of tests administered

877492

Male (Unique Candidates)

209740

Female (Unique Candidates)

249332

Transgender (Unique Candidates)

11

PwD (Unique Candidates)

2276

General (Unique Candidates)

166548

SC (Unique Candidates)

52088

ST (Unique Candidates)

38767

OBC (Unique Candidates)

163807

EWS (Unique Candidates)

37873

Number of mediums (languages)

02

Number of Cities where the exam was conducted

279

Number of Phases

02

Number of universities

197

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Yes, you can apply for the CUET PG entrance exam for a single subject. The application process allows candidates to select multiple test paper codes in one registration form, provided they meet the eligibility criteria for each chosen subject. However, you are not obligated to select m

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Ankit kumar

Contributor-Level 9

Answered 4 days ago

Hi Sagnik,

To start preparing for the M.Sc. Statistics through CUET PG, follow these steps:

  1. Understand the Syllabus: Focus on core subjects like probability, algebra, calculus, and statistical methods. Review the CUET PG Statistics syllabus thoroughly.

  2. Create a Study Plan: Organize your study schedule

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Ankit kumar

Contributor-Level 9

Answered 4 days ago

Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, offers admissions to the postgraduate programs like MD and DM mainly through NEET PG and NEET SS entrance exams. The institute does not provide admission through Common University Entrance Test for Postgraduate (CUET-PG). So, there is no result

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Annu navariya

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 4 days ago

Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI), Delhi University, inducts candidates mainly to MD and DM, which are available at the institute, through entrance exams NEET PG and NEET SS, respectively. Since the institute generally does not induct candidates by Common University Entrance Test for Postgrad

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Annu navariya

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 5 days ago

For CUET PG 2025, here is what one might expect in application changes:

Lesser Subject Options: From 63 options, the subjects have now been narrowed down to just 37.
Uniform Examination Time: The duration for all examinations is 60 minutes.
Forced Questions: There will be compulsory questions and all 5

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Khushi Gupta

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 5 days ago

No, NTA will not notify via email if a candidate filled out some incorrect details regarding the CUET PG application form. However, after filling out the application form, candidates are advised to check the application form meticulously to avoid any incorrect details being filled. 

If candidates fou

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Mayank Panda

Beginner-Level 3