Aspirants should meet the eligibility criteria decided by NTA to apply and appear for CUET 2024. The eligibility parameters are as follows:

●     They should have passed Class 12 from a recognised board in Science or a relevant stream to be admitted to bachelor’s degree programmes in the Central Universities.

●     They in Class 12 who are yet to appear for the Board exam are also eligible to apply.

●     There is no age limit for appearing in the CUET UG 2024 exam.

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CUET 2024 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
1 Apr '23 - 3 Apr '23	CUET UG 2024 Application Correction (ongoing)
30 Apr '23	Advance Intimation Slip for Exam City
May '23	CUET 2024 Admit Card Release (tentative)
21 May '23 - 31 May '23	CUET 2024 Exam
1 Jun '23 - 7 Jun '23	CUET UG 2024 Reserved Exam Dates
Dates	Past Exam Dates
10 Feb '23 - 30 Mar '23	CUET 2024 Application Process

Aspirants applying for CUET UG 2024 must note the below points:

●     They can apply to as many universities as they wish.

●     They can opt for a maximum of 10 subjects. The application fee would vary according to the number of subjects opted for.

●     The application form of a candidate would not be accepted by exam authorities till the CUET test fee was paid successfully.

●     An email and SMS were sent to the candidate's registered email ID and phone number on successful CUET online application form submission and fee payment.

Aspirants can apply for CUET via online mode on the official website of the exam as per the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Registration

a.     Applicants have to register first for the CUET 2024 by visiting the official website of the exam.

b.     Then they have to click on the 'New Registration' tab and read the instructions carefully before proceeding.

c.      Next they have to fill in their personal details- contact, address and choose a password and security question. Upon entering the security pin, their registration process would be complete. Applicants will receive the username and password on their registered email and SMS. The mandatory fields that had be filled in the CUET 2024 registration form are as follows:

●     Candidate Name

●     Father’s Name

●     Mother’s Name

●     Guardian’s Name

●     Date of Birth from drop-down box

●     Gender

●     Nationality

●     Identity Type (Select a valid Photo Identity Card type)

●     Identity Card Number

●     Present and Permanent Address

●     Email ID

●     Mobile Number and Alternate Contact Number

●     Choose Password (8-13 characters with one special character, one uppercase character, one lowercase character and one numeric character)

●     Select a Security Question and Answer

●     Enter Security Pin

●     Verify the submitted details

●     Enter OTP sent on Mobile Number

 

Step 2: Application Process

These are the details that applicants need to fill in the CUET application form are as follows:

Personal Details: This section fetches information from the registration form and the additional details required are as follows:

●     Confirmation of PwBD category

●     Parent’s Qualification

●     Parent’s Occupation

●     Annual Family Income

●     Confirmation of Being a Twin

●     Domicile State

●     Confirmation of Being a Diabetic

●     Place of Residence

●     Mode of Preparation

●     Medium of Studying in Qualifying Education

●     Other Quota & Category Information and Confirmation such as BPL, Kashmiri Migrant, Ward of Defence Personnel/Ex-Serviceman, Claim for NCC Quota, Claim for Sports Quota, Ward of University Employee

Education Details: Here candidates have to enter their qualifying exam details such as the name of the board/college, passing year, marks obtained, and percentage scored. The fields to be filled are as follows:

Class 10 and Class 12 or Equivalent Education Details

The details that had to be filled in this section are as follows:

●     Result Status

●     Passing Year

●     Qualifying Examination

●     Place of Schooling

●     Type of School/College

●     Qualifying Examination Country, State and District

●     Board Name

●     School/College Name, Address and Pincode

●     Roll Number

●     Result Mode

Step 3: Examination Centre Selection: applicants can choose two examination states and city in the preferential order where they would like to sit for the exam.

Step 4: University/Programme Selection: applicants had to apply for one or more universities and programmes from the dropdown menu and click on the Add button. They can change the selected universities/programmes by clicking on the ‘Update’ tab.

Step 5: Test Paper/Subject Selection: aspirants have to select a minimum of three and a maximum of 10 subjects or papers, along with the medium or language of the question paper they wish to opt for. If they select less than 10 subjects, they need to select NA: Not Applicable option for the rest of the subject fields.

Step 6: Upload Photograph and Signature

At the end aspirants have to upload their scanned photograph and signature as per the prescribed specifications. The following table brings the details of the documents to be uploaded.

Document Type	File Format	File Size
Photograph	JPG/JPEG	10 KB – 200 KB
Signature		4 KB – 30 KB
Category of PwBD Certificate	PDF	50 KB – 300 KB

 

Step 7: Application Fee Payment

Aspirants can pay the CUET 2024 application fee online (net banking/ credit card/ debit card/ UPI/ Wallet).

Number of Subjects	Candidate Category	Application Fee (in INR)
Up to 3 Subjects	General (UR)	750
	OBC-NCL (EWS)	700
	SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender	650
	Centres Outside India	3,750
Up to 7 Subjects	General (UR)	1,500
	OBC-NCL (EWS)	1,400
	SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender	1,300
	Centres Outside India	7,500
Up to 10 Subjects	General (UR)	1,750
	OBC-NCL (EWS)	1,650
	SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender	1,550
	Centres Outside India	11,000

The detailed breakup of the application fee amount was given on the screen along with the payment windows, which are:

●     State Bank of India

●     Canara Bank

●     ICICI Bank

●     Paytm

Aspirants are advised to avoid the following mistakes:

●     Do not upload a blurred image of signature

●     Use plain white paper as the background while scanning the images

●     Make sure to upload the qualification certificates as demanded

applicants must preserve the following information after applying:

●     CUET 2024 Application Confirmation Page printout and soft copy

●     CUET UG 2024 Credentials (Registration/Application Number and Password)

●     Documents uploaded in the CUET 2024 application form

●     Verify the details entered and make a list of corrections/changes to be done during the CUET 2024 Application Correction window.

If an applicant forgets the CUET UG 2024 application password, he/she can retrieve the same by following the below procedure:

●     Visit the CUET UG 2024 website

●     Click on the Login tab

●     Click on the Forgot Password

●     Enter the Security Question Answer

●     The password will be sent to the registered email id

In case they want to reset the password, candidates will have to follow the steps given below:

●     Visit the CUET UG 2024 website

●     Click on the Log in tab

●     Click on ‘Reset/Change Password’ tab

●     A link will be mailed to the registered email id

●     Click on the link and change/reset the password

The CUET UG 2024 Help Centres are located in Rajasthan, Assam, Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh. The list is given in the table below.

CUET UG 2024 Help Centre Name	Address
India International School	Kshipra Path, Opp. V.T. Road, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020, Rajasthan
Modern English School	Kahilipara, Assam
DAV International School	By-Pass Road, Verka Chowk, Amritsar Verka Chowk, Amritsar Ma Resort And Verka Milk Plant, Amritsar, Punjab
Lawrence And Mayo Public School	Sector A, Shrinathpuram, Near New Fire Station, Kota, Rajasthan
Cambridge International School For Girls	Cambridge Innovative School Urban Estate Phase-Ii Jalandhar Punjab
Rajhans Vidyalaya	Rajhans Vidyalaya, Munshi Nagar, Near Bhavans College, D N Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai- 400058, Maharashtra
Pragati Academy Perumbavoor	Pragati Academy, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam, Kerala
Saraswathi Vidyalaya	Arappura, Vattiyoorkavu, Trivandrum Saraswathi Vidyalaya, Arappura, Vattiyoorkavu, Trivandrum 695013 Arappura, Ganapathy Temple, Kerala
Delhi Public School Risali	Delhi Public School Bhilai Risali Sector Bhilai Distt- Durg Chhattisgarh
The Mother's Institute of Integral Education	Unit-I Near Indoor Hall Behind State Bank Main Branch, Khurda, Odisha
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Rajaji Vidyashram	No.6, Kilpauk Garden Road, Kilpauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
JSS Public School	No. 31, 15th Main, 22nd Cross , Bengaluru, Karnataka
Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women's University)	Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Padmavathi Nagar, M.R.Palli, Tirupati, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh
Senior Secondary Adarsh Vidhya Mandir Janta Colony	Senior Secondary Adarsh Vidhya Mandir Behind Pink Square Mall Janta Colony Govind Marg Jaipur, Rajasthan
Lucknow Memorial Public School	Gopalpuri V I P Road Alambagh Lucknow Near Pakri Ka Pul, 226005, Uttar Pradesh
Government Polytechnic Ambikapur	Near Gandhi Chowk, Namnakala, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh
H S DAV Public School	Narkatiaganj H S Dav Public School Near Pakri Dhala, Narkatiaganj West Champaran, 845455 Bihar Narkatiaganj Bihar, Pakri Dhala Narkatiaganj West Champaran Bihar
HRIT Group Of Institutions	7 Km Stone, Delhi-Meerut Road, Morta, Ghaziabad Ghaziabad Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Global Academy For Learning School	Global Academy For Learning School No 40, Chowdeshwari Farm Near Global(V), Pattanagere Main Rd Rajarajeswari Nagar Bangalore Karnataka
MLR Institute Of Technology	Laxman Reddy Avenue, Dundigal Police Station Road, Dundigal Dundigal Laxman Reddy Avenue, Medchal Malkajgiri, Telangana
SDR (EM) High School	Sdr Em High School Udumalapuram (Amalapuram) (V), Nandyal(M), Nandyal Dist., Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
GAV Public School	Near Municipality Committee Ground, Opposite Vishal Mega Mart, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Paladugu Parvathi Devi College of Engineering and Technology	Beside Polavaram Canal, Surampalli via Nunna Gannavaram Mandal Vijayawada Rural Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh

Aspirants need to follow the steps given below to make changes to the CUET 2024 application form:

●     Visit the official website of CUET 2024 – cuet.samarth.ac.in 

●     Click on the ‘Sign In’ tab on the top right side of the page

●     Enter your application number, password and security pin

●     Click on the tab indicating application correction

●     Enter the OTP sent to the registered mobile number and email address

●     Make the necessary changes

●     Verify the details before final submission

They will be able to make changes in any one of the following fields of the CUET 2024 application form:

●     Candidate Name or

●     Father Name or

●     Mother Name or

●     Photograph - Image Upload or

●     Signature – Image Upload

●     Date of birth

●     Gender

●     Category

●     PwBD

●     Class 10 or equivalent details

●     Class 12 or equivalent details

●     Exam centre city selection (all four preferences)

●     Medium of question paper

●     Subject/Test Paper Code

●     University and Programme selection

These are the fields which cannot be edited:

●     Mobile number

●     Email address

●     Permanent and correspondence address

Last year, there was a total registration of 14,90,293 candidates in CUET UG out of which 9,68,201 candidates appeared for the exam. The gender-wise total number of CUET registrations vis-a-vis the number of candidates who appeared for the exam is provided below.

Gender	Total Registrations	Total Appearing Candidates
Female	6,60,311	4,29,228
Male	8,29,965	5,38,965
Third Gender	17	8
Total	14,90,293	9,68,201

Q: When can I make corrections in the CUET UG 2024 application form?

A: The CUET UG 2024 application correction window is open from April 1 to April 3, 11.50 PM. Originally, the application correction window was scheduled from March 15 to March 18. NTA postponed the dates of the application form submission and correction.

 

Q. Is there any fee required for making CUET 2024 application correction?

A. There is no specific fee levied for making CUET 2024 application correction. However, in case of changing category, the application fee will be revised and candidates have to pay the excess fee as applicable.

 

Q: When has the CUET UG 2024 application process begun?

A: CUET UG 2024 application process begun on February 10. The last date to submit the application form ended on March 30. Earlier, it was extended from March 12, 9 PM to March 30, 9.50 PM. The application fee had to be paid by 11.50 PM of March 30.

 

Q: How much is the CUET exam fee? Is it different if I apply for more courses or universities?

A: CUET exam fee was INR 750 for General, INR 700 for OBC-NCL and EWS category candidates and INR 650 for SC, ST, PwD Third Gender candidates for three subjects. Those who wanted to opt for a centre located outside India had to pay INR 3,750. The CUET application fee was increased from that of last year. The fee amount varied for the number of subjects opted for.

 

Q: How will I know that my application has reached the exam authorities? 

A: On successful submission of the CUET online application form along with the exam fee, an automated email and SMS were sent to the registered email ID and mobile number of candidates.

 

Q: Can I fill the application form offline?

A: No, CUET application forms had to be filled in online mode on the official website of the exam only. Candidates had to visit the official website of NTA CUET UG and register first, which generated the credentials, or the username and password. After that, they had to log in and complete the application process by filling out the mandatory fields and paying the requisite application fee online.

 

Q: What can I do if I face any problem in filling the online application form or if do not receive automated email and SMS?

A: In case candidates faced any difficulty in filling the application form or did not receive the automated response through email and SMS within 24 hours of submitting the form, they should have contacted exam authorities through email or call. It may be noted that at the time of contacting exam authorities, candidates should have been ready with the following information: registration number, email ID, mobile number, operating system Windows XP SP2 or Linux (with Version number), browser with its version number, whether javascript is enabled, and copy of Exact Text of error message encountered.

 

Q: Is it mandatory to fill the CUET application form in one go?

A: No, candidates could fill the CUET application form partially and then log in again to complete it later. However, they must have ensured that each stage of the application form was saved properly, otherwise, they would have to repeat the entire exercise once again.

 

Q. Can I fill and submit the application form on the day it is released?

A. Yes. Candidates could fill the form from the first day of release till the last day of submission. Candidates were not allowed to apply once the application process was over.

 

Q. Does the passport-sized photograph have to be coloured or black and white?

A. Candidates were advised to upload a scanned copy of their passport-size photograph which should be either coloured or black and white. The photograph should be in white background and 80 percent face (without mask) should be visible. The image file should have been in JPG or JPEG format and within 10 KB to 200 KB dimension.

 

Q: What is the duration to fill and submit the CUET 2024 application form?

A: Candidates filling the CUET 2024 application form had to submit it within 30 minutes of logging into the registered account. Also, they had to keep saving each section of the application form to avoid filling it again if the session expired. To ensure completing the form in under 30 minutes, applicants must have kept all the information and soft copy of files/documents to be uploaded handy.

 

Q. Is the application fee for CUET supposed to be paid before filling the application form or after it?

A. On submission of online application successfully, applicants could make the online payment for their selected programme. This means that the application fee needed to be paid after submitting the application form.

 

Q. How many options could an applicant fill for the programmes in the application form of CUET?

A. An applicant could choose a maximum of 10 programmes of each university for the Common Entrance Test.

 

Q. What are the major reasons which can lead to the cancellation of the candidature of an application?

A. The major reasons that can result in the cancellation of a candidate's candidature are: if the minimum eligibility requirement is not fulfilled or false documentation has been done or facts have been suppressed.