CUCET-2019

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. THE CUCET-2019 Examination: A consortium of 14 Central Universities of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat,
Haryana, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kashmir, Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi (Bihar), Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Punjab and South Bihar established by an Act of Parliament and the Bengaluru Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of
Economics (BASE) registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, jointly organize a combined
CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES COMMON ENTRANCE TEST (CUCET - 2019) for admission to their various
programmes.

2. Schedule of CUCET-2019 Examination (tentative):

ACTIVITY DATE
Opening of online Application Form for all programs March 13th, 2019
Closing of online Application Form for all programs April 13th, 2019
Last date to accept the fee April 13th, 2019
Issue of Admit Card May 10th, 2019
Exam Dates May 25th & 26th, 2019
Answer Key upload May 27th, 2019
Grievances, if any, upto May 27th – 29th, 2019
Corrected Answer Key June 05th, 2019
Result Declaration June 21st, 2019

3. For List of Programmes offered by the PUs, Eligibility Criteria, Number of Seats visit CUCET website.
4. Reservation of seats as per Government of India (GoI)/Participating Universities (PUs) Norms. Candidates are
strongly advised to refer to website of individual PU for reservation policy of respective University/Institute.

5. All applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria thoroughly before applying for the programme,
because, different universities have different eligibility criteria for similar programmes. Hence, applicants
will themselves be responsible if they opt for a programme for which they are not eligible.
6. Applications should be submitted ONLINE only; OFFLINE applications will NOT be accepted.
7. Applicants are required to have a valid personal email ID and mobile number which should be kept active during
the entire admission process, so that the university may send alerts, important communications etc., regarding
entrance test. Under no circumstances, should the candidate share/mention his/her email ID with any other person.
8. As all communication will be made through e-mail and SMS, please ensure that DND (Do Not Disturb) is not
activated on your mobile.
9. Applicants should be ready with his/her good quality and latest digital photograph (20 KB – 50 KB) and
signature of size between 10 KB - 50 KB while applying, the detailed information about which has been
given above in the
GUIDELINES TO UPLOAD PHOTOGRAPH AND SIGNATURE.

10. Applicants are required to fill in the details in the form carefully without making any spelling mistakes. On
submission of online application successfully, applicants can make the payment for their selected programme by
Online mode.

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12. An applicant can fill the Application Form partially and login again to complete it as early as possible on or before
the last date.
13. Test Centre cities – Each candidate should choose Test Centre City of his/her choice from Annexure-II. Change of
Test Centre City will not be permitted after submission of Application Form. In case, less than 100 candidates
register for a particular centre, it will be cancelled and the candidates will be required to appear at nearby centre
allotted to him/her (as given by the candidate or decided by CUCET 2019).
14. Applicants will receive SMS and Email alerts at the time of registration and also after completing the registration.
15. Applicants can apply for a particular programme for a maximum of three PUs with a maximum of 03 options of
programmes in each of the selected PU.
16. In case a candidate wishes to opt for more PUs with additional (extra) programme(s), he/she can opt for “Add-
On” option by paying additional prescribed fee again.

17. Fee Structure :

Category Application Fee

General/OBC/EWS Applicants Rs. 800/-

SC/ST Applicants Rs. 350/-
PWD Applicants Nil

Note:

1. An applicant can apply for payment through net-banking/debit/credit card/UPI.

2. GST and other taxes as applicable by Govt. of India/Bank.
3. An applicant can apply for three programmes from three Participating Universities (PUs) by
paying application fee as mentioned above.
4. An applicant can further apply upto 03 additional PU‟s (03 programmes each) by availing Add-
on facility by paying additional fee Rs. 800/- (Gen/OBC/EWS applicants) or Rs. 350/- (SC/ST
applicants). While doing so, a University can be repeated in add on.
5. The application fee for International applicant is Rs. 3500/-.

18. Applicants are allowed to appear for CUCET-2019 provisionally subject to the final verification of mark
sheets/degrees/certificates, validity of certificates/mark sheets of qualifying examination and also of non-
involvement in the adoption of unfair means in any of the University Examinations/Entrance Tests held earlier, at
the time of admission.
19. Applicants appearing in the qualifying examination can also apply for CUCET-2019, but at the time of admission
counselling, he/she will have to produce the mark sheet/degree about their fulfilling the eligibility criteria.
20. Mere securing the pass mark in the CUCET-2019 does not entitle an applicant to be considered for admission to
the programme applied unless he/she fulfils the eligibility criteria/conditions.
APPLICANTS MUST FULLY SATISFY THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR ELIGIBILITY AS
PRESCRIBED, BEFORE FILLING IN THE APPLICATION FORM.

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21. If an applicant appears inadvertently at the Entrance Test who otherwise does not fulfil the minimum eligibility
requirements, he/she cannot, at a later date, use that as a right to claim that he/she meets the eligibility requirements.
Concerned University reserves the right to cancel/refuse admission at any point of time if it is found that:
(i) Minimum eligibility requirement are not fulfilled.
(ii) False documentation has been done, or, facts have been suppressed.
(iii) Any other similar reason.

23. Applicants admitted to any programme in the concerned University shall not be eligible to pursue simultaneously
any other full-time programme in this or in any other University/Institution.
24. Question Paper pattern: -
All Question Papers will be MCQ based consisting of: -
(i) Part A : English Language, general awareness, mathematical aptitude and analytical skills – comprising of
25 MCQs
(ii) Part B: Domain Knowledge – comprising of 75 MCQs. This part may consist of one/two/three or more
sections. Each section can have 25 or more questions. An applicant is required to answer a set of „X‟
sections (75 questions) as specified on the front cover of the Test Question Booklet. However, he/she
must ensure that he/she fills right circles in the OMR Sheet corresponding to the question numbers
attended.
(iii) For example, Part B of Entrance Test-Paper (eg. UIQP01) shall consist of four sections i.e. Physics,
Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology comprising 25 questions each. Applicants shall be required to
attempt any three sections with combination of either PCM or PCB. While choosing the combination
applicant must ensure that he/she has appeared in respective subjects at 10+2 or Pre-Board or equivalent
qualifying exam.
(iv) If an Entrance Test-paper contents X number of sections and an applicant is required to answer Y number
of section but if an applicant attempt all „X‟ sections then best of „X‟ sections as per instructions on the
question booklet will be considered for preparation of Merit list.
(v) Admission to some Integrated Programmes/B.Voc/MBA/MCA/LLB or any other general Programme,
only one paper comprising of 100 MCQs covering English language, reasoning, data interpretations/
numerical ability, general awareness and analytical skills will be held.
(vi) An applicant will have to choose one correct answer and mark on OMR Sheet. However if an applicant
marks multiple entries in the OMR Sheet for particular question(s), it will be treated as wrong answer
with negative marking.
(vii) Each paper will be only of Two Hours Duration.
(viii) There will be negative marking in CUCET-2019 in UI and PG programmes. Each correct answer will
carry 01 mark and for each wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted. Questions not attempted will not
be assessed and hence will not be considered for preparing final merit list.
(ix) No negative marking for research programmes of CUCET examination 2019.

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25. The answer keys for various Test-papers will be uploaded on 27.05.2019 `at CUCET website. An applicant may
submit his/her grievance only through an email (no hard copy will be accepted) at [email protected] from
May 27– 29, 2019. The format for the submission of grievance is given below:

Date & Test Series Question Grievance(s) Correct answer Reason for Scanned copies of relevant
Time of Paper (A,B,C,D) Number according to selected correct portion of three References
Exam Code if any student answer (Text Book/Journal/Any Other

The Grievances received from applicants will be evaluated by committee of expert(s) and the decision of the
expert(s) will be final.

26. In case an applicant appears in Test-paper exam other than that specified in his/her application form/admit card,
his/her exam will be cancelled. It is the responsibility of applicants to appear in correct Test-paper prescribed for
chosen programme.
27. Use of unfair means, as reported by Test Centers, shall automatically disqualify applicants from CUCET-2019.
28. After completion of exam(s) in CUCET-2019, applicants will be allowed to take Question Booklet and
duplicate copy of OMR Sheet. However, each applicant must ensure to handover original OMR Sheet to
the Invigilator.
29. (a) Application form through Postal/Courier/Personal mode will not be accepted under any circumstances.
(b) An applicant will be solely responsible for completion of online application form including payment of online
fees on or before the expiry of last date/time.
30. After CUCET 2019 result is declared, applicants will be allotted seats in order of merit in their respective
programme and university/institute through online/offline counselling. The counselling session will be conducted
at each university/institute separately and notified accordingly on their respective websites. There will be
separate fee for online counselling. Applicants are advised to visit the CUCET 2019 and PUs website for
admission counselling process.

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