NEW DELHI: A record 5 lakh college students have already utilized for CUET-PG 2023, up from 3.75 lakh final 12 months. The deadline for on-line applications is ending on Thursday night time.
The quantity of taking part universities which can admit college students primarily based on CUET scores has additionally elevated greater than thrice in comparison with final 12 months — from 66 to 195 larger academic establishments.
The enhance in quantity of taking part HEIs will come as a reduction to many aspirants who in any other case would have sat for various exams and made a number of applications.
Earlier this 12 months, University Grants Commission had appealed to the colleges to affix the widespread entrance check. The check is obligatory for the central universities (CU).
Apart from the 39 CUs, a complete of 46 State Universities, 101 personal deemed universities and 10 authorities funded HEIs have joined the check this 12 months.
One candidate can apply as much as 20 topic areas of research and as many HEIs he/ she wishes. According to a senior official of National Testing Agency, “With majority of the candidates applying for multiple subjects and are expected to take the test in those, the total number of test takers that way is expected to cross 9 lakh. The total number of unique candidates are expected to be around 5 lakh by the end of the application deadline. Already, 4.5 lakh candidates have completed the application process, including payment of the fees.”
The exams are scheduled from June 5 to 12, 2023.
The quantity of taking part universities which can admit college students primarily based on CUET scores has additionally elevated greater than thrice in comparison with final 12 months — from 66 to 195 larger academic establishments.
The enhance in quantity of taking part HEIs will come as a reduction to many aspirants who in any other case would have sat for various exams and made a number of applications.
Earlier this 12 months, University Grants Commission had appealed to the colleges to affix the widespread entrance check. The check is obligatory for the central universities (CU).
Apart from the 39 CUs, a complete of 46 State Universities, 101 personal deemed universities and 10 authorities funded HEIs have joined the check this 12 months.
One candidate can apply as much as 20 topic areas of research and as many HEIs he/ she wishes. According to a senior official of National Testing Agency, “With majority of the candidates applying for multiple subjects and are expected to take the test in those, the total number of test takers that way is expected to cross 9 lakh. The total number of unique candidates are expected to be around 5 lakh by the end of the application deadline. Already, 4.5 lakh candidates have completed the application process, including payment of the fees.”
The exams are scheduled from June 5 to 12, 2023.
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