CUCET Colleges and CUCET Universities 2022


Central Universities Common Entrance Test 2022

In a move that could be a potential game-changer for higher education in India, the government has recommended conducting a Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET). There will be 54 CUCET participating Universities and colleges from the academic session 2022-2023. This may come as a surprise to many, but the move aimed at reducing the pressure of higher cut-offs in most of the reputed central universities has been in the talks for a long time now. However, the National Education Policy (NEP), which aims to bring radical changes to the education set up in the country, paved the way for the Common Entrance Test.
There are 54 Central Universities in India at the moment including University of Delhi (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), etc. There is a common entrance test for 13 newly established Central Universities across different states. While the current CUCET has been conducted once a year in offline mode, the newly planned Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET 2022) will be conducted in online mode by the National Testing Agency (NTA). To start with, the test will be conducted once for the academic session 2022-2023, but from the subsequent years, the test will be conducted twice a year giving students an opportunity to improve their scores if needed.
In this article, we will discuss CUCET Colleges and participating universities that will accept CUCET scores.


CUCET 2022 Participating Universities | CUCET Colleges

While some of the Central Universities have been established in the last two decades, a majority of the Universities are already established, including the prestigious University of Delhi. The University of Allahabad is the oldest of them all, having been established in the year 1887 and becoming a Central University in the year 2005.
Following is the list of CUCET Colleges/ Universities:

CUCET Colleges State Location Established
Banaras Hindu University Uttar Pradesh Varanasi 1916
Delhi University Delhi New Delhi 1922
Aligarh Muslim University Uttar Pradesh Aligarh 1920
Jamia Millia Islamia Delhi New Delhi 1920 (1988)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi New Delhi 1969
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 1996
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Chhattisgarh Bilaspur 1983 (2009)
Tezpur University Assam Tezpur 1994
University of Allahabad Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj 1887 (2005)
Visva-Bharati University West Bengal Santiniketan 1921
Dr. Hari Singh Gour University Madhya Pradesh Sagar 1946 (2009)
English and Foreign Languages University Telangana Hyderabad 1958 (2007)
North Eastern Hill University Meghalaya Shillong 1973
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Uttarakhand Srinagar 1973 (2009)
University of Hyderabad Telangana Hyderabad 1974
Manipur University Manipur Imphal 1980 (2005)
Pondicherry University Puducherry Pondicherry 1985
Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 1985 (2007)
Tripura University Tripura Agartala 1987
Assam University Assam Silchar 1994
Nagaland University Nagaland Lumami 1994
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Maharashtra Wardha 1997
Maulana Azad National Urdu University Telangana Hyderabad 1998
Mizoram University Mizoram Aizawl 2000
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Madhya Pradesh Amarkantak 2007
Sikkim University Sikkim Gangtok 2007
Central University of South Bihar Bihar Gaya 2009
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University Bihar Samastipur 1905 (2016)
National Sanskrit University Andhra Pradesh Tirupati 1956 (2020)
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University Delhi New Delhi 1962 (2020)
Central Sanskrit University Delhi New Delhi 1970 (2020)
Indira Gandhi National Open University Delhi New Delhi 1985
Central Agricultural University Manipur Imphal 1993
Indian Maritime University Tamil Nadu Chennai 2008
Central University of Gujarat Gujarat Gandhinagar 2009
Central University of Haryana Haryana Mahendragarh 2009
Central University of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Dharamsala 2009
Central University of Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar 2009
Central University of Jharkhand Jharkhand Ranchi 2009
Central University of Karnataka Karnataka Kalaburagi 2009
Central University of Kerala Kerala Kasaragod 2009
Central University of Odisha Odisha Koraput 2009
Central University of Punjab Punjab Bathinda 2009
Central University of Rajasthan Rajasthan Ajmer 2009
Central University of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tiruvarur 2009
Nalanda University Bihar Rajgir, Nalanda 2010
South Asian University Delhi New Delhi 2010
Central University of Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Jammu 2011
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Uttar Pradesh Raebareli 2013
Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Uttar Pradesh Jhansi 2014
Mahatma Gandhi Central University Bihar Motihari 2016
National Sports University Manipur Imphal 2018
Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Vizianagaram 2019
Central University of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Anantapur 2019

CUCET Universities: Things to Consider for CUCET 2022


The CUCET 2022 will be a new turning point for the higher education system in India. With the participation of all the central universities, the importance of the exam has further increased. All the CUCET Universities will be entitled to give 50% weightage to the CUCET score. Hence, students must prioritize CUCET 2022 and start the full-fledged preparation immediately.