CUET PG 2022 Result Updates: Scores not normalised for postgraduate entrance exam, says UGC Chief

Along with the result, NTA has also released subject wise toppers’ list. This year, a total of six students have achieved 100 percentile — Nakul Kumar Vaish (PGQP01-B.Ed), Akash Patel (PGQP01-B.Ed), Sumit Joshi (PGQP20-Social Work), Neeraj Godara (PGQP20-Social Work), Mayank Kumar Mishra [PGQP38-General (MBA etc)] and Mohit [PGQP38-General (MBA etc)]. Read the whole report here

The NTA had released the final answer key of CUET PG 2022 exam on September 24, two days before the announcement of result. Earlier, the provisional answer keys were released on September 16, after which candidates had time till 9 pm of September 18 to raise objections by paying a fee of Rs 200 per question challenged as a non-refundable processing fee (the deadline for submitting the application fees was 11:50 pm of September 18).

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), which attracted the second highest number of applications in CUET-UG, received the maximum number of applications (3.53 lakh) for the postgraduate edition of the test, followed by Lucknow’s Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (3.13 lakh) and Uttarakhand-based Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (3.02 lakh).

Three central universities in the Northeast are among those that have drawn over two lakh applications for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-PG) in a marked difference from CUET-UG, which saw aspirants mostly showing interest in courses taught by North India-based varsities. Which universities were these? Tap here to find out

TO check the CUET PG score cards, candidates can visit the official CUET PG website — cuet.nta.nic.in — to check their result. They can also visit NTA websites — nta.ac.in or ntaresults.nic.in.

B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics University
Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University
Devi Ahilya Vishvavidyalaya
Sardar Patel University of Police, Security, and Criminal Justice
Apex University
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi
Vikram University, M.P.
M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi

The Central University of Gujarat has extended the last date of submission of online application forms of the undergraduate (UG and PG) programmes. Now, candidates have time till September 30 to complete their registration in the online process. Candidates who appeared for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 can apply for admissions at the official website — cug.ac.in. Check complete details here

No, the results will not be sent by post. The results will be declared online, candidates should download and take a print out of their result for future reference.

There is no passing or failing grade in the CUET PG exams. The scorecard will only display the candidate’s percentile and universities will be selecting candidates on the basis of that. The universities will issue a merit list based on their percentile.

A total of 66 universities including central, state deemed and private universities are considering CUET PG scores for admissions in postgraduate programmes.

CUET PG has been conducted for the first time this year and was scheduled only once in this year. Although the UGC Chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar said that the authorities are contemplating conducting CUET UG twice a year, he has not talked about any such plans for CUET PG.

The CUET PG scorecard has the personal details of the candidate such as name, date of birth, application and roll number, along with the scores of every subject for which they appeared and total percentile.

Step 1: Go to the official website — cuet.nta.nic.in.
Step 2: Tap on the link CUET 2022 PG result displayed on the homepage.
Step 3: Key in your credentials such as your roll number and date of birth in the empty fields.
Step 4: Tap on the submit button and your CUET PG Results 2022 will appear in the screen.
Step 5: Download and take a print out of your CUET PG result for further use.

The UGC Chairman, M Jagadesh Kumar, has clarified that CUET PG scores have not been normalised and are indded 'raw marks'. The reason behind this is that for most subjects, CUET PG exam was a single session test so there was no requirement for it. Normalisation formula is used only in cases where an exam is held over multiple days and sessions, like the CUET-UG. Read this report by Sourav Roy Barman

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“No normalisation of scores has been done in CUET-PG and the universities will prepare the rank lists on the basis of ‘raw marks’ and not NTA scores,” UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar told PTI. Read full report here

According to the official data shared by the NTA, a total of 3,34,997 candidates appeared for the postgraduate entrance exam this year, out of the 6,07,648 candidates who had registered.

Now that the CUET PG result has been declared, participating universities will start releasing their counselling schedules soon. The Central University of Punjab official told indianexpress.com that the varsity is already preparing the counselling schedule and will upload it on the official website — cup.edu.in — soon

The CUET PG exam was conducted at 570 examination centres located in 269 cities across India and four cities outside India. The postgraduate admission test was held from September 1 to 12 (except on September 8) in two shifts — the morning session was conducted from 10 am to 12 noon and the evening shift from 3 pm to 5 pm. The exam was computer-based and completely objective type, comprising of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).

B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics University
Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University
Devi Ahilya Vishvavidyalaya
Sardar Patel University of Police, Security, and Criminal Justice
Apex University
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi
Vikram University, M.P.
M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi

Step 1: Go to the official website — cuet.nta.nic.in.
Step 2: Tap on the link CUET 2022 PG result displayed on the homepage.
Step 3: Key in your credentials such as your roll number and date of birth in the empty fields.
Step 4: Tap on the submit button and your CUET PG Results 2022 will appear in the screen.
Step 5: Download and take a print out of your CUET PG result for further use.

This year, a total of 607648 candidates registered for the CUET PG 2022 exams, out of which there were 302155 female candidates, according to data provided by the NTA.

This year, a total of six students have achieved 100 percentile — Nakul Kumar Vaish (PGQP01-B.Ed), Akash Patel (PGQP01-B.Ed), Sumit Joshi (PGQP20-Social Work), Neeraj Godara (PGQP20-Social Work), Mayank Kumar Mishra [PGQP38-General (MBA etc)] and Mohit [PGQP38-General (MBA etc)]. Read the whole report here

Now that the NTA has declared CUET PG Scores, participating universities will released their admissions and eligibility criteria. The application forms will be released by the university and CUET Scores will be taken into account. Candidates should keep visiting the official websites of the universities they applied to for latest updates.

Three among the top 8 universities that received highest applications through CUET PG are situated in the north-eastern states of India.

CUET PG Subject wise toppers list released. NTA has released the list of toppers in each subject along with their subject score or percentile

A total of 3,34,997 candidates had appeared out of the 6,07,648 registered candidates. Result of all these students have been declared in the form of scorecards at the official website. 

CUET PG Score cards are now available for download

Students are taking to Twitter highlighting some discrepancies in answers to one of the questions in CUET PG 

Wouldn't @DG_NTA look into errors of answer in final key of PGQP15 (Ques. ID: 1019017) before results tomorrow. It would surely be travesty of fair examination. How come there can be three answer to a MCQ and still it is not dropped. @ugc_india @mamidala90 @jsaideepak #CUETPG

— Abhigyan Ranjan (@AbhigyanRanjan2) September 25, 2022

Three central universities in the Northeast are among those that have drawn over two lakh applications for the CUET-PG. Tripura University, Manipur University, and North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) received 2.94 lakh, 2.90 lakh, and 2.82 lakh applications respectively, finding a place in the league of top 10 popular institutions.

The CUET-PG 2022 result will be compiled based on the final answer key which was released on September 24. After the declaration of result no grievance with regard to the answer keys will be entertained. NTA had earlier released provisional answer keys for candidates to raise any challenge against the answers.

Students waiting for results
Le NTA - #CUETPGResult2022 #nta #LateLate #cuetpg pic.twitter.com/dihwwwuXLE

— Vartika Srivastav (@ambivert_humour) September 26, 2022

There is no update about CUET PG Result declaration on the official website yet. Once released, candidates will be able to download scorecards at the official website cuet.nta.nic.in

The NTA Official CUET PG website - cuet.nta.nic.in is not working at the moment.

There are a total 78 paper codes in CUET-PG 2022. 42 universities are participating in CUET-PG 2022. Some universities including Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia have not adopted CUET PG this year.

There will be no passing or failing marks in CUET PG. The scorecard will only display the candidate’s percentile and universities will be selecting candidates on the basis of that. The universities will issue a merit list based on their percentile. 

For a correct answer, a candidate will get four marks. If more than one answer is correct then the candidate will get four marks for either of the correct answers. If all four options are correct then the candidate will get fours for choosing any of the four options. But if the candidate does not attempt the question, they won’t get any marks for it. If all four answers are incorrect then, the candidate will get four marks for not answering the question.

The following universities will use the CUET PG Score for admitting students to PG courses

B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics University
Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University
Devi Ahilya Vishvavidyalaya
Sardar Patel University of Police, Security, and Criminal Justice
Apex University
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi
Vikram University, M.P.
M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi

UGC Chairman on Sunday informed that NTA will release CUET PG 2022 Result by 4 pm of September 26. He made the announcement via his Twitter handle.

National Testing Agency (NTA) will declare CUET-PG results on 26 September (Monday) by 4 pm, required for Post-graduate admissions in the participating universities. Best wishes to all the students.

— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) September 25, 2022

The CUET PG scorecard will have the details of the candidate such as name, date of birth, scores of every subject for which they appeared and total percentile.

Candidates who appeared for the CUET Pg exam will be able to check their score cards at the official CUET PG website — cuet.nta.nic.in.

Step 1: Go to the official website — cuet.nta.nic.in.
Step 2: Tap on the link CUET 2022 PG result displayed on the homepage.
Step 3: Key in your credentials such as your roll number and date of birth in the empty fields.
Step 4: Tap on the submit button and your CUET PG Results 2022 will appear in the screen.
Step 5: Download and take a print out of your CUET PG result for further use.

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CUET PG result should not be delayed this time and "I think we will be able to honour our commitment this time", Director General Vineet Joshi told indianexpress.com. The result will likely be announced around 4 pm, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar had informed.

JNU vice-chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said that they have been appealing to change the format of the Common University Entrance Test for postgraduate admissions. She said the absence of qualitative testing will impact student intake. She said that Master’s programmes could not be conducted via MCQs Read the full report on IndianExpress.com

The National Testing Agency has announced the examination dates for Delhi University Entrance Test 2022 for admissions to Postgraduate and PhD programmes for the academic year 2022-23. The exam will be conducted on October 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21. The test will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only. DU has not adopted CUET for PG Admissions this year.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) had announced the common entrance test for admission to postgraduate programmes in 42 central universities in the upcoming academic year. However, unlike CUET-UG, the universities are not bound to adopt the CUET-PG for postgraduate admissions. Several central universities have taken up CUET PG for admissions including JNU, and Pondicherry University. However, universities such as DU, Jamia Millia Islamia will not be adopting CUET PG this year.

For a correct answer, a candidate will get four marks. If more than one answer is correct then the candidate will get four marks for either of the correct answers. If all four options are correct then the candidate will get fours for choosing any of the four options. But if the candidate does not attempt the question, they won’t get any marks for it. If all four answers are incorrect then, the candidate will get four marks for not answering the question.

There will be no passing or failing marks in CUET PG. The scorecard will only display the candidate’s percentile and universities will be selecting candidates on the basis of that. The universities will issue a merit list based on their percentile.

NTA released the final answer key on Saturday at the official website - cuet.nta.nic.in. Follow these steps to download

Step 1: Go to the official website of CUET PG– cuet.nta.nic.in.
Step 2: Click on the link reading, ‘CUET-PG 2022: Final Answer Key’
Step 3: Check the result by matching question ID to the correct answer (The papers are arranged according to the dates they were conducted on)
Step 4: Download the result for future reference

CUET ended up going down the same path that any hyper-centralised exercise in the last few years has gone down. In the process, I had to experience a loss of agency. "My experience was marred by delays. For months after graduating, I didn’t hear anything about the date-sheet for the upcoming examinations. Having enough time and tools to prepare is a crucial need that remained unmet due to delays from the administration’s end," writes Tanya Yadav. Read the letter here

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has instructed all participating universities to create website and web portals to make the postgraduate admission process easier and smooth. UGC issued a notice for all universities that are adopting CUET PG exam this year. UGC has urged all participating universities (state, private, deemed-to-be universities) to create student-friendly websites and web portals that will help ease the admission process for all postgraduate courses. Read more

The score cards for the CUET postgraduate exam will be released today (September 26) at 4 pm, according to the UGC Chief. Candidates who appeared for the CUET PG exams will be able check and download their score card from the official website — cuet.nta.nic.in.

For CUET PG, BHU received the maximum number of applications (3.53 lakh) for the postgraduate edition of the test, followed by Lucknow’s Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (3.13 lakh) and Uttarakhand-based Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (3.02 lakh).

As many as 66 universities, mostly Centre-run, have adopted the computer-based CUET-PG for admissions in the academic session 2022-23. The exam was held in two shifts each on September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11 in around 500 cities in India and 13 centres abroad.

As many as 3.57 lakh unique candidates, a majority (1.87 lakh) of whom are women, have signed up for CUET-PG. A breakdown of the social categories of the applicants shows that 33 per cent of them belong to the unreserved category, 37.53 per cent are OBCs, 11.24 per cent SCs, 9.2 per cent are STs and 8.33 per cent of candidates have registered under the EWS category. As many as 2273 candidates fall under the Persons with Disability bracket, official data shows.

The National Testing Agency will announce the results for CUET PG 2022. The exam was conducted between September 1 and 11. Candidates will be able to download their individual scorecards at the official website cuet.nta.nic.in