CUET UG 2027
Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate), conducted by the National Testing Agency
CUET UG is the NTA test for undergraduate admission to central universities and many other participating universities. For engineering aspirants it matters mostly for B.Sc and other science degrees, because IIT, NIT and IIIT B.Tech seats come through JEE Main and JoSAA, not CUET.
- Conducted by
- National Testing Agency (NTA), Ministry of Education, Government of India
- Mode
- Computer Based Test (CBT) at exam centres, in multiple shifts
- Frequency
- Once a year (May-June)
- Duration
- 60 minutes per test paper; up to 5 papers per candidate
CUET UG 2027 Syllabus
Updated on 18 October 2026 · Compiled from official National Testing Agency notices
Domain papers follow the NCERT Class 12 syllabus (the bulletin says domain subjects are as per NCERT). The detailed subject-wise syllabus is on cuet.nta.nic.in; the units below are the broad NCERT areas for the science papers most relevant to engineering and B.Sc aspirants.
Subject-wise syllabus
Physics (code 322)NCERT Class 12 areas
Electricity and magnetism
Electric charges and fields · Electrostatic potential and capacitance · Current electricity · Moving charges and magnetism · Magnetism and matter · Electromagnetic induction · Alternating current
Optics and waves
Electromagnetic waves · Ray optics and optical instruments · Wave optics
Modern physics
Dual nature of radiation and matter · Atoms · Nuclei · Semiconductor electronics
Chemistry (code 320)NCERT Class 12 areas
Physical chemistry
Solutions · Electrochemistry · Chemical kinetics
Inorganic chemistry
d- and f-block elements · Coordination compounds
Organic chemistry
Haloalkanes and haloarenes · Alcohols, phenols and ethers · Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids · Amines · Biomolecules
Mathematics / Applied Mathematics (code 316)NCERT Class 12 areas
Algebra
Relations and functions · Inverse trigonometric functions · Matrices and determinants
Calculus
Continuity and differentiability · Applications of derivatives · Integrals and applications of integrals · Differential equations
Vectors, geometry and probability
Vectors · Three dimensional geometry · Linear programming · Probability
General Aptitude Test (code 501)As listed in the bulletin
General awareness
General knowledge · Current affairs
Reasoning and numeracy
General mental ability · Numerical ability · Quantitative reasoning: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, statistics · Logical and analytical reasoning
English and other languages (codes 101-113)Language papers
Language skills
Reading comprehension: factual, literary and narrative passages · Literary aptitude · Vocabulary
Where to get the official syllabus
NTA publishes the subject-wise syllabus alongside the bulletin. The 2026 syllabus was reported to be unchanged in structure from 2025, but the number of domain subjects was reduced to 23. Download the PDF for every paper you choose and match it with the current NCERT textbook.
Because the NCERT books have been revised in recent years, treat the unit lists here as guides and rely on the official PDF for the final topic list.