Doha has been allotted with a testing centre for the same and those who wish to apply can do so through https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ until 5pm Indian time, May 6. Students can also find additional information from the website regarding the examination and other aspects. Students appearing for grade 12 board examination this year are eligible to apply for CUET.
NTA has been established as an autonomous and self-sustained testing organisation to conduct entrance examinations for admission for undergraduate and integrated post-graduate programmes at these universities in India from this year. In addition NTA also conducts JEE and NEET entrance examination for admission to engineering and medical colleges.
CUET is expected to provide a single-window opportunity to students to seek admission in any of the Central Universities and others across the country. This is the first time a common entrance test is conducted for all these universities. It will provide a common platform and equal opportunities to candidates, especially those from rural and other remote areas and help establish better connect with the universities. A single examination will enable the candidates to cover a wide outreach and be part of the admissions process to various central universities.
Firos PT, a career guide, based in Doha told 'Gulf Times' that CUET for undergraduate programmes is likely to be the single largest entrance examination in India.
“This is the mandatory common platform for securing the admission to several undergraduate courses at 44 Central Universities in India. Many of the Central Universities are centres of excellence with exceptional academic culture and popular for the facilities with high-quality infrastructure and affordable fee structure. Earlier, there were separate entrance examination and admission procedure for many of the central universities which are brought under CUET from this year,” he explained.
Some of these universities include Jawaharlal Nehru University, Aligarh Muslim University, Hyderabad Central University, Banaras Hindu University, Delhi University among others. Students can now get selected to any of these universities based on their performance in the CUET. They can apply for all types of courses such as BA, BSc, BCom, BBA, LLB, BTech Integrated PG and BPA (Bachelor in Performing Arts) in line with their aptitude and interest. There are over 500 examination centres in India in addition to the centres outside the country.
