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CUET Eligibility Criteria 2024 | Qualifying Marks, Age Limit, Reservation Policy… more

CUET 2024 Eligibility Criteria is the set of guidelines laid out by the UGC-NTA (the conducting body of CUET), which are necessary to complete filling out the CUET application form. All the aspirants for CUET 2024 must know these guidelines at all times. However, the CUET eligibility criteria for 2024 are only for the CUET form filling and entry into the examination hall. Further, for admission into your desired college with the course of your preference, the aspirant must meet the eligibility guidelines set by that particular institute.
Following are the CUET 2024 Eligibility criteria in detail.



In a major step toward restructuring and simplifying the UG admissions in India, the CUET Exam was introduced in the academic year 2022-23 with the idea of “One Entrance for admissions across a plethora of courses and Institutes”.
Since its inception, 250+ universities, including 45 central universities and 37 state universities, are expected to participate in the CUET 2024. To get admitted to any of these coveted universities, aspiring students have to fill out the CUET form and take the exam.



The CUET eligibility criteria 2024 majorly has two parameters:

  • Educational qualification
  • CUET (UG) age limit

Apart from common CUET 2024 eligibility criteria, individual universities are also expected to announce their own set of criteria for taking admission. All aspiring students are advised to check the respective university websites to check the university or college-specific eligibility criteria before filling out the CUET application form.

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Eligibility Criteria Key Points Reservation Policy

CUET 2024 Eligibility Criteria

We have comprehensively discussed the CUET eligibility criteria 2024 and the CUET 2024 reservation policy to help you better clarify while filling out the CUET application form.

The official notification of CUET 2024 has been released. And, as per the notification for CUET, the CUET Eligibility criteria are the same as last year, for further details, aspirants are requested to check the below-mentioned PDF.

CUET (UG) age limit:

  • To appear for the CUET (UG) - 2024, there will be NO age limit for the aspirants. Aspirants who have passed their 12th Boards/equivalent examination
    or
    Appearing in 2024, irrespective of their age, can appear for CUET 2024.

However, the aspirants must take serious note that they will be required to fulfil the age criteria (if any) of the specific university or college they aspire to join for their Undergraduate program.

Educational Qualification (CUET 2024 UG):

All the aspirants must note that to apply for CUET 2024, they need to pass the class 12 Board exam from any recognised Board. Students who are appearing for the Boards in the same year can apply for the exam as well. Mere pass marks would be sufficient to apply for CUET 2024.

CUET Eligibility Criteria 2024: Key Points

  • Every university participating in CUET 2024 is free to set its own set of criteria while taking admission.
  • Full weightage will be given to the CUET scores for admission into any university participating in CUET 2024. Mere pass marks in the class 12 Board exam would suffice.
  • In the official announcement by NTA, CUET 2024 eligibility criteria do not mention an age limit. However, Universities are free to decide on minimum and maximum age limits for admissions to all (or any) of the UG programs.
  • For admission, the existing policies regarding quota, category, relaxation, reservation, qualification, subject combinations, preferences, etc., of the respective University shall be applicable. However, all the central universities have to follow the guidelines of the MoE and UGC for admitting students.
  • The CUET eligibility criteria 2024 for admission is expected to be unique for every University. The aspirants are advised to visit the respective University website for university-specific eligibility criteria. The same can also be accessed on the official website of CUET.

Reservation policy: CUET 2024

Among 250+, 45 Central universities will be participating in CUET 2024. The central universities have been established under an Act of Parliament, and each of these 45 universities must follow the norms of reservation policy set by the Government of India.

The section below offers you information related to the reservation policy and relaxation that will be given to the various (SC/ST, OBC, PwD, etc.) category students.

Following is the break-up of the reservation policy followed by the CUET participating universities:

Category Reservation
General Economically Weaker Sections (GEN-EWS) 10%
Scheduled Castes (SC) 15%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) 7.5%
Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer) 27%
Persons with Disability 5% in each category

The aspirants who wish to claim the benefits of the reservation policy based on caste (or any other category specified) are expected to produce valid documents/certificates or the proforma provided by the universities in support of their claims.

Every aspirant must check the CUET 2024 eligibility criteria before filling out the CUET Application Form. The detailed notification regarding the CUET eligibility criteria 2024 has been released and aspirants are requested to minutely go through the CUET UG 2024 notification to get insights into the CUET Eligibility Criteria, The registrations for CUET have begun, and are expected to close on 26 March 2024.

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FAQs

A candidate's class 12 marks are not taken into consideration beyond meeting the minimum eligibility requirement.

There are no specific minimum marks required in your board exams to appear in the CUET. Students who have either completed or are pursuing their Class 12 can participate in CUET as long as they meet the age requirements set by their chosen universities.

Here are some tried and tested methods to ace the CUET exam:
  • Understand the syllabus and exam pattern.
  • Make a detailed Study plan.
  • Practice previous year's papers and solve mock tests to improve efficiency.
  • Keep yourself motivated through thick and thin.

CUET 2024 will be divided into three sections:
Language, Domain-specific Subjects, and General Test. The Language section is further divided into two subparts – Section IA: 13 Languages and Section IB: 20 Languages.

Candidates can appear in CUET regardless of their age as long as they have passed or will take the Class 12 or equivalent examination in 2024. However, they must meet the age requirements of the university they wish to attend.
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