Key Points
An increase of 41% has been registered in the number of students who will appear for this years Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to undergraduate courses in Central universities...
As many as 16.85 lakh students have registered and 13.99 lakh students paid the application fee and submitted the form for this year, in an increase of about four lakh compared to last years figures..
This significant rise indicates that CUET-UG is becoming a popular option for admissions to UG programmes, Prof. Kumar said.. Of the 13.99 lakh students who will sit for the examinations, 6.51 lakh are women..
The number of applications in 2023 for OBC-Non Creamy Layer, General-unreserved, and EWS category students is 4,61,022; 6,42,443 and 60,611, respectively..
The second largest number of submitted applications in 2023 is from Tamil Nadu, which stands at 24,462 an increase of 45% compared to 2022, he said...
