9 central universities including Assam University gets exemption from CUET: UGC

May 22: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has stated that nine central universities – eight in Northeastern states and one in Uttarakhand will not be required to admit students in undergraduate courses on the much-talked-about Central University Common Entrance Test (CUET) in 2022-23. These universities include Sikkim University, Rajiv Gandhi University (Arunachal Pradesh), Manipur University, Assam University, Nagaland University, Tripura University, Mizoram University, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in Uttarakhand.

It means that these nine central varsities and their affiliate colleges will not admit students based either on CUET UG or CUET PG entrances. Instead, they will continue to admit students based on their previous rules at an individual university level, as per a UGC letter written to these universities.

In the said letter, UGC wrote, “With reference to the representation received from the NER (northeastern region) CUs and NER state governments, and Ministry of Education letter…the undersigned is directed to inform you that considering the operational difficulties in conducting the exam of CUET i.e the issue of geographical conditions, hilly terrain, far flung location, limited digital connectivity, infrastructure etc, it has been decided that central universities of north eastern regions…as well as HNB Garwal University Uttarakhand may take admission…as per the past practice instead of CUET for the year 2022-23 only.”