# CUET (PG) — Common University Entrance Test for Postgraduate Programmes (NTA) (CUET PG) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: UNIVERSITY · national
- Questions: 75 · Total marks: 300 · Marks per question: 4
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Negative marking: −1 per wrong answer
- Languages offered: EN, HI
- Pattern source (One question paper (a candidate may take up to four)): CUET (PG) 2026 Information Bulletin — https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s388a839f2f6f1427879fc33ee4acf4f66/uploads/2025/12/202512161583029269.pdf (read 2026-09-27)
- Official syllabus: https://exams.nta.nic.in/cuet-pg/syllabus/

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Education: A bachelor's degree or equivalent, or appearing in its final year. Each university sets its own programme-wise eligibility.
- Note: Programme-wise eligibility is the university's (2026 bulletin 3.2). Syllabus per question paper code: https://exams.nta.nic.in/cuet-pg/syllabus/.
- Official portal: https://exams.nta.nic.in/cuet-pg/ (National Testing Agency (NTA))

## Key dates — every tracker row from 120 days back to 365 days ahead (OFFICIAL = conducting body's notice linked · REPORTED = announced, secondary source cited · expected = estimate from previous cycles, NOT announced; an estimate whose date has passed is not listed here)
- 2027-03-01 — CUET (PG) 2027 exam window begins (NTA calendar: 1–5, 8, 12–20, 24–25 Mar 2027, buffer 30–31 Mar — tentative) (exam day) — OFFICIAL, notice: https://nta.ac.in/Download/Notice/Notice_20260916195948.pdf — in 155 days
- 2027-03-25 — CUET (PG) 2027 exam window ends (tentative, before buffer days 30–31 Mar) (exam day) — OFFICIAL, notice: https://nta.ac.in/Download/Notice/Notice_20260916195948.pdf — in 179 days
- Data updated: latest tracker row added 2026-09-26 · this file generated 2026-09-27 (IST)
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