Aligarh Muslim University approves CUET 2022 for UG admissions

NEW DELHI: The Aligarh Muslim University today approved the proposal of holding a Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 for undergraduate courses for UG admissions 2022-23.

AMU’s Academic Council (AC) meeting accepted the recommendations of the committee constituted by the Council in December to deliberate upon all the aspects of the issue. The AMU Vice Chancellor had sent a detailed letter seeking clarification on several counts and the Additional Secretary (Higher Education), Ministry of Education addressed the points raised by the University.

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The Committee discussed the letter and resolved that AMU will use CUET scores for admission, but the University’s provisions for admissions including internal reservation, VC’s nomination to various categories and admissions to students of Bridge Course and Madrasas will remain unaffected, said an official statement.

AMU will hold its own counseling session and will conduct its admission test for BTech, postgraduate courses, Class 11, diploma courses, schools and all other courses not included in CUET.

AMU admission 2022

According to the recommendations of the committee approved by the Academic Council:

• AMU will conduct its own counselling as it has been doing during the past years
• Candidates of the Madaris or Institutions recognised by AMU as per procedure will also be eligible to take admission on the basis of CUET score f they fulfill laid down eligibility conditions in the Guide to Admission of AMU
• Students who have graduated the AMU Bridge Course (CEPECAMI) will be eligible to take admission on the basis of CUET score, if they fulfill the laid down eligibility conditions of AMU.

The internal quota and all nomination quotas (Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Backward Class, Children of University Employees, Children of Alumni, Children of Central Government Employees recently posted/transferred to Aligarh, belonging to Distant State, Union Territory, Physically Challenged, NCC Cadet, Outstanding Sportsperson, Outstanding Debater, Children of Armed Forces who died in combat) will remain the same.

The AC also thoroughly discussed and approved the recommendation of the Admission Committee for intake and eligibility of various programmes for the academic session 2022-23. The meeting was presided over by the Vice Chancellor and attended by the Registrar, Controller of Examinations, Deans of Faculties, Principal of Colleges, Chairmen/ Chairpersons of Departments, Directors of Centres and other Academic Council members.

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“AMU has already constituted a committee for CUET which will look into the modalities. So far we have only gotten the news from newspapers, once we receive the letter from UGC then the committee constituted by the AC will look into it and decide. First we have to get the letter,” said M Shafey Kidwai, spokesperson for AMU in March.

Earlier in February, AMU had decided not to participate in the central universities common entrance test (CUCET) for undergraduate admission 2022. The AMU academic council had decided to continue with the existing admission policy.