CUET PG 2026 from March 6 to 27 in three shifts for 157 subjects
Sundararajan | February 14, 2026 | 05:43 PM IST | 3 mins read
CUET PG Exam Dates 2026: The CBT exam will be held in 2 to 3 shifts per day, each lasting 90 minutes, for 4,11,366 registered candidates.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the Common University Entrance Test - Postgraduate (CUET PG) exam dates 2026. Accordingly, the CUET PG 2025 will be held in a computer-based test (CBT) mode from March 6 to 27.
According to the CUET PG 2026 schedule, the exam will be conducted in three shifts. Shift 1 will be from 9 am to 10:30 am, shift 2 from 12:30 pm to 2 pm, and shift 3 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. The exam will be held in a total of 44 shifts.
CUET PG exam 2026 will be conducted for 157 subjects for 4,11,366 unique registered candidates. The CUET PG question paper 2026 will be in both English and Hindi for all subjects, except for the following ones:
- 41 language papers
- MTech, Higher Sciences papers will be in English only
- Acharya papers will be in Sanskrit only, except for the Indian Knowledge System and the Bauddha Darshana, which will be trilingual (Hindi, Sanskrit, and English).
- Hindu Studies, which will be in Hindi and English
NTA will issue the CUET PG 2026 city intimation slip 10 days before the exam date, on February 26, on the official website, exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-PG.
CUET PG exam date 2026
The subject-wise detailed exam schedule for CUET PG 2026 is given below.
|
CUET PG date |
Shift 1 (9 am - 10:30 am) |
Shift 2 (12:30 pm - 2 pm) |
Shift 3 (4 pm - 5:30 pm) |
|
March 6 |
Yoga |
Sports - Physiology; Physiology, Nutrition, Biomechanics, Sanskrit, Urdu, Textile design |
- |
|
March 7 |
Anthropology |
Applied Geography/ Geoinformatics, German |
Healthcare & Hospital Management, |
|
March 8 |
BEd.; BEd.-MEd. Integrated; BEd (HI) BEd (ID): BEd (VI); Lifelong Learning & Extension |
General management |
General, Puranetihasa |
|
March 9 |
Statistics |
B.Ed. Mathematics, French, Dance |
Criminology, Telugu |
|
March 10 |
Data Science; Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security and Computer Science; Engineering/ technology |
MA Education, Forensic Science |
Disaster Studies, Fine Arts |
|
March 11 |
Political Science, MPT / Master in Respiratory Theory (MRT), Soil Science, Sahitya (Alankara and Kavya Varga), Phalita and Siddantha Jyotisha, Music – Karnatak / Carnatic, Shukla Yajurveda, Kashmiri, Nyaya Vaisheshika, Bhutia, Limbu, Samveda, Prakrit |
Computer Science / Information Technology / Artificial Intelligence, Khasi, Kokborok, Museology |
Chemistry, Commerce, Punjabi, Sahitya, Music – Percussion |
|
March 12 |
Agricultural Science, B.Ed. Humanities and Social Sciences, Pottery and Ceramics, Vedanta; Sarvadarshan; Mimansa; Nyaya etc. |
Economics, Korean, Shiksha Shastri B.Ed., Urdu Journalism, Prayojanmoolak Hindi (Patrakarita), Water Engineering and Management, Chemical Thermal & Polymer Engineering |
English, Shiksha Acharya M.Ed., Vedanta, Textile Engineering, Indo-Tibetan |
|
March 13 |
Library & Information Science |
History, Bioinformatics, Nanoelectronics/ Material Sciences, Vyakarana and Sabdabodha Systems |
Life Science, Indus Studies (Bilingual, Hindi/English) |
|
March 16 |
Geography, Pharmacy |
Zoology, German |
Psychology/ Applied Psychology |
|
March 17 |
B.Ed. Languages, Horticulture, Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering |
LLM, Food Engineering and Technology, Arabic |
Microbiology/Applied Microbiology, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Electronics, Communication and Information, Engineering: |
|
March 18 |
Food Science and Technology, Baudha Darshan/Buddhist, Studies (Trilingual-Hindi/Sanskrit/English), Architecture and Planning |
Mathematics; Applied, Mathematics; Electronics, History of Art |
Botany, Development and Labour Studies, Hindustani Music (Vocal-Instrumental) |
|
March 19 |
Geology/Applied Geology, Theatre, Public Health, Dairy Technology, Japanese |
Sociology, Mechanical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Vyakaran, Italian, Pashto, Dharma Shastra; Vastu & Paurohitya, Plastic Arts, Santali, Russian, Pali, Rabindra Sangit, Jyotish-Ganit, Dharma Vijnan, Gujarati, Krishna Yajurveda, Jain Darshan |
Mass Communication and Journalism, Nanoscience/Integrative Biosciences, Odia |
|
March 24 |
Environmental Science/ Studies |
B.Ed. Science/ Art and Aesthetics |
Physics |
|
March 25 |
Social Work, Medical Laboratory, Technology |
Agri-Business Management, etc., Linguistics, Indian Knowledge System (Trilingual-Hindi/Sanskrit/English), Painting, Dharmashastra |
Biochemistry, Philosophy, Electrical, Power, and Energy Engineering |
|
March 27 |
M.Ed. Master in Education, Agro-forestry, Hispanic, Chinese, Material Science, Assamese, Iyotish-Falit, Persian, Applied Arts, Bengali, Rigveda, Manipuri, Veda etc., Nepali, Tamil, Malayalam, Garo, Kannada, Marathi, Lepcha
|
Physical Education, Plant Biotechnology |
Hindi, Nano Science/Nano Technology |
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