CUET UG syllabus 2026 out; NTA lists 37 subjects, revises key topics

Vaishnavi Shukla | December 29, 2025 | 01:38 PM IST | 2 mins read

Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate 2026 syllabus has 23 domain-specific subjects, and 13 are languages. Apply for CUET UG 2026 on official website, cuet.nta.nic.in.

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has published the syllabus PDF of the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET UG 2026) exam. This year, NTA has added and deleted several topics for the subjects, including history, economics, computer science, business studies, and physical education.

There are a total of 37 subjects, among which 23 are domain-specific subjects, and 13 are languages. Candidates can access the NTA CUET UG syllabus 2026 PDF on the official website, cuet.nta.nic.in, under the ‘syllabus’ section.

While applying for the CUET UG 2025 exam , candidates can choose a maximum of 5 subjects for the entrance test. Candidates can apply for CUET UG 2026 on the official website once the application form is available.

As per the official NTA notice, the details of programmes and courses offered by the Central Universities (CUs) and participating universities are available at the CUET-UG portal and on the respective University website.

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CUET Syllabus 2026: Newly-added, deleted topics

The topics of the CUET 2026 syllabus are listed below.

CUET UG subjects

Topics deleted

Topics added

Physical Education syllabus

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Unit VII: Skill-Related Physical Fitness

  • Meaning
  • Methods for improvement

Unit IX: Physiology and Biomechanics in Sports

History syllabus

Theme V: Agrarian Relations – The Ain-i-Akbari
Theme VI: New Architecture – Hampi
Theme VII: Religious History – The Bhakti-Sufi Tradition
Theme VIII: Medieval Society through Travellers’ Accounts
Theme V: Medieval Society through Travellers’ Accounts
Theme VI: Religious History – Bhakti-Sufi Traditions
Theme VII: Vijayanagara Empire – Politics, Economy and Architecture
Theme VIII: The Mughal Empire and Agrarian Society

Economics syllabus

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Unit I: Development Policies and Experience (1947–90)

  • Indian economy on the eve of Independence
  • Economic system & objectives of Five Year Plans
  • Agriculture: institutional aspects, new agricultural strategy
  • Industry: IPR 1956, SSI – role & importance
  • Foreign trade

Unit II: Economic Reforms since 1991

  • Macroeconomics: Meaning
  • LPG reforms: features and appraisal

Unit III: Current Challenges Facing Indian Economy

  • Human Capital Formation & education sector
  • Rural development, cooperatives, organic farming
  • Employment: workforce trends & policies
  • Environment & Sustainable Development

Unit IV: Development Experience of India – Comparison with Neighbours

  • Economic growth, population, sectoral development
  • Human Development Indicators
  • Development strategies

Business Studies syllabus

Unit IX: Business Finance

  • Meaning, role & objectives of financial management
  • Financial planning
  • Capital structure
  • Fixed & working capital

Unit XII: Entrepreneurship Development

  • Concept, functions & need
  • Characteristics & competencies
  • Entrepreneurship development process
  • Values, attitudes & motivation

Unit X: Financial Markets

  • Concept of financial market
  • Money market: concept & instruments
  • Capital market (primary & secondary)
  • Stock exchange: functions & trading
  • Depository services & demat account
  • SEBI: objectives & functions

Computer Science syllabus

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Unit 7: Project-Based Learning: Approaches for solving projects. steps in project-based learning, Teamwork, Components of teamwork

NTA will conduct CUET UG 2026 exam in 13 languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu.

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