CUET UG Syllabus 2026

No. NTA does not group tests by stream, so the CUET UG exam syllabus is the same for every student. Any student can pick any of the 37 tests. This page groups domain subjects by stream only to help you read.

It can. Several subjects changed in the CUET UG exam syllabus between 2025 and 2026. The changes are listed in the topic trends section below.

No. The CUET UG exam syllabus PDFs list units and topics only. No unit-wise weightage appears in any of the 37 files.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Physics has nine units. Each unit is a block of the Class 12 course.

• Unit 1, Electrostatics: Coulomb's law, electric field, Gauss's theorem, potential, capacitors.
• Unit 2, Current Electricity: drift velocity, Ohm's law, resistivity, cells, Kirchhoff's rules, Wheatstone bridge.
• Unit 3, Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism: Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law and force on a moving charge. It also has the galvanometer, bar magnet and magnetic materials.
• Unit 4, Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents: Faraday's laws, Lenz's law, LCR circuit, resonance, AC generator, transformer.
• Unit 5, Electromagnetic Waves: displacement current, wave characteristics, electromagnetic spectrum.
• Unit 6, Optics: mirrors, lenses, prism, microscopes, telescopes, Huygens' principle, interference, single-slit diffraction.
• Unit 7, Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation: de Broglie relation, photoelectric effect.
• Unit 8, Atoms and Nuclei: Rutherford and Bohr models, nuclear size, binding energy, fission, fusion.
• Unit 9, Electronic Devices: energy bands, p-n junction diode, diode as a rectifier.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Chemistry has ten units. They cover physical, inorganic and organic chemistry.

• Unit I, Solutions: concentration, Raoult's law, colligative properties, osmosis, Van't Hoff factor.
• Unit II, Electrochemistry: galvanic cells, Nernst equation, conductivity, electrolysis, batteries, corrosion.
• Unit III, Chemical Kinetics: rate law, order, molecularity, half-life, Arrhenius equation.
• Unit IV, d and f Block Elements: transition element properties, K2Cr2O7, KMnO4, lanthanoids, actinoids.
• Unit V, Coordination Compounds: Werner's theory, IUPAC names, isomerism, valence bond and crystal field theory.
• Unit VI, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes: preparation, properties, SN reactions, polyhalogen compounds.
• Unit VII, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers: naming, preparation, properties.
• Unit VIII, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids: structure, preparation, reactions, uses.
• Unit IX, Amines: classification, basic character, diazonium salts.
• Unit X, Biomolecules: carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, enzymes, vitamins, nucleic acids, hormones.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Mathematics and Applied Mathematics has three sections. The PDF does not give question counts per section.

• Section A1 has six topics: Algebra; Calculus; Integration and its Applications; Differential Equations; Probability Distributions; Linear Programming.
• Section B1, Mathematics has six units: Relations and Functions; Algebra; Calculus; Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry; Linear Programming; Probability.
• Section B2, Applied Mathematics has eight units. The first four are Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications; Algebra; Calculus; and Probability Distributions. The last four are Time Based Data; Inferential Statistics; Financial Mathematics; and Linear Programming.
• Applied Mathematics units include modulo arithmetic, allegation and mixture, boats and streams. They also include binomial and Poisson distributions, the t-test, EMI and bond valuation.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Biology has five units. The 2026 PDF numbers them VI to X.

• Unit VI, Reproduction: flowering plants, human reproduction, reproductive health.
• Unit VII, Genetics and Evolution: inheritance and variation, molecular basis of inheritance, evolution.
• Unit VIII, Biology and Human Welfare: human health and disease, microbes in human welfare.
• Unit IX, Biotechnology and its Applications: principles and processes, applications.
• Unit X, Ecology and Environment: organisms and populations, ecosystem, biodiversity and conservation.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Computer Science and Informatics Practices has a common Section A and two choices.

• Section A has four topics: Database Concepts; SQL-I; SQL-II; Computer Networks.
• Section B1, Computer Science has eleven topics. They include exception and file handling in Python, stack, queue, searching, sorting, SQL, data communication and security.
• Section B2, Informatics Practices has seven topics. They include SQL queries, Pandas I and II, Matplotlib, computer networks, societal impacts and project based learning.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Accountancy has five units. Unit V has two versions in the PDF.

• Unit I, Accounting for Partnership: partnership deed, fixed and fluctuating capital, profit and loss appropriation account.
• Unit II, Reconstitution of a Partnership firm: sacrificing and gaining ratio, goodwill, admission, retirement and death of a partner.
• Unit III, Dissolution of Partnership Firm: settlement of accounts, realisation account.
• Unit IV, Company Accounts: share capital, forfeiture and re-issue, debentures.
• Unit V, Analysis of Financial Statements: company statements, ratios, cash flow statement.
• Optional to Unit V, Computerised Accounting System: CAS structure, accounting information system, spreadsheets.

The PDF lists both Unit V blocks. It does not explain how the paper handles the choice.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Business Studies has twelve units.

• Units I to III: Nature and Significance of Management; Principles of Management; Business Environment.
• Units IV to VIII: Planning; Organising; Staffing; Directing; Controlling.
• Unit IX, Business Finance: financial decisions, financial planning, capital structure, fixed and working capital.
• Unit X, Financial Markets: money market, capital market, stock exchange, demat account, SEBI.
• Unit XI, Marketing: marketing mix, product, price, promotion, physical distribution.
• Unit XII, Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection Act 2019, consumer rights and responsibilities, redressal.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Economics has three courses and thirteen units.

• Course I, Introductory Microeconomics (4 units): consumer behaviour and demand; production and costs; perfect competition and supply; market equilibrium.
• Course II, Introductory Macroeconomics (5 units): national income accounting; money and banking; income and employment; government budget; open economy.
• Course III, Indian Economic Development (4 units): development policies 1947 to 1990 and economic reforms since 1991. It also covers current challenges and comparison with neighbours.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for History has twelve themes from Themes in Indian History, Parts I to III.

• Part I: Harappan Civilisation and Archaeology; Political and Economic Systems in Early States. It also has Social Histories of Early Societies: Mahabharata; History of Buddhism and Jainism.
• Part II: Medieval Society through Travellers' Accounts; Bhakti-Sufi Traditions; Vijayanagara Empire; The Mughal Empire and Agrarian Society.
• Part III: Colonialism and Rural Society; Revolt of 1857; Mahatma Gandhi and National Movements; The Making of the Constitution.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Political Science has two parts, with nine and seven chapters.

• Politics in India Since Independence (9 chapters): one-party dominance, nation-building, planned development and external relations. It also covers Emergency, regional aspirations, coalition politics and recent issues.
• Contemporary World Politics (7 chapters): end of the Second World, new centres of power and South Asia. It also covers international organisations, security, environment, and globalisation and its critics.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Geography has two parts. The PDF lists Human Geography and India content only.

• Part A, Fundamentals of Human Geography (4 units): nature and scope; people; human activities; transport, communication and trade.
• Part B, India: People and Economy (5 units): people; human settlements; resources and development. It also covers transport and international trade, and selected issues and problems.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Sociology has two parts and nine units.

• Indian Society (4 units): structure of Indian society; social institutions; social inequality and exclusion; unity in diversity.
• Change and Development in India (5 units): process of social change; polity; economy; new arenas of change; social movements.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Psychology has seven units.

• Variations in Psychological Attributes; Self and Personality; Meeting Life Challenges; Psychological Disorders.
• Therapeutic Approaches; Attitude and Social Cognition; Social Influence and Group Processes.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Anthropology has five units.

• Unit 1, Physical/Biological: human evolution, variation, genetics, genetic markers.
• Unit 2, Archaeological: Stone Age, tools, Metal Age, dating methods, key sites.
• Unit 3, Socio-Cultural: family, marriage, kinship, culture, religion, political systems.
• Unit 4, Linguistic and Tribal: language, diversity in India, tribes, PVTGs, social movements.
• Unit 5, Social Change and Applied Anthropology: caste, colonialism, public health, cultural diversity.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Sanskrit is grammar-based, and the PDF is written in Sanskrit. It lists ten parts.

• Noun forms and case use; verb forms in five tenses and moods.
• Sandhi and sandhi splitting; samasa and vigraha; kridanta, taddhita and feminine suffixes.
• Case use with upapada words; language tasks such as synonyms and antonyms.
• Metres, with ten named examples; figures of speech; a general introduction to Sanskrit literature.

NTA says the Sanskrit paper is not translated into any other language.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Mass Media has eight topics.

• Communication; Journalism; Advertising and Public Relations; TV Production Process and Programmes.
• Radio; Cinema; Social Media; New Media.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Agriculture has four units.

• Unit 1: Agrometeorology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Seed Science.
• Unit 2, Livestock Production: care and management, artificial insemination, livestock products, fisheries.
• Unit 3, Crop Production: soil and fertilizers, irrigation, weed control, major field crops, modern agriculture.
• Unit 4, Horticulture: fruits, vegetables, flowers, propagation, preservation.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Environmental Science has seven topics.

• Human Beings and Nature; Population and Conservation Ecology; Environmental Pollution; Development and Environment.
• Sustainable Agriculture in India; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; International Relations and the Environment.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Home Science has six units.

• Work, livelihood and career; Nutrition, Food Science and Technology; Human Development and Family Studies.
• Fabric and Apparel; Resource Management; Communication and Extension.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Physical Education has nine units.

• Health Status and Programmes in India; Psychological and Sociological Aspects; Theoretical Aspect of Games, Sports and Yogic Practice.
• Yoga; Nutrition and Athlete's Care; Policies, Programmes and Career Options in Sports.
• Skill Related Physical Fitness; Measurement and Evaluation; Physiology and Biomechanics in Sports.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Fine Arts has four units on Indian art.

• Rajasthani and Pahari Schools of Miniature Painting; Mughal and Deccani Schools of miniature painting.
• The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism; Modern Trends in Indian Art, with named paintings and sculptures.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Performing Arts has four sections, each divided into units.

• Section A, Vocal and Instrumental Melodic (Hindustani and Karnatak): seven units. They run from definitions and ragas to musical forms and instruments.
• Section B, Dance: six units on classical dances, terms, texts and abhinaya.
• Section C, Percussion: seven units on tabla, pakhawaj, mridangam, talas and notation.
• Section D, Drama and Theatre: six units on Indian and western theatre and production.

The CUET UG exam syllabus for Knowledge Tradition has eight survey topics. Each has a survey and excerpts from primary texts.

• Agriculture; Architecture; Dance; Education Systems and Practices.
• Indian Ethics; Martial Arts Traditions; Language and Grammar; Other Technologies.

NTA allows it, but check the university. NTA lets you choose tests whatever you studied in Class 12. A university can still ask for matching subjects, as DU's 2026 rules did.

Physics and Chemistry. The CUET UG syllabus for PCM students adds Mathematics. The CUET UG syllabus for PCB students adds Biology.