Admission to Bachelor Degree programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences at Agricultural Universities under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Admission to Bachelor Degree programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences at Agricultural Universities under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Admission to Bachelor Degree programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences at Agricultural Universities under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Admission to Bachelor Degree programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences (other than Veterinary Sciences), at Agricultural Universities for 20% of the University seats [100% seats in RLBCAU Jhansi, NDRI Karnal, IARI New Delhi and Dr. RPCAU Pusa, Bihar] used to be through the ICAR All India Entrance Examination for Admission- (AIEEA)-UG till 2022-23.

It has now been decided by the ICAR that admission to the specified UG courses hitherto being done through ICAR-AIEEA, will be done through Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG for the academic year 2023-24. Hence, there would be no ICAR-AIEEA (UG) for admission to UG courses in Agriculture and Allied subjects for 20% ICAR All India Quota Seats, for the academic year 2023-24.

CUET (UG)-2023 is a common entrance exam for admission to UG programmes offered by Central Universities and other Participating Institutions. Candidates who are desirous of applying for CUET (UG) 2023 are advised to visit https://cuet.samarth.ac.in and go through the Information Bulletin hosted thereon carefully and apply online only.

Activity Schedule in respect of CUET (UG) 2023 is as follows Candidates are advised to visit the website of ICAR www.icar.org.in and read the Prospectus/Information Bulletin on the details such as eligibility as regards age, passing/appearing in qualifying exam, minimum marks in the qualifying exam, relaxation thereof, subject combinations which they are required to appear in CUET(UG), reservation, admission procedure, etc. regarding admission to UG programmes and be clear before applying for the CUET (UG) – 2023.

Syllabus and the mapping of the courses to the subjects covered in CUET (UG) 2023 are available on the CUET website https://cuet.samarth.ac.in .

For any clarifications regarding CUET (UG) 2023, candidate may contact NTA Help Desk 011 - 40759000 / 011 - 69227700 or e-mail at cuet-ug@nta.ac.in .

The candidates are also advised to be in touch with the NTA website(s) www.nta.ac.in and https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ for the latest updates regarding CUET (UG)-2023

However, ICAR-AIEEA (PG) 2023 and ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph. D.)-2023 will continue to be conducted by NTA, separately, as in earlier years. Candidates who are desirous of applying for ICAR-AIEEA (PG)-2023 and ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.)-2023 are advised to be in touch with the NTA website www.nta.ac.in / https://icar.nta.nic.in for further information.

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