UPSEE 2025 Exam - Exam Date, Registration, Pattern, Syllabus, Sample Papers, Cutoff, Previous Year Papers

Formerly known as UPSEE, Uttar Pradesh Common Entrance Test (UPCET) 2022 is a state-level entrance exam conducted for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) and Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology (MMMUT), Gorakhpur.  UPCET 2022 will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in the online mode. The exam is a gateway for admission to various courses including Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm), Bachelor of Design (BDes), Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT),  Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Lateral Entry, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA) etc.

UPCET 2022 History

UPCET was earlier known as Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination (UPSEE) conducted by AKTU and Malaviya Entrance Exam (MET) conducted by MMMUT. Till 2020, the exam was conducted in offline and online mode by the respective universities. However, from 2022, UPSEE was renamed to UPCET and now is also the gateway exam for admission to the courses offered by MMMUT in addition to AKTU.

Given below are the main features or highlights of UPCET 2022.

UPCET 2022 official notification and important dates have been announced by the NTA. Check them out in the following table. 

UPCET 2022 will be conducted in the CBT mode in various cities across Uttar Pradesh and some other States of India. The complete list of UPCET 2022 Exam Centres has not yet been released by the NTA. The tables below contain the list of exam centers for UPSEE 2021, which can be used for reference by the candidates.

UPSEE Exam Centres List

Table- 1: OMR Based Test for Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 and Paper 4

Table-2: Computer-Based Test for Paper 5, Paper 6, Paper 7, Paper 8, Paper 9, Paper 10 and Paper 11

National Testing Agency (NTA), the central body established by the Ministry of Education (MoE) is the conducting body of UPCET 2022. NTA has replaced AKTU and MMMUT as the conducting bodies of the exam, which used to conduct UPSEE and MET respectively. NTA will conduct UPCET as the common exam for admission to various UG and PG courses offered by both of these universities and it will also be responsible for lateral entry admissions to the BTech courses offered by HBTU Kanpur.

UPCET 2022 applicants for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the stream of Engineering must also note that they are eligible to appear for several other entrance exams of Engineering. An aspiring candidate can appear for the various national level examination. There are several national level engineering entrance exams which the applicants can apply for with the same preparation strategy, such exams are JEE Advanced and JEE Mains.

Candidates interested in applying for admission to the MBA courses offered by AKTU must also note that their admission will be conducted through the Common Management Entrance Test (CMAT) score.

There are some Deemed Universities in India which conduct their own Entrance Examinations for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Some of such Universities are Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha which conducts KITEE for admission to undergraduate engineering courses. There are other deemed Universities also for which the candidates can prepare well. However, if you are aspiring for admission under state quota or concession seat, appearing for the state-level entrance exam is mandatory. There are several fee waiver and scholarships offered by some Deemed Universities.

JEE Main

Earlier JEE Main used to be known as All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). Only if the applicants managed to make a place among the top 1.5 lac candidates, then they could proceed for JEE Advanced. Candidates must have qualified the Class 12 examination with five relevant science stream subjects. In order to be able to appear for the entrance examination, the candidates must have secured 75% marks and the reserved category candidates must have 65% in class 12 aggregate. 

JEE Advanced

The JEE Advanced is a gateway for 10,000 candidates to secure seats in Engineering Institutes pan India. This JEE Advanced is considered to be the most difficult entrance examination at the national level. Candidates will have to rank among 1,50,000 candidates of JEE Main 2022. 

BITSAT 2022

Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT) has a similar difficulty level to JEE Advanced. So the same preparation can be utilised to appear for BITSAT 2022. Candidates who have 75% aggregate in class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Maths combination will be eligible to appear for this examination. The candidates must have scored 60% marks in each of the subjects individually in Class 12. 

Candidates facing any issues regarding payment or any other part of the examination process can contact the NTA Helpdesk. The NTA Helpdesk Contact Details for UPCET 2022 have been provided below.