The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the city intimation slips for the Common University Entrance Test- Undergraduate (CUET-UG) 2025 on Wednesday, May 7.
The CUET-UG 2025 for undergraduate programmes is now scheduled to begin on May 13, a few days later than the previously announced tentative date of May 8.
However, the release of the city intimation slips has once again led to a familiar issue. Several students have complained that they were allotted exam centres in cities they had listed as their fourth and final preference, while others claim they have received test centre cities that were not among their preferences at all.
Soon after the release, social media platforms were flooded with posts from concerned students, many of whom tagged the official account of NTA.
“I want to state that I'm appearing for the CUET UG exam 2025. My home is in Meerut but my exam centre is in Muzaffarnagar, almost 70–80 kms away from my hometown and scheduled on different days. This is very problematic for a student,” said one student.
“I have downloaded the intimation slip and in that, the centre is not from any of the 4 preferences. What is the point of filling city preferences then? Not even the provided helpline numbers are working,” another wrote.
This is not the first time such issues have been reported with NTA exams. Similar concerns were shared during recent national-level exams such as CUET-PG and the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Mains as well.
“My 4th preference was given as the exam centre, which is nearly 700 km away from my home. How can I travel? While my friend got a centre in his first preference,” wrote another student on X.
“You have given me my centre 400 km away from my home and it was not even my preferred choice. Please look into this. And the gap between my exams is 5 days,” wrote another student from Jammu, who was assigned exam centre in Mohali.
It might be noted that the NTA is yet to release admit cards for the CUET-UG 2025 examination.
