If you are a biology graduate planning a postgraduate seat in a central or state university, you have probably typed one question into Google more than once: what is the CUET PG 2027 exam date? The answer changed recently, and many students are still following the old schedule. This guide gives you the latest dates, the expected application timeline, the exam pattern, the cutoff marks reported for Life Sciences courses, and a practical plan for the weeks left. It was written for science students, especially those who want MSc Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or Life Sciences seats.

CUET PG 2027 Exam Date: What NTA Has Announced

The National Testing Agency announced the CUET PG 2027 revised exam dates on October 26, and the exam will be held on March 2 to 5, 8 to 9, 12, 15 to 19, 24 and 25, and 29 to 31. That is a spread of 17 exam days across March 2027. Other reports say the same thing: the revised calendar lists tentative dates on 17 days between 2 and 31 March 2027.

Here is the schedule in a simple form:

• March 2027: 2, 3, 4, 5
• March 2027: 8 and 9
• March 2027: 12
• March 2027: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
• March 2027: 24 and 25
• March 2027: 29, 30, 31

Please note the word “tentative.” NTA has published a calendar, but the subject wise datesheet, which tells you the exact day and shift for your own paper, is not out yet. Candidates should check the detailed subject wise schedule once NTA releases it, to know their applicable examination date. So when someone says “my paper is on March 12,” treat it as a guess until your admit card says so.

Why Many Students Are Confused About the CUET PG 2027 Exam Date

If you searched earlier in the year, you may have seen a different schedule. An earlier notice from September listed exam dates of 1 to 5, 8, 12 to 20 and 24 to 25 March 2027, with buffer dates on 30 and 31 March. Several websites still show that older version.

The October revision changed the picture. Reports on the revision say that NTA removed the buffer dates and the exams now begin on March 2. In the new calendar, the last three days of March are working exam days instead of spare days. If you see an article that still says “March 1 start with buffer on March 30 and 31,” it is outdated. Always trust the latest NTA notice on its official website, nta.ac.in, over any older copy.

One more useful point. NTA released the CUET PG 2027 calendar nearly six months in advance, which gives aspirants a clear runway to plan. Use that runway. Students who start now have roughly sixteen weeks before the first paper.

What the March Window Means for You

The exam is a Computer Based Test. NTA will hold it in three shifts on each day to cover all 157 subjects. Because so many subjects share the same 17 days, your paper may fall on any day in the window, and the shift can be morning, afternoon or evening.

This has a few practical effects:

1. Do not book a long trip, a wedding commitment or a job interview for all of March.
2. If you are appearing for two papers, for example Life Sciences and another subject, they may fall on different days, so keep the full month flexible.
3. Do not plan your final revision around a single date. Plan it around the first day of the window, March 2, so that you are ready even if your paper comes early.
4. Check your exam city slip as soon as it comes out, because travel to a centre in another city needs a few days of planning.

CUET PG 2027 Important Dates: Complete Timeline

Apart from the exam days, the other dates are still expected, not confirmed. The table below combines what is commonly reported and compares it with last cycle’s pattern.

Event	Expected Date
Information bulletin and notification	December 2026
Application form begins	December 2026
Last date to apply	January 2027 (one report says early February)
Correction window	January 2027
Exam city intimation slip	February 2027
Admit card	Last week of February to early March 2027
CUET PG 2027 exam date	March 2 to 31, 2027 (17 days)
Provisional answer key	April 2027
Result	Last week of April 2027
Counselling	May 2027

Supporting this, reports say that the agency is expected to begin CUET PG 2027 registration in December 2026, and that the result is expected in the last week of April 2027 with counselling in May. For comparison, the previous cycle was conducted from March 6 to 27, 2026, so the 2027 window is slightly longer and starts earlier.

Treat all dates except the exam window as predictions. Candidates should use the December timeline as an expected window, not a confirmed registration date. NTA can change the application duration and fee deadlines every year. pw

CUET PG 2027 Registration and Application Fee

Applications are online only. When the portal opens, you will need your basic details, a photograph, your signature, category documents if applicable, and a valid email and mobile number. Keep scanned copies ready in the required size so you do not lose time later.

For the fee, the 2027 amount has not been announced. The previous cycle gives you a rough guide. According to a compiled list for the 2026 cycle, the application fee was Rs. 1,400 for General, Rs. 1,200 for OBC NCL and EWS, Rs. 1,100 for SC, ST and Transgender, and Rs. 1,000 for PwD candidates. Another report adds that the General fee covered up to two papers, with Rs 700 for each extra paper. Use these only as a budgeting estimate and confirm the final figures in the 2027 bulletin.

A few smart habits for the application stage:

• Apply in the first week, not on the last day. Servers slow down near deadlines.
• Choose your test paper carefully. For MSc Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology or Life Sciences, the paper code must match what your target universities ask for.
• Select exam cities in the order you can really travel to.
• Use the correction window properly, because corrections are usually allowed only once and only in some fields.

Eligibility for CUET PG in Life Sciences

Eligibility is decided by each university, so the NTA bulletin alone is not enough. As a general guide for Life Sciences, students who completed a bachelor’s degree in life science subjects such as Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry or Microbiology with a minimum of 50% marks from a recognised university are commonly considered eligible. Final year students can usually apply too, with the result awaited, but you must submit proof of passing by the date the university mentions.

Always open the admission page of your target university and read the programme wise eligibility. A seat in MSc Biotechnology may need a particular bachelor’s degree, while a seat in MSc Life Sciences may be open to a wider group.

CUET PG Exam Pattern You Should Prepare For

The last bulletin fixed a simple structure. The paper is a Computer Based Test of 90 minutes with 75 questions and a total of 300 marks, and the marking is 4 marks for a correct answer and a deduction of 1 mark for an incorrect answer. Unattempted questions carry zero marks. The exam is available in English and Hindi.

Here is what this means in plain terms:

• You get 72 seconds per question on average. Speed matters as much as knowledge.
• A wrong answer costs you 5 marks in effect, because you lose the 4 you could have scored and also give up 1. So blind guessing hurts.
• A strong target is to attempt 60 to 65 questions with high accuracy rather than all 75 with doubtful answers.

The 2027 bulletin may bring changes, so keep an eye on it. Students should avoid assuming that the pattern or rules from an earlier year will remain unchanged, and the latest information bulletin should be treated as the final reference.

Life Sciences Syllabus: What to Study First

The Life Sciences paper is built around core undergraduate topics. The syllabus covers biochemistry, microbiology, biotechnology, plant sciences, animal sciences and more. In practice, the questions usually come from areas like these:

1. Cell biology and biomolecules: cell structure, organelles, membrane transport, enzymes, metabolism, bioenergetics.
2. Genetics and molecular biology: Mendelian and non Mendelian inheritance, DNA replication, transcription, translation, gene regulation, mutations.
3. Biotechnology and genetic engineering: recombinant DNA technology, vectors, PCR, blotting methods, cloning, applications.
4. Microbiology and immunology: bacterial and viral structure, culture methods, antibodies, immune response.
5. Plant sciences: plant anatomy, physiology, photosynthesis, plant hormones, taxonomy basics.
6. Animal sciences: animal physiology, developmental biology, systematics, endocrinology.
7. Ecology and evolution: population ecology, ecosystems, biodiversity, natural selection, speciation.

Spend your first month on high weightage, concept heavy areas like cell biology, genetics and molecular biology. These topics also help in other exams, which brings us to a point many students miss. The same foundation supports CSIR NET, GATE XL and IIT JAM preparation, so your effort is not wasted even if you plan to try more than one exam.

CUET PG Cutoff Marks: What the Internet Really Shows

Everyone asks about the real cutoff, so let us be careful and honest here. CUET PG does not have one common cutoff. NTA only publishes scores. Each participating university sets its own cutoff, based on how many seats it has, how many applicants it gets, the category, and the round of counselling. As one report explains, the official cutoff is made available on the websites of the individual institutes after the result is declared.

So what you find online before that are expected ranges built from previous admissions. I checked a number of them, and the picture below is the most commonly reported. Treat every number as indicative, not official.

Expected cutoff trends for Life Sciences courses (out of 300 marks)

University and Course	General Category (reported range)
Delhi University, MSc Zoology	226 to 238
Delhi University, MSc Biochemistry	267 to 286
BHU, MSc Zoology	Reported anywhere from 157 to 260 depending on the source
BHU, MSc Botany	About 179 to 215 depending on the source
BBAU Lucknow, MSc Zoology	279 to 289
BBAU Lucknow, MSc Biotechnology	186 to 196

Some of these come from one compiled report, which lists DU expected cutoffs of 226 to 238 for MSc Zoology, with Biochemistry at 267 to 286 for General. The same report also gives category wise numbers for DU Zoology, such as 182 to 205 for OBC, 158 to 176 for SC and 139 to 154 for ST.

Another compiled list says that broad Life Science programmes such as Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology and Zoology are expected around 210 to 230. It is also reported that, in the previous cycle, Botany had a cutoff of around 199 and Zoology around 188 for the general category.

Why do the numbers look so different?

You will notice that BHU Zoology shows a huge gap, from the 150s to the 260s. This happens because:

• Some websites quote an old year, some quote a predicted year, and some quote a particular counselling round.
• A few universities publish cutoffs in raw marks out of 300, while others use normalised scores or percentile.
• Some courses have separate lists for different specialisations.

Here is a good example of the scale problem. For Mahatma Gandhi Central University, reports show expected cutoffs like 73 to 78 for MSc Biotechnology, 70 to 74 for Botany and 78 to 82 for Zoology in the general category. These are much lower than DU numbers, but they are not on the same scale. The previous admission cycle there showed a general cutoff of 107 for MSc Biotechnology and 104 for MSc Botany. This is exactly why you should never compare numbers from two universities without checking the scoring method first.

How to use cutoff information smartly

1. Make a list of 8 to 10 universities, split into top choice, realistic choice and safe choice.
2. For each one, find the last two years of official cutoff or last admitted rank on the university website.
3. Compare the scale. Is it raw marks, normalised marks or percentile?
4. Check your category carefully, because OBC, EWS, SC and ST cutoffs can be 20 to 60 marks lower than General at the same course.
5. Aim for a score clearly above the cutoff you want, not just equal to it. A good target for a competitive central university seat is generally reported to be in the 220 to 250 band for general category students, though this changes from course to course.

A Sixteen Week Plan to Match the CUET PG 2027 Exam Date

Today is November 11, 2026, and the first paper can come as early as March 2, 2027. That gives you about sixteen weeks. Here is a plan that works for most final year and recent graduate students.

Weeks 1 to 4: Build the base. Revise cell biology, biomolecules, genetics and molecular biology from your own undergraduate notes and a standard textbook. Make short handwritten notes. Solve 20 to 30 questions per topic. Do not worry about speed yet.

Weeks 5 to 8: Cover the remaining units. Move to plant sciences, animal sciences, microbiology, immunology and biotechnology. At the end of week 8, finish one pass through the whole syllabus. Take your first sectional test, and note your weak topics.

Weeks 9 to 12: Practice and fix mistakes. Start solving previous year questions and topic wise tests. Keep an error notebook where you write every wrong answer and the correct concept. This single habit raises scores faster than any new book.

Weeks 13 to 15: Full length mocks. Take at least eight to ten full mock tests in the real timing of 90 minutes. Practice the negative marking strategy. Decide in advance how long you will spend on one question before skipping it.

Week 16: Final revision. Revise formulas, pathways, classification charts and your error notebook. Sleep well. Do not start any new topic in the last three days.

During the whole plan, set aside one weekly slot for current updates, so you do not miss the registration window when it opens in December.

How Chandu Biology Classes Can Support Your Preparation

Preparing alone is possible, but a guided plan saves time, especially in biology where topics are vast and concepts connect with each other. Chandu Biology Classes, founded by Dr. Chandra Sekhar and based in Narayanguda, Hyderabad, focuses on postgraduate life sciences entrance exams such as CSIR NET, GATE XL, IIT JAM and state level JL, DL and SET exams. Because the core syllabus overlaps with CUET PG Life Sciences, students who prepare with a structured plan at Chandu Biology Classes build a base that helps across several exams, not just one.

The fee structure is simple and transparent:

• Online mode: Rs. 25,000
• Offline mode: Rs. 30,000

These are the only two fee options, and there are no other charges added on top. You can choose the mode that suits your city and routine. Students outside Hyderabad often prefer the online mode, while those who live nearby can join the offline classroom in Narayanguda.

If you want to know about batch timings, the syllabus plan or how to combine CUET PG with CSIR NET preparation, you can call Chandu Biology Classes on +91 9063264052 or +91 8618301827.

Common Mistakes Students Make Before CUET PG

• Waiting for the “perfect” date. The CUET PG 2027 exam date is already announced, even if the final datesheet is pending. Start now.
• Relying on old cutoff lists. A cutoff from three years ago may not match this year’s competition.
• Ignoring negative marking. Many students lose 20 to 30 marks to guessing.
• Skipping mock tests. Knowing a topic and answering it in 72 seconds are different skills.
• Applying to too few universities. Fill in preferences widely during counselling.
• Missing the application deadline. NTA does not accept forms after the last date.

CUET PG 2027 FAQs: Trending Questions Students Are Asking

1. What is the CUET PG 2027 exam date?
According to the revised NTA calendar released on October 26, 2026, the exam is scheduled on March 2 to 5, 8 and 9, 12, 15 to 19, 24 and 25, and 29 to 31, 2027. The dates are tentative until NTA releases the subject wise datesheet.

2. Have the buffer dates been removed?
Yes, reports say the earlier buffer days on March 30 and 31 are no longer shown as spare dates. They now appear as regular exam days in the revised schedule.

3. When will CUET PG 2027 registration start?
It is expected in December 2026, but NTA has not confirmed the exact date. Keep checking the official website.

4. What is the last date to apply?
It is not announced yet. Most reports expect it in January 2027, and one expects it around the first week of February.

5. What is the CUET PG application fee?
The 2027 fee is not out. In the previous cycle, the General fee was Rs. 1,400, with lower amounts for reserved categories.

6. When will the admit card come out?
It is expected in the last week of February 2027, and the city slip a little earlier.

7. What is the CUET PG exam pattern for Life Sciences?
Seventy five multiple choice questions, 90 minutes, 300 marks, plus 4 for a correct answer and minus 1 for a wrong one, in Computer Based mode.

8. What is the CUET PG cutoff for MSc Zoology, Botany or Biotechnology?
There is no single cutoff. Reported expected ranges for top central universities are mostly between about 180 and 290 out of 300 for general category, depending on the university, course and year. Check each university’s official list.

9. Is a second attempt or second CUET PG exam in 2027 possible?
This is not confirmed. One report says that claims about a second attempt should be treated as unconfirmed unless NTA announces such a change.

10. When will the CUET PG 2027 result be declared?
It is expected in the last week of April 2027, followed by counselling in May.

11. Can I prepare for the CUET PG 2027 exam date in four months?
Yes, if you study with a plan. A focused sixteen week schedule with regular mock tests is enough for most students who already have a decent undergraduate base.

12. What is the fee at Chandu Biology Classes?
Online is Rs. 25,000 and offline is Rs. 30,000, with no other charges.

13. Is negative marking applicable?
Yes. Each wrong answer takes away 1 mark.

Final Words

The CUET PG 2027 exam date is now clear enough for you to plan around: March 2027, spread across 17 days from March 2 to March 31. What remains uncertain is the registration date, the exact day and shift of your paper, and the university wise cutoff. Prepare for the highest scores, keep your documents ready, and follow official notices closely. Sixteen weeks is a good amount of time if you start today and stay consistent.

Whether your goal is a seat at a top central university or a strong base for CSIR NET and GATE XL, a clear plan and regular practice will do more for you than any prediction. Good luck.

Disclaimer: All information in this article has been collected from various sources on the internet, including publicly available news and educational websites, and is shared for general awareness only. Dates, fees, patterns and cutoff marks are tentative or expected and may change as per official notices. Chandu Biology Classes is not responsible for any error, change or loss arising from the use of this information. Please verify every detail on the official NTA website and the respective university websites before taking any decision.