IPU CET 2020

Get admission into the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) and its affiliated colleges with the help of the IPU CET 2020. The exam is conducted to take admissions into Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs in the field of Engineering, Medical, Dental, Law and Management. Want to know how to crack the exam? Follow the preparation tips given below.

• What is the IPU CET?
• Courses Offered
• Exam Dates
• Eligibility Criteria
• Reservation of Seats
• Syllabus
• How to Prepare for IPU CET?
• Exam Pattern
• Application Form
• Application Process
• Application Form Correction
• Reference Books
• Exam Centres
• Admit Card
• Results
• IPU SET Score Accepting Colleges
• Counselling
• Contact Information
• FAQs
• Related Exams

What is the IPU CET?

Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test (IPU CET) is an entrance exam at the university level for admission to various Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in Engineering, Dental, Medicine, Law, and Management. The process starts with an online registration form and ends on counselling.

Authority: IPU CET is conducted every year by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University [GGSIPU], Delhi for aspirants to get admission into it's various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. 

Courses: IPU CET 2020 offers programmes like B.Com, B.Tech, MBA, MCA, LLB, BAMS, BHMS and BBA.

Level: IPU CET 2020 is a University level exam which will be conducted between May 4, 2020 and June 2, 2020.

Pattern: The exam will be conducted in offline mode which comprises 150 MCQ's for a duration of 150 minutes. Syllabus and Exam pattern varies for different courses. For every question one answers correctly, he/she would get 4 marks and 1 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer.

IPU CET 2020 Highlights

Courses Offered

There are currently 81 colleges accepting IPU CET to admit candidates in various programs. The list of courses offered in the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and it's affiliated institutes through the IPU CET 2020 are given in the list below

Exam Dates

The official dates are released by the conducting body GGSIPU. Make sure to go through the dates so that you wouldn't miss out on any of the important events.

• Application Form: Application Form will be available on the official website from March 22, 2020 and the last date has not yet been revealed on the official website. But it is expected that the last date will be in the second last week of April 2020.
• Admit Card: The IPU CET 2020 Important Dates for Admit Card have not yet been disclosed. Candidates have to wait for the official notification to know about the hall ticket. With that being said, it is expected that the admit card will get released in the last week of April 2020.
• Exam Date: IPU CET 2020 will be conducted from May 4, 2020 through offline i.e. Paper and Pen-based Test (PBT).
• Result: The result will be declared by the university on the official website. The exam for each particular course has an exclusive result date. Therefore, IPU CET exam result dates are displayed in a clear manner in the important dates section.
• Counselling: The counselling will be conducted for the candidates who have cleared the IPU CET 2020. It will be conducted in three rounds, with the first one starting on June 18, 2020 and ending with the final and third round of counselling on August 10, 2020. The dates are, however, tentative and are liable to change, hence the candidates must visit the official website.

NOTE: The dates mentioned above are tentative. It will be updated once the conducting authority announces the dates.

Eligibility Criteria

IPU CET takes admission for both the PG and the UG courses. So, the eligibility criteria would be different for the various courses.

• Qualification:
  • For UG courses: Candidates should have passed 10+2 examination with minimum 55% marks from any of the Govt. recognized board of education, and for PG courses candidates need to complete graduation with a minimum of 55% aggregate.
  • For PG Course: Candidates must have passed a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 55% marks from any recognized institutions.
• Age: A candidate must not be more than 21 years or less than 18 years to be eligible for UG courses. There is no specified IPU CET 2020 Eligibility age limit for the PG courses.
• Nationality: The candidate must be an Indian citizen and must have a nationality proof during the time of admission.

The following table consists of the different eligibility criteria for various courses offered by the GGSIPU.

Reservation of Seats

GGSIPU provides reservations for candidates who hail from Delhi and some percentage of seats is secured for candidates from outside Delhi. If the college is self-financing, 10% of seats will be reserved for candidates from management quota.

IPU CET Reservation can be further divided for candidates belonging to Delhi and other states as follows:

Syllabus

The Syllabus contents of the IPU CET is similar to the NCERT portions of class 11th and 12th standard. 

Topics:

• IPU CET 2020 Syllabus includes topics from subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
• Candidates must go through the following subjects to secure good marks in the examination.

Some of the courses take admissions through other entrance exams. The syllabus for those exams is given below in the table.

How to Prepare for IPU CET?

NPAT 2020 Exam preparation tips can come in handy to qualify the examination. They help you prepare a proper preparation schedule and crack the exam by getting good scores. 

Create a Good Study Plan

The first thing you should do is to create a proper schedule or plan. Divide all the subjects you need to prepare into multiple parts and distribute them evenly in your preparation schedule. Also, don't forget to include short breaks in between the preparation sessions so that you feel fresh throughout the preparation journey. Make sure to stick to that study plan throughout your preparation period.

Improve your Time and Speed

The faster you solve the questions the more time you can spend on complicated questions. The exam of IPU CET gives only 150 minutes to answer the 150 questions, where you need to answer one question per minute on an average. So you need to improve your speed of answering the normal questions. This can only be done with the help of the intense practice sessions of answering practice question papers and mock tests.

Create Your Own Tricks and Shortcuts

Learn all the tricks and shortcuts that are out there but don't rely solely on the things that the other people teach. You might not be able to recollect them in the exam and would cost you a couple of questions. So instead you need to come up with your own version of the tips and tricks. When you create them on your own you will not be forgetting them in the exam.

Also, using these tricks and shortcuts to solve a question will help you to secure extra time, that could be used to solve tougher questions in the exam.

Exam Pattern

The exam pattern in IPU CET 2020 is different for every stream and course. Understand the exam pattern of your course before starting your exam.

• Mode: IPU CET 2020 will be conducted offline i.e. Pen and Paper-based Test (PBT) and the time given for completion of the test is 2 hours and 30 minutes. For B.Tech Biotechnology, it will be 3 hours.
• Marking Scheme: There will be a total of 150 Questions each will be given 4 marks and for every wrong answer 1 mark will be deducted. There is no negative marking in DM/MCH/SSMC exam.
• Medium: IPU CET 2020 Exam Pattern will be in English medium only.

The following table illustrates the exam pattern for various courses.

Application Form

The application form for registering to the IPU CET 2020 is only available online. If the candidates want to apply for more than one course they can submit different forms for each.

• Application Form Date: The IPU CET 2020 Application Form will be available on the official website from March 22, 2020 and the last date to submit the Application Form will be updated on the official website. The tentative last date to submit the application is in the second last week of April 2020.
• Details: Candidates need to fill all the necessary details in the application form, and then recheck to make sure that they have entered the correct CET code in the form. 
• Sign Up: Candidates have to register themselves on the official website to fill the IPU CET 2020 Application Form.
• Registration Fee: Candidates need to pay INR 1000/- as a registration fee through online (Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking).

Note: The application fee is non-refundable.

Application Process

The registration process for the IPU CET 2020 starts on March 22, 2020. Make sure that you apply for the exam before the deadline.

• Filling of Application: Fill all the mandatory details in the Application Form such as Personal, Academic, Communication details.
• Documents to be Uploaded: Upload the scanned images of the latest passport size photograph, signature and left thumb impression.

• Registration Fee: Candidates can pay the application fee either via an online or offline method. After paying the fee, take a print out of the fee receipt for future references. 

Application Form Correction

IPU CET Application Form Correction 2020 will be started in the month of June 2020 (tentative). The correction facility will be provided by the GGSIPU (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University).

The University organizes CET for admission into various UG and PG courses offered in different fields like engineering, medical, management, law, computer applications, etc. 

Procedure for correcting the Application Form

Follow the procedure mentioned below for the application form correction.

• It can be done only through offline mode.
• The correction facility will be opened only if a particular applicant requests for correction.
• Correction window will be opened in the month of June 2019.
• Candidates are allowed to make the correction on working days between 10 AM to 4 PM.
• Only those candidates who successfully submit the IPU CET 2019 application form and complete all stages of the application process are eligible to opt for correction.

IPU CET 2020 Application Form Correction Details

Students are advised to be very careful while selecting the CET for which they are going to apply because no correction is permitted after the application form is submitted. If there is any correction required in date of birth, the spelling of the applicant’s name or parent’s name and choice of category for an availing reservation then, candidates will be required to submit an application request in physical form (offline) for the purpose of correction. 

Reference Books

The reference books will help one know about the IPU CET Syllabus and adds knowledge about the important concepts that are involved in the syllabus.

• Benefits: Studying from the reference books will help the candidates score better marks in the IPU CET 2020 exam.
• Reference Books: Few of the popular books that can be referred to the aspirants are Physics vol. 1 by Resnick/ Halliday and Organic Chemistry by Robert Thornton Morrison.

Exam Centres

GGSIPU (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University) has announced the official list of IPU CET Exam Centers 2020. IPU CET 2020 will be conducted across 15 cities across India.

• Choice: Candidates are asked to select their preferred IPU CET Exam Center at the time of filling the IPUCET Application Form.
• Exception: IPU CET 2020 has a test centre for all courses except MBA, MCA, and B.Tech courses in5 Delhi.
• Admit Card: Final allotment of exam centre will be mentioned in IPU CET 2020 Admit Card.

Admit Card

The admit card for the IPU CET 2020 will be released one week before the commencement of the exams.

• Credentials: IPU CET 2020 Admit Card release date has not yet been mentioned on the official website. But once when it is out the candidates are expected to download the admit card by entering the Login ID and Password. The Admit card for CET exam will be released 5 days before the exam date by GGSIPU.
• Details: Admit Card will contain the applicant's Name, Date, Time and Exam Centre of the candidate. The candidates are required to carry the Admit Card to the Exam Centre.
• Photograph: Candidates are required to paste a passport sized photograph on the printed copy of IPU CET Hall ticket.
• Id Proof: IPU CET 2020 candidates must carry a government ID proof along with the Admit Card to the Exam Centre.

Note: 

You need to retain the admit card until the IPU CET 2020 Counselling procedure is finished.

Results

IPU CET 2020 Results will be declared on result date as specified for each exam on the official website. GGSIPU has started announcing the results for various courses starting from May 30th. For IPU CET 2020 Results for Bio-Technology will be announced on June 7, 2019. Candidates can check their result from the official website of IPU CET 2020. 

• Credentials: Candidates need to enter their Registration Number and Date of Birth for logging in and save it for future reference.
• Scorecard: The overall and sectional marks, roll number and ranks are available on the scorecard.

Cut-off: IPU CET Cut-off is prepared on the basis of availability of seats, number of candidates and the difficulty of the exam.

IPU CET 2019 Score Accepting Colleges

GGSIPU conducts IPUCET MBA exams for post-graduate management courses. Under IPU 19 institutes admit candidates based on their performance in IPUCET score.

Given below are the top MBA colleges under GGSIPU. The table also gives the category wise split up for the number of seats.

University School of Management Studies, GGSIPU Campus

 University School of Management Studies, GGSIPU Campus (MBA FM)

Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology, Rohini, Delhi (Morning Shift)

 Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology, Rohini, Delhi (Afternoon Shift)

Northern India Engineering College

Delhi Institute Of Advanced Studies

Bhagwan Parshuram Institute Of Technology

Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies (Morning Shift)

 Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies (Second Shift)

Bhai Parmanand Institute Of Business Studies

HRM Insititute of Technology & Management

Counselling

The counselling process for IPU CET 2020 will be conducted both in online mode and offline mode. Online mode can be done from the official portal of the IPU CET. For the offline mode the candidates have to visit the designated location with the necessary documents.

• Counselling Date: Registration for IPU CET 2020 will begin from June 18, 2020 to 25th June 2019. Furthermore, Counselling will also begin from June 18, 2020.
• Mode: The IPU CET 2020 Counselling will be conducted through both online and offline mode
• Merit List: A merit list will be prepared on the basis of scores obtained by candidates in IPU CET.
• Counselling Fee: Candidate should pay INR 1000/- through either online or offline mode as counselling registration fee. 
• Documents Required: The candidates have to take the following documents along with their photocopies to the counselling centre without fail.
  • IPU CET 2020 admit Card
  • The 10th Class mark sheet and certificate
  • The 12th Class mark sheet and certificate.

Candidates who will be allotted a seat in counselling have to pay the notified fee immediately. After the fee payment, candidates will get an admission slip by the admission officer.

Contact Information

In case if you are facing any problem at any stage, contact the official authorities. The contact details are given in the table below.

FAQs

Q: What is the minimum percentage of mark required for the candidates to apply for IPU CET?

Ans. In case a candidate wants to get admission in the undergraduate course, he/she must have secured 55% aggregate in class XII from any recognised board. To gain admission into a postgraduate course, a candidate must have scored 55% aggregate in their Bachelor's degree.

Q: Is age limit set as an eligibility criterion?

Ans. Yes. To gain admission into IPU CET, candidates should not be less than 18 years of age but also not more than 21 years of age for an undergraduate course. A candidate should not be less than 21 years of age to be eligible to gain admission in a postgraduate course.

Q: What is the maximum age limit for a candidate to apply for vocational courses?

Ans. Candidates should not be more than 45 years of age to apply for IPU CET.

Q: Does IP university follow reservation system based on the domicile?

Ans. Yes. 85% of the total seats are reserved for the candidates from Delhi. Rest of the seats are allotted for the students outside Delhi.

Q: How are the candidates admitted into B.Arch course in IP university?

Ans. Candidates are admitted into B.Arch course based on their "NATA score". If a candidate did not get the required marks in NATA, he/she will not be able to get admission into B.Arch course.

Q: How much is the counselling fee?

Ans. Candidates should pay a counselling fee of INR 1000 either through any of the online method or by an offline method.

Q: When does the candidate need to pay the admission fee for IP university?

Ans. Candidates need to pay a part of admission fee once the seat is allotted in the counselling.

Q: Does a candidate have the liberty to select the IPU CET exam centre?

Ans. Candidates applying for B.Tech, MCA and MBA cannot choose the exam centre. They will have to write an exam in Delhi. Candidates applying for other courses only will be able to select the centre. 

Q. What factors decide the cutoff score?

Ans. The different factors that affect the cutoff score are the number of candidates that registered for the exam, seats available in that selected program, the difficulty level of the exam, past trends of cutoff scores.

Q. On what basis is seat allotment done for IPU CET admissions?

Ans. In the IPU CET counselling procedure, they consider the candidate's position on the merit list, their category, location for the seat allotment.

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