UPCATET 2026 Online Form

UPCATET 2026 Online Form — a certificate verification schedule — is summarised below. The key figures are an application window closing 15 May 2026 and a fee of ₹1,350 for unreserved candidates. Everything below — dates, eligibility, fee and the official links — is set out in the order you will need it.

Applications open on 30 March 2026 and close on 15 May 2026, giving candidates 47 days to complete the process. The 47-day window is comfortable, though last-day traffic still causes portal failures every cycle — applying in the first half avoids it. A correction window is listed (02-15 May 2026), so errors in the submitted form can be fixed within that period rather than by re-applying. The exam is currently shown for 17-18 June 2026; treat this as provisional until the admit card confirms it.

The age limit runs from 17 to 25 years for unreserved candidates. That is an 8-year band, so candidates near either edge should confirm the exact cut-off date the notification measures age against — it is usually a fixed reference date, not the date you apply. On qualifications, the notification states: 10+2 with PAG, PCM, PCB, PCMB. If your degree is an equivalent under a different name, look for the equivalence clause in the official PDF before paying the fee — a form rejected for a qualification mismatch is not usually refundable.

Fee-paying categories are charged between ₹1,100 and ₹1,350, depending on category. Payment is accepted via debit card, credit card, net banking, and offline bank challan. Pay only through the official portal linked on this page; the fee is normally non-refundable once the form is submitted.

Document verification is where otherwise-successful candidates most often fall out, usually over a missing category certificate or a name mismatch across documents. Assemble originals plus self-attested photocopies well before the date, and get any discrepancy in spelling or date of birth corrected in advance — it cannot be resolved on the day.