Which programmes require Chemistry?

1378 programmes at 140 universities name Chemistry outright in their CUET requirement. No combination of the other papers reaches them, so a candidate who does not sit Chemistry cannot apply to any of them.

Which universities accept Chemistry?

1930 programmes across 167 universities can use Chemistry in their CUET requirement, counted from the admission documents we have read line by line. That figure includes the programmes that merely allow the paper as one option alongside others.

What is the CUET subject code for Chemistry?

Chemistry carries NTA subject code 306. It is a domain paper in the CUET (UG) subject list.

Which papers are most often taken with Chemistry?

Counting the programme rules that accept Chemistry, the papers those same rules accept most often are Physics, Mathematics / Applied Mathematics, Biology / Biological Science / Biotechnology / Biochemistry, English, Computer Science / Information Practices. This is a count of rules, not of what candidates choose.

Are past answer keys available for Chemistry?

NTA has published a final answer key covering Chemistry for 2026, 2025, 2024, 2024. Each link opens NTA's own PDF at the page where this paper starts. NTA does not publish the question paper itself.

Chemistry

Subject code 306 · domain paperWhere this paper leads

1,378

programmes strictly require Chemistry

140

universities among them

Each of those rules names Chemistry outright — no combination of the other papers reaches them. That is the whole case for spending one of five slots on it.

The paper at a glance

Chemistry carries the subject code 306. The syllabus described here is the one published for 2026-27.

It is a short document: a cover page and three pages of running text, one paragraph per unit. Every unit comes from the Class 12 chemistry course.

How the syllabus is organised

The document is laid out in ten units, numbered Unit I to Unit X. The units follow the NCERT Class 12 order: three physical-chemistry units, two inorganic, then five organic. Unlike the Physics syllabus, each unit here is a single dense paragraph rather than bullet points.

The syllabus itself is a list of topics only. It does not print question counts, marks, negative marking or timing, and it does not say how many questions come from each unit. Read it alongside the exam pattern.

Units I to III: physical chemistry

Unit	What it covers
Unit I: Solutions	Solutions and their types, expressing concentration, solubility of a solid in a liquid and of a gas in a liquid, Henry's law, vapour pressure of liquid-liquid solutions, Raoult's law, vapour pressure of solutions of solids in liquids, ideal and non-ideal solutions, azeotropes (elementary idea only); colligative properties and determination of molar mass — relative lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmosis and osmotic pressure, reverse osmosis and water purification, abnormal molar masses, van't Hoff factor
Unit II: Electrochemistry	Electrochemical and galvanic cells, standard electrode potential and its measurement, emf of a cell, Nernst equation and its applications (equilibrium constant and cell potential calculations), electrochemical cell and Gibbs energy of the reaction; conductance of electrolytic solutions, measurement of conductivity, specific and molar conductivity and their variation with concentration, Kohlrausch's law and its applications; electrolytic cells and electrolysis, Faraday's laws of electrolysis, products of electrolysis; primary and secondary batteries, fuel cell, corrosion
Unit III: Chemical Kinetics	Rate of a reaction (average and instantaneous), factors influencing rate — concentration, temperature, catalyst; rate law and rate constant, order and molecularity, integrated rate equations and half-life (zero and first order reactions only), pseudo first order reactions; Arrhenius equation and activation energy; collision theory for bimolecular elementary reactions and its limitations

The source marks its own limits in two places: azeotropes are "elementary idea only", and integrated rate equations are "for zero and first order reactions only".

Units IV and V: inorganic chemistry

Unit	What it covers
Unit IV: d and f Block Elements	Position of d- and f-block elements in the periodic table and their electronic configurations; general properties and trends of the transition elements — physical properties, atomic and ionic sizes and lanthanoid contraction, ionisation enthalpies, oxidation states, standard electrode potential trends for M2+/M and M3+/M2+, stability of higher oxidation states, chemical reactivity and E° values, magnetic properties, coloured ions, complex compounds, catalytic properties, interstitial compounds, alloys, nature of oxides and oxoanions of d-block metals; K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4; lanthanoids and actinoids — general properties, atomic and ionic sizes, oxidation states, comparison of actinoids with lanthanoids; applications of d- and f-block elements
Unit V: Coordination Compounds	Werner's theory, double salts, basic definitions — coordination entity, central atom or ion, ligands, coordination number, coordination sphere, coordination polyhedron, oxidation number of the central atom, homoleptic and heteroleptic complexes; IUPAC nomenclature, isomerism; bonding — valence bond theory and its limitations, crystal field theory with its applications to magnetic properties and colour and its limitations, spectrochemical series; shape and bonding in metal carbonyls; importance and applications of coordination compounds

Unit

What it covers

Unit IV: d and f Block Elements

Position of d- and f-block elements in the periodic table and their electronic configurations; general properties and trends of the transition elements — physical properties, atomic and ionic sizes and lanthanoid contraction, ionisation enthalpies, oxidation states, standard electrode potential trends for M2+/M and M3+/M2+, stability of higher oxidation states, chemical reactivity and E° values, magnetic properties, coloured ions, complex compounds, catalytic properties, interstitial compounds, alloys, nature of oxides and oxoanions of d-block metals; K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4; lanthanoids and actinoids — general properties, atomic and ionic sizes, oxidation states, comparison of actinoids with lanthanoids; applications of d- and f-block elements

Unit V: Coordination Compounds

Werner's theory, double salts, basic definitions — coordination entity, central atom or ion, ligands, coordination number, coordination sphere, coordination polyhedron, oxidation number of the central atom, homoleptic and heteroleptic complexes; IUPAC nomenclature, isomerism; bonding — valence bond theory and its limitations, crystal field theory with its applications to magnetic properties and colour and its limitations, spectrochemical series; shape and bonding in metal carbonyls; importance and applications of coordination compounds

Only two compounds are named in the whole inorganic part: potassium dichromate and potassium permanganate. Coordination Compounds is where the theory runs deepest, naming both valence bond theory and crystal field theory together with their limitations.

Units VI to X: organic chemistry

Five units, arranged by functional group, followed by biomolecules.

Unit	What it covers
Unit VI: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes	Classification and nomenclature, nature of the C-X bond, methods of preparation, physical properties (melting and boiling point, density, solubility), chemical properties; stereochemical aspects of SN reactions of haloalkanes — optical activity, chirality, retention, inversion, racemisation; important polyhalogen compounds (CH2Cl2, CHCl3, CHI3, CCl4, freons and DDT)
Unit VII: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers	Classification and nomenclature, structures of the functional groups, methods of preparation, physical properties (boiling point and solubility); chemical properties of alcohols involving cleavage of the C-OH and O-H bonds, chemical properties of phenols including oxidation and reduction, chemical properties of ethers; commercially important alcohols such as methanol and ethanol
Unit VIII: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids	Carbonyl compounds and their nomenclature, structure of the carbonyl group; methods of preparation of aldehydes and ketones, their physical properties (boiling point and solubility), chemical properties and uses; structure of the carboxyl group, methods of preparation of carboxylic acids, their physical properties (boiling point and solubility), chemical properties and uses
Unit IX: Amines	Structure, classification and nomenclature of amines, methods of preparation, physical properties (boiling point and solubility), basic character and chemical properties; aliphatic and aromatic diazonium salts — preparation, physical and chemical properties, importance in the synthesis of aromatic compounds
Unit X: Biomolecules	Carbohydrates — classification, preparation and structure of glucose, D and L configuration of monosaccharides, preparation and structure of fructose, disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, lactose), polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, glycogen), importance of carbohydrates; amino acids and their classification, structure and types of proteins, denaturation, enzymes and the mechanism of enzyme action (elementary idea); vitamins — types, sources and deficiency diseases; nucleic acids — types, composition, structure and biological importance; hormones — classification, biological importance and deficiency diseases

Each functional-group unit repeats the same skeleton — classification and nomenclature, preparation, physical properties (boiling point and solubility), chemical properties, uses — so the organic part reads as one pattern applied five times. Named-reaction lists are absent; the document says "chemical properties" and leaves it there.

What this syllabus does not tell you

The document is a topic list and nothing more. From it you cannot learn:

how many questions come from each unit, or the marks, negative marking and duration — those are on the exam pattern;
the weightage of any unit, so treat every unit as examinable rather than ranking them;
how difficult the questions will be, or how numerical, conceptual and reaction-based questions are mixed;
which named reactions or mechanisms are expected in the organic units — the phrase used is only "chemical properties";
which books to use; the syllabus names no textbook, although the unit order follows NCERT Class 12;
how much weight a university gives this paper once you qualify — the programmes that accept it are listed below, but the marks or ranking rule each one applies sits in its own admission bulletin.

One small trap for anyone checking the PDF: its printed page numbers run one behind the actual pages, so the first content page is printed as "1 | Page" but is page 2 of the file. Our citations use the file's page numbers.

For anything about attempt rules or numbers of questions, go to the NTA information bulletin and the exam pattern rather than to this list.

Where this paper can take you

Programmes whose rule can use Chemistry, from the 167 universities whose documents we have read. 1,378 of them cannot be reached any other way.

Chemistry is the only way inChemistry is one route

See all 1930 against my paper setShowing the 12 universities with the most Chemistry programmes, of 167.

Questions

Which programmes require Chemistry?: 1378 programmes at 140 universities name Chemistry outright in their CUET requirement. No combination of the other papers reaches them, so a candidate who does not sit Chemistry cannot apply to any of them.
Which universities accept Chemistry?: 1930 programmes across 167 universities can use Chemistry in their CUET requirement, counted from the admission documents we have read line by line. That figure includes the programmes that merely allow the paper as one option alongside others.
What is the CUET subject code for Chemistry?: Chemistry carries NTA subject code 306. It is a domain paper in the CUET (UG) subject list.
Which papers are most often taken with Chemistry?: Counting the programme rules that accept Chemistry, the papers those same rules accept most often are Physics, Mathematics / Applied Mathematics, Biology / Biological Science / Biotechnology / Biochemistry, English, Computer Science / Information Practices. This is a count of rules, not of what candidates choose.
Are past answer keys available for Chemistry?: NTA has published a final answer key covering Chemistry for 2026, 2025, 2024, 2024. Each link opens NTA's own PDF at the page where this paper starts. NTA does not publish the question paper itself.