- Established | November 2017 | operational | from 5th September 2018.
- Comes under | the Department of Higher Education | the Ministry of Education.
- Modeled on the ETS (the Educational Testing Service) | US based | conducts SAT and GRE | a private testing agency | conducting exams for admission to US colleges and universities.
- A registered society | under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
- Defined as | premier, specialist, autonomous and self-sustained | testing organization.
- For | admission | fellowship | process | in higher educational institutions.
- Currently conducts 14 major examinations.
- First exam conducted | UGC-NET | December 2018.
- Joint Entrance Examination | Common Management Admission Test | UGC National Eligibility Test | JNU Entrance Test | ICAR’s All India Entrance Examination | Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination | Study Web of Active Learning by Young & Aspiring Minds | National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test | Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test | IIFT Entrance Examination | IGNOU PHD & OPENMAT (MBA) Entrance Examination | Joint CSIR – National Eligibility Test | Delhi University Entrance Test | Annual Refresh Programme in Teaching.
- Engineering exams | JEE (Main) | 2019 onwards | before it, CBSE conducted the same.
- JEE (Main) | for admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs | B.E./B.Tech. | B. Arch./B. Planning Courses.
- Medical | NEET UG | 2019 onwards | before it, CBSE conducted the same | for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses.
- Management | Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) | 2019 onwards | before it, AICTE conducted the same | CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE approved institutions.
- Pharmacy | Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) | 2019 onwards | | before it, AICTE conducted the same | for admission to M. Pharm. Programme | GPAT score is accepted by all AICTE approved institutions.
- Common University Entrance Test (CUET) | for general courses at central universities.
- UGC NET | NTA conducting it since December 2018.
