NEST Result 2025 OUT: Download Scorecard, Merit List, Rank Card & Percentile Score

The results for NEST 2025 have been published on the official site for candidates to check their qualifying marks as mentioned below: 

Step 1: Visit the official website of the NEST, i.e. https://www.nestexam.in/ 

Step 2: Candidates will have to click on the NISER and CEBS Score links, respectively.

Step 3: Enter NEST 2025 Roll Number and Application Number.

Step 4: Click on the 'Show Scorecard' tab.

Step 5: Check and download the NEST 2025 scorecard in PDF format and save the file.

NEST 2025 scorecards had a minor error, later the correction was done in the qualifying percentile as per the notice released on the official site of NEST. Also, this minor change will not impacted most candidates' AIR or marks; all candidates are instructed to download the revised scorecard (dated July 17, 2025) from the official website, for future admission processes. Only scorecards with the issue date of July 17, 2025, will be considered valid. 

While the merit lists mention overall scores and ranks obtained by the candidates in NEST 2025, the individual scorecards will mention the following details: 

• Candidate details including, name and roll number
• Scores obtained by candidates in the General section
• Scores obtained by the candidates in each section attempted by them
• Total scores obtained by the candidates out of 180 (General section 30 marks+ 50 marks each of the best three subjects)
• Percentile scores of the candidates 
• Merit rank obtained by the candidates 

From 2023 onwards the SMAS score of the best three subject scores from four subjects are considered for the merit list preparation for NEST 2025 (for both NISER and CEBS). It was different in NEST 2022, where the SMAS of all four subjects were considered for preparing the NISER merit list.

The following are the major key factors that are responsible for the NEST 2025 Scoring system:

1. The NEST 2025 examination has four subject sections of 50 marks each.
2. The NEST 2025 entrance examination will be conducted in two sessions, and different sets of question papers will be used for each session. The percentile score will be calculated based on the relative performance of all the qualified candidates in the respective session. The highest score in each session will be the 100th percentile.
3. During the preparation of the merit list, the three best scores from the four sections will be considered. In other words, the worst score among the four sections would be discarded for the merit list calculation.
4. As merit list calculation will be performed on marks obtained in the best three sections, the 'total' marks for NEST 2025 become 150.

The NEST cutoff marks will be prepared out of 150 marks to qualify the applicants. 

Candidates can read the following points to understand SMAS for the NEST 2025 exam:

1. For every section, "20 per cent of the average of the best 100 scores in that section" will be considered as the Section–wise Minimum Admissible Score (SMAS). For example, if the average of the best 100 scores in the Physics section is 41 out of 50, then SMAS for the Chemistry section would be 41*0.20 = 8.2 marks. Similarly, for other sections.
2. SMAS for different sections can be of different numerical values.
3. SMAS for the two sessions, for any particular section, can be of different numerical values.
4. SMAS for OBC students would be 90 per cent of the respective SMAS for general category students. For example, if the SMAS is 8.6 for general category students in the Chemistry section, then the SMAS for OBC students would be 7.38 (90 per cent of 8.2).
5. SMAS for SC/ST/Divyangjan students would be 50% of the respective SMAS for general category students. For example, if the SMAS is 8.2 for general category students in the Chemistry section, then the SMAS for SC/ST/Divyangjan students would be 4.1 (50 per cent of 8.2).
6. A candidate is required to score equal to or above the NEST SMAS in at least three subject sections to qualify for percentile calculation.

The following process is expected to be followed by the exam officials to calculate the NEST 2025 per cent scores:

• There were two sessions of the NEST exam on the same day, i.e. morning session from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and the evening session from 2 pm to 5:30 pm. 
• The percentile score will be calculated based on the relative performance of all the qualified candidates in each session of the NEST 2025 exam. 
• The highest score for each session will be 100th per cent

The final merit list of NISER and CEBS will be based on Section-wise Minimum Admissible Score (SMAS), which is the section-wise cut-off mark and Minimum Admissible per cent (MAP) as under: 

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