NEST 2025 Exam Dates: Counselling, Download Result, Cutoff, Merit List, & Exam Date
National Entrance Screening Test 2024 ( NEST )
NEST CEBS 2025 Counselling Process started on the official website of NEST CEBS for all the selected candidates who appeared for the NEST Exam. Candidates need to report to the CEBS campus on July 28, 2025, to complete the offline admission process.
The NEST 2025 Scorecard was revised due to a minor error, but the error was identified and then corrected by the NEST conducting body. There is no need to stress about this because this issue is not going to impact the overall score or All India Rank (AIR) for most candidates. All students are advised to re-download their scorecards, with the issue date of 17 July 2025. Only scorecards with the issue date of July 17, 2025, will be considered valid.
The date for the first round of NEST NISER 2025 Counselling was July 16, 2025. The NEST important dates include the application form dates, application correction dates, admit card dates, exam dates, answer key dates, result dates, counselling dates, and all other important dates. Previously, the NEST exam was conducted for a total of 257 seats. Get all the information about the NEST exam dates by reading the article in detail.
- NEST 2025 Exam Schedule
- NEST 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- NEST 2025 FAQs
NEST 2025 Exam Schedule
Candidates must go through the following table to learn about the exam schedule of the NEST Exam.
| Event | Exam timings | Reporting timings |
|---|---|---|
| NEST 2025 Entrance Exam | 9 AM to 12:30 PM | By 8 AM |
Commonly asked questions
If NEST exam begins at 9:30 AM then normally the reporting time is mentioned in the admit card is 8:00 AM. But many a times students gets confused with the name and location of exam centre.
Hence it is advisable to reach the exam centre in the time. Atleast 10-15 minutes before the reporting time mentioned in the admit card.
As late enteries will not be entertained and in that case applicants might waste one year if he/she is not permitted to enter to the exam hall.
The hall ticket of NEST 2024 will be released by NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM–DAE CEBS, Mumbai. The admit card will be released in online mode. Applicants who have successfully filled the application form will be able to download the admit card by entering login credentials. i.e user ID & pwd.
The exact dates of release of NEST admit card is out on March 10, 2024. It will be out on June 15, 2024 on the officical website.
The NEST 2024 exam will be conducted in to two shifts. The first shift exam will be held in between 9:00 am to 12:30 pm and second shift exam will take place between 2:30 to 6:00 pm.
Applicnats who want to appear in the exam must ensure that they reach the exam hall before the time and leave once the exam is over and they submit their copy to the authorities.
NEST 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NEST 2024 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Aug ' 25 | NEST NISER commencement of classes |
| 18 Aug ' 25 | NEST CEBS 2025 Counselling: Classes for Semester 1 begin |
| 14 Aug ' 25 | NEST CEBS 2025 Campus Reporting Round 3 (If needed) |
NEST 2025 FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions of NEST Important Dates
Commonly asked questions
The NEST 2024 Result was announced on July 12, 2024. Earlier the exam officials mentioned the NEST 2204 result date as July 10, 2024 which was later postponed. The result was out on the official website.
NEST merit list/ result carries the roll numbers and/or names of candidates qualifying for the integrated MSc entrance exam. Candidates will have to download their scorecards by entering their login credentials.
The National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) 2024 application form date has been announced on March 10, 2024. The NEST application process has been started done from April 3, 2024 to May 31, 2024.
NEST 2024 registration process will be completely online. Aspirants who will be appearing for the examination are advised to check the eligibility criteria conscientiously before applying for the application form. The online application window is expected to remain open for a period of a month or so. The application fee for nest will be paid online, through Credit/Debit Card or Net Banking or UPI.
The NEST 2024 eligibility criteria is defined on both basis age wise as well education wise.
Admissions in NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS, Mumbai are done based on a candidate's score in the NEST exam. Candidates who have passed Class XII from the Science stream are eligible to apply for the NEST exam.
Candidates should pass Class XII in Science stream from a recognised board in India with at least 60% aggregate marks (55% for SC/ ST/ PWD category candidates). Candidates should have passed Class XII either last year or will pass this year.
Yes, the authorities extended the last date to apply online for NEST 2024 exam. Earlier the last date for NEST 2024 registration was May 31, 2024, but now applicants can fill the online form till June 3, 2024.
After the NEST 2024 registration is over, students will be able to make the correction.
Applicants are advised to reach the exam centre along with the below mentioned items.
- NEST 2024 Admit card
- ID proof or Admit card of 12th board exam
- Pencil/Pen
Students must note that no electronic gadgets will be premissible to the exam hall. Hence they need not to carry anything. Along with this applicants are advised to reach the exam hall before the mentioned time in the admit card.
The application form of NEST 2024 was released by exam conducting authorities on the official website on April 3, 2024. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria before filling the form.
Earlier the NEST 2024 application form was about to be released on March 30, 2024 but later it was postponed. Students must check the details of all other important events such as admit card date, exam date, answer key date and result dates.
NISER, Bhubaneshwar and UM-DAE CEBS, Mumbai released the notification on March 27, 2024 on the official website. Along with notification it also released the NEST exam flyer.
The notification was released in online mode on the official website. Along with release of the notification the exam conducting authorities also released the application form to register for the exam on April 3, 2024.
Applicants are advised to keep checking official website or NEST 2024 page to be updated about the events and accordingly prepare for the exam.
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Allotment of seats in LPU NEST-wise counseling will depend on the merit rank of candidates, their eligibility, and the online filling of course and specialisation preferences. The procedure consists of download rank card, filling of preferences for seats, and finally, seat allotment. Seat allotment
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After re-downloading the revised version by visiting the official website of NEST, candidates must ensure that the revised scorecard consists of the correct information related to their qualifying percentile and the issue date, which is July 17, 2025.
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All the selected candidates must know that it is important for them to download the revised NEST 2025 scorecard issued on July 17, 2025. Only the revised NEST Scorecard will be considered valid for all future admission processes and the previous versions will not be valid during verification.
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All the selected candidates are advised to visit the official website to be able to download their revised scorecards. Candidates need to use their login credentials and click on the login link provided on the NEST Official website to ensure the scorecard they download has the issue date of July 17,
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For most of the candidates who appeared for the NEST Entrance Exam, the revised scorecard will not affect their total score or All India Rank (AIR). But as per the official notice released by NEST, all candidates are advised to download the revised scorecard to ensure accuracy for future admission s
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A small error related to the qualifying percentile was found in the previous NEST 2025 scorecards and the error was resolved later on but now candidates are advised to download the revised NEST Scorecard from the login link available on the official website because only those scorecards with the iss
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