CUET Normalisation Process 2026: Percentile Score Calculation

CUET UG Result 2026 will be declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) tentatively in first week of July 2026. CUET Normalisation Process 2026 will be used to calculate marks of students for CUET Results. CUET Normalisation Process is a technique to calculate marks of students with another of the same subject exam held in multiple shifts.

CUET Normalisation Process

CUET 2026 Normalisation Process is used to covert raw scores into unified percentile score. This method ensure fairness among students from different shifts for same subject. Candidates can check the sectiom-wise score and NTA score on release of CUET scorecard. National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce CUET result 2026 at cuet.nta.nic.in tentatively in first week of July 2026. Candidates can download the NTA scorecard soon after the CUET UG 2026 results are declared. CUET exam is conducted for admission to Undergraduate courses (UG) in all the Central, State, Private or Deemed Universities. Candidates appearing for the CUET exam will have the opportunity to select a combination of subjects from 13 languages, 23 domain subjects and General Test. Notably, CUET 2026 will be held on different days in multiple shifts for different subjects. Therefore, the CUET 2026 normalisation process will help candidates to compare and analyse their written test of the same subjects held on different days.  CUET 2026 will be held tentatively in May-June 2026 across 300 exam cities in India and abroad. 

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What is CUET Normalisation 2026?

NTA stated a technique called as ''equi-percentile method''.  According to NTA,'' In this method, percentile for each candidate is calculated using the raw marks of the candidate as compared to the raw marks of others in the same session. This is done for every session across multiple days for the same subject. These percentiles are then equated and converted into normalised marks. For sessions with a smaller number of candidates, these are clubbed with bigger sessions.'' 

In the normalisation process, the raw marks of students appearing for the same subject on different days and multiple shifts, are converted into normalised marks. The UGC Chairman, Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, explaining about the Normalisation process, talking to PTI said, ''These normalised marks of the candidates, obtained using equipercentile method, in different sessions in a given subject can be used in the same way we use the raw marks of a conventional single session examination. Therefore, in a particular university, if the raw marks of the skill component have a certain weightage it can be added to the remaining weightage of the normalized marks to prepare the rank list.''

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How CUET UG Normalised Marks are Calculated?

As mentioned above, the equipercentile method is used for all candidates who appeared in CUET different sessions for the same subject to make comparisons across sessions. Here are different steps involved in calculating normalised marks.

Step 1: Calculation of Percentiles of students in each shift using raw marks of multiple shifts

To find the percentile, first the percentile of each group of students is calculated using the raw marks they have scored in each shift.

Step 2: Percentiles are arranged in descending order

In the second step, these percentiles are arranged in descending order by noting the raw marks of the students in each shift.

• P denotes percentile
• Stu denotes sudent
• RM denotes Raw Marks

Step 3: Linear interpolation

Then through the linear interpolation method, marks of students are calculated in the above blanks in the table.

Step 4: Calculation of normalised marks

In the final step, normalised marks for each student are calculated on a common scale.

Why is CUET Normalisation Process Used?

CUET Normalisation process is applied when CUET subject examination is held in multiple shifts. Some of the use of CUET normalisation process are:

• Fairness: CUET Normalisation process ensures fairness for candidates who appeared in different slots. The difficulty level of each slot may vary. 
• Consistency: CUET normalisation process maintain a consistent and fair ranking when final merit list is prpeared for CUET cutoff is released.
• Equal Opportunity: CUET normalisation process enables fairness in the overall performance of students who appeared in different sessions for same subject.

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