AP ICET 2025 Normalization Process: How to Calculate AP ICET Score?
Andhra Pradesh - Integrated Common Entrance Test (APICET) 2025 ( APICET )
AP ICET 2025 normalisation process is adopted to eliminate any variation in the difficulty level of the various AP ICET exam sessions conducted. Authorities ensure that all session question papers are of same standard to avoid any variations. AP ICET 2025 exam was held on May 7, 2025 in offline mode.
AP ICET Normalisation Process
The AP ICET normalisation process ensures fairness for candidates appearing in different slots of the same exam. AP ICET normalisation process eliminates any advantage or disadvantage caused by variations in the difficulty levels of the AP ICET question papers. The AP ICET 2025 exam was conducted in two slots, following the same exam pattern and syllabus for all candidates meeting the eligibility criteria. Since the question papers for each session may differ in difficulty, Normalisation is applied to maintain equity among candidates.
The AP ICET 2025 exam was held on May 7, 2025, with AP ICET results and rank cards were released on May 20, 2025. Ranks will be assigned based on candidates' scores after Normalisation. During the AP ICET 2025 counselling process, candidates will be allotted colleges based on their ranks.
Also Read:
- What is Normalisation?
- AP ICET Normalisation Process
- AP ICET Normalisation: Important Note
- AP ICET Merit List: Preparation & Assigning of Rank
- AP ICET 2025 Cutoff
- AP ICET 2025 Cutoff Parameters
What is Normalisation?
AP ICET normalisation process is a process for ensuring candidates are neither disadvantaged or advantaged as per the difficulty level of the examination conducted in multiple sessions. The normalisation process is based on a simple process that is being implemented in other state/national level entrance examinations for admission to undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Normalisation process ranks all the students who will appear for the exam across all sessions on a comparative scale.
In any normalisation process, the marks of the easier session may be reduced marginally, and the marks of the difficult session may be increased marginally, depending upon the average performance in each session. In case there is not much difference in the average of the two sessions then there won’t be much difference in the Normalisation marks.
Also Read:
Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 notification will be released in first week of March 2026. Candidates who are willing to appear for the Andhra Pradesh ICET exam must check the important dates. The registration process will commence soon after the release of notification. The notification of Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 mentions the complete details about the important dates, eligibility criteria, application form, admit card, answer key and results.
APICET 2026 exam will be held in first week of May 2026 in two sessions. The first session of Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 exam willcommence in morning from 9 AM and the second session will commence in forenoon 2.30 pm. Candidates who will be allotted the first slot must report at the exam centre by 8.30 whereas, candidates who will be allotted the second shift must report at the exam centre by 2 pm. Candidates must complete the frisking process for entry to the examination hall. Candidates are advised to visit the allotted APICET 2026 exam centre on the day before the examination to become familiar with the route and exam centre.
AP ICET Normalisation Process
The AP ICET normalisation process aims to justify the candidates who appeared for the difficult session to an easier session. The task is to rationalise and rank the candidates based on the global performance. The method of normalisation has been adopted by national-level entrance examinations such as CAT, GATE, JEE (Main), etc. The committee has decided to use the following Normalisation process:
- SMS: (Average Standard Deviation) of the session in which the candidate belongs to
- GMS: (Average Standard Deviation) of all the candidates across all the sessions, altogether
- Top Average Session: Average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates in the session in which the candidate belongs.
- Top Average Global: Average marks of the top 0.1% of all the students across all the sessions together.
AP ICET Normalisation: Important Note
- For the candidates for whom there is no qualifying cutoff in AP ICET 2025 exam, if the marks in the entrance exam go negative after Normalisation, the total marks will be treated as zero, and the ranks will be assigned based on those marks. If the tie persists, the AP ICET Normalisation process will be considered for breaking the tie.
- The following is based on sample data to explain the Normalisation process. The data is based on an almost equal number of candidates in both sessions. The Normalisation is shown subject-wise so that the students get a benefit based on subject-wise performance rather than the entire paper in a session.
- Averages and Standard Deviations in a particular session and averages of top 0.1% candidates of a particular session, Global Average and Standard Deviations of all sessions together, Averages of top 0.1% candidates in all sessions are given in Table 1. Example data of normalised marks is shown in Tables 2 to 4.
Andhra Pradesh ICET exam will be held in two sessions tentatively in first week of May. The first session will be held in morning from 9 AM to 11.30 AM and the second session will be conducted in forenoon from 2.30 PM pm to 5 PM. Andhra Pradesh ICET 2025 exam will be held tentatively on May 06. Candidates who registered for the Andhra Pradesh ICET exam were notified about the exam time on release of the Andhra Pradesh ICET admit card. Candidates had to report at the allotted AP ICET exam centre one hour prior to the given examination time. No request for change in examination centre, exam date and time will be entertained once the admit card is issued.
Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test is conducted in two slots. Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 exam will be held tentatively on May 07, 2026 as per the following schedule:
| Slots | Timing |
|---|---|
| Slot 1 | 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM |
| Slot 2 | 03:00 PM to 5:30 PM |
Explore colleges based on APICET
Want better recommendations?
There is a 90% more chance of getting best college recommendations by sharing preferences.
- Chat with our counselor
- Get your personalised list of colleges & exams matching your preferences
Explore more MBA exams with upcoming dates
14 Nov '25 - 18 Nov '25
1 Aug '25 - 12 Oct '25
16 Sep '25 - 12 Oct '25
1 Aug '25 - 18 Oct '25
4 Nov '25
1 Aug '25 - 20 Nov '25
30 Sep '25 - 20 Nov '25
5 Nov '25 - 30 Nov '25
10 Jul '25 - 5 Dec '25
31 Dec '25
Table 1(a): Averages and Standard Deviations of sample data
| AP ICET-2015 |
|
Section A |
Section B |
Section C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Session 1 |
Avg |
26.65834 |
22.34934 |
15.44961 |
| Std_Dev |
7.461171 |
5.216657 |
5.273303 |
|
| Top 0.1% Avg |
57.41935 |
52.70968 |
30.90323 |
|
|
Session 2 |
Avg |
26.65963 |
22.2985 |
15.49653 |
| Std_Dev |
7.474945 |
5.223414 |
5.279516 |
|
| Top 0.1% Avg |
57.45161 |
52.90323 |
30.25806 |
|
|
All sessions together |
Global_Avg |
26.65995 |
22.32527 |
15.4738 |
| Global_Std_Dev |
7.469925 |
5.22558 |
5.277921 |
|
| Top 0.1% Global_Avg |
57.4375 |
53.20313 |
30.82813 |
Table 1(b): Averages and Standard Deviations of sample data
| AP ICET-2016 |
|
Section A |
Section B |
Section C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Session 1 |
Avg |
26.20269 |
20.39462 |
15.45065 |
| Std_Dev |
6.553433 |
4.327934 |
5.063855 |
|
| Top 0.1% Avg |
54.40741 |
38.92593 |
30.25926 |
|
|
Session 2 |
Avg |
26.1996 |
20.39817 |
15.44583 |
| Std_Dev |
6.549082 |
4.355253 |
5.050875 |
|
| Top 0.1% Avg |
52.75 |
40.64286 |
29.17857 |
|
|
All sessions together |
Global_Avg |
26.20068 |
20.39603 |
15.44796 |
| Global_Std_Dev |
6.55207 |
4.342383 |
5.057699 |
|
| Top 0.1% Global_Avg |
53.375 |
39.73214 |
29.82143 |
Table 2: Example of Normalised marks in Session 1:
| Candidate |
Marks |
Section A |
Section B |
Section C |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
C1 |
Actual Marks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Normalized Marks |
-4.6 |
-1.407 |
-1.49 |
-7.498 |
|
|
C2 |
Actual Marks |
8 |
3 |
5 |
16 |
| Normalized Marks |
3.857 |
1.682 |
3.845 |
9.385 |
|
| C3 |
Actual Marks |
61 |
16 |
25 |
102 |
| Normalized Marks |
59.89 |
15.07 |
25.19 |
100.1 |
|
|
C4 |
Actual Marks |
76 |
36 |
38 |
150 |
| Normalized Marks |
75.75 |
35.67 |
39.06 |
150.5 |
Table 3: Example of Normalised marks in Session 2:
| Candidate |
Marks |
Maths |
Physics |
Chemistry |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
C1 |
Actual Marks |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
| Normalized Marks |
-3.74 |
1.595 |
2.595 |
0.451 |
|
|
C2 |
Actual Marks |
14 |
9 |
2 |
25 |
| Normalized Marks |
9.932 |
7.771 |
0.464 |
18.17 |
|
| C3 |
Actual Marks |
48 |
24 |
33 |
105 |
| Normalized Marks |
45.69 |
23.21 |
33.49 |
102.4 |
|
|
C4 |
Actual Marks |
78 |
38 |
39 |
155 |
| Normalized Marks |
77.24 |
37.62 |
39.88 |
154.7 |
Table 4: Example of Normalised marks in Session 3:
| Candidate |
Marks |
Maths |
Physics |
Chemistry |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
C1 |
Actual Marks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Normalized Marks |
2.634 |
0.622 |
0.957 |
4.21 |
|
| C2 |
Actual Marks |
10 |
5 |
1 |
16 |
| Normalized Marks |
12.81 |
5.83 |
1.926 |
20.6 |
|
|
C3 |
Actual Marks |
50 |
17 |
31 |
98 |
| Normalized Marks |
53.52 |
18.33 |
30.99 |
103 |
|
|
C4 |
Actual Marks |
74 |
39 |
38 |
151 |
| Normalized Marks |
77.94 |
41.24 |
37.77 |
157 |
Table 5: Example of Normalized marks in Session 4:
| Candidate |
Marks |
Maths |
Physics |
Chemistry |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 |
Actual Marks |
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
| Normalized Marks |
6.457 |
1.97 |
2.935 |
11.4 |
|
|
C2 |
Actual Marks |
19 |
7 |
9 |
35 |
| Normalized Marks |
21.75 |
8.018 |
9.641 |
39.4 |
|
|
C3 |
Actual Marks |
13 |
6 |
16 |
35 |
| Normalized Marks |
15.63 |
7.01 |
16.35 |
39 |
|
| C4 |
Actual Marks |
67 |
9 |
24 |
100 |
| Normalized Marks |
70.69 |
10.03 |
24.01 |
105 |
|
| C5 |
Actual Marks |
57 |
8 |
35 |
100 |
| Normalized Marks |
60.49 |
9.025 |
34.55 |
104 |
|
| C6 |
Actual Marks |
80 |
38 |
40 |
158 |
| Normalized Marks |
83.94 |
39.26 |
39.34 |
163 |
AP ICET Merit List: Preparation & Assigning of Rank
- Candidates who will have scored 25% of marks (50 out of 200) and SC/ST candidates for whom qualifying marks are not prescribed, shall be assigned rank in the order of marks obtained in AP ICET exam.
- If more than one students score the same marks, the tie will be resolved as follows:
- Considering the marks scored in Section A
- If the tie persists, marks obtained by the candidate in Section B will be considered
- If the tie still persists, it will be resolved by considering the candidate's age and giving the older one priority.
- The ranks obtained in AP ICET exam will be valid for the particular year only for admissions into the various universities constituent and affiliated colleges in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
- The AP ICET rank obtained with the benefit of relaxation of minimum qualifying marks by any candidate, claiming to belong to SC/ST category, will be cancelled in case the claim is found to be invalid at any point of time
AP ICET 2025 Cutoff
Based on the scores obtained, candidates can expect the following AP ICET 2025 cutoff mentioned in the table below:
| Marks |
Expected AP ICET ranks |
|---|---|
| 180 – 151 |
1 to 10 |
| 150 – 141 |
11-20 |
| 140 – 131 |
31 to 70 |
| 130 – 121 |
71 to 100 |
| 120 – 111 |
101 to 200 |
| 110 – 101 |
201 to 350 |
| 100 – 91 |
351 to 500 |
| 90 – 81 |
501 to 1000 |
| 80 – 71 |
1001 to 1500 |
| 70 – 61 |
1501 to 3000 |
| 60 – 51 |
3001 to 10000 |
| 50 – 41 |
10001 and above |
AP ICET 2025 Cutoff Parameters
AP ICET cutoff will be released based on the following factors:
- Total number of candidates who appeared for the AP ICET 2025 exam
- Total number of seats
- Level of difficulty of question paper
- Reservation policy
- Previous year cutoff
Read More:
News & Updates
Explore Other Exams
1 Jul '25 - 19 Dec '25 | IBSAT 2025 Registration |
27 Dec '25 - 28 Dec '25 | IBSAT 2025 Exam Date |
10 Oct '25 | TG ICET Special Phase Counsell... |
6 Oct '25 | TG ICET Special Phase Counsell... |
1 Aug '25 - 18 Oct '25 | NMAT 2025 Registration Window |
1 Aug '25 - 25 Oct '25 | NMAT 2025 Scheduling Window |
30 Sep '25 - 20 Nov '25 | MICAT (I) Registrations |
25 Nov '25 - 29 Jan '26 | MICAT (II) registration proces... |
10 Jul '25 - 5 Dec '25 | XAT 2026 Exam registration |
20 Dec '25 | XAT 2026 admit card download s... |
28 Sep '25 | MAT CBT Exam 2025 (Sept ) |
25 Sep '25 - 28 Sep '25 | MAT CBT Admit Card 2025 (Sept ... |
Dec '25 | MAH MBA CET 2026 registration ... |
2 Sep '25 - 4 Sep '25 | MAH MBA CAP 2025: Reporting to... |
17 Oct '24 - 5 Dec '24 | IIFT 2025 registration and app... |
13 Feb '25 | CMAT 2025 Result |
31 Jan '25 - 2 Feb '25 | CMAT 2025 Answer Key Release a... |
May '25 | PU MET 2025 Result |
27 Apr '25 | PU MET 2025 |
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
Yes easily you can get admission in Andra university. And for pwd candidates, many benefits offered to the candidates so Tha they can study well. Plus with pwd certificate, you can get good job offers from top companies.
- With pwd certificate, you will go to that university
- Then after showing this y
S
Beginner-Level 3
Answered a month ago
Getting a regular MCA seat in Andhra University with a rank of 1514 in the Andhra Pradesh ICET is unlikely to happen in the general category. The cut off for MCA over the years has been in some years as low as 150 and below for general, whereas in the reserved categories (for example SC, ST or BC) o
A
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
The MBA colleges in Hyderabad accepting APICET that provide the degree at a fee of less than INR 1 Lacs are listed in the table below:
College Name | Average Fees |
|---|---|
INR 54,000 | |
INR 90,000 | |
INR 1 Lakh | |
INR 54,000 |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.
M
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
The popular specialisations that students can pursue at the MBA colleges in Hyderabad accepting APICET are listed in the table below, along with the number of colleges where they are provided:
Specialisation | No. of Colleges |
|---|---|
Sales & Marketing | 3 colleges |
Finance | 2 colleges |
Human Resources | 2 colleges |
IT & Systems | 1 college |
Operations | 1 college |
Business Analytics | 1 college |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.
M
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
The table below classifies the Hyderabad MBA colleges accepting APICET based on their average course fees:
Average Course Fees Range | No. of Colleges |
|---|---|
Less than INR 1 Lakh | 5 colleges |
INR 1-2 Lakh | 1 college |
INR 3-5 Lakh | 2 colleges |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.
M
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Sure!
Students can click on the links provided in the table below for details about APICET, its exam dates, schedule, and syllabus.
Exam Name | Exam Date | Exam Schedule | Exam Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|
May 2026 (Tentative) |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.
M
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
The MBA course fees at APICET-accepting MBA colleges in Hyderabad are provided in the table below:
College Name | Average Fees |
|---|---|
INR 54,000 | |
INR 4.5 Lakh | |
INR 90,000 | |
INR 1 Lakh | |
INR 54,000 |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.
M
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Of course! The table below provides an overview of the best Hyderabad MBA colleges accepting APICET scores:
Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
Number of MBA Colleges in Hyderabad Accepting APICET | 9 colleges |
Annual Fees | Less than INR 1 Lakh: 5 colleges INR 1-2 Lakh: 1 college INR 3-5 Lakh: 2 colleges |
Top MBA Colleges in Hyderabad Accepting APICET | Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women, ISTTM Business School, Al-Habeeb College of Engineering and Technology, Ashoka Institute of Engineering and Technology, etc. |
Top MBA Specialisations | Sales & Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, IT & Systems, Operations, Business Analytics, etc. |
Accepted Entrance Exams | APICET |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.
M
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Yes, there are 9 MBA colleges in Hyderabad where students can get admitted based on their scores in the APICET entrance exam. Of these, 7 colleges are privately owned. An MBA is a 2-year, postgraduate degree for students who wish to pursue a career in the field of business management and administra
M
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
With a rank of 6530 in APICET 2025 on a BC rank, you can expect a fair chance with mid-level universities and colleges in Andhra Pradesh area. In the best scenario Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) Tirupati, (SRKR Engineering College Bhimavaram) or SVEC Tirupati can be aligned with seat availability
A
Contributor-Level 10
The AP ICET 2026 exam date will be announced in first week of March 2026. The exam will be held tentatively in first week of May in two slots. The exam is held in offline mode across 25 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Candidates will have the option to enter maximum four exam center preferences while filling the AP ICET 2026 application form. Based on the options entered, candidates will be alloted the exam centre as per the availability. Candidates will be able to check the alloted APICET exam centre on release of the AP ICET admit card. The admit card will be released in first week of May 2026. Candidates will be able to download the hall ticket for AP ICET 2026 till the date of the examination.