CUET Counselling 2026: University Wise Registrations, Schedule, Seat Allotment

CUET UG cut off will vary from course to course and universities. To know the cut off for CUET UG courses, candidates must stay updated with the notification released by the universities for admissions. As per the previous year analysis, candidates can expect the CUET UG cut off for various top courses under Arts, Commerce and Science as mentioned below:

CUET UG counselling process schedule is announced by the participating universities after the declaration of CUET results. The process will be conducted separately by the universities and it will not be a centralised counselling system. The CUET 2025 counselling process will have the following stages:

• Each participating institute will release its individual rank list of candidates who are eligible to participate in the counselling process of CUET 2025.
• Candidates will have to register online and then appear in online counselling followed by offline counselling.
• Upon seat allotment, candidates will have to pay the admission fee and report to institutes to accept the admission offer.

CUET UG counselling registration last date depends from university to university. Each participating university sets its own counselling registration deadlines. Therefore, candidates must stay updated with admission and cut off dates of universities they wish to apply to. Candidates are suggested to stay updated with CUET 2025 admission dates for individual universities to avoid missing deadlines.

There are no prescribed passing marks for CUET UG. In order to know if a candidate has passed the CUET 2025 exam or not or is eligible for admission to desired course and university, they are required to check CUET passing marks released by the colleges/university seperately. After the declaration of CUET result, all the colleges or universities will release the course-wise passing marks or CUET UG cutoff, which will be used for shortlisting candidates for admission to UG courses.

On the basis of the cut off released by the CUET participating universities and candidates meeting the criteria will be offered amdission to UG courses.

The CUET UG cut off is determined by CUET participating universities seperately. Parameters on the basis of which CUET UG cut off is released are:

• Total number of candidates that appeared for the CUET UG exam
• The number of seats offered by the participating universities through CUET UG
• The difficulty level of the CUET exam
• Overall performance of the test takers (pass percentage/ score range, etc.)

CUET cut off is based on the percentile of the candidate. To calculate the CUET percentile following formula is applied:

100*Number of candidates appeared in the session with a raw score is equal to or less than a candidate/ total number of candidates appeared for CUET UG.

After accepting allotted seat through CUET UG 2026, candidates will be required to:

• Complete the document verification process at the concerned university.
• Pay the UG course admission fee to confirm seat.
• Submit all required documents for verification process.
• Complete any additional formalities as instructed by the university.

Candidates securing 90-99 percentile in CUET UG have chances of getting admission into the following universities:

• University of Delhi
• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi
• Banaras Hindu University
• Allahabad University

Candidates need to upload scanned copies of a few documents during the registration procedure. The documents must be in PDF / JPEG format. Below is the list of documents.

• Matriculation or its equivalent certificate.
• Class 12 mark sheet.
• Caste Certificate (SC/ST/OBC/EWS) and income certificate (SC/ST) issued by the appropriate authority.
• PwD Certificate (if applicable).
• BHU employee certificate (if applicable).
• Certificate of admission under sports quota is claimed.
• Scanned copy of a recent colour photograph & signature.

After obtaining the CUET results, candidates will be able to apply for CUET counselling for various participating universities. To apply for CUET UG counselling, candidates can follow the process below;

• Register for the CUET cousnelling process on official website of participating university
• Fill the CUET UG admission application form like CSAS UG for DU, BHU UET application form for BHU and so forth.
• Upload the CUET UG scorecard or enter the marks obtained in the eligible subjects
• Declaration of admission status/ CUET cut off
• Visit the university for verification of documents and pay the admission fee

Yes, candidates must have CUET UG score to apply for admissions at University of Delhi. Admission to UG courses of DU is offered through CUET UG scores. DU releases the CUET UG DU cut off for courses and colleges. Only candidates meeting the cut off criteria will be offered final admission to the desired course. 

DU CSAS portal 2026 will be actiavted at ugadmission.uod.ac.in. University of Delhi launchs CSAS portal 2026 in June. Candidates who will appear for the CUET 2026 exam can register at DU CSAS 2026 portal. Candidates will be required to enter the college and course preference and pay the DU CSAS registration 2026 fee to participate in the admission process. On the basis of the choices entered and CUET 2025 percentile, candidates will be alloted college and course. CUET 2026 result will be declared in first week of July 2026 at cuet.nta.nic.in.

No, CUET UG counselling is not conducted in a centralised manner. The counselling or the admission process is conducted separately for each institute based on their own eligibility and admission criteria. Candidates who will appear for CUET 2026 will be required to check the selection criteria and other admission details of their preferred colleges individually to be able to make the correct decision.

National Testing Agency (NTA) has no role will conduct counselling process for CUET UG admissions. The participating universities conduct CUET counselling on the basis of candidate's CUET score and college preferences. The candidates are supposed to fill the forms for college and courses for seat allotment.

There are 44 central universities in India acceoting CUET UG scores. The list of central universities accepting CUET result are:

Students can access the CUET UG cut off list only after the cut offs are released by the CUET UG participating universities. The following steps should be followed to access the CUET cut off list of universities candidate is desirous to take admission in.

• Visit the official website of the applied and participating institutes
• On the homepage, click on the link to the current academic session CUET Cut Off
• A new login page will open on screen. Enter the credentials and submit
• Now, you can access the CUET UG cut off list when released

The above steps will be applicable only if instittues release the CUET UG cut offs. Otherwise, if the institutes release merit lists carrying their scores, then the minimum score would be considered as the CUET UG cut off. Universities like Delhi University does not released CUET cut off. Candidates will know the college/course allocated on the basis of the preferences filled by the candidate while filling the application form.

CUET UG counselling refers to allotment of seats based on scores in CUET UG and cut off criteria. CUET counselling includes registration, uploading of documents, entering course preferences and colleges (if applicable). Once CUET results are declared, universities under CUET UG begins CUET UG counselling registration online. Candidates must stay updated with the CUET counselling dates and check the CUET cut off lists. CUET 2026 counselling are expected to commence in mid-June 2026

The final CUET answer key published by the NTA serves as the basis for the CUET result. Following this, it is anticipated that all of the participating universities will publish their separate cut-off lists (admission/merit lists) and dates for student acceptance to various UG programs.

Candidates must now complete the application in order to be admitted to the college they choose during the application process. Depending on the number of open seats, the college will release a separate cutoff and merit list in one or more rounds following the submission of the registration form on the college website.

Yes, candidates aplying for the CUET counselling must pay the registration fee seperately. CUET accepting universities conduct university wise CUET UG  cousnelling. Candidates must apply for the CUET UG counselling of CUET accepting universities seperately. Refer to the atble below to check list of few CUET colleges and registration fee: