CUET Normalisation Process 2026: Percentile Score Calculation
Common University Entrance Test 2026 ( CUET )
Exam On - 11 May '26 - 31 May '26
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: 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.
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.''
Also Read: CUET 2026 Merit List and Participating Universities
Commonly asked questions
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.
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.
National Testing Agency (NTA) does not release the CUET UG cutoff. Once the CUET results are declared, the socres are shared with the participating universities and role of NTA ends with the declaration of results. CUET UG 2025 cutoff has been released by the CUET participtaing universities seperatley. Candidates will be able to check the course wise and category wise cutoff. CUET UG cutoff 2026 has been released by accepting universities after declaration of CUET UG results.
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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.
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.
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