CUET PG 2025 Passing/Qualifying Marks: Know Category Wise Passing Marks & Cut Off Details

Central University Entrance Test Postgraduate 2026 ( CUET-PG )

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Manisha Kumari
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Updated on Sep 29, 2025 18:44 IST
CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks are the minimum marks that the candidate needs to score in the exam to get admission to the desired participating universities. Passing Marks differs for each course and category. Check this Shiksha article to get insight into CUET PG qualifying marks course wise, expected cut off university-wise and good score in CUET PG

CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks are the minimum marks that the candidate needs to score in the exam to get admission to the desired participating universities. Passing Marks differs for each course and category. Check this Shiksha article to get insight into CUET PG qualifying marks course wise, expected cut off university-wise and good score in CUET PG.

CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks

CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks

After the declaration of the CUET PG results, candidates are now very much intrigued to know the CUET PG Passing Marks 2025. However, the exam officials don't release any passing marks for the candidates. CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks are being evaluated and summarised based on the previous year CUET PG cut off.
Test takers willing to take admissions in the master's degree and professional degree courses offered by 197 participating colleges must check out the expected CUET PG 2025 passing marks, qualifying marks, and CUET PG cut off 2025 from here:

Table of contents
  • What is CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks?
  • CUET PG 2025 Marks Required: Course-wise
  • CUET PG 2025 Marks vs Percentile
  • CUET PG 2025 Cut Off
  • CUET PG Subject Wise Expected Cutoff 2025

What is CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks?

Check out the following details mentioned in the table to know related to the exam.

CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks: University Wise

Although participating colleges don't release any passing marks for any college, however based on the previous year's cut off, the following data is formulated. The higher and lower range of the passing marks include general, OBC, SC/ST category in it.

University Name CUET PG 2025 Passing Marks
University of Delhi 220-245
Delhi Technical University 220-245
Banaras Hindu University 215-240
Jawaharlal Nehru University 225-255
Tata Institute of Fundamental Sciences 230-265
Central University of Hyderabad 200-235
Central University of Kerala 195-230
Central University of Haryana 190-220
Central University of Rajasthan 190-220
AKTU 190-220

Also Read: How Many Candidates Applied for CUET PG 2025? 

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   When will CUET PG cutoff marks be out?
A: 

CUET PG cutoff marks are not declared by single authority, but the universities set their own cutoff for specific courses right after the results are declared.

Q:   What will be the CUET PG Cut off 2026 marks?
A: 

CUET PG 2026 is a nation-level exam conducted for admissions to the master's degree and professional degree courses for around 200 participating universities. NTA, the exam conducting body, conducts the exam every year, and the role of NTA is till the declaration of results. The exam officials don't release any specific CUET PG cut-offs.
CUET PG cut-off 2026 will be released by the participating universities individually, depending upon the number of registrations made by the candidates and the availability of seats.
Since the CUET PG 2026 results and university-wise cutoffs are yet to be released. Based on the input taken by the candidates on the CUET PG exam difficulty level, candidates can check out the expected cut-off below:

  • General Category: 190-210
  • OBC Category: 180-200
  • SC Category: 170-185
  • ST Category: 165-175
Q:   Are the CUET PG cut-off scores likely to decrease for the academic session 2026-27?
A: 

Around 4 lakh candidates are expected to appear for CUET PG 2026 examinations to get admissions in the 157 subjects offered in master's degree and professional degree courses. In case the number of candidates and the difficulty level are lower than last year, the cutoff of CUET PG will be higher and vice versa. 

CUET PG 2026 expected cutoff for each category is given below.

  • General Category: 190-210
  • OBC Category: 180-200
  • SC Category: 170-185
  • ST Category: 165-175
Q:   What factors determine the CUET PG Cut off?
A: 

CUET PG cutoff mainly depends on the following -

  • difficulty level
  • number of seats available
  • total number of test takers
  • NIRF rankings
  • category of student

Hope this helped your query! All the best!

CUET PG 2025 Marks Required: Course-wise

Name of the course CUET PG 2025 Passing scores needed (Expected)
MBA 230-270
LLB 220-260
BEd 175-220
MA History 170-210
MA Geography 190-230
MA English 165-205
MA Political Science 220-255
MSc Physics 180-235
MSc Life Sciences, Zoology, Botany, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology 185-230
MSc Mathematics 190-230
MSc Chemistry 200-240
MSc Data Science 160-190
MCA 160-190
Mass Communication & Journalism 220-240
MA Hindi 190-210
MFA 170-190
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CUET PG 2025 Marks vs Percentile 

Candidates can check out the Marks vs Percentile score from here. 

CUET PG 2025 Raw Marks (Out of 300) CUET PG 2025 Percentile (Expected)
275 - 300 99-100
250 - 274 98-95
220- 249 92-94
200 - 219 89-91
180 - 199 82-97
170 - 179 72-81
155 - 169 65-71
120- 154 50-64
90- 119 40-49
50- 89 20-39
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CUET PG 2025 Cut Off

Unlike last years, upon declaration of the CUET PG results, the exam officials also release the topper list, which is helpful in determining the possible expected CUET PG cut off. However, this year NTA didn't release any CUET PG 2025 Topper list, which makes it difficult is anticipate the qualifying marks and cut off. However, based on the previous year's trend, overall, the following CUET PG 2025 expected cut off can be a good score for the candidates to get admissions:

  • General Category: 190-210
  • OBC Category: 180-200
  • SC Category: 170-185
  • ST Category: 165-175

CUET PG Subject Wise Expected Cutoff 2025

The CUET PG 2025 participating institutes will release their subject wise CUET PG 2025 cut off on the official website after the declaration of the results. Based on the seat remaining vacant from the first cutoff, the institute will also release the second cutoff list. Candidates can check the subject wise CUET PG cut-off  here:

Subject  Expected Cutoff Marks
English 180
History 165
Geography 155
HIndi 180
Economics 170
Psychology 195
Political Science 185
Philosphy 155
Sociology 170
Sanskrit 185
Physics 175
Chemistry 175
Mathematics 185
Mcom 170
MBA 200
LLB 185
Geology 185
Life Sciences 180

 

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