CUET-PG MA Cut off 2026: Check Category wise Cut off Marks

CUET PG cutoff mainly depends on the difficulty level, number of seats available, the total number of test takers, NIRF rankings and the category of the student.

Total marks of the CUET PG exam is 300. The number of questions in the exam is 75. Each question carries four marks. One mark is removed for each wrong answer. There is a single section. All questions are asked from the subject or paper opted for.

NTA will generate the CUET PG score card, and no separate merit list will be announced. It will share the scorecards with the participating institutes. They will conduct the counselling process separately. During this process, the universities will release separate merit lists. 

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.

There are a total of 157 subjects in the CUET PG exam. The subjects are segregated into six streams. The table below shows the number of papers in each stream.

The CUET PG exam pattern is the same for each paper. The language of the CUET PG question papers is English and Hindi. For the Language papers, the medium is the same as the paper. The Acharya papers will be conducted in Sanskrit. 

Here is all that you need to know about getting admission in MCA through CUET.

• Make sure you are eligible for the colleges you are targeting. You can visit the respective college websites to confirm the same.
• The CUET PG 2026 registration window is open, and the deadline is January 14, 2026. Further, the exam dates will be scheduled in March 2026.
• The CUET PG syllabus for MCA (PGQP26) is divided into three broad units, namely- Thinking and Decision Making Skills, Mathematics and Computers.
• To clear the CUET PG MCA exam, candidates will have to answer a total of 75 questions that are designed based on the MCA syllabus.

Approximately 200 universities across India accept the CUET PG scores. The exam scores will be used to grant admission to the postgraduate or master's degree courses across multiple streams. After the result is declared, these universities will conduct their admission process separately. There is no common counselling process for the CUET PG participating universities. Candidates have to qualify for the CUET PG exam and meet the eligibility criteria for admission to the CUET PG participating universities. 

CUET PG Passing Marks are the scores or marks to be obtained to qualify for admission to the universities. If the candidate wants to know whether they have passed the CUET PG exam or not, they are required to check the cutoff marks released by the participating universities and colleges. After the declaration of the CUET PG result, all participating universities will release the course-wise passing marks or CUET PG cutoff, which will be used for shortlisting candidates for the counselling process.

Since there is a change in the exam pattern of the CUET PG exam. Now the total marks for which the exam will be conducted has 300 marks as the total number of questions will be 75. 

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

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

The exam pattern of CUET PG is such that, these 100 MCQ questions will be divided in two sections. Section will consist of 25 questions on Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability and Section B will consist of 75 domain-specific questions. While making the merit list of CUET PG courses by JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University), they doesnot include the section A marks scored by the candidates. Therefore the final marks out which the CUET PG 2023 merist list is made are 300 marks.

The National Testing Agency released the CUET PG 2026 notification on December 14, 2025. However, there has not been any change in terms of exam pattern, syllabus or application process. The total number of exam cities has decreased.