UP CNET Counselling

The UP CNET 2025 qualifying criteria determines the candidates eligibility in following ways: 

1. It showcases if an aspirant is eligible to participate in the couselling process
2. Percentiles help normalize scores, especially if the exam is conducted in multiple shifts
3. Different percentiles for categories (UR, OBC, SC/ST, PwD) are provided to determine the eligibility and reservation criteria for each category
4. It provides a benchmark for selection in further rounds of admission.

The UP CNET qualifying criteria for admission to the BSc nursing course are shared in the official prospectus. Candidates can take a look at the category-wise table mentioned below: 

Some of the top private institutes participating in the UP CNET counselling process for BSc nursing admission are: 

1. Sahara College of Nursing, Lucknow
2. Mayo College of Nursing
3. Nightingale Institute of Nursing, Noida
4. Vivekananda College of Nursing, Lucknow
5. Krishna Institute of Nursing Science

As per the seat matrix released by ABVMU, the official CNET counselling conducting body, the seats available for admission are: 

The UP CNET counselling cutoff is impacted by the following factors as mentioned below: 

1.       Number of applicants

2.       Seat availability

3.       Exam difficulty

4.       Reservation policies

The UP CNET 2025 (Uttar Pradesh Common Nursing Entrance Test) cutoff is released by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University (ABVMU) every year for the candidates who are called for counselling. Find out the cutoff score for the academic year 2025-26 as mentioned below:  

Yes, ABVMU conducted the CNET stray vacancy round 2025 from August 8, 2025 onwards. The additional counselling round was conducted to fill the vacant seats for the BSc nursing course. The registration window was open last till August 13, 2025. The new session was expected to commence from August 18, 2025. 

The CNET Round-2 counselling seat allotment result will be declared on July 3, 2025 as per the schedule announced by the counselling conducting body, ABVMU in the counselling brochure. The CNET second round allotment result will be uploaded on, abvmucet25.co.in. Candidates will have to provide the login details to check the result online through the admission portal. At this time candidate will also have to decide if they wish to lock the choice and join the college, or participate further in the counselling process.  

Yes. After the CNET seat allotment result declaration, candidate need to choose 'Upgrade' as an option to confirm the seat allotted in Round 1 and to further participate in Round 2. However, if the candidate is dissatisfied with the seat allotted in Round-1, then he/she can also 'Decline' this option to drop the college allotted in Round-1 and participate in CNET round-2 counselling.

Candidate has to pay INR 500/- as Counselling Registration Fee (NON-Refundable) and INR 5000/- as Counselling Security Fee through online mode. The CNET Counselling Security Fee amount is refundable after the entire counselling process concludes. In case, does not report to the allotted college for document verification and to complete the admission process within the specified date and time, then his/her counselling security fee will be forfeited.