CUET Result 2026 (OUT) LIVE: NTA declares CUET UG results; cut-offs, counselling, merit list, universities

The daughter of BJP MLA Kailash Gehlot, Devina Gehlot, who secured AIR 1 in the CUET UG 2026 exam, while talking to ANI, said: "The exam went very well, but I never thought that I would secure AIR 1...God has been very kind..."

The list of top candidates securing NTA CUET UG 2026 scores in 5 subjects up to two decimal places is as follows. 

CUET UG 2026 scores are accepted by central, state, deemed, and private universities. Each participating university will publish its own category-wise cutoffs list of UG admissions on its official website. The University of Delhi (DU) will soon announce dates for UG admission for the academic year 2026-27 on its CSAS portal. 

Scored less in CUET 2026? List of DU colleges accepting low scores

Students with CUET scores below 400 are considered low. 

Admissions to DU will be based on CUET UG scores 2026. Candidates will be able to apply for DU UG admission 2026 on its CSAS portal once the university announces the admission schedule. 

As per NTA, the CUET UG exam includes four sections, each worth 250 marks.

The list of the top 10 Divyangjan candidates securing the highest NTA CUET UG 2026 scores in five subjects is given below 

The expected general category CUET cutoffs at St Stephens College, as per previous year trends, are shown in the table below. 

The expected BHU cutoffs for CUET UG 2026 general category candidates for BA, BSC, and BCom courses are shown in the table below

Students can check the formula given below to calculate the total percentile in the CUET 2026 UG exam. 

CUET percentile calculator = (Number of candidates who scored equal to or lower than your raw score / Total number of test takers) * 100

Students can check the expected CUET UG cut-off for University of Delhi colleges (general category).

CUET UG Cut-off 2026: Expected college-wise scores for DU, JNU, BHU

As per NTA, the CUET UG 2026 top scorers are as follows.

• One candidate has achieved a 100th percentile score in four out of the five opted subjects
• A total of 22 candidates have scored 100 percentile in 3 subjects
• A total of 180 candidates have scored 100 percentile in 2 subjects
• A total of 3,214 candidates have scored 100 percentile in 1 subject

Candidates can check their CUET UG 2026 scores through the NTA's official website at cuet.nta.nic.in.

Candidates can download the CUET UG 2026 scorecard by following the steps given below:

• Visit the official website - cuet.nta.nic.in
• Open the ‘CUET UG 2026 Scorecard’ link and enter the Application Number and Password.
• Download and save the CUET 2026 scorecard PDF.

Now, candidates who have qualified the CUET UG 2026 will be able to apply for the counselling through each participating universities's website.
Fill the preferred college and course. 

The expected CUET UG 2026 marks ve percentile as per previous year trends are shown in the table below.

Candidates can check the expected general category cut-off for top CUET UG 2026 participating universities and colleges.

The normalisation criteria will impact the CUET UG merit list 2026 for popular and competitive courses such as BA (Honours) English, BCom, or BSc Physics offered at top universities like Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

While the normalised scores will promote fairness, they might lower down a candidate’s rank. For example, a CUET UG 2026 paper was held in multiple shifts. If the first session was easier, more students would have scored higher marks and since normalisation looks at relative performance, a candidate scoring high in the subject might not get an exceptional normalised score.

On the other hand, suppose the second session was tougher, fewer people would have scored high giving a higher percentile to the candidate having good raw marks. Therefore, two candidates having the same raw scores in a subject might have different normalised scores depending on their session.

NTA will use an equi-percentile approach to normalise CUET UG scores across different exam sessions of a subject. As part of the NTA normalisation method, raw scores of candidates will be converted into percentile scores. NTA scores will reflect how a candidate performed in relation to others. Here's the step-by-step procedure of normalisation.

Step 1: Convert raw scores into CUET percentile scores

The percentiles are calculated separately for each shift.

• Record the number of candidates who have appeared in a shift. Denote this number by N.
• Sort all the candidates in one shift in decreasing order of their marks.
• Note the raw marks for each candidate. Suppose this is denoted by T. Count the number of candidates in that shift whose raw scores are less than or equal to T. Denote this number by m.

The percentile score for this candidate is then calculated as:

P = m/N * 100

Step 2: Pull the percentiles to the marks scale for each session to get normalised score.

• The data across all sessions is collated into a single table.
• The columns for the shift-wise raw score should be kept separate.
• All the records are then sorted in decreasing order of the percentiles.

Step 3: Calculation of the normalised score

Now for each subject, there is a score assigned to each percentile value for each session. The normalised score, Z, corresponding to a percentile value P, is calculated as:

Over 15.68 lakh candidates registered for CUET UG 2026, which is over 2 lakh more than last year’s 13.54 lakh. 

Here is the table given below, comparing the number of candidates who registered and appeared for CUET UG 2026 and 2025.

CUET UG 2026 is conducted for admission to Central Universities (CUs) and the participating Universities, Institutions using CUET (UG)-2026 Score for their respective UG programmes.

The respective CUs and other participating colleges will declare the counselling/admission schedule and merit list based on the CUET (UG) - 2026 score and the other criteria of the respective University.

Candidates aiming for admission to Delhi University’s Hansraj College may expect cut-offs around 850 to 875 plus marks, as per previous years trends.

Candidates can download the CUET UG scorecard 2026 through the official website at cuet.nta.nic.in.

Candidates can calculate their CUET 2026 score using the marking scheme and the score calculation formula. Check the CUET 2026 score calculation formula below:

Total marks = (1*number of correct answers) - (0.25*number of incorrect answers)

Candidates can follow the steps given below to get CUET UG result 2026.

• Go to the official website at cuet.nta.nic.in.
• On the homepage, click on CUET UG 2026 result or scorecard link.
• A new page will open.
• Enter application number and password.
• Press the submit icon.
• CUET UG scorecard will appear on the screen.
• Check your marks and download the result.

Yes, the CUET UG result 2026 is declared at cuet.nta.nic.in. For admission to various UG programmes, a merit list will be prepared by participating universities, institutes, organisations.

Yes, the CUET UG 2026 result is declared. The National Testing Agency (NTA) had published the CUET UG scorecard download link on its official website at cuet.nta.nic.in.

The CUET UG scores will be used for admission into UG Programmes in all central universities, participating universities for academic session 2026- 27. 

"The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will provide a common platform and equal opportunities to candidates across the country, especially those from rural and other remote areas, and help establish better connections with the Universities," according to the official broucher.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) had declared the CUET UG 2026 results on its official website at cuet.nta.nic.in. Candidates can download the CUET UG scorecard using their application number and password.

Yes, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the CUET UG 2026 result today for admission to undergraduate (UG) programmes.