NEST 2026 final answer key out at nestexam.in
Suviral Shukla | June 17, 2026 | 06:11 PM IST | 1 min read
NEST 2026: Candidates can directly access the NEST final answer key through the official portal. The CBT-college entrance test results will be declared on June 24.
Candidates can download NEST Question/Sample Papers from here.
Download NowThe National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai has issued the National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) 2026 final answer key on the official website at nestexam.in. Candidates do not need any login details to access the NEST final answer key pdf.
The computer-based NEST 2026 exam was conducted on June 7 for admission to a 5-year integrated MSc programme in NISER Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai.
The NEST 2026 result will be declared on June 24, while the NEST scorecard will be available for download on June 25.
Also read IIT Bombay launches NEC Junior 2026-27; registration open for all schools across India
NEST 2026 counselling schedule soon
“NEST 2026 - Final Answer Keys Revised After Closure of Objections Correct answers are option A* in all the questions,” as per the official notice.
The NEST 2026 exam uses the “best three sections” evaluation method. Candidates are assessed on the basis of their best-performing three subject sections, subject to prescribed minimum qualifying criteria.
Once the NEST 2026 results are declared, NISER and CEBS Mumbai will publish merit lists for admission to MSc programmes. Followed by document verification and seat acceptance process.
The institutions are expected to begin the new academic session later this year.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Quick Watch
]Next Story
]Featured News
]- Visva-Bharati professor quits report panel alleging doctored meeting minutes, staff shortage
- Centre sat on a fifth of Samagra Shiksha funds every year; PM SHRI dues at 49% in 2025-26: Govt data
- ‘Greta Thunberg visit not planned’: How SFI UK took the CJP protests to Leeds, London and beyond
- ‘Treated worse than criminals’: Parents wait for students, teens detained for joining CJP protest to come home
- India loses 17,141 govt schools in 5 years, over 8,000 in 2025-26: Education ministry data
- Ragging cases double to 1,369 in 4 years; rise due to better reporting, says education ministry
- Jiwaji University broke own rules while granting affiliation to pvt colleges; faces teacher shortage: CAG
- Maharashtra’s pharmacy college boom going bust? Unchecked growth of pharma courses threat to livelihood
- West Bengal frames teacher transfer policy; will move staff, posts from over 4,000 zero-enrolment schools
- CJP Protest: Draft amendment to paper-leak law proposes 5-fold increase in fines, 10-year imprisonment