National Entrance Screening Test Cut-offs

NEST 2024 Cut-offs

Achieving the cut-offs allow students to get admission into the institute of their choice. Since NEST is conducted for admission into National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, and University of Mumbai - Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS), Mumbai, candidates who achieve the required cut-off will eligible for admission into the 5 years integrated M. Sc programme.

The overall cut-off marks for NEST 2023 are as follows-

For the general candidates, the Minimum Admissible Percentile (MAP) is 95 percentile

For the OBC candidates, the Minimum Admissible Percentile (MAP) is 90 percentile

For the SC/ST/Divyangjan candidates, the Minimum Admissible Percentile (MAP) is 75 percentile

The admission procedure requires candidates to not only attain the required MAP but also Section-wise Minimum Admissible Score (SMAS). For each section, 20% of the average of the best 100 scores in that section will be considered as the SMAS.

Note- A candidate will be deemed ineligible for admission if he/she fails to obtain the required MAP even if they have obtained the SMAS in all sections.

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