How CUET Cutoffs Actually Work (CSAS, Categories, Rounds)
CUET · 28 Jun 2026: CUET cutoffs are the minimum scores at which a college–course closed for a category in a given round. Universities release them through their own process (for DU, CSAS) — not the NTA — and because they depend on demand, seats and applicant scores, they emerge after the exam and shift every cycle.
NTA scores, universities set cutoffs
The most common misconception is that NTA publishes CUET cutoffs. It does not. NTA conducts the exam and releases normalised scores and percentiles; each university then runs admission and releases its own cutoffs.
For Delhi University this happens through CSAS, where you rank college–course preferences and receive allotments across rounds.
Why cutoffs move across rounds
Cutoffs are an outcome, not an input: the last admitted candidate's score in a category becomes that round's closing cutoff. As top scorers lock seats early, later rounds and spot rounds often close lower.
Plan your preference order around this, and decide freeze-vs-upgrade deliberately rather than reflexively.