By UGC NET Delhi editorial team · Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Past cutoffs help you understand competition, but they are not a forecast.
Points to keep in mind
- Cutoffs differ by subject, category and outcome (JRF vs Assistant Professor).
- Recent results are often given as percentiles, which are not the same as raw marks.
- Paper difficulty and number of candidates change every cycle.
- Always read cutoffs from the official notice, not from screenshots.
Cutoffs are announced by NTA as an official notice for each cycle on ugcnet.nta.ac.in. Open the notice for your cycle and subject, then read the figure for your own category and outcome there — that notice, not a forwarded screenshot or a third-party list, is the number to rely on.