Checking out the expected cutoff of CEED 2026 will help candidates estimate if they will be shortlisted for Part B evaluation. IIT Bombay, IDC has released the CEED 2026 cut-off for part A on its official website at ceed.iit.ac.in on February 05, 2026. The CEED cutoff for Part A has been released in the format of the mean and a standard deviation. Only candidates who qualify for Part A have been evaluated for Part B of CEED 2026. IIT Bombay declared the CEED 2026 result on March 4, 2026. The CEED 2026 cutoff will be based on the combined scores in Part A & B of the CEED 2026 entrance exam.
Using the expected cutoff, CEED 2026 will give candidates an early assurance of whether they cleared the CEED 2026 entrance exam. Read all about it in the article below.
Candidates can check out the CEED expected cutoff 2026 using the range given in the table below.
Particulars | CEED Expected Cutoff 2026 |
Mean | 39.35 |
Standard Deviation | 16.89 |
Category | CEED 2026 Expected Cutoff for Part A |
Open | 47.80 |
EWS | 43.02 |
OBC | 43.02 |
PwD | 23.9 |
SC | 23.9 |
ST | 23.9 |
The students who appear for the CEED 2026 entrance exam need to obtain a specified percentage to qualify for Part A. The process of calculating the expected CEED cutoff for Part A is given in the table below.
Particulars | Expected CEED Cutoff 2026 |
CEED Cut-off Marks for the Open category | µ + (σ/ 2) = δ where µ and σ are the average marks and standard deviation of the distribution of marks obtained by all the candidates in CEED Part-A. The µ and σ will be rounded off to two decimal places |
CEED Cut off marks for the OBC-NCL Category | The cutoff for OBC-NCL category candidates will be 0.9δ |
CEED Cut off marks for ST, SC, and PWD category | The cutoff SC, ST, and PWD categories will be 0.5δ |
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