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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has released the CEED part A cutoff 2026 on February 5, 2026. CEED 2026 cutoff part-A is available at ceed.iitb.ac.in in the form of mean and standard deviation. IIT Bombay considers marks obtained in part A of the CEED 2026 entrance exam as the qualifying cut-off. Only those candidates who clear the CEED 2026 Part A cut-off will be eligible for evaluation of Part B. Candidates can refer to the mean and standard deviation for CEED 2026 Part-A from 5:00 PM on February 5, 2026.
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The CEED 2026 exam concluded on January 18, 2026. Each participating institute will notify its own CEED 2026 cut-off based on the candidate's score in Part A and Part B. The CEED admissions will be done separately without a centralised counselling process.
Candidates can check the CEED part A cutoff 2026 at ceed.iitb.ac.in. As per CEED 2026 schedule, the cutoff for part A has been released on February 5, 2026.
Particular | CEED Part A Cutoff |
Mean | 39.35 |
Standard Deviation | 16.89 |
Aspirants are provided below the CEED part A cut-off for previous years. With the help of the previous years’ CEED cutoff, candidates can get an idea on the expected cutoff for 2026. The mean and standard deviation as per previous year CEED cutoff was 45.48 and 16.98 respectively.
CEED Part A Cutoff 2025
| Particular | CEED Part A Cutoff |
| Mean | 45.48 |
| Standard Deviation | 16.98 |
CEED Part A Cutoff 2024
Particular | CEED Part A Cutoff |
Mean | 41.90 |
Standard Deviation | 16.72 |
CEED Part A Cutoff 2023
Particular | CEED Part A Cutoff |
Mean | 22.59 |
Standard Deviation | 11.82 |
CEED Part A Cutoff 2022
Particular | CEED Part A Cutoff |
Mean | 18.62 |
Standard Deviation | 11.93 |
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Marks obtained in Part-A will be used to shortlist candidates. The below-given formula is used to calculate the CEED part A cutoff.

IIT Bombay has announced the CEED result date 2026. The CEED 2026 results has been declared on March 4, 2026. The CEED rank list will be prepared based on the total marks including Part-A and Part-B marks of the exam. The qualifying marks for CEED will be announced after the declaration of CEED exam results 2026. The final score is calculated as follows.
Final score = 0.25 × Marks scored in Part-A + 0.75 × Marks scored in Part-B
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The CEED cutoff 2026 part A was released on February 5, 2026.
IIT Bombay is the authority which released the part-A cutoff for CEED 2026.
The mean and standard deviation for Part-A (CEED 2026) are 39.35 and 16.89
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