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6 programmes · 1 institution. Check the admission year and requirements.
6 programmes · 1 institution. Check the admission year and requirements.
Read the published admission guide below. Keep each programme, admission year and counselling-merit scale separate when interpreting historical figures.
Compare cutoffs for the same course, quota, category, domicile and round.
NICMAR University of Construction Studies, Hyderabad has not published a numeric programme-wise cutoff table in the 2027 admission procedure or on its Hyderabad admissions page. The procedure says eligible applicants are considered for programme allocation using Merit Assessment Scores and “applicable Merit Assessment Score cut-offs” approved by the admission committee, but it does not state those thresholds. There is therefore no official score in these documents that can be used to predict admission or compare an applicant with a past closing cutoff. (2027 admission procedure, PDF; Hyderabad admissions)
What is public is the selection framework: a 250-mark Merit Assessment Score combines PG-NCAT, personal interview and Rating of Application. NICMAR publishes their marks and weightages, but not the programme-specific cutoff after the score is assembled. Do not treat a test’s full marks, an eligibility percentage, the overall Merit Assessment maximum or an external-exam percentile as the admission cutoff. The selection committee sets the applicable threshold; the opened sources do not disclose it.
The updated procedure describes a maximum Merit Assessment Score of 250 marks, with three components:
For PG-NCAT, the procedure divides the 150 marks into Quantitative and Analytical Ability (60), Data Interpretation (30), Verbal Ability (40), and Current Affairs and General Knowledge (20). It lists PI dimensions including domain or technical skills, sector orientation, teamwork or managerial aptitude, and communication skills. The RA considers 12th or diploma results, undergraduate degree, work experience or postgraduate programme, and extracurricular and diversity factors. The document does not publish component-level cutoffs or the rating rubric needed to calculate an applicant’s likely RA or final result. (2027 admission procedure, PDF)
These are the procedure’s marks and weights, not a published last-admitted score. The same procedure says selection is merit-based and programme allocation depends on the Merit Assessment Score and committee-approved cutoffs. It does not provide a 2026 or earlier closing score alongside the 2027 rules.
NICMAR’s two official 2027 pages differ in how they describe outside entrance scores. The Hyderabad admissions page says PG-NCAT and a personal interview are mandatory for MBA and PGD applicants, while scores from named examinations such as CAT, XAT, MAT, NMAT, CUET PG, State-CET, GRE and GMAT will also be considered. It says that when a candidate takes both PG-NCAT and an approved outside exam, the best score is considered wherever applicable. The admission-procedure PDF instead describes other valid exams as alternatives to PG-NCAT and says PG-NCAT or another entrance exam plus interview is mandatory for MBA and PGD applicants. (Admissions page; 2027 admission procedure, PDF)
Because that difference changes what a candidate may need to sit, do not infer a single universal cutoff across exams. Ask the Hyderabad admissions office to confirm in writing which test route applies to the specific programme, whether both the exam and PI are required, how an outside score enters the Merit Assessment Score, and whether any committee-approved programme cutoff is available for the relevant round. Neither opened page supplies a numerical conversion from an outside-exam percentile to the 250-mark score.
The M.Tech exception is also described differently. The admissions page names GATE in Architecture and Planning or Civil Engineering as an alternative to the PG-NCAT aptitude test. The procedure PDF names GATE in Civil Engineering. The documents do not explain the difference. M.Tech applicants should confirm the accepted GATE paper for their programme rather than relying on a presumed cutoff or transferring an MBA/PGD rule.
NICMAR’s Hyderabad admissions page gives this first-round schedule: applications opened on 25 October 2026 and close on 1 February 2027; PG-NCAT is scheduled for 13–14 February; interviews for 27 February–7 March; results for 12 March; and the first programme-fee instalment is due by 9 April. It says the process will be online and detailed information will be shared with applicants. These dates identify the 2027 round, not a cutoff score or a guarantee that every programme will use the same score threshold. (Hyderabad admissions)
The 2027 admission procedure says 25% of the total approved intake is reserved for students domiciled in Telangana. That seat reservation is relevant to applicant context, but the document does not publish a separate domicile-wise score cutoff, category-wise threshold, programme-level allocation table or previous closing score. Do not apply a generic reservation calculation to invent one. Ask whether any committee-approved threshold differs by programme or seat pool, and request the score basis and relevant applicant group together.
When NICMAR publishes a cutoff, a useful comparison needs the programme, round, score scale, applicable seat pool and the rule used to select candidates. A maximum PG-NCAT score of 150, a 250-mark composite score, a percentage eligibility condition and an outside-test percentile are different measures. No one should compare them as though they were interchangeable cutoffs.
If you need a threshold before applying, ask NICMAR for the programme-specific Merit Assessment Score cutoff approved for the 2027 round, the score scale, the relevant applicant or seat pool, and whether the figure is a minimum to be considered or the score of the last offer made. Also ask how a PG-NCAT or outside-exam result is treated, which interview and application-rating components apply, and whether programme preference affects allocation. The official procedure says preferences are considered but final allocation is at the admission department’s discretion; it does not publish a formula for rank ties or a numeric cutoff. (2027 admission procedure, PDF)
For the 2027 cycle, use the dates on the Hyderabad admissions page and confirm any revised schedule directly with the campus. Until NICMAR publishes actual programme and round thresholds, a past score from another course, entrance test or campus cannot substitute for the missing figure.
