Music — University of the Visual & Performing Arts

Minimum Z-score cut-off marks by district, admission years 2021/22 to 2025/26. Source: official UGC cut-off publications (ugc.ac.lk). "—" means no qualified intake from that district that year.

2025/26

-0.2255–0.8729

Varies by district

Lowest district

-0.2255

Ampara

Highest district

0.8729

Matale

Districts

5 years tracked

In 2025/26, the minimum Z-score for Music at University of the Visual & Performing Arts ranged from -0.2255 in Ampara to 0.8729 in Matale, across 19 districts. Compared with 2024/25, the cut-off rose in 8 districts and fell in 11. Over 5 admission years the median district cut-off moved from 0.8448 to 0.6463. 3 districts had no qualified intake in 2025/26.

District	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26	vs last year
Ampara	0.5010	0.3449	0.2603	-0.0562	-0.2255	▼ 0.17
Anuradhapura	0.7793	0.8027	0.8249	0.6988	0.7607	▲ 0.06
Badulla	0.8345	0.7726	0.8164	0.8321	0.6660	▼ 0.17
Batticaloa	—	-0.2295	—	—	—
Colombo	0.9804	0.2977	0.5763	0.4263	0.4125	▼ 0.01
Galle	0.9834	0.9002	0.7212	0.3576	0.8216	▲ 0.46
Gampaha	0.8063	0.2155	0.7946	0.4165	0.2635	▼ 0.15
Hambantota	0.8176	0.4056	-0.1580	0.8204	0.5131	▼ 0.31
Jaffna	—	-0.2374	—	—	—
Kalutara	0.8237	0.5951	0.7268	0.5580	0.5625	▲ 0.00
Kandy	0.9712	0.8065	0.8785	0.7579	0.6296	▼ 0.13
Kegalle	1.0344	0.9599	0.9093	0.7549	0.7858	▲ 0.03
Kurunegala	0.9626	0.8633	0.9643	0.8186	0.7031	▼ 0.12
Matale	0.8448	0.9793	1.0140	0.6548	0.8729	▲ 0.22
Matara	1.0126	0.8851	0.9169	0.8129	0.7274	▼ 0.09
Monaragala	1.0023	0.7226	0.9749	0.3954	0.4629	▲ 0.07
Nuwara Eliya	-0.2621	0.3023	0.3699	0.0416	0.1567	▲ 0.12
Polonnaruwa	1.0057	0.8736	0.7803	0.8875	0.7473	▼ 0.14
Puttalam	0.7899	0.4423	0.4113	0.3987	0.2625	▼ 0.14
Ratnapura	0.9274	0.8004	0.9020	0.7685	0.6911	▼ 0.08
Trincomalee	0.4285	0.6958	0.4407	0.2963	0.6463	▲ 0.35
Vavuniya	—	1.4451	0.7575	1.1697	—

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Cut-off marks are the minimum Z-scores at which candidates were admitted in previous years, published by the University Grants Commission. They change every year with demand and intake numbers; nothing on this page is a prediction.