Planning ECE after 97–99 Percentile in JEE Main 2026? Comparing NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs? This article will help you choose NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs options with a percentile band of 97–99. Knowing about the further scope in career, rank range, and college strength can help you in making an informed decision.
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99.7 | 4,350 - 4,500 |
99.5 | 7,251 - 7,501 |
99.3 | 10,151 - 10,501 |
99 | 14,501 - 15,001 |
98.5 | 21,752 - 22,502 |
98 | 29,002 - 30,002 |
97.5 | 36,253 - 37,503 |
97 | 43,503 - 45,003 |
96.5 | 50,754 - 52,504 |
96 | 58,004 - 60,004 |
95 | 72,505 - 75,005 |
94 | 87,006 - 90,006 |
93 | 1,01,507 - 1,05,007 |
92 | 1,16,008 - 1,20,008 |
91.5 | 1,23,259 - 1,27,509 |
From the table above, students can easily understand their expected rank. The table above converts JEE Main 2026 91.5 percentile to 99.7 percentile into their respective rank score and helps students to know their possibilities of getting admission in their choice of universities and branches. Students scoring in the range between the 97th percentile and the 98.5th percentile probably fall in the rank of 20,000 to 45,000, which provides various NIT and IIIT ECE opportunities despite not getting very high scores.
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College Name | Closing Rank |
3283 | |
NIT Karnataka Surathkal | 4347 |
5057 | |
5785 | |
8314 | |
8532 | |
9667 | |
10545 | |
10909 | |
12163 | |
13888 | |
14086 | |
14205 | |
16180 | |
NIT Goa | 17673 |
18068 | |
18733 | |
20044 | |
20558 | |
NIT Puducherry Karaikal | 24078 |
NIT Uttarakhand | 26168 |
26678 | |
28758 | |
31476 | |
36651 | |
NIT Sikkim | 36705 |
41523 | |
42695 | |
NIT Nagaland | 44158 |
44871 |
In NITs for ECE, you are likely to get NIT Raipur because the highest closing for Raipur is 20044, NIT Patna with the highest closing 20558, NIT Puducherry Karaikal with the highest closing 24078, NIT Uttarakhand with the highest closing 26168, NIT Andhra Pradesh with the highest closing 26678, and NIT Agartala with the highest closing 28758.
You can choose from all these options as they provide better opportunities even at slightly lower ranks. As far as ECE is concerned, the highest closing rank for the open category at NIT Tiruchirappalli is 3283, and NIT Karnataka Surathkal is 4347. In these closing cutoffs, it becomes very competitive for students to get their choice of colleges.
College Name | Closing Rank |
8050 | |
18809 | |
25834 | |
27380 | |
30554 | |
33596 | |
36049 | |
36737 | |
37951 | |
38827 | |
40247 | |
40844 | |
41402 | |
42197 | |
44651 | |
45216 | |
45440 | |
47163 | |
47785 | |
65373 |
This table gives the closing ranks across several IIITs. Students can get admission into IIITDM Kancheepuram as the highest closing rank for this college is 25834. IIIT Pune, Guwahati, Sri City, Surat, Kota, Vadodara, and Bhopal are also good options to choose from.
At the rank of 21,000 and above, you can enter any of the IIITs mentioned above except IIIT Allahabad, and PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur as the closing ranks for these two are high as compared to other IIITs.
College Name | Closing Rank |
28464 | |
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology Naya Raipur | 30902 |
41588 | |
58571 | |
64451 | |
64472 | |
66125 | |
67237 | |
70302 | |
75585 | |
86262 | |
87468 | |
School of Studies in Engineering and Technology Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur | 87787 |
87906 | |
89121 | |
92490 | |
92685 |
You will get a lot of options in government-funded technical institutes.
Students can also get admission into popular colleges like BIT Mesra. These institutions are available at the rank range of 28464 to 92685. All these GFTIs are available around 98.5 percentile.
College Name | Institute Type | Closing Rank |
NIT Tiruchirappalli | NIT | 5637 |
NIT | 6872 | |
NIT Warangal | NIT | 7788 |
NIT Calicut | NIT | 11727 |
Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur | NIT | 15125 |
NIT | 23358 | |
NIT | 33738 | |
NIT | 33769 | |
NIT Andhra Pradesh | NIT | 34448 |
NIT | 43501 | |
NIT | 50145 | |
IIIT | 17366 | |
Birla Institute of Technology Mesra | GFTI | 34595 |
International Institute of Information Technology Bhubaneswar | GFTI | 46244 |
GFTI | 58937 | |
Birla Institute of Technology Patna | GFTI | 64669 |
Birla Institute of Technology Extension Centre Deoghar | GFTI | 68479 |
For the EEE branch, students can choose from NIT Goa, NIT Uttarakhand, NIT Puducherry Karaikal, and all the other NITs and IIITs listed in the table, including BIT Mesra. It becomes tough to get into NIT Tiruchirappalli, Karnataka Surathkal, Warangal, Calicut, and Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur even at 98.5 percentile. Atal Bihari Vajpayee IIIT and Management Gwalior is not available as the closing rank is 17366.
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There are multiple specialisation options available for ECE, and placements also depend upon the specialisation type. ECE allows students to take specialised courses in Communication Systems Design with a dual degree, Microelectronics and VLSI Systems with a dual degree, and various other programs. The multiple specialisations option makes ECE one of the safest branches with an attractive salary package.
Getting ECE in most NITs may be difficult at this range, students still have good chances in EEE and Electrical across several NITs. IIITs offer selective opportunities, and GFTIs provide the widest choices, ensuring students can still get good options along with an attractive salary range.
On Question asked by student community
Hi student, you can check the list of colleges accepting 97 percentile in JEE Main . Please note that the list is curated as per the general category JEE Main percentile. As a candidate of the OBC-NCL category, you may get into better colleges as the percentile for OBC-NCL is
Hi Jugal,
For top branches (CSE/ECE) at MBM Jodhpur may be challenging but you may have a higher chance going with less important streams through REAP counseling. Students from Rajasthan and those who belong to special category.
With an 86.88 percentile in the OBC-NCL category, gaining admission to the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) for the B.Tech-M.Tech Dual Degree in Computer Science & Engineering (Cyber Security) is highly competitive but potentially possible at newer campuses.
You can find the private college details, such as cutoff, rank, and college predictor based on JEE score, by visiting the Careers360 website. Check the link below.
https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main
You can check your admission chances through Careers360 predictor based on your JEE Main rank, home state, caste, and gender.
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