How Much Percentile is Required for JEE Advanced 2025? - JEE Main Qualifying Percentile

How Much Percentile is Required for JEE Advanced 2025? - JEE Main Qualifying Percentile

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Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 19 Dec 2025, 02:40 PM IST
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How much Percentile is required for JEE Advanced 2026? - A good percentile is required for JEE Advanced admission to prestigious IITs in India. For JEE Advanced 2026, the NTA will release the required JEE Main cut-off percentile on its official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The percentiles for General, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and Gen-EWS categories vary year after year. The expected qualifying percentile for JEE Main 2026 varies by category. For the General category, it ranges from 92-100, while the qualifying percentiles for other categories are generally lower. Specifically, the expected range for EWS is 83-92, for OBC-NCL it's 78-92, for SC it's 61-92, for ST it's 47-92, and for Gen-PwD it's 0.0017-92. Read further to gain more in-depth information about the minimum marks in JEE Main to qualify for JEE Advanced.

How Much Percentile is Required for JEE Advanced 2025? - JEE Main Qualifying Percentile
How much Percentile is Required for JEE Advanced 2025? - Category-wise JEE Main Percentile

The eligibility criteria for attempting JEE Advanced are to get a good percentile in JEE Main exam. Candidates should be aware of the JEE Main percentile 2026 required to sit for the JEE Advanced exam. We have compiled data for you to understand how much percentile is required for JEE Advanced exam.

How much Percentile is Required for JEE Advanced 2026?

JEE Main percentile for each category shifts every year. See the table to know the expected percentile required for JEE Advanced 2026.

Category-wise JEE Main 2026 Expected Qualifying Percentile

Category

Expected Qualifying Percentile

General

90-100

EWS

80-90

OBC-NCL

75-90

SC

60-90

ST

45-95

Gen-PwD

0.0017 - 95

Past Year’s JEE Main Percentile to Qualify for JEE Advanced

Find out how much percentile is required for JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced according to the previous year's percentile analysis. This will give you a glimpse of what to expect next.

Previous Year’s JEE Main Cut-off Percentiles

Category

202520242023

General

92-100

93.2362181

90.7788642

EWS

83-92

81.3266412

75.6229025

SC

61-92

60.0923182

51.9776027

ST

47-92

46.6975840

37.2348772

OBC-NCL

78-92

79.6757881

75.6229025

Gen-PwD

0.0017 - 92

0.0018700

0.0013527

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The percentile required for JEE Advanced differs yearly, and as seen, it gets higher year by year. The authorities take into consideration many factors such as exam difficulty, number of candidates, seat availability, etc. A candidate's percentile serves as a basis for determining their JEE Main score. Since candidates take the test on different days and during different shifts, the percentile scores of the students are normalized using the formula found on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The JEE Main cut-off 2026, JEE Main 2026 ranks, and JEE Main results 2026 will be announced by the exam conducting authorities only after the JEE Main 2026 April exam is over.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Is the JEE Main cut-off 2026 released?
A:

No, the JEE Main 2026 cut-off is not out yet. It will be published by NTA after the JEE Main result 2026 for session 2 is concluded.  

Q: What is the eligibility criteria to appear for JEE Advanced 2026?
A:

To be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026, candidates must be among the top 2.5 lakh successful candidates of JEE Main 2026. The NTA has removed the previous requirement of being in the top 75% of the board exam or among the top 20 percentile candidates in the 12th board exam.

Q: How many percentile is required to appear for JEE Advanced 2026?
A:

To appear for JEE Advanced 2026, candidates must secure a percentile within the top 2.5 lakh rank holders of JEE Main 2026. The exact qualifying percentile varies each year depending on the category, but generally, a 94+ percentile is required for the General category.

Q: How much percentile is required for JEE Advanced for general category?
A:

The expected JEE Main qualifying cut-off percentile for general is 93.2362181.

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HELLO,

Repeating class 11th does not affect your JEE eligibility .

For JEE Main there is no age limit , you can appear if you have passed or are appearing in class 12th in the eligible year , so repeating the class 11th will not affect your eligibility.

JEE Advanced

Hello,

You passed your Class 12 (Intermediate) from UP Board in 2024 .
As per JEE Advanced rules , a candidate can appear only in the year of Class 12 passing and the next consecutive year

  • Eligible years for you were 2024 and 2025

  • You already appeared in 2025

  • 2026

Hello,

Yes, many IITs now offer specialization BTech programs in AI and data science/engineering, separate from core CSE, while also providing AI/ML/robotics as electives or minors within CSE/other branches, with admission via JEE Advanced, but you'll find specific "robotics engineering" branches more at institutions like IITs/NITs, though IITs integrate robotics

Hello,

You can download the IIT JEE Last 5 Years Chapterwise PYQ's from the Careers360 website. Practising these papers will helps you to understand the exam pattern, to identify the important topics, to improve time management, and overall it enhances your exam preparation.

LINK: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-question-papers

Hope it helps!

Hello murali

No, your son is not eligible for OBC NCL for IIT JEE because you fall in the "creamy layer" occupational category, regardless of your current employment status or family income. Students whose family income is less than Rs. 8 lakhs annually and they are not belong to the