JEE Main 2026 EWS Cutoff - Expected Qualifying Percentile

JEE Main 2026 EWS Cutoff - Expected Qualifying Percentile

RanjeetaUpdated on 03 Feb 2026, 05:18 PM IST

EWS Cutoff for JEE Mains 2026: The EWS (Economically Weaker Section) category cutoff for JEE Main is required to qualify for JEE Advanced and admission in top NITs, IIITs, and other top engineering colleges. The expected cutoffs for JEE Main EWS 2026 can be calculated in the percentile range of 80 - 82. Candidates will need a cutoff of 83 or higher to qualify for the JEE Advanced 2026 exam.JEE Main exam aspirants must have an idea about cutoffs to predict their admission chances. Further, based on the recent trends, there has been a rise in the EWS cut off compared to the previous year’s JEE Main cutoff, which was 81 percentile.

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  1. EWS Cutoff for JEE Mains 2026 - Expected
  2. Previous Years' EWS Cutoff for JEE Main
  3. NIT Branch-Wise EWS Cutoff for JEE Main - JoSAA
  4. IIIT Branch-Wise EWS Cutoff for JEE Main - JoSAA
  5. JEE Main cutoff for NITs
  6. JEE Main cut off for IIITs
  7. Factors Affecting JEE Main 2026 Cutoff Marks
JEE Main 2026 EWS Cutoff - Expected Qualifying Percentile
EWS Cutoff for JEE Mains 2026

Candidates can check the JEE Main college predictor to find the best colleges based on JEE cutoff. Check the article for more details on the JEE Main cutoff for EWS.

EWS Cutoff for JEE Mains 2026 - Expected

NTA releases the official JEE Mains EWS Cutoff to shortlist candidates for JEE Advanced. The cutoffs are released along with the session 2 results. Here, check the expected JEE Main EWS cutoff percentile based on the difficulty level of the exam.

EWS cutoff for JEE Mains 2026 Percentile - Expected

Category

Expected Percentile

General (UR)

93-95

OBC-NCL

80-82

EWS

80-82

SC

60-62

ST

47-49

Previous Years' EWS Cutoff for JEE Main

Check out the previous years' cutoff trends for JEE Mains 2025, 2024, and 2023. As per last year's trends, there is a rise in the percentile range from 75 to 81. The EWS cutoff range is competitive, closely followed by OBC-NCL.

Category

JEE Mains Cutoff 2025

General

93.1023262

Persons with Disability

0.0079349

EWS

80.3830119

OBC-NCL

79.4313582

SC

61.1526933

ST

47.9026465

JEE Mains Cutoff 2024

Category

JEE Main Cutoff 2024

General

93.2362181

Gen-PwD

0.0018700

EWS

81.3266412

OBC-NCL

79.6757881

SC

60.0923182

ST

46.6975840

JEE Main Cutoff 2023

Category

JEE Cutoff

General

90.7788642

EWS

75.6229025

OBC

73.6114227

SC

51.9776027

ST

37.2348772

PwD

0.0013527


NIT Branch-Wise EWS Cutoff for JEE Main - JoSAA

EWS candidates can check the JoSAA admission cutoff rank of the JEE Main exam for the top branches at NIT. Tabulated below are the JoSAA 2025 opening and closing ranks for the EWS category round 1.

NIT name

Branch Name

Opening Rang

Closing Rank

NIT Jalandhar

Computer Science and Engineering

1952

2912

Mechanical Engineering

5929

7506

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur


Computer Science and Engineering

2283

3532

Mechanical Engineering

7022

8397

MNIT Jaipur

Computer Science and Engineering

660

766

Mechanical Engineering

2642

2842

Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal


Computer Science and Engineering

1452

1634

Mechanical Engineering

4523

4648

Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad

Computer Science and Engineering

728

1038

Mechanical Engineering

2568

2906


NIT Surathkal

Computer Science and Engineering

260

397

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

1436

1937

Mechanical Engineering

2000

2339

NIT Raipur

Computer Science and Engineering

3712

4451

Mechanical Engineering

7576

10151

NIT Andhra Pradesh


Computer Science and Engineering

2316

2321

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

4732

4885

Mechanical Engineering

5569

5665

NIT Tiruchirappalli

Computer Science and Engineering

1085

4720

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

5519

7671

Mechanical Engineering

8828

10589


NIT Warangal

Computer Science and Engineering

339

421

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

1401

1730

Mechanical Engineering

2184

2333

Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat

Computer Science and Engineering

872

965

Mechanical Engineering

4094

4696

ViNIT Nagpur


Computer Science and Engineering

1065

1212

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

2156

2509

Mechanical Engineering

3028

3424

IIIT Branch-Wise EWS Cutoff for JEE Main - JoSAA

Candidates can check the EWS rank for top IIITs branch-wise.

Institute

Branch Name

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

IIITM Gwalior


Computer Science and Engineering

1014

1053

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

2038

2155

IIIT Kota


Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering

3881

4061

Computer Science and Engineering

3282

3830

Electronics and Communication Engineering

4471

5102


IIIT Guwahati

Computer Science and Engineering

2720

3221

Electronics and Communication Engineering

3796

4437

IIIT Kilohrad, Sonepat, Haryana


Computer Science and Engineering

3815

4300

CSE ( Data Science & Analytics)

4385

4595

Information Technology

4321

4872

IIIT Una

Computer Science and Engineering

4207

4725

Electronics and Communication Engineering

5116

5633

IIIT Sri City, Chittoor

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

3494

4052

Computer Science and Engineering

3318

3922

Electronics and Communication Engineering

4128

5069

IIIT Vadodara, Gujrat


Artificial Intelligence

3667

3839

Computer Science and Engineering

2963

3631

Electronics and Communication Engineering

4358

4557

Information Technology

3552

3693

IIIT Allahabad


Electronics and Communication Engineering

849

1066

Information Technology

578

836

Information Technology-Business Informatics

650

847

IIIT Kottayam


Computer Science and Engineering

4682

5419

Electronics and Communication Engineering

5424

5730

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JEE Main cutoff for NITs

Institute Name

Cutoff Details

National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala

NIT Calicut JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh

NIT Raipur JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur JEE Main cutoff

NIT Manipur

NIT Manipur JEE Main cutoff

NIT Delhi

NIT Delhi JEE Main cutoff

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

MANIT Bhopal JEE Main Cutoff

National Institute of Technology Sikkim

NIT Sikkim JEE Main cutoff

NIT Mizoram

NIT Mizoram JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura

NIT Agartala JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal

NIT Durgapur JEE Main cutoff

NIT Goa

NIT Goa JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana

NIT Kurukshetra JEE Main cutoff

NIT Uttrakhand

NIT Uttarakhand JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar

NIT Patna JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Puducherry

NIT Puducherry JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Surathkal, Karnataka

NIT Surathkal JEE Main cutoff

NIT Andhra Pradesh

NIT Andhra Pradesh JEE Main cutoff

Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Rajasthan

MNIT Jaipur JEE Main cutoff

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat, Gujarat

SVNIT surat JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu

NIT Tiruchirapalli JEE Main cutoff

Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab

NIT Jalandhar JEE Main cutoff

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

MNIT Allahabad JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam

NIT Silchar JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha

NIT Rourkela JEE Main cutoff

NIT Nagaland

NIT Nagaland JEE Main Cutoff

National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh

NIT Arunachal Pradesh JEE Main Cutoff

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Maharashtra

VNIT Nagpur JEE Main Cutoff

National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana

NIT Telangana JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

NIT Jamshedpur JEE Main cutoff

National Institute of Technology Hazartbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

NIT Srinagar JEE Main cutoff

NIT Meghalaya

NIT Meghalaya JEE Main cutoff

Factors Affecting JEE Main 2026 Cutoff Marks

The JEE Main cutoff is not consistent every year. The EWS cutoff trend depends on different factors as follows.

  • Number of applicants

  • Performance in the entrance examination

  • Difficulty level of the JEE Main 2026

  • JEE Cutoff trends of the previous years’ examination.

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