JEE Main category-wise cutoff 2026: National Testing Agency has uploaded the JEE Main 2026 category-wise cutoff on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The expected JEE Main cut off 2026 for general category is 93.4123549, 80.9232583 for OBC and 80.9232583 percentile for SC/ST categories. The JEE Main Cut off marks have been released along with the session 2 results. The JEE Mains 2026 session 2 result has been delcared on April 20. The JEE Main cut-offs 2026 helps students to find their chances of admission. Candidates who will clear the cut-off will be eligible for the JEE Advanced exam 2026.
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The JEE Main category-wise cutoff 2026 will depend on the number of candidates attempted, seat intakes, previous year cut-offs, and trends. Aspirants can also use the JEE Main 2026 college predictors to estimate their potential colleges and courses. Read the article for JEE Main category wise cutoff 2026.
The authority has published the JEE Main categories wise cut off online. The category-wise cutoff for JEE Main help candidates to know the minimum rank required for admission. Students can check the JEE Mains 2026 category-wise cutoff table from below:
| Category | JEE Main 2026 Cutoff Analysis |
|---|---|
General (UR) | 93.4123549 |
OBC-NCL | 80.9232583 |
EWS | 82.4164528 |
SC | 63.9172792 |
| ST | 52.0174712 |
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Applicants can check the previous years' category-wise cutoff for JEE Main exam from below table. The previous year's JEE Main cut-offs will help candidates to understand the cut-off trends. The cutoff varies every year depending on several factors.
Year | General | OBC | SC | ST |
2025 | 93.1023262 | 79.4313582 | 61.1526933 | 47.9026465 |
2024 | 93.2362181 | 79.6757881 | 60.0923182 | 46.6975840 |
2023 | 90.7788642 | 73.6114227 | 51.9776027 | 37.2348772 |
2022 | 88.4121383 | 67.0090297 | 43.0820954 | 26.7771328 |
2021 | 87.8992241 | 68.0234447 | 46.8825338 | 34.6728999 |
2020 | 90.3765335 | 72.8887969 | 50.1760245 | 39.0696101 |
2019 | 89.7548849 | 74.3166557 | 54.0128155 | 44.3345172 |
The authority has stated some minimum JEE Main marks to qualify the JEE Advanced 2026. The below qualifying percentage helps candidates to determine the eligibility and selection criteria. Below is the category-wise reservation percentages of JEE Main:
Category | Percentage |
GEN-EWS | 10% |
OPEN | 40.50% |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.50% |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
PwD | 5% Horizontal Reservation |
OBC & NCL | 27% |
Applicants who qualify JEE Main 2026 exam will be eligible for JoSAA counselling 2026. Candidates who apply after taking the JEE Main exam will get admission into NITs. The students who will take the JEE Advanced exam will be eligible for IITs admission. Only top 2.5 lakh candidates of JEE Main will be allowed to appear in the JEE Advanced exam.
On Question asked by student community
Dear Student,
The category rank with an 81 percentile depends on your specific category. You can check your category rank here:
You can get the following colleges:
You can check the complete list from here - https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/list-of-engineering-colleges-accepting-98-percentile-in-jee-main
Dear Student,
With 56 marks in JEE Mains 2026 April 5, the chances of result in a lower percentile than 80. But with normalisation you can expect a good percentile if your specific shift was very hard.
For your reference, check: JEE Mains 2026 April 5 Marks vs Percentile: Shift-Wise
Dear Student,
Normalization can boost your score and percentile if your specific shift was very hard.
You can check your percentile and rank here: JEE Mains 2026 April 5 Marks vs Percentile: Shift-Wise Expected Score Analysis
Dear Student,
88.3 percentile can help you get into NITs and other colleges but it also depends on your specific category. You can check cutoff and college list based on your JEE Main 2026 percentile here: JEE Main 2026 Colleges vs Percentile
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