Candidates planning to secure admission into top NITs must be aware of the JEE Main percentile requirements. As per the latest trends, the JEE Main percentile required for the top NITs was in the range of 96 to 99+ for the open category. Candidates must check their JEE Main percentile vs cutoff trends to find out their admission chances in top NITs. Note that the percentile trends depend on various factors during each session of the JEE Main exam. Further, based on the latest trends, the JoSAA closing rank for top NITs ranges from 200 to 9000 (CSE branch).
As per past year trends, the expected JEE Main cut-off is around the 93–95 percentile for the General category, 80–82 percentile for OBC-NCL, and 49–60 percentile for SC or ST candidates.
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Based on the latest cutoff trends, the expected percentile for the upcoming years can be predicted. NIT Trichy will likely require a percentile of 99.5+, and NIT Calicut will require a percentile of 98-99, based on last year's cutoff trends. Here are list of the top 10 NITs with their expected percentile for 2026.
NITS Name | Expected Percentile |
98-99 | |
99.5+ | |
97-98.5 | |
98-99 | |
97-98 | |
96.5-98 | |
96-97.5 | |
98.5-99.5 | |
97 - 99+ | |
96 - 99 |
The overall percentile required for NIT Calicut based on 2025 cutoff trends is 98+ for the open category. The closing rank for the GEN category in round 1 ranged from 208 to 32538 throughout the branches. Therefore, candidates can expect a percentile range of 98 to 99 for the 2026 admission.
Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Architecture | 93 | 208 |
Bio Technology | 22636 | 29616 |
Chemical Engineering | 17181 | 24071 |
Civil Engineering | 19759 | 33735 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 2998 | 7971 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 11508 | 14654 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 6028 | 11606 |
Energy Engineering | 19929 | 27332 |
Engineering Physics | 17872 | 21814 |
Materials Science and Engineering | 29825 | 32901 |
Mechanical Engineering | 12742 | 18480 |
Production Engineering | 19111 | 32538 |
For NIT Trichy, candidates must target 99.5+ percentile based on last year's JEE Main cut-off trends. The JoSAA Cutoff rank ranged from 112 to 13762 for the open category for all branches.
Academic Program Name | Closing Rank | Opening Rank |
Architecture | 276 | 112 |
Chemical Engineering | 17196 | 5865 |
Civil Engineering | 27257 | 10131 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 4463 | 559 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 9052 | 4209 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 6947 | 2232 |
Instrumentation and Control Engineering | 12414 | 7001 |
Mechanical Engineering | 13628 | 9004 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 25473 | 18321 |
Production Engineering | 23644 | 13762 |
As per the latest VNIT Nagpur Cutoff trend, the overall JEE Main percentile required for admission is expected to be around 97.5-99 percentile. The closing rank ranged from 398 to 44328 for the GEN category in the 2025 JoSAA cutoff trends.
Branch Name | Closing | Opening |
Architecture | 153 | 398 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 3387 | 6150 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 6751 | 10301 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 10683 | 14358 |
Mechanical Engineering | 11111 | 18271 |
Chemical Engineering | 18657 | 26516 |
Civil Engineering | 26136 | 35305 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 27192 | 38573 |
Mining Engineering | 34548 | 44328 |
For 2026, aim for 98.5-99.5 percentile in JEE Main for NIT Rourkela. Candidates can check the last year's trends to find out the expected percentile for the NIT Rourkela 2026 admission.
Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Architecture | 643 | 1204 |
Artificial Intelligence | 8001 | 9099 |
Bio Medical Engineering | 28234 | 39689 |
Bio Technology | 12305 | 30355 |
Chemical Engineering | 19047 | 22716 |
Chemistry | 47931 | 50408 |
Civil Engineering | 21266 | 26250 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 4082 | 7371 |
Electrical Engineering | 11122 | 15456 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 7615 | 10758 |
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering | 11195 | 13717 |
Mechanical Engineering | 15797 | 20378 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) | 21289 | 29716 |
Mining Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) | 23730 | 30411 |
Mining Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree)) | 35047 | 36780 |
Physics (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science) | 31829 | 44676 |
Candidates aiming for admission at MNIT Jaipur must try to secure an overall JEE Main percentile range of 97-98 for 2026. Based on the previous year's trends, the MNIT Jaipur cutoff closing rank range was 1481 to 33350. Find below the brach-wise cutoff rank.
Branch Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Architecture | 638 | 1481 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 2937 | 5629 |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering | 5769 | 6225 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 7752 | 9900 |
Electrical Engineering | 10817 | 12712 |
Civil Engineering | 10944 | 27034 |
Mechanical Engineering | 11118 | 19096 |
Chemical Engineering | 14240 | 24351 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 28260 | 33350 |
For NIT Kurukshetra, candidates must try to secure an overall percentile of 96.5-98 for admission. The JEE cutoff closing rank for NIT Kurukshetra ranges from 1479 to 22084 for opne category.
Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Architecture | 376 | 1497 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 4835 | 7993 |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 5310 | 10601 |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 8120 | 11129 |
Information Technology | 8245 | 10866 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 9517 | 11456 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 9692 | 14916 |
Mathematics and Computing | 10654 | 12985 |
Microelectronics & VLSI Engineering | 12733 | 20595 |
Electrical Engineering | 15840 | 22084 |
Industrial Internet of Things | 16892 | 22410 |
Mechanical Engineering | 23285 | 27319 |
Civil Engineering | 28543 | 36317 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 31033 | 36959 |
Civil Engineering | 36613 | 36613 |
To be eligible for the MANIT Bhopal admission 2026, candidates must secure a JEE percentile of 96-97.5 (gen). The percentile is based on the previous year’s cutoff trends, where the JEE cutoff closing rank ranged from 1741 to 45067 (open).
Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Planning | 132 | 1741 |
Architecture | 1019 | 2157 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 5601 | 10863 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 11302 | 16536 |
Mathematics and Data Science | 13200 | 15911 |
Electrical Engineering | 16974 | 21441 |
Mechanical Engineering | 22945 | 31264 |
Energy and Electrical Vehicle Engineering | 23805 | 28034 |
Chemical Engineering | 24126 | 35187 |
Civil Engineering | 27877 | 40724 |
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering | 37000 | 45067 |
The required JEE percentile for NIT Surathkal is around 98.5-99.5 for 2026. Candidates must try to secure more than that to get a BTech seat at NIT Surathkal. The percentile is calculated based on the previous year’s cutoff trends, with a closing rank ranging from 2726 to 27975 for open.
Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1050 | 2726 |
Artificial Intelligence | 2815 | 3438 |
Information Technology | 3025 | 4086 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 3415 | 5327 |
Computational and Data Science | 3581 | 4342 |
Mechanical Engineering | 3588 | 11166 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 5870 | 6674 |
Chemical Engineering | 11386 | 15821 |
Civil Engineering | 11984 | 22534 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 18007 | 21243 |
Mining Engineering | 18307 | 27975 |
To be eligible for the NIT Warangal admission 2026, candidates must secure a JEE percentile of 97-99+ (gen). The percentile is based on the previous year’s cutoff trends, where the JEE cutoff closing rank ranged from 3386 to 37969 (open).
Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1166 | 3386 |
Computer Science and Engineering ( Artificial Intelligence & Data Science) | 1858 | 4100 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2987 | 5654 |
Mathematics and Computing | 4192 | 4533 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology) | 5694 | 6395 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 5957 | 10299 |
Mathematics (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science) | 11082 | 35597 |
Mechanical Engineering | 11204 | 15240 |
Chemical Engineering | 18483 | 22117 |
Civil Engineering | 21590 | 29999 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 24324 | 33045 |
Chemical Engineering | 26026 | 27667 |
Physics | 27083 | 31618 |
Bio Technology | 30171 | 38013 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 35289 | 35900 |
Chemistry | 37366 | 37969 |
As per the latest NIT Patna Cutoff trend, the overall JEE Main percentile required for admission is expected to be around 97 to 99 percentile. The closing rank ranged from 3414 to 44664 for the GEN category in the 2025 JoSAA cutoff trends.
Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
|---|---|---|
Architecture | 1536 | 3414 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 10323 | 16345 |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 13233 | 20710 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 18503 | 23727 |
Electrical Engineering | 19201 | 29069 |
Mathematics and Computing Technology | 23402 | 24376 |
Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology) | 23939 | 28016 |
Civil Engineering | 28340 | 43231 |
Electrical Engineering with Specialization In Power System Engineering | 29291 | 33615 |
Mechatronics and Automation Engineering | 30994 | 31627 |
Mechanical Engineering | 31299 | 35292 |
Material Science and Engineering | 40162 | 46166 |
Chemical Technology | 42031 | 44108 |
Civil Engineering with Specialization in Construction Technology and Management | 43266 | 44664 |
Candidates can check the expected JEE Main 2026 percentile vs ranks to check their chances for admission in top NITs. Check the table below to find out what the expected percentile is for NITs based on their latest cutoff ranks.
JEE Main Percentile | JEE Main Rank |
100-99.999 | 1 - 15 |
99.99890732 - 99.99617561 | 16 - 56 |
99.99417236 - 99.99153171 | 86 - 125 |
99.99034797 - 99.97687156 | 142 - 341 |
99.97413985 - 99.95228621 | 381 - 704 |
99.95028296 - 99.91549924 | 733 - 1246 |
99.91395128 - 99.87060821 | 1269 - 1909 |
99.86150253 - 99.78191884 | 2043 - 3217 |
99.77499852 - 99.69159044 | 3319 - 4549 |
99.68494329 - 99.57503767 | 4647 - 6269 |
99.56019541 - 99.40858575 | 6488 - 8724 |
99.39319714 - 99.17311273 | 8951 - 12197 |
99.1567225 - 98.87981861 | 12439 - 16524 |
98.85149993 - 98.52824811 | 16942 - 21710 |
98.49801724 -98.09290531 | 22156 - 28132 |
98.07460288 - 97.54301298 | 28402 - 36243 |
97.4927496 - 96.87838902 | 36985 - 46047 |
96.80927687 - 96.0687115 | 47066 - 57991 |
95.983027 - 95.05625037 | 59254 - 72925 |
94.96737888 - 93.8020333 | 74236 - 91426 |
93.67910655 - 92.21882783 | 93240 - 114780 |
92.05811248 - 90.27631202 | 117151 - 143434 |
90.0448455 - 87.51810893 | 1468491 - 184121 |
87.33654157 - 83.89085926 | 186799- 237626 |
83.5119717 - 78.35114254 | 243215 - 319343 |
77.81927947 - 69.5797271 | 327188 - 448730 |
68.80219265 - 56.09102043 | 460200 - 647703 |
54.01037138 - 36.58463962 | 678394 935442 |
35.2885364 - 18.16647924 | 954561 - 1207129 |
17.14582299 -5.71472799 | 1222184 - 1390805 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The JEE Main 2026 percentile required for top 10 NITs are 99 to 99.5+.
The JEE Main closing ranks for top NITs based on the latest cutoff range from 208 to 40000.
98-99 JEE Main 2026 percentile is required for NIT Calicut for the open category.
The JEE Main 2026 percentile required for NIT Trichy is around 99+ percentile for open.
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