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    JEE Main Percentile Required for Top 10 NITs in 2026: Cutoff, Rank & Branch-Wise Analysis

    JEE Main Percentile Required for Top 10 NITs in 2026: Cutoff, Rank & Branch-Wise Analysis

    RanjeetaUpdated on 04 Feb 2026, 02:00 PM IST

    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).

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    1. JEE Main Percentile Required for Top 10 NITs in 2026 - Expected
    2. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Calicut
    3. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Trichy
    4. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for VNIT Nagpur
    5. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Rourkela
    6. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for MNIT Jaipur
    7. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Kurukshetra
    8. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for MANIT Bhopal
    9. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Surathkal
    10. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Warangal
    11. JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Patna
    12. JEE Main 2026 Expected Percentile Vs Ranks
    JEE Main Percentile Required for Top 10 NITs in 2026: Cutoff, Rank & Branch-Wise Analysis
    JEE Main Percentile Required for Top 10 NITs 2026

    Candidates can also check outthe JEE Main college predictor to find out their admission chance in top NITs. Find more details on the JEE Main percentile for the top NITs in 2026.

    JEE Main Percentile Required for Top 10 NITs in 2026 - Expected

    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.

    Top 10 NITs in 2026: Expected Percentile for GEN

    NITS Name

    Expected Percentile

    NIT Calicut

    98-99

    NIT Trichy

    99.5+

    VNIT, Nagpur

    97-98.5

    NIT, Rourkela

    98-99

    MNIT Jaipur

    97-98

    NIT, Kurukshetra

    96.5-98

    MANIT Bhopal

    96-97.5

    NIT Surathkal

    98.5-99.5

    NIT Warangal

    97 - 99+

    NIT Patna

    96 - 99

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    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Calicut

    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.

    NIT Calicut JEE Main 2025 Round 1 cutoff for GEN

    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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Trichy

    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.

    NIT Trichy 2025 JEE Main Cutoff Round 1

    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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for VNIT Nagpur

    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.

    VNIT Nagpur 2025 JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(OPEN)

    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

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    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Rourkela

    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.

    NIT Rourkela 2025 JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(OPEN)

    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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for MNIT Jaipur

    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.

    MNIT Jaipur 2025 JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(OPEN)

    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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Kurukshetra

    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.

    NIT Kurukshetra 2025 JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(OPEN)

    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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for MANIT Bhopal

    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).

    MANIT 2025 JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Surathkal

    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.

    NIT Surathkal JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Warangal

    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).

    NIT Warangal JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(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

    JEE Main 2026 Percentile Required for NIT Patna

    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.

    NIT Patna JEE Main Cutoff Round 1(OPEN)

    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

    JEE Main 2026 Expected Percentile Vs Ranks

    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 2026 Expected Percentile Vs 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)

    Q: What is the JEE Main 2026 percentile required for top 10 NITs?
    A:

    The JEE Main 2026 percentile required for top 10 NITs are 99 to 99.5+. 

    Q: What is the JEE Main closing rank for the top 10 NITs?
    A:

    The JEE Main closing ranks for top NITs based on the latest cutoff range from 208 to 40000. 

    Q: What is the JEE Main 2026 percentile required for NIT Calicut?
    A:

    98-99 JEE Main 2026 percentile is required for NIT Calicut for the open category.

    Q: What is the JEE Main 2026 percentile required for NIT Trichy?
    A:

    The JEE Main 2026 percentile required for NIT Trichy is around 99+ percentile for open. 

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