NIT Cutoff Percentile 2025: Category-Wise Closing Ranks and Analysis

NIT Cutoff Percentile 2025: Category-Wise Closing Ranks and Analysis

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Gandubilli UnnatiUpdated on 19 Apr 2025, 12:49 PM IST
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NIT Cutoff Percentile 2025- JoSAA will release the NIT cutoff percentile 2025 on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. JEE Main aspirants must be curious to know whether they qualify for admission based on NIT cutoff percentile 2025. According to the previous year's data, general category candidates need to obtain above 93 percentile to clear the NIT 2025 cutoff. The authority will publish the NIT 2025 cutoff after each round of counselling. The NIT cutoffs 2025 through JEE Main will also be updated here. The JEE cutoff will be based on the JEE Main 2025 exam. Candidates can also find the previous year's NIT cutoff percentiles below.

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Last year, a total of 10,61,840 candidates registered for the JEE Mains 2025 exams, and 9,92,350 of them appeared in Session 2. The data also showed a JEE Main registration gender gap and participation difference as follows.

Gender

Number of students registered (2025)

Gender-wise participation in 2025

Gender-wise participation in 2024

Male

7,26,205 (68.4%)

6,81,871

(68.7%)

7,38,351 (69.15%)

Female

3,35,635 (31.6%)

3,10,479

(31.3%)

3,29,600 (30.86%)

Transgender

0

0

8

(0.00075%)

Total

10,61,840

9,92,350

10,67,959


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  1. NIT 2025 Cutoff Percentile
  2. Previous Year NIT Cutoff Percentile
  3. What is NIT Cutoff Percentile?
  4. All NIT cutoff category wise
  5. How much percentile is required for NIT for General?
  6. Factors that Determine NIT Cutoff Percentile 2025
NIT Cutoff Percentile 2025: Category-Wise Closing Ranks and Analysis
NIT Cutoff Percentile 2025: Category-Wise Closing Ranks and Analysis

NTA conducted the JEE Main April session exam from April 2 to 9, 2025, while the JEE Main January exam was conducted from January 22 to 30, 2025. Candidates who have attempted the JEE Main exam must be thoroughly aware of the JEE Main 2025 cutoffs. The NIT cutoff percentile is the minimum percentile required by candidates to be eligible for admission to the B.Tech courses in NITs. For admission to NITs, candidates need to participate in the JoSAA 2025 counselling.

NIT 2025 Cutoff Percentile

Candidates can find the NIT cutoff percentile 2025 below. The JEE Main 2025 cutoffs for NIT will be published by the authority on the official website after every round of the JEE Main 2025 counselling. The NIT Cutoff percentile will be available here once they are released online.

Previous Year NIT Cutoff Percentile

As the 2025 cutoff percentile is not yet released, candidates can find the previous year cutoff percentile below.

NTA JEE Main previous year Cutoff

Category

JEE Main cutoff

General

93.2362181

Gen-PwD

0.0018700

EWS

81.3266412

OBC-NCL

79.6757881

SC

60.0923182

ST

46.6975840

What is NIT Cutoff Percentile?

The NIT cutoff percentile is the minimum percentile that candidates need to score in the JEE Main 2025 exam to gain admission to NITs in India. Candidates who clear the minimum percentile in the JEE Main 2025 result will be considered to clear the JEE Main 2025 cutoff.

The authority calculates the JEE Main 2025 percentile by using a formula that calculates the ratio of the number of students who attempted the exam and the raw scores of the particular candidate. This gives the JEE Main percentile score of the candidate.

All NIT cutoff category wise

Candidates can also find the NIT cutoff 2025 category-wise here when it is leased. However, candidates can check the previous year data to understand the cutoffs for each reservation category in NITs.

NIT Category-Wise Cutoff

CategoryJEE Main cutoff 2024

General

93.2362181

Gen-PwD

0.0018700

EWS

81.3266412

OBC-NCL

79.6757881

SC

60.0923182

ST

46.6975840

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How much percentile is required for NIT for General?

One of the most important queries that candidates have is what percentile is required for general category candidates for admission into NIT. General category candidates to score at least 93 to 95 percentile in the JEE Main exam. The NIT cutoff percentile for general candidates will be higher than the other reservation categories.

Factors that Determine NIT Cutoff Percentile 2025

The authority considers various factors while calculating the cutoff percentile of NIT JEE Main 2025. The following are some of the factors that are taken into account while calculating the NTA cutoff percentile.

  • The total number of candidates attempting the exam

  • The difficulty level of the JEE Main 2025 exam paper

  • The total number of seats available for admission in the JEE Main participating NITs.

  • The cutoff trends from the previous year's JEE Main exam

  • Cumulative performance of all candidates that attempted the exam.

  • The reservation category under which the candidate is applying for admission.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How much percentile is required for NIT for SC?
A:

Candidates belonging to the SC category generally require around 60 percentile in the JEE Mains 2025 exam for admission to NITs.

Q: What is the NIT cutoff percentile for OBC?
A:

The NIT cutoff percentile for OBC is usually around 80 percentile.

Q: Which NIT had the lowest cutoff for CSE?
A:

According to the previous year JEE Main cutoffs, NIT Trichy has the lowest CSE cutoff. The general category cutoff was 5066 for NIT JEE Main.

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If you're preparing for JEE Mains, it's smart to focus on high-weightage topics from both 11th and 12th. In Physics, give time to Thermodynamics, Current Electricity, and Modern Physics. For Maths, focus on Calculus, Vectors & 3D, and Probability—they often carry good marks. In Chemistry, master Organic Chemistry, Coordination Compounds, and Chemical Bonding. These topics are not just about scoring, but also concept-based, so practice well. Use NCERT for Chemistry—it’s gold. Solve previous year papers to spot patterns. And most importantly, stay consistent and don’t ignore your weak areas.

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