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SC Cutoff for JEE Mains 2026: Candidates can check the JEE Main SC Cutoff 2026. The expected JEE Main cutoff for the SC category is 60-63 percentile. The expected minimum JEE Main SC rank is 190-210. The JEE Main SC cutoff percentile is not limited to the General category and has higher admission chances in top institutions. A valid SC cutoff holder will be applicable for JEE Advanced or JoSAA counselling rounds. However, the official JEE Main SC cutoff is yet to be released on the official website. NTA will release the final JEE Main cutoff after the JEE Main 2026 results. A
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Further, candidates will also be able to check the JoSAA admission cutoffs (closing ranks) for the SC category across NITs, IIITs, and IITs. Check the article for more details in SC Cutoff for JEE Mains 2026.
The official JEE Main SC cutoff is yet to be released; until then, candidates can check the expected cutoff based on the latest cutoff trends. Below is the expected SC cutoff in percentile form along with other categories.
| Category | Expected Cutoff |
|---|---|
SC | 60-62 |
ST | 47-49 |
General (UR) | 93-95 |
OBC-NCL | 80-82 |
EWS | 80-82 |
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To be eligible for the JEE Advanced, candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 in B.E./B.Tech. paper of JEE Main 2026. Further, the minimum percentage of candidates to be shortlisted for JEE Main for the SC category is expected to be 15%. However, it is just a speculation based on last year's data. The final percentile will be released by NTA after the JEE Main results.
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.50% |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
GEN-EWS | 10% |
OPEN | 40.50% |
PwD | 5% Horizontal Reservation |
OBC & NCL | 27% |
NTA releases category-wise JEE Cut-off every year for admission in top institutes, qualification for JEE Advanced, and to participate in the counselling round. Candidates can find below the JEE MAIN cutoff for SC categories for the academic year 2019 to 2025.
| Year | Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
2025 | 61.1526933 |
2024 | 60.0923182 |
2023 | 51.9776027 |
2022 | 43.0820954 (min) |
2021 | 46.8825338 (min) |
2020 | 50.1760245 |
2019 | 54.0128155 |
Check the JEE Main 2026 SC cutoffs for NITs via JoSAA opening and closing ranks. The expected closing ranks for SC for CSE in top NITs are likely to range from 700 to 5000. Further, check the last year’s JoSAA cutoff trends for the top NITs for the top branches.
| NIT Name | Branch Name | Opening | Closing |
|---|---|---|---|
Computer Science and Engineering | 270 | 713 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 831 | 988 | |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 365 | 1247 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 220 | 731 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 804 | 1551 | |
Artificial Intelligence | 780 | 909 | |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 2040 | 2326 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 1539 | 2094 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 592 | 1272 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 217 | 1075 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 906 | 1666 | |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 5430 | 8910 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 490 | 2697 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2550 | 5277 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1214 | 3451 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 3497 | 4681 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 520 | 1599 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2723 | 3431 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 356 | 1718 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 962 | 1716 | |
Artificial Intelligence | 2002 | 2169 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 636 | 2955 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2985 | 4662 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 349 | 1343 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 283 | 924 | |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 1654 | 2365 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 494 | 1218 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 1645 | 2283 | |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 2670 | 2861 |
Check the JEE Main 2026 SC cutoffs for the Indian Institute of Information Technology via JoSAA opening and closing ranks. The expected closing ranks for SC CSE in top IIITs range from 2,000 to 8,000 for competitive branches. Tabulated below are the last year’s JoSAA cutoff trends for the top IIITs and their top branches.
| Institute | Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 1678 | 2107 | |
Information Technology | 469 | 1608 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1520 | 1905 | |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 3088 | 3855 | |
Computer Science | 1069 | 2166 | |
Computer Science and Business | 2395 | 3117 | |
Information Technology | 2476 | 3253 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 3345 | 6151 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 6391 | 8084 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 734 | 4857 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2156 | 6388 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 3403 | 7963 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 8253 | 8895 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 2271 | 4871 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 3767 | 6433 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 2297 | 6326 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 5793 | 8212 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1853 | 3354 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 4898 | 6701 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 2358 | 3413 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 1789 | 5281 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 5397 | 6685 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 3454 | 8118 | |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 5828 | 8770 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 8173 | 8908 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 983 | 3312 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2313 | 4135 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 5595 | 6565 |
Check the JoSAA SC cutoff opening and closing ranks for top IITs for admission in JEE Advanced.
| Institute | Academic Program Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
IIT Bombay | Chemical Engineering | 443 | 679 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1 | 31 | |
Electrical Engineering | 57 | 151 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 168 | 503 | |
IIT Delhi | Chemical Engineering | 127 | 673 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 3 | 45 | |
Electrical Engineering | 123 | 202 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 157 | 588 | |
IIT Guwahati | Chemical Engineering | 1226 | 1422 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 133 | 183 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 664 | 1223 | |
IIT Hyderabad | Artificial Intelligence | 199 | 222 |
Chemical Engineering | 1211 | 1448 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 125 | 179 | |
Electrical Engineering | 292 | 553 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 804 | 1161 | |
IIT Kanpur | Chemical Engineering | 691 | 1131 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 48 | 70 | |
Electrical Engineering | 79 | 422 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 526 | 787 | |
IIT Kharagpur | Artificial Intelligence | 144 | 250 |
Chemical Engineering | 985 | 1359 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 46 | 102 | |
Electrical Engineering | 327 | 550 | |
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | 100 | 388 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 294 | 1035 | |
IIT Madras | Chemical Engineering | 732 | 1147 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 10 | 43 | |
Electrical Engineering | 52 | 277 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 253 | 701 | |
IIT Roorkee | Chemical Engineering | 829 | 1260 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 81 | 121 | |
Electrical Engineering | 431 | 572 | |
Mathematics & Computing | 351 | 565 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 620 | 1039 |
The JEE Main cutoff is not consistent; it keeps changing with every JEE exam shift. The qualifying cutoff keeps changing based on several factors.
Number of applicants
Performance in the entrance examination
Difficulty level of the JEE Main 2026
JEE Cutoff trends of the previous years’ examination
Available seat for SC category.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The SC cutoff for JEE Mains 2026 is expected to be around 60-63 percentile.
The JEE Main SC cutoff ranks for top NITs will likely range from 700 to 5,000 for top branches.
The JEE Main SC cutoff ranks for top IIITs will likely range from 2,000 to 8,000 for competitive branches.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Student,
If your JEE Mains rank 13,786 in the SC category, you have reasonable chance of securing admission to a mid-tier NIT through JOSSA counselling. The possibility of getting a good Branch such as CSE, IT, ECE, or Electrical will be depend on your exact SC category rank, home
Hello Akash
Please check the link given below for the JEE Mains all formulas:
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-formulas
Hope it helps.
Hello Dear Student,
With an SC rank of 40,604, you have no chance of securing admission into top-tier institutes like NIT Surathkal, NIT Calicut, or IIT Calicut. However, you have excellent chances of admission to IIITDM Kancheepuram and NIT Dharwad for core branches.
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Hello Dear Student,
Could you provide more information so that i could help you further!
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Hello Dear Student,
Yes, you should definitely participate in both JoSAA and CSAB counselling. While admission to top NITs, IIITs, and highly competitive branches such as Computer Science Engineering may be difficult with an OBC-NCL rank of around 67,000, there are still several opportunities available in newer NITs, GFTIs, and
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