State B.Tech Admissions Through JEE Main 2025

State B.Tech admissions through JEE Main 2025 – B.Tech admission to several prestigious engineering colleges in India is based on JEE Mains. The national-level, JEE Main exam is highly competitive for a limited number of seats. However, it is important to note that many state B.Tech admissions are based on the JEE Main scores. For the convenience of students, many states have scrapped the state-level entrance exam to fill seats through JEE Main 2025. Read the article to understand what makes JEE Main crucial for B.Tech admission and the entire process of admission.

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1. Importance of JEE Main for State B.Tech Admission
2. State Level Counselling for Engineering
3. Uttar Pradesh B.Tech Admission based on JEE Main
4. Haryana B.Tech Admission through JEE Main 2025
5. Uttarakhand BTech Admissions through JEE Main 2025
6. Madhya Pradesh B.E. Admissions based on JEE Main Scores
7. Odisha JEE B.Tech admissions based on JEE Main 2025
8. Punjab B.Tech Admission through JEE Main 2025
9. JAC Delhi B.Tech Admission through JEE Main
10. JAC Chandigarh B.Tech Admission through JEE Main
11. Other States Offering Partial admission based on JEE Main score
12. Institute Level B.Tech Admissions through JEE Main

Admissions to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs are done through JEE Mains. Additionally, it is the qualifying exam of JEE Advanced for admission to IITs. Apart from these, students can get state B.Tech admission through JEE Main 2025 making it a pivotal exam for aspiring engineers. Careers360 has compiled a list of states and institutes offering engineering admissions through JEE Main. This article will serve as a complete guide on the State B.Tech admissions through JEE Main 2025.

Importance of JEE Main for State B.Tech Admission

JEE Main standardizes the admission process across different states ensuring a uniform assessment of candidates. It provides equal opportunities for students to compete at the national level. Moreover, BTech admission through JEE Main will help to maintain a high academic standard. Many students fail to secure admission in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs due to the ranking being less than the cutoff. Such students have the opportunity to secure B.Tech seats in the top engineering colleges in various states.

State Level Counselling for Engineering

States/Cities offering B.Tech Admission Through JEE Main 2025

Uttar Pradesh B.Tech Admission based on JEE Main

• UPTAC Eligibility Criteria- Candidates should have passed 10+2 examination from a recognised Board/University with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of these subjects - Chemistry, Bio-Technology or Biology/Technical Vocational subject.

• UP B.Tech Admission 2025 Application- Interested candidates have to fill JEE Main application form. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University will open registration for the direct counselling procedure. Students with valid JEE Main scores will be required to register for UPTAC counselling. The allotment of seats will be on the basis of JEE Main ranks.

*Note:- Detailed admission process including reservation policies and seats will be notified soon

Haryana B.Tech Admission through JEE Main 2025

Reservation Policy and Quick Facts about Haryana B.Tech Admissions

Admissions will be offered to candidates who have studied their 10+2 in the state of Haryana or are bonafide residents of the state.

Admissions to Govt./Govt Aided/University Departments:

• Admissions are offered based on state reservation policy at the time of counselling.

• 25% female horizontal reservation across these institutes.

• 1 seat in each B.Tech branch at all Govt./Aided/University Departments is reserved for toppers of 10+2 under Haryana Govt. Senior Secondary School Topper (HGST) scheme. These seats are within the sanctioned intake.

Admission to Private unaided institutions:

• 50% seats of the total seats (which includes 25% management quota seats) are filled at the institute level first. These 50% seats are filled on the basis of JEE Main ranks and thereafter based on the merit marks obtained in the qualifying exam.

• 50% of the total seats are filled through HSTES by Haryana residents and All India Open (AIO) category candidates as per the State Reservation Policy.

• 5% seats (Supernumerary seats) of the total intake across each B.Tech course are offered to Kashmiri Migrants (KM), separately on the basis of inter-se.merit of qualifying examination.

• Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) Quota seats are supernumerary and upto 30% of the sanctioned seats are offered under this category. These seats are for economically weaker students.

Note: Apart from these reservations, there is separate reservation policy for minority institutions and special reservation at some particular institutes.

Check Top Engineering colleges in Haryana

Uttarakhand BTech Admissions through JEE Main 2025

Reservation Policy of Uttarakhand B.Tech Admissions for weaker section:
For Uttarakhand domiciled candidates who belong to Socially & Economically Weaker Section (having annual income less than 4.5 lakh from all sources), 5% of the total sanctioned seats will be reserved. These seats are supernumerary.

Check List of engineering colleges in Uttarakhand.

Madhya Pradesh B.E. Admissions based on JEE Main Scores

Reservation Policy and Quick Facts about MP B.E. Admissions based on JEE Main

• In the admission procedure, candidates with positive score in JEE Main will be given preference over the other candidates.

• 90% of the total seats across the Government-Aided, Autonomous, non-Government and Self-Financed institutes are reserved for Madhya Pradesh state candidates (who fulfil the prescribed domicile conditions). 5% of the seats at these institutes are reserved for NRI candidates, while another 5% are reserved for All India quota seats.

• MP B.E. admissions is conducted for admission to as many as 79,565 seats across 189 colleges of the state. Out of the 189 institutes, 3 are Government-aided, 5 are Government autonomous, 9 are self-financed and 182 are private institutes.

Odisha JEE B.Tech admissions based on JEE Main 2025

Reservation Policy of Odisha JEE B.Tech admission and Quick Facts

• OJEE counselling is the procedure to offer admission to around 38,644 UG Engineering seats across 106 participating colleges.

• OJEE board also conducts a special entrance test (Special OJEE), tentatively in August, to fill the vacant seats once the counselling for JEE Main candidates is complete. The Special OJEE is held for students who are not able to appear in JEE Main or are not able to qualify it.

Seat Reservation at Government Engineering Institutes in Odisha

Seat Reservation at Private Engineering Institutes in Odisha

Punjab B.Tech Admission through JEE Main 2025

Punjab B.Tech Admission Eligibility Criteria- Candidates, who have passed 10+2 exam from a board recognized or established by central/state government through a legislation with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of these subjects Chemistry, Biotechnology, Computer Science and Biology.

Punjab B.Tech Application Process- Admissions are on the basis of JEE Main scores or class 12 marks. Candidates with JEE Main scores will be given preference for admissions. Vacant seats will be offered to students on the basis of their class 12 marks. For admissions, candidates have to participate in the online counselling procedure for seat allotment. To participate in the counselling, the candidates have to pay the fee, register, fill their choices and get their documents verified.

Reservation Policy and Quick Facts about Punjab B.Tech Admission

• For admission to UG Engineering programmes offered at 7 constituent colleges and 62 affiliated colleges of I.K. Gujral, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, 15% of the seats are reserved for outside state candidates on the basis of JEE Main, while 85% of the seats are reserved for Punjab candidates.

• In GNDEC, Ludhiana (IKGPTU) and BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib (MRSPTU), 70% of the total seats are reserved for rural candidates.

• To claim the Sikh Minority Seats, sikh candidates have to take the Sikh Religious Examination (SRE). This test offers the minority seats to candidates at GNDEC, Ludhiana (IKGPTU) and BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib (MRSPTU) only. SRE test is held in online as well as in offline mode.

• 1% seats across the participating institutes are reserved for Tsunami affected persons, children/grandchildren of original ex-serviceman settlers of Campbell Bay Island or students suffering from Cancer/Thalassemia/AIDS as per Punjab Government rules.

JAC Delhi B.Tech Admission through JEE Main

Reservation Policy and Quick Facts about JAC Delhi B.Tech Admission

For Delhi candidates, 85% of the seats are reserved, while 15% of the seats are reserved for outside Delhi candidates.

Seat Reservation at DTU and NSUT

Note: 1 (One) seat at DTU only is reserved (over and above the normal intake) for Single Girl Child (SG) in each branch. 1 (One) seat in each branch of DTU (over and above the normal intake), is reserved for Central/State Board Topper candidates.

Seat Reservation at IGDTUW

Seat Reservation at IIIT Delhi

For DTU and IGDTUW only

• Other Backward Class (Non Creamy Layer) OBC-NCL category are given a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying exam.

• Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates are entitled for a relaxation of 10% marks in the qualifying exam.

• Defence sub-category (CW) candidates are given a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying exam.

• Differently Abled Person (PD) sub-category candidates are given a relaxation of 10% marks in the qualifying exam.

For NSIT only

• Other Backward Class (Non Creamy Layer) category candidates are given a relaxation of 10% marks in qualifying exam.

• Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) are required to just pass in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in the qualifying exam.

• Defence sub-category (CW) candidates are entitled for a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying exam.

• Differently Abled Person (PD) sub-category candidates are given a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying exam.

For IIIT-D only

• Other Backward Class (Non Creamy Layer) category are given a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying exam.

• Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates are entitled for a relaxation of 10% marks in the qualifying exam.

• Defence sub-category (CW) candidates are entitled for a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying test.

• Differently Abled Person (PD) sub-category candidates are given a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying exam.

Age Criterion for DTU and IIIT-D

Aspiring candidates are required to be minimum 17 years and maximum 25 years of age on or before October 1 of the admission year. 1 year relaxation in minimum age is given only with the approval of Competent Authority. However, candidates who want to avail this facility, need to apply for relaxation only at the time of admission.

For NSIT and IGDTUW

There is no minimum age requirement for admission to NSIT and IGDTUW.

JAC Chandigarh B.Tech Admission through JEE Main

Reservation Policy and Quick Facts about JAC Chandigarh B.Tech admission

Candidates, who belong to Chandigarh are eligible for Chandigarh Quota, while those belonging to other parts of India are considered for All India Quota.

Chandigarh Quota includes those candidates who have passed the Class 12 or equivalent exam from schools/colleges located Chandigarh. For All India Quota, all candidates who have passed their qualifying exam from institutes other than Chandigarh are considered for Outside Chandigarh Quota seats.

Chandigarh quota does not apply for the following institutes of Panjab University:

(i) University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Chandigarh

(ii) Dr. SSB University Institute of Chemical Engg. & Technology (Dr. SSBUICET), Chandigarh

(iii) University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University SSG Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur (UIET, PUSSGRC).

JAC Chandigarh Participating Institutes:

• University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh

• Dr. SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh

• University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University SSG Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur

• Chandigarh College of Architecture

• Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology

• PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh

Other States Offering Partial admission based on JEE Main score

MHT CET – 15% of the total seats across the private/self-financed engineering institutes in Maharashtra are offered through JEE Main.

WBJEE – 10% of the total seats across the private engineering institutes in West Bengal are offered through JEE Main.

HP CET – First 50% of the total seats in all institutes are offered on the basis of JEE Main merit/rank.

REAP – 15% of the seats across the private-unaided engineering institutions and 15% seats at self-financed courses offered by government-aided institutes are offered to candidates from other states based on JEE Main score or class 12th marks.

Institute Level B.Tech Admissions through JEE Main

JMI Admissions – B.Tech admissions at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) are offered based on JEE Main scores/ranks.

SASTRA University – Admission to B.Tech programmes at Sastra University is offered through the following 2 streams:

• 70% of the total seats are offered through Stream 1 (based on JEE Main scores) and +2 Marks.

• 30% of the total seats are offered through Stream 2 (based on +2 marks).

Nirma University -

• 50% of the total Seats are reserved for candidates who have passed the qualifying exam or class 12th from schools located in Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

• 35% of the total seats are reserved for All India Quota Seats. For all India seats, candidates should have passed the qualifying exam/class 12th from the schools located in India (including Gujarat State) and should have taken JEE Main.

• 15% of the total seats are reserved for NRI/NRI-sponsored candidates.

Thapar University – Thapar University offers B.E. admissions based on JEE Main and class 12th marks.

Harcourt Butler – 100% of seats are reserved for UP-domiciled candidates based on their JEE Main score.

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology – Around 70% of seats are offered through JEE Main score