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NTA has announced the new tie-breaking criteria for JEE 2025 exam on the official website. A common doubt for candidates attempting the JEE Main 2025 exam is What Is The Impact Of New Tie-Breaking Rules On JEE 2025 Aspirants? The most important effect of the new tie-breaking rules on candidates attempting JEE Main 2025 is the improved openness and fairness in the ranking system. The JEE Main tie-breaking policy is used when candidates score the same marks in the exam.
Last year’s JoSAA data indicates that leading NITs such as Surathkal, Rourkela, and Jaipur saw closing ranks below 7,000 for AI, ML, and Data Science programmes. The table below presents the closing ranks for these courses across various NITs, highlighting how the newer branches are increasingly competing with CSE.
Institute | Programme | Closing Rank |
NIT Karnataka, Surathkal | Artificial Intelligence | 2372 |
NIT, Rourkela | Artificial Intelligence | 3918 |
MNIT Jaipur | Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering | 6491 |
NIT Delhi | Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 6896 |
NIT, Kurukshetra | Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 8510 |
NIT, Kurukshetra | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 9204 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT, Surat | Artificial Intelligence | 9664 |
Dr. B R Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar | Data Science and Engineering | 14814 |
NIT Patna | Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 16537 |
NIT Sikkim | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 29014 |
JEE Main 2026: Closing ranks for AI, ML, data science at NITs highlight rising demand
The authority employs the JEE Main 2025 tie-breaking policy to decide which candidate gets a lower rank based on the pre-determined criteria. The authority is conducting the JEE Main exam in 2 sessions, session 1 from January 22 to 31, 2025 and session 2 from April 1 to 8, 2025. It is important for candidates to understand the impact of the new tie-breaking criteria on JEE 2025 aspirants as it affects the way the ranks are allotted to the candidates.
Better focus on Mathematics: As Mathematics remains a core subject in engineering as well as one of the more technically difficult subjects, students should focus more on mathematics as it is the primary tie-breaking criteria.
Equal prioritisation for all subjects: The new policy ensures that candidates pay equal attention in all subjects. While Mathematics NTA score is the first priority for the tie-breaking, physics and chemistry come next for the tie breaking parameters. Hence, candidates should pay equal attention to all 3 subjects
Focus on Accuracy and Problem solving: Candidates should also focus on the accuracy of the problem solving of the questions. Most of the questions asked in the JEE 2025 exam will be technical or conceptual, which require candidates to apply various concepts to answer the questions. The remaining tie-breaking criteria employed is the ratio of right to wrong answers by the candidates. This means that the candidates with higher correct answers and lower incorrect answers will be given priority. The correct to incorrect answers will be considered in the order of Maths, Physics and chemistry.
NOTE: For B.Arch and B.Planning, maths remains the top priority. Whereas physics will be replaced by Aptitude and Chemistry will be replaced by drawing and planning subjects respectively.
The following changes were employed by NTA as the revised tie-breaking policy. The authority made changes in the tie-breaking criteria in both paper 1 and 2 of the JEE Main 2025 exam.
NTA score in Mathematics,
NTA score in Physics,
NTA score in Chemistry,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Physics in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Chemistry in the Test
If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.
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NTA score in Mathematics,
NTA score in Aptitude Test,
NTA score in Drawing Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics (Part-I) in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Aptitude Test (Part-II) in the Test
If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank
NTA score in Mathematics,
NTA score in Aptitude Test,
NTA score in Planning Based Questions,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics (Part- I) in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Aptitude Test (Part- II) in the Test,
Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Planning Based Questions (Part-III) in the Test
If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
No, the authority has not removed the 75% criteria in the JE Main 2025 exam.
According to the new tie-breaking rules, mathematics should be given slightly more priority but candidates should focus on all subjects equally.
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Hi dear candidate,
There would be two sessions in JEE 2026 exam, one in January and other in April and there is NO compulsion to give both it's student's choice, they can appear in any one session.
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Below are formula books for each subject:
Maths - Handbook of Mathematics Formulae for JEE by Career Point Kota (blue cover)
Physics: Physics Formula Book Class 11 & 12 | JEE, NDA, CUET, AAI, AT (testbook)
Chemistry: Chemistry Formulae and Definitions by R. Gupta
Hi dear candidate,
The major topics in JEE are electrodynamics, mechanics in physics whereas calculus, algebra in mathematics and chemical bonding, equilibrium in Chemistry.
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