The JEE Main Cutoff 2021 will be declared after the announcement of the results of JEE Main (April) 2021 Exam. However; the National Testing Agency has declared the results of JEE Main (January) 2021 Exam on January 18^th, 2021 at their official website. The qualifying cutoff marks will be declared along with the JEE Main (April) 2021 exam, the candidates who will find themselves in the qualifying cutoff list will be eligible for the second phase of JEE exam that is JEE Advanced, which will be conducted on May 2021 for admissions into IITs.

The cutoff marks depend on various factors such as the number of applicants, the level of question paper etc. The cutoff will be different for different categories. For more details regarding JEE Main Cutoff 2020 go through the article.

JEE Main Cutoff Types

The cutoff is the minimum score required in to clear the JEE Main 2020 Exam and participate into the counseling. This cutoff is of two types:

• JEE Main Qualifying Cutoff 2020, declared by National Testing Agency (NTA)
• JEE Main Admission Cutoff 2020, declared by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA)

Please go through the below table, you will understand the cutoff types:

Factors to Determine JEE Main Cut-off Marks:

Several factors are to be taken into consideration while determining the JEE Main cutoff marks. They are –

1. Total number of applications received for the exam
2. Total number of students taking the test
3. The level of difficulty in the exam
4. Total available seats
5. Cut off marks of last years
6. Total number of questions asked in the exam
7. Admission sought in a particular category

JEE Main Cutoff 2020 for JEE Advanced 2020
Although there is no minimum marks required to qualify JEE Main. But all candidates who appear for JEE Main exam will get a rank on the basis of their percentiles. However, as per the decision of the IITs, a minimum percentile is required for each category, based on that top 2.5 lakh candidates are allowed to appear into JEE Advanced 2020 in order to get admission in the IITs for engineering and Technology courses.

JEE Main 2020 Opening and Closing Ranks
This is available in the form of ranks and not marks. The candidates who do not clear the JEE Advanced cutoff or are not interested in admission to the IITs, must participate in JoSAA counseling. Each of the participating NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, SFTIs etc., announces their opening and closing ranks for admission after each JosAA counseling round.

Opening rank means the rank from which a particular college starts to take admission, whereas the Closing rank means the last rank upto which candidates are called for admission by the college.

JEE Main Cutoff 2020 (Expected) – Previous Year Cutoffs

It is quite difficult to expect the JEE Main cutoff. This is because it is based on the percentile score of the candidates after comparing the scores of April and Jan attempt. However, as per the previous year trends, the below expected cutoff has been given by the experts.

Previous year JEE Main Cutoff Trends (2015 – 2019)

Here is a glance at the previous year’s JEE Main cutoff trends:

JEE Main 2020 Result

The results for Paper-I and Paper-II for the JEE Main (January) 2020 exam has been released. Candidates can check the same on the official website (NTA or JEE Main website). The next session of the exam will be conducted in April, here is the detailed schedule:

How to check JEE Main 2020 Result?

• Log on to the official website of JEE Main – www.jeemain.nic.in.
• Click on the link ‘JEE (Main) January 2020 NTA Score (Paper 1 and Paper 2)’ button.
• Enter application number, date of birth, enter security pin to log-in.
• The result will appear on the screen
• Download the scorecard and take a printout for further use.
• The final merit list will be prepared after the declaration of JEE Main 2020 April session result.

JEE Main Rank List

The JEE Main authority will release All India Rank (AIR) in June last week. Also, the All India Rank of a candidate will be the basis for admission into NITs, IIITs and other GFTIs. Further, the candidates will get the call for counseling on the basis of marks obtained in the JEE Main exam. Further, the merit list will be available by taking into account the JEE main score and 12^th board percentage. However, there will be a separate merit list will for each category.

What does NTA score means?
In the scorecard for JEE Main (January) 2020, the NTA score means “Normalized scores across multi session papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session.”

It also says “The NTA Score indicates the percentage of candidates who have scored EQUAL TO OR BELOW (same or lower raw scores) a particular candidate in that session.”

And the NTA scores of a candidate can be calculates by below formula:
(100 X Number of candidates appeared in the ‘Session’ with raw score EQUAL TO OR LESS than the candidate) / (Total number of candidates appeared in the ‘Session’).

The NTA score is NOT the same as percentage of marks obtained and also the NTA score of the total is NOT an average or aggregate of the NTA score of individual subject.

JEE Main 2019 Opening and Closing Rank

In the table below, we have provided opening and closing rank for some of the top NITs. It has been prepared based on previous year information and our team will try to update as soon as JoSAA counseling starts.

Note: Above tabulated opening and closing ranks in the Round 1.

List of NITs in India accepting JEE Main Score

List of IIITs in India accepting JEE Main Score

List of CFTIs and SFTIs accepting JEE Main Score

Here is the list of CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutes) in India accepting JEE Main score for Admission to Engineering and Technology courses.

• Assam University, Silchar
• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
• Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar
• Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Bhadohi
• Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management, Ahmedabad
• Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur
• J.K. Institute of Applied Physics & Technology, University of Allahabad- Allahabad
• National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Aurangabad
• National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology, Hatia, Ranchi
• Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal
• Mizoram University, Aizawl
• School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur
• School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal
• School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi
• School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada
• Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir
• Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
• HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar
• International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur
• Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur
• Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam
• Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur
• National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Sonepat

Some of the states and institutes in India also considering JEE Main score to select students for engineering and technology programmes. Here is the list of those colleges and states:

• Gujarat
• Haryana
• Madhya Pradesh
• Nagaland
• Odisha
• Uttarakhand
• Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar
• Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Space Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram
• Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
• Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi
• Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, New Delhi
• Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (under Delhi University)
• Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Those who are appear for JEE Main 2020 exam, but their ranks are not that good so that they will get admission in engineering and technology courses in NITs, IIITs, or GFTIs in the counseling, they can try for some self-financing or deemed universities or some private engineering across the country. Here we are going to share a list of those engineering colleges.

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani
• Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
• PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
• Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal
• RV College of Engineering (RVCE), Bangalore
• VIT University, Vellore
• Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai
• SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
• Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
• PES University, Bangalore
• Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore
• Alagappa Institute of Technology, Karaikudi
• Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara, Kochi
• Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET), Lucknow
• SASTRA University, Thanjavur
• Amrita Institute of Technology & Science, Coimbatore
• Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
• D.J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai
• Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune
• Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai
• BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
• M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
• Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune
• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
• SRM University, Chennai
• SDM College of Engineering & Technology, Dharwad
• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar
• Institute of Technology – Nirma University, Ahmedabad
• Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering & Management, Nagpur
• BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli
• Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Noida
• Sreenidhi Institute of Science & Technology, Hyderabad
• Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune
• JSS Academy of Technical Education (JSSATE), Noida
• K.L. University, Guntur
• Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi
• Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore
• Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology, Chennai
• Sathyabama University, Chennai
• National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore
• GITAM University, Visakhapatnam
• Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore
• Sagar Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal
• Institute of Technology & Management, Gurgaon
• JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore
• MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore
• Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada
• Sona College of Technology, Salem
• Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram

In some of these Top Engineering Colleges without JEE Main admission can happen, most of those conducting their own entrance exams such as VITEEE, BITSAT, MET, UPESEAT, KIITEE, SRMJEEE, etc., or participating in state-level entrance exam like COMEDK, MHT-CET, KCET, EAMCET, TANCET, KEAM are the few names.

Frequently Asked Questions on JEE Main Cutoff

Here are some FAQs in which we will help you understand about JEE Main Cutoff 2020, so here are they.
Q1. How much Marks are needed to qualify JEE Main?
The qualifying marks is the minimum required marks to get eligible for JEE Advance Exam. This mark is different for each category students.

Q2. What is NTA Score in the JEE Main Score Card?
The NTA score in the JEE Main Score Card means “Normalized scores across multi session papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session.”

Q3. What is the different between Qualifying and Admission Cutoff?
Qualifying Cutoff is released by National Testing Agency (NTA), which is the qualifying cutoff is prepared for screening of candidates for JEE Advanced. Those candidates who meet the qualifying cutoff will be eligible to attempt JEE Advanced.

Admission Cutoff is the minimum marks required to have higher chances of allotment into the institute. JoSAA will be releasing the admission cutoff of JEE Main on the behalf of the participating institutes.