JEE Main Cutoff 2022 – JEE Main Cutoffs are released along with results by NTA, the conducting authority, of the exam. JEE Main Cutoffs are the minimum NTA Score that a candidate must achieve in order to take JEE Advanced exam. Admissions cutoffs are the cutoffs imposed by the participating institutes (NITs, IIITs, CFTIs) for admission during JoSAA Counselling. Candidates who clear JEE Main Cutoffs would be eligible for the counselling process, and candidates who clear admission cutoffs would be able to enroll in a particular institute.
JEE Main Cutoff 2022
It is to be remembered that JEE Main cutoffs are not the Raw Scores of the candidates, but the normalized NTA scores (See Result). Also, the admission cutoffs are not the scores required for enrollment, but the opening and closing ranks of the candidates accepted for enrollment at participating institutes.
Remember: There are no qualifying cutoffs for JEE Main, only admission cutoffs set by participating institutes. JEE Main Cutoff is the minimum number of marks that a student must achieve to sit in JEE Advanced exam. Basically the cutoff deciding the top 1.5 Lakh candidates in JEE Main Exam
JEE Main Cutoff 2022 shall be available with the result of JEE Main 2022 after the second attempt.
JEE Main Cutoff for JEE Advanced
As explained above, the top 2.5 Lakh candidates in JEE Main are eligible to take the Advance exam for admissions into IITs, and IISc. The NTA scores achieved by the last candidate (for the category) of this 2.5 lakh roaster would form JEE Main Cutoffs.
Past years JEE Main cutoff for JEE Advanced is given in the table below:
Category | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Open | 87.8992241 | 90.3765335 | 89.7548849 | 74 | 81 | 100 | 105 |
Gen EWS | 66.2214845 | 70.2435518 | 78.2174869 | – | – | – | – |
OBC NCL | 68.0234447 | 72.8887969 | 74.3166557 | 45 | 49 | 70 | 70 |
SC | 46.8825338 | 50.1760245 | 54.0128155 | 29 | 32 | 52 | 50 |
ST | 34.6728999 | 39.0696101 | 44.3345172 | 24 | 27 | 48 | 44 |
PWD | 0.0096375 | 0.0618524 | 0.11371730 | -35 | 01 | – | – |
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JEE Main 2022 Admission Cutoff
JoSAA 2022 counselling is yet to commence. JEE Main Admission Cutoffs are decided by the participating institutes. They are not scores, but the opening and closing rank of the candidates accepted for admission at a particular institute.
Opening rank means the rank from which a particular colleges start to take admission.
Closing rank means the last rank up to which candidates are called for admission by the college.
These cutoffs are decided during JoSAA counseling Rounds, and a list is published after each round of the counselling
For JEE Main Previous Year Opening and Closing Ranks– Click here
FAQs on JEE Main 2022 Cutoff
Q1. Is there a qualifying cutoff for JEE Main 2022 Counselling?
No. JEE Main 2022 Cutoff is for taking the Advanced Exam
Q2. What are JEE Main Admission Cutoffs?
Admissions cutoffs are the cutoffs imposed by the participating institutes (NITs, IIITs, CFTIs) for admission during JoSAA counselling.
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