JEE Main Cut Off 2020

JEE Main Cut Off 2020 – From this page candidates can check JEE Main cut off.

However, it is important to know that there are 2 types of JEE Main cutoff.

The first is minimum marks to be eligible to apply for JEE Advanced.
The second is the minimum rank needed to get admission in the NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, etc also known as the opening and closing ranks.

JEE Main 2020 cutoff to be eligible for JEE Advanced 2020 is made available via the scorecard of JEE Main 2020 after Jan and Apr attempts. On the other hand, the minimum ranks for admission in NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, etc are revealed when JoSAA counselling starts. For more details, candidates can check this page below.

The 2 types of JEE Main 2020 cutoff is explained below:

Type of cutoff	Who publishes	Where to check	When
Cutoff for JEE Advanced	NTA	jeemain.nta.nic.in	With JEE Main Apr result
Opening and Closing ranks	JoSAA	josaa.nic.in	Jun 2020

JEE Main 2020 cutoff for JEE Advanced 2020: There is no cutoff for qualifying JEE Main. All candidates who appear for the exam get a rank based on their percentile scores. However, as per the decision of the IITs, a minimum percentile score is decided for each category. Based on that, top 2.5 lakh candidates are allowed to appear for JEE Advanced for admission in the IITs in engineering and technology courses.

JEE Main 2020 cutoff for JEE Advanced 2020 will be available after the April attempt!

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

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

JEE Main 2020 Expected Cut off

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

The below given data is just for reference and is gathered from various reports:

Experts	Expected cutoff marks	Expected cutoff percentile
Roy’s institute	–	90 percentile and more
Jadavpur University	85 to 100	–
Gradeup	79 – 85	88 – 90 Percentile

JEE Main Previous Year Cut Off for JEE Advanced

Last year the candidates who got more than or equal to the percentile marks given below, were allowed to apply for JEE Advanced 2020:

Category	JEE Main 2019 Cut Off
Common Rank List	89.7548849
Gen EWS	78.2174869
OBC NCL	74.3166557
SC	54.0128155
ST	44.3345172
PWD	0.11371730

From each category, the number of candidates who qualified for JEE Advanced last year were:

Category	Number of Top Candidates
Open	108229
Open PwD	5696
Gen EWS	9310
Gen EWS PWD	490
OBC NCL	62843
OBC NCL PWD	3307
SC	34913
SC PWD	1837
ST	17456
ST PWD	919

JEE Main Previous Years Cut Off for JEE Advanced (2018 to 2015)

Note that until 2018, there was no percentile score feature in the exam. Thus, the cutoff marks for being eligible for JEE Advanced was declared in the form of raw scores of the candidates.

Category	2018	2017	2016	2015
Open	74	81	100	105
OBC NCL	45	49	70	70
SC	29	32	52	50
ST	24	27	48	44
PWD	-35	01	–	–

Factors Affecting JEE Main 2020 Cut Off for JEE Advanced 2020

There are various factors which affect the cut off for JEE Main 2020. These are as follows:

The number of candidates appearing in the JEE Main entrance exam
Total applications received for the programme to which candidate has sought admission
Total number of available seats
The difficulty level of the entrance exam
The category under which a candidate wishes to sough admission for

How is the JEE Main 2020 Percentile Score Calculated?

Since JEE Main started to be held in multiple days and shifts, the process of normalisation was started. This is done to rule out any differences in difficulty level across the shifts. The cutoff of JEE Main since 2019, is decided as per the percentile scores. Thus, you can check the video below to know how the normalisation of scores in JEE Main is done.

JEE Main Opening and Closing Rank for Admission in NITs, IIITs, CFTIs

After a candidate registers for JoSAA, the opening and closing ranks is decided by the participating colleges. The decision of the opening and closing ranks is based upon the below given factors:

The college and course opted by the candidates
The number of seats available in the college and course
Total number of students applying for the college and course

JEE Main 2020 Opening and Closing Ranks for Admission in NITs

Name of the NITs	Opening Rank and Closing Ranks
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Check here
National Institute of Technology Rourkela	Check here
National Institute of Technology Karnataka	Check here
National Institute of Technology Warangal	Check here
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	Check here
National Institute of Technology Jalandhar	Check here
Malaviya National Institute of Technology	Check here
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology	Check here
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology	Check here
National Institute of Technology Agartala	Check here
National Institute of Technology Calicut	Check here
National Institute of Technology Delhi	Check here
National Institute of Technology Goa	Check here
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	Check here
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya	Check here
National Institute of Technology Nagaland	Check here
National Institute of Technology Patna	Check here
National Institute of Technology Puducherry	Check here
National Institute of Technology Raipur	Check here
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh	Check here
National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur	Check here
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Check here
National Institute of Technology Manipur	Check here
National Institute of Technology Silchar	Check here
National Institute of Technology Srinagar	Check here
National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand	Check here
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology	Check here
National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh	Check here
National Institute of Technology Nagpur	Check here
National Institute of Technology Sikkim	Check here
National Institute of Technology Mizoram	Check here

JEE Main 2020 Opening and Closing Ranks for Admission in IIITs

Check below the opening and closing ranks of the IIITs:

JEE Main 2020 Opening / Closing Rank for GFTIs

You can check below the opening and closing ranks for GFTIs from below:

For more JEE Main cutoffs – Click here

What is Top 20 Percentile Cutoff Marks?

To be considered for admission in NIITS, IITs, etc, the candidate should have secured at least 75% marks in the class 12th examination (65% in case of SC/ST), or be in the top 20 percentile in class 12 exam conducted by the respective Boards. The candidates can check the previous year Top 20 percentile Cutoff marks for NITs, IIITs, and other GFTIs and IITs from below.

Top 20 percentile cut off marks For NITs, IIITs, and other GFTIs

Click Here to check the same.

Top 20 percentile cut off marks For IITs

Click Here to check the same.

JEE Main 2020 Result

In the JEE Main 2020 result that is available in the form of a scorecard, candidates can check their percentile score / NTA score in each of the sections and overall. However, the cutoff for JEE Advanced and all India ranks (AIR) is available in the JEE Main 2020 scorecard that is available after the April exam. The scorecard of JEE Main 2020 Jan and Apr attempt is released under the login of the candidates on jeemain.nta.nic.in. The scorecard must be downloaded and saved as it is needed at the time of admission.

JEE Main

National Testing Agency is responsible for conducting the national level engineering entrance exam – JEE Main, twice a year. This exam serves 2 purposes. First, it acts as an eligibility exam for JEE Advanced and second, entrance exam for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs etc. Admission is granted in B.E / B.Tech, B.Arch, and B.Plan courses. Apart from the IITs, IIITs, NITs, CFTIs, JEE Main scores are also accepted by many engineering colleges of the nation like Delhi Technological University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Punjab Technical University, etc.

National Testing Agency (NTA)

NTA is the conducting body of JEE Main. However, the responsibility of the body remains until the publication of the result. After that, the admission based on JEE Main scores is not under the responsibility of NTA. NTA conducts the exam in CBT mode in 200+ cities in India and across a few cities outside India. NTA looks after the application process, admit card release, exam conduction, answer key release, the release of question paper and response sheet and compilation & display of JEE Main result. The official website of NTA is nta.ac.in and nta.nic.in

JEE Main

To get fastest exam alerts and government job alerts in India, join our Telegram channel.