How much mark in JEE Mains is sufficient for NIT Trichy?
JEE Main marks required for NIT Trichy — this is one of the most Googled cutoff questions, and the answer is highly nuanced by branch, category, and state.
JEE Main marks/percentile for NIT Trichy (2024 JoSAA data):
- CSE (most competitive): For General/OS (Outside State): Typically requires 99+ percentile (absolute score ~280+/300). Home state Tamil Nadu quota: ~97-98 percentile.
- ECE: General/OS: ~98-99 percentile. Home state: ~96-97 percentile.
- Mechanical / Civil: General/OS: ~94-96 percentile. Home state: ~92-94 percentile.
- Less competitive branches (Production, Metallurgy): General/OS: ~90-93 percentile.
Marks vs. Percentile context:
- 99 percentile ? 230-250 marks out of 300 (depends on paper difficulty and number of test-takers).
- These cutoffs shift 2-5 percentile points each year based on overall difficulty.
Category consideration:
- OBC: Approximately 3-4 percentile lower than General for same branch.
- SC: ~10-12 percentile lower.
- ST: ~15-20 percentile lower.
Use JoSAA historic cutoff data (josaa.nic.in) for the most accurate branch/round/category breakdown from last 3 years. NIT Trichy CSE is genuinely one of the hardest NIT branches to get into — only IIT branches with similar difficulty are reference.
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JEE Main marks required for NIT Trichy:
this depends on your category and home state. NIT Trichy is among India's top 5 NITs — very competitive:
for Tamil Nadu (HS quota) students:
- CSE/ECE: need 99%+ percentile (typically 99.5+ for CSE)
- Mech/EE: 98%+ percentile
- Other branches: 95%+ percentile
for outside Tamil Nadu (OS quota) students:
- CSE: need 99.8+ percentile. basically top 2,000-3,000 nationally
- ECE: 99.5+ percentile
- Mech/EE: 99%+ percentile
in actual marks (out of 300): roughly 250+ for CSE OS quota (varies year to year). NIT Trichy OS CSE typically requires top 1,000-2,000 marks nationally in JEE Main.
always check the official JoSAA website for previous year cutoffs at josaa.admissions.nic.in — those are the most accurate numbers by category/quota.
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NIT Trichy JEE Main cutoff percentile 2023 for General, EWS, SC, ST, and OBC, has been released so that candidates can be aware of the minimum marks required to get admission. This cutoff is released in the form of opening and closing ranks. You need to rank higher than the closing ranks to grab a seat.
NIT Trichy JEE-Main Cutoff 2023 for various categories has been tabulated below The overall cutoff for JEE-Main is 358 - 14406 rank.
|
Courses |
2023 (Cutoff By Rank) |
2022 (Cutoff By Rank) |
|
B.Arch |
358 |
797 |
|
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering |
4661 |
3730 |
|
B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering |
6871 |
7437 |
|
B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
9254 |
9847 |
|
B.Tech Instrumentation & Control Engineering |
14406 |
Based on experts' analysis the minimum marks required to make it into NIT Trichy should be between 121 – 140.
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To get admission into NIT Trichy, you will need to score above 180. The specific cutoff differs based on branch each year. Here are the details regarding NIT Trichy cutoff for general category students.
| Specialization | 2021(Round 6) | 2021(Round 1) |
| Chemical Engineering | 14501 | 11137 |
| Civil Engineering | 16034 | 13212 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 714 | 386 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 6417 | 4818 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 3105 | 2773 |
| Instrumentation and Control Engineering | 14372 | 11856 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 9035 | 7320 |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 20612 | 16986 |
| Production Engineering | 22732 | 18928 |
Circuital branches like CSE, ECE, etc. have higher cutoff compared to other branches.
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If you are from the general category, you should have a score of at least 180+ to get into NIT T. For branches like Computer Science you will need a score of around 250+. For the OBC category, the required score stays around 150. While for SC/ST category, it’s around 100+.
NIT Trichy Cutoff:
| Courses | Cutoff |
| Architecture | 262-586 |
| Chemical | 9996-14501 |
| Civil | 386-16034 |
| CSE | 1-714 |
| EEE | 2608-6417 |
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