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Last updated on 30 Nov '25

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The NIMCET 2026 application form is anticipated to be available in April 2026 for admission to the MCA course.

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NIT Jamshedpur MCA Eligibility & Highlights 2024
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NIT Jamshedpur MCA Admission Dates 2024
NIT Jamshedpur MCA Admission 2024: How to Apply?
MNNIT Allahabad MCA Cutoff 2024
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NIT Jamshedpur MCA Eligibility & Highlights 2024

NIT Jamshedpur offers an MCA course that is a three-year (six semesters) full-time course. NIT Jamshedpur MCA admission is based on candidates' performance in the National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET), followed by a central counselling process. Given below is the minimum eligibility criteria for the NIT Jamshedpur MCA course:

Eligibility: Bachelor's degree with 60% aggregate from a recognised university

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NIMCET

Graduation score60%

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Q: Is NIMCET required for MCA at NIT Jamshedpur?

Yes, admission to NIT Jamshedpur MCA programme is based on NIMCET score jointly conducted by NITs and through centralised common counseling. NIMCET is conducted once in a year in computer-based mode. It is a two hour test comprising 120 questions. Candidates are alloted seats based on their NIMCET rank through counselling.

Q: What is the eligibility for admission to MCA at NIT Jamshedpur?

Candidates need to pass BSc or BCA from a recognised university with Mathematics or Statistics as one of the papers with at least 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA (55% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ ST/ PwD candidates). Aspirants must hold the documents proving their eligibility for verification at the time of admission. Besides, aspirants also need to pass NIMCET for MCA admission.

Q: Is MCA available at NIT Jamshedpur?

Yes, MCA programme at NIT Jamshedpur is a three-year (six-semester) full-time programme. National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET), which is followed by central counselling is conducted for admission to MCA course. Aspirants who have passed graduation can apply for NIT Jamshedpur MCA programme.

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NIT Jamshedpur MCA Admission Dates 2024

Find below the important NIT Jamshedpur MCA course admissions:

Dates	Upcoming Events
Apr '26-May '26	NIMCET 2026 Application FormTentative
Jun '26	NIMCET 2026 Admit CardTentative
Jun '26	NIMCET 2026 Exam DateTentative
Jun '26	NIMCET 2026 ResultTentative
Jun '26-Jul '26	NIMCET Counselling Registration and Choice FillingTentative

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Q: What is the cutoff for MCA in NIT Jamshedpur?

NIT Jamshedpur offers MCA course based on JEE Main scores. Candidates having valid NIMCET ranks will be allowed to take part in counselling rounds. Considering the NIT Jamshedpur NIMCET cutoff 2025, the closing rank for the General AI category stood at 448. Comparing the 2025 cutoff with previous year, an increase in closing ranks can be visible in 2025. Check out the NIT Jamshedpur MCA year-wise Round 2 closing ranks from the table below:

Course	2023	2025
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)	466	448

Q: What is the duration of the MCA course at NIT Jamshedpur?

NIT Jamshedpur offers an MCA course that is a three-year (six semesters) full-time course. NIT Jamshedpur MCA admission 2023 is based on candidates performance in the National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET), followed by a central counselling process. Given below are the minimum eligibility criteria for the course, along with the seat intake and NIT Jamshedpur MCA fee:

Total seats: 115

Total fee: INR 1.4 lakh

Eligibility: Bachelor's degree with 60% aggregate from a recognised university

NIT Jamshedpur MCA Admission 2024: How to Apply?

National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur MCA course admissions are conducted in online mode. Candidates are chosen on entrance basis for the MCA course during the NIT, Jamshedpur admissions. The step-wise process is given below to fill out the NIMCET application form.

Step 1: Visit the official website of NIMCET and click on the registration link.

Step 2: Fill out the registration form.

Step 2: Upload all the required documents.

Step 3: After uploading the documents, Gen/EWS/OBC categories candidates need to pay the application fee of INR 2,500 and SC/ST category candidates need to pay INR 1,250.

Step 4: The application form will be submitted automatically after successfully paying the application fees.

MNNIT Allahabad MCA Cutoff 2024

NIMCET cut-off 2024 for NIT Jamshedpur MCA admission has been released. The Round 4 cut-off for the students belonging to the General AI quota is 464. The closing rank for Round 4 cut-off in 2023 was 470. Comparing the closing ranks for the two years, NIT Jamshedpur MCA cut-off 2024 has witnessed an improving trend. Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the year-wise cut-off ranks for the General category:

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NIMCET Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India)

Course	2023	2024	2025
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)	470	464	452

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Specialization	Curriculum
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

NIT Jamshedpur MCA
Seats

115

Total Seats Available

Courses	Seats
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)	115

NIT Jamshedpur MCA Placements 2024

Below are the placement details:-

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Highest package	INR 83.40 LPA	INR 82 LPA
Average package	INR 15.98 LPA	INR 12.63 LPA
No. of offers	750+	725+
Companies visited	250+	260+
No. of new recruiters	90+	100+
Placement rate	98.87%	93.76%

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Students get substantial industry exposure

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NIT Jamshedpur vs NIT Patna vs NIT Allahabad

Students can do a quick MCA comparison at a few similar NITs based on total tuition fee and average package:

Institute Name	MCA Total Tuition Fee	MCA Average Package
NIT Jamshedpur	INR 1.4 lakh	INR 14.7 LPA
NIT Patna	INR 2 lakh	NA
NIT Allahabad	INR 1.4 lakh - INR 2.1 lakh	INR 13.49 LPA

Note: The fee is taken from an unofficial source and are indicative. Also, the average package mentioned for NIT Jamshedpur is the overall placement data.

College	Median Salary	Total Tuition Fees	Ranking
NIT Jamshedpur	-/-	-/-	-/-
NIT Raipur Compare	-/-	₹ 2.1 L	-/-
NIT Agartala Compare	-/-	₹ 2.1 L	-/-
NIT Kurukshetra Compare	₹ 8 LPA	₹ 2.1 L - 6 L	-/-
BIT Mesra Compare	₹ 7.1 LPA	₹ 5.31 L	-/-
NIT Patna Compare	₹ 6 LPA	₹ 3 L - 7.5 L	-/-

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Top recruitment companies for MCA NIT Jamshedpur are Amazon, Amdocs, Nokia, Deloitte, Factset, Cerner, EXL, Tincture, Jugnoo, Bobble and Jaro.

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Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Batch of 2025

5Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money

Overall, good classrooms and hostel facilities are there.

Placements: Approximately 85% of students got placed every year. The highest package is about 45 LPA and the minimum is 5 LPA. Companies like Amdocs, Deloitte, Genpact, etc., mostly offer SDE, Backend Developer, ML Engineer, etc. Approximately 35% of students get internships every year in companies like those provided above.

Infrastructure: The hostel, lab, and library have both Wi-Fi facilities, as well as in the hostel. Each room has a LAN port available with fast internet connectivity. Food quality is average in the mess and in the canteen. Medical facilities are good. Also, there is a cafeteria on campus with decent food quality and average pricing.

Faculty: Teachers are highly qualified and experts in specific domains. There is the competitive experience between students to motivate each other to do more. Semester exams are moderate; if you study well, you can easily pass the exams. The minimum passing percentage is 35 in each subject.

Other: This course is awesome if you want to become a software engineer. You can get any kind of placement, which will be achievable after B.Tech. Campus conducts two major fests: Culfest and Ojass Tech Fest.

Reviewed on 8 Jan 2025Read More

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Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Batch of 2024

4.6

4Placements5Infrastructure4Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money

Really good infrastructure and good placements.

Placements: 51% of students are placed right now. 24 LPA is the highest package and 6 LPA is the lowest package. The top recruiting companies are Intellect Design, Amdocs, etc. 30% of students get the opportunity to intern at BlueYonder and Flexcar . Top role offered is SDE.

Infrastructure: Wi-Fi are available all around the campus (in the hostel, library, and labs). The infrastructure is very good. Hostel infrastructure are very good and very clean. Food is available in the mess and canteen. There are several canteen in campus. A night canteen is also there. Medical and sports facilities are there.

Faculty: Faculty are very helpful, qualified and knowledgeable; most of them have PhDs in their respective fields. The teaching quality is very good. Yes, this course makes the students industry-ready. The difficulty of the exam is moderate to high. The passing percentage is 33%.

Other: The placement for this course is very good and the exposure to coding is very high. Some practical knowledge should be given to students for this improvement. Events and fests are done in a regular manner.

Reviewed on 6 Apr 2024Read More

Anonymous

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Batch of 2026

3.6

4Placements3Infrastructure4Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life3Value for Money

Short Glimpse of NIT - JSR.

Placements: Worthy placements but down a bit in recession period. The B.Tech guys have very good placement states. Also for MCA guys there are very good handsome offers. The seniors are very cooperative for this also. They will guide you thoroughly along your journey and provide all the materials needed.

Infrastructure: Hostels are not available for 1st year MCA and all year M.Tech and Ph.D. Wi-Fi LAN is available in the campus and you can enjoy A/C classrooms all the time. You will not be bored in the campus. The Central library is also well maintained and everything is upto the mark.

Faculty: Faculty members are experienced and well qualified. Exams are also according to the academic calender and well monitored. You have to maintain mandatory 75% attendance here, else you will not be allowed to sit in the exams. Result is shown in the Online mode with college Mail Id only.

Reviewed on 27 Oct 2023Read More

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Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Batch of 2015

4.2

4Placements4Infrastructure5Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money

Our college has good infrastructure.

Placements: Around 95% of the students got placed in MCA. The average salary package offered was 9 LPA. Companies like Wipro, etc., are the top recruiting companies. About 95% of the students got internships from MCA in top companies like Wipro, Amazon, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Honda, Google, etc.

Infrastructure: Facilities and infrastructure like Wi-Fi, labs, classroom, and library are well organised. The quality of the facilities in our hostel is not well-organised but it is good. The quality of food served is average in the mess and canteen. Medical facilities are good enough.

Faculty: I am highly impressed with the helpful teachers of our college. Teachers are well qualified and knowledgeable and are they always ready to help. Their teaching quality is also very good. The course curriculum is relevant, and it also makes students industry-ready.

Reviewed on 6 May 2021Read More

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Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Batch of 2022

3.6

4Placements4Infrastructure3Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life3Value for Money

It is a good college to study and worth the money. It has good placements records.

Placements: Almost 90% of the students got placed. The highest salary package offered is 30 LPA, the average salary package offered is 10 LPA and the lowest salary package offered is 7-7.50 LPA. Almost 20% of the students got an internship. Students should have programming skills and management skills. Many placements and companies are coming with various job profiles. As per the interest of students, they can sit in placements.

Infrastructure: Labs for coding classes, classrooms environment and the environment in the library are good. Recently a new building is constructed in which we have a good canteen. There are also water cooler and canteen with various dishes, and as per students taste, they can eat.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful, knowledgeable, and they have good knowledge and teaching skills. The course is relevant. It has scope for better curriculum, and this curriculum provides good subjects like oracle, java, networking and hardware relative. It almost covers all subjects of IT.

Other: Hostel facilities and classrooms are good, and there are also big grounds to play.

Reviewed on 29 Oct 2020Read More

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Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Batch of 2022

3.4

4Placements3Infrastructure3Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life3Value for Money

Really awesome college in terms of placement, faculty, facilities and infrastructure.

Placements: 1)-The placement statistics in 2019 for our MCA course is 95-99 students getting placed. 2)-The highest package 29 Lacs and the lowest package 4.5 Lacs and Average package is 8 Lacs. 3)-Amazon, Jugnoo, FACTSET are the top recruiters. 4)-Software Developer, software engineer are the roles offered. 5)-50 percent got an internship in Goldman Sachs, HackerEarth, presbyter.

Infrastructure: 1) There are well-equipped Wi-Fi labs available for MCA students there are two special labs available. We have a special classroom for 2nd year and 3rd-year students. We have one central library. 2) Good quality of food available in mess and canteen. There is also medical dispensary available also. good facilities for sports and games are also available.

Faculty: 1) Teaching quality is Good, They are helpful, qualified and knowledgeable as well. 2) This course is very relevant as It is a Master degree. It gives us a platform to be a software developer, software engineer and made us well aware in the field of Computer Science and IT sector.

Other: 1) I choose MCA course as I am keen to become a software developer also it is the best course if someone has a non-tech Bachelor degree. 2) I want we have some hardware related course added to our course as our course is fully based on computer applications and software. 3) There are many events organised by our course society named "society of computer Applications" in NIT Jamshedpur. In college, there are three fests organised at mass level named Culfest (cultural fest, urja (sports and games fest), ojass (Techno Fest). Good connectivity with bus stand named mango and Railway station. There is no scholarship available for MCA students from the college. Campus surroundings and Extracurricular Activities are also best in our college.

Reviewed on 25 May 2020Read More

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Q: Is cracking NIMCET easy?

As it is an entrance examination conducted for the MCA course, Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning, Computer Awareness, General English and Mathematics are compulsory subjects or sections in the NIMCET exam pattern. So, if a candidate is good in mathematics, then it is easy to crack the National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET). Around 25,000 students register for NIMCET each year and approximately 805 seats are offered in 11 NITs across India. For more details regarding NIMCET, click here.

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What is the eligibility criteria for various courses offered at NIT Jamshedpur?

Answered 2 months ago

NIT Jamshedpur gives BTech, MTech, MCA, MSc, and PhD courses in the fields of Engineering, Science, and Humanities. Students ought to complete the requirements criteria to be able to apply for the courses. Students can refer to the columns below:

Courses	Eligibility Criteria
BE / BTech - HSC with a minimum 75% aggregate ME/ MTech -BE/BTech in relevant subject with a minimum 60% aggregate MCA -Graduation with at least 60% aggregate or equivalent CGPA MSc -BSc with a minimum aggregate of 60% PhD -Graduation with a minimum aggregate of 60%

Chanchal Gaurav

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What is the eligibility criteria for Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) at NIT Jamshedpur?

Answered 2 months ago

To apply for Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access scholarship at NIT Jamshedpur, candidates should fulfil the basic eligibility criteria. The qualifications are in pointers:

Students from socially and economically disadvantaged sections in the BPL category.
Students ought to complete HSC.
1st-

Kartik Sharma

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What is the minimum rank required to get a seat at NIT Jamshedpur for MCA?

Answered 2 months ago

If you belong to the General AI category, the minimum cutoff required was 444 in NIMCET during the Round 1 cutoff list. NIMCET is the accepting exam for NIT Jamshedpur admission to the MCA course, ranking for R1-

Category	2025 NIMCET Cutoff (Round 1 Closing Ranks)
General	444
OBC	519
SC	2347
ST	4402
EWS	534
PWD	6931

Indrani Tyagi

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What is the NIT Jamshedpur BTech fee?

Answered 4 months ago

NIT Jamshedpur BTech tuition fees is INR 5 lakh and the hostel charges are INR 1.28 lakh. Candidates who get a seat during allotment procedure have to submit documents and pay the fees. NIT Jamshedpur fee structure can include various components, such as tuition fee, security deposit, library fee, e

Saumya Shukla

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Can I get into BTech at NIT Jamshedpur without JEE?

Answered 4 months ago

No, NIT Jamshedpur BTech course admission is through JEE Main only. Candidates seeking admission must have a valid score in the national-level exam. The counselling body releases cutoff mark as well. Students who meet the NIT Jamshedpur BTech cutoff can take part in counselling for seat allotment. T

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