M.Sc. in Physics 

at NIT Nagaland, Dimapur

NIT  Nagaland is among the newly established NITs in the northeast region. It managed to secure 201-250 band under Engineering category. As for its placement,   NIT Nagaland hasn't released the 2023 placement report. However, its previous year's placement was very decent. The the highest and mean package offered during NIT Nagaland placements 2022 stood at INR 45 LPA and  INR 8.09 LPA, respectively. Further, the top recruiters during NIT Nagaland placements 2022 included TCS, Deloitte and Infosys. Apart from this, according to NIT Nagaland NIRF report 2023, the median package offered during NIT Nagaland BTech and MTech placements 2022 stood at INR 9 LPA and INR 10.05 LPA, respectively.

NIT Nagaland considers the scores of IIT-JAM for admission to the MSc programme. Followed by IIT JAM, students have to go through the CCMN counselling for final seat allotment to the institute. In addition to the exam, students must also meet the minimum eligibility criteria set by the institute which is to have a bachelor’s degree, namely BSc (Hons) in Physics with first class or 6.5 CGPA for General and OBC candidates and 55% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA in 10 scale grading for SC and ST candidates.

NIT Nagaland application process is completely online and done via the JEE Main official website. Candidates applying through the JEE Main must follow the steps below: 

Step 1: Visit the official website of IIT JAM

Step 2: Click on JOAPS portal and register yourself with all the required details

Step 3: Now fill out the IIT JAM application form online with Exam details, Exam centre details, Exam centre details, Correspondence address, etc. and upload a photograph and signature.

Step 4: Pay the IIT JAM application fee. After checking these details, candidates need to click on the 'Proceed to Payment' button.

Step 5: Now candidates must download and print out the IIT JAM application form

Yes, NIT Nagaland does offers MSc at postgraduate level. The MSc specialisation offered are in Physics and Chemistry at NIT Nagaland. Admission to the MSc programme is based on candidates performance in the qualifying exam i.e. bacheloir’s degree in BSc. Also candiates must apply via the CCMN counselling and later appear for the NIT Nagaland entrance exam for the left over seats.

Admission to MSc at NIT Meghalaya is based on the CCMN counselling process. CCMN released cutoff for admission to the institute. Find below the CCMN cutoff for M.Sc in Physics for 2023:

After JEE session 2 is completed, only those candidates who are aiming for IITs need to start preparing for JEE Advanced after clearing JEE Main. Those who are above the 98th percentile should start preparing for JEE Advanced as soon as possible. Those below this, between the 95th and 98th percentile, should focus on attempting more mock tests and previous year question papers so that they have a better chance of clearing JEE Advanced

Yes, it is possible to get admission to NIT Nagaland with a rank of 50000. NIT Nagaland JEE Main cutoff 2025 for the General AI category was ranged between 36109 and 57538. Looking at the cutoff range, we can say that getting at NIT Nagaland at 50000 rank is possible among the General AI category candidates. 

National Institute of Technology Nagaland and National Institute of Technology Meghalaya are the two prominent colleges for MSc admissions. Both colleges accept IIT JAM scores, followed by CCMN counselling for MSc admission. NIT Nagaland CCMN cutoff 2025 has been released for Round 1, wherein the closing rank for MSc in Physics was 1835 for the General AI quota. Similarly, for NIT Meghalaya, the cutoff rank stood at 1686. 

As per the cutoff information available, it can be observed that NIT Nagaland is comparatively more demanding among the candidates. So, it depends on the marks of the candidates. Additionally, students can also refer to the table below to do a comparative analysis of which college is better considering other parameters such as ranking and tuition fees:

Let's compare other aspects for thorough understanding from the table given below:

NIT Nagaland offers admission to the MSc courses based on the IIT JAM entrance exam, followed by the CCMN counselling process. For 2025 admission, the Round 1 closing ranks varied between 1835 and 1858 for the students belonging to the General AI quota. Specialisation with the lowest cutoff rank of 1835 was M.Sc. in Physics. For other specialisations along with their GATE CCMN first-round closing ranks, check out the table provided below: