Got 99 Percentile in JEE Main 2026; which college and branch (CSE, ME, CE, EE, ECE) you may get?

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Updated on Jan 21, 2026 11:06 IST
JEE Main 2026 result will be released soon. Know which college and branch you may get on scoring 99 Percentile in JEE Main 2026. Provided here is a list of colleges offering various courses through JEE Main score. You can check cutoff of various colleges to know the changes of getting admissions based on JEE Main scores obtained.

Qualified JEE Main 2026. Read the article below to know which college or branch you may get on scoring 99 percentile.

Got 99 Percentile in JEE Main 2020; which college and branch (CSE, ME, CE, EE, ECE) you may get

Got 99 Percentile in JEE Main 2026; which college and branch (CSE, ME, CE, EE, ECE) you may get? This is the biggest question in the minds of all those students who have done well in the JEE Main 2026 exam.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the JEE Main 2026 result in the form of the NTA Score/Percentile. To resolve their query about the college and branch they may get based on their percentile in JEE Mains, Shiksha.com has come up with a series of articles.

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Candidates must also not have any confusion regarding the NTA score and Percentile. Both are the same. The JEE Main result by the NTA comprises the subject-wise and aggregate percentile of candidates. These percentile scores are called the NTA Score. Now to answer the question, which college and branch (CSE, ME, CE, EE, ECE) a student may get after scoring 99 percentile, candidates can refer to the article below.

To start with, a general category candidate with the 99 percentile in JEE Main has the best option of NIT Tiruchirappalli for admission. It is so, in 2024, candidates with 99 percentile got ranks around 8,470. On this rank, candidates are likely to get Chemical Engineering in the aforesaid institute. The data is based on the JEE Main 2025 College Predictor prepared by Shiksha.com. Candidates can go through the table below to know more.

Round Closing Rank 2025 Closing Rank 2024 Closing Rank 2023
1 8983 8470 8791
2 9310 9854 10071
3 9310 9854 10135
4 9310 9854 10135
5 9400 9854 10144
6 9400 9854 12056

Candidates can refer to the table below to know about the other options they may have based on their JEE Main 2026 percentile:

Institute: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut

Engineering Stream: BTech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

9328

10007

9041

2

10256

10506

9436

3

10304

10686

9452

4

10304

10686

9452

5

10372

10710

9824

6

10452

11063

11805

Institute: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat

Engineering Stream: BTech in Electrical Engineering

Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

10385

11693

12854

2

11150

12358

13730

3

11186

12488

13730

4

11270

12550

13730

5

11270

12663

13790

6

11438

13000

15976

Institute: Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur

Engineering Stream: BTech in Electrical Engineering

Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

10188

10749

11234

2

10536

11807

11905

3

10553

11864

11929

4

10571

11908

11929

5

10652

11923

12035

6

10690

11969

13406

Institute: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Delhi

Engineering Stream: BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

9240

10121

10865

2

10040

10768

11934

3

10235

10797

11934

4

10235

10797

11934

5

10235

11157

12156

6

10735

11606

13102

Candidates must note that the above colleges are based on the predictions made by the JEE Main college predictor of shiksha.com. As the above colleges are based on the previous year data, candidates must keep in mind that the above results may vary for the JEE Main 2026. This year, the exam is going to be conducted in two sessions: January and April.

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