IIT Cutoff 2019 - Know Previous Year Opening & Closing Ranks
Joint Entrance Exam - Advanced 2026 ( JEE Advanced )
IIT cutoffs are the opening and closing ranks required for admissions to 23 IITs in India. These category wise cutoffs are released by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) for admissions to various programmes offered by IITs including BTech, BS, BArch, Dual Degree (BTech, MTech, BS, MS) and 5-year Integrated Masters (MTech, MSc, Dual Degree).
Engineering aspirants interested in admissions to the above programmes are required to meet the minimum IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) cut off for that year. In this article, you will read about the following:
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- Factors determining IIT Cut off for JEE Advanced
- IIT Cut off for admissions to courses offered by IITs
- IIT Admission Process
- Factors determining IIT Cut off for JEE Advanced
- IIT Cut off for BTech courses
- IIT Admission Process
Factors determining IIT Cut off for JEE Advanced
Given below are the factors that determine IIT cutoffs for admissions to courses offered through JEE Advanced:
- Number of aspirants appearing for the exam
- Performance of candidates in JEE Advanced exam
- The difficulty level of the exam
- Total number of seats available
IIT Cut off for BTech courses
JoSAA declares IIT cut off i.e. the category and course wise opening and closing ranks for 100 institutes participating in the joint counselling process. These include 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and 23 Other-GFTIs. Aspirants meeting the JoSAA cutoffs are required to participate in the counselling process for admissions to these institutes.
To be eligible for the JoSAA counselling process, candidates should have qualified the JEE Main and JEE Advanced. Take a look at the detailed JoSAA eligibility criteria here!
IIT cut offs for JEE Advanced 2019 will be released soon. Till then, take a look at the cut-offs for 2018 for reference below.
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IIT Admission Process
Admission to IITs is a three stage process:
Stage 1: The first stage is to qualify JEE Main. Top 2.45 lakh students who clear JEE Main will be eligible for JEE Advanced.
Stage 2: After meeting the minimum JEE Main cutoff, candidates will be required to appear for JEE Advanced. Admissions will be based on the rank acquired in JEE Advanced.
Stage 3: After JEE Advanced results are declared, students need to appear for JoSAA online counselling.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
To be eligible for JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling:
- Candidates should have JEE Advanced rank
- Candidates must have passed class 12 or equivalent exam
- Candidates should have studied Physics, Chemistry and Maths in class 12
- In class 12, canmdidates must have score 75% aggregate marks or must be in top 20 p
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
No, your candidature will be rejected as you need to have minimum of 75% in class 12 to be eligible for admisison to the IITs, NIT, IIITs and GFTIs via the JoSAA counselling. Even if you pass JEE Advanced and JEE Main, of you do not have 75% minimum marks in class 12 boards you will no get admission
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
Devdutta Majhi was the female topper in JEE Advanced 2025. She has scored 312 marks out of 360 marks and got anm all India rank of 16.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
In 2025, the number of male candidates who passed JEE Advanced were 44,974 and 9,404 females qualified.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
1,87,223 candidates registered for JEE Advanced 2025 and 1,80,422 appeared in the exam. Of them, 54,378 passed the JEE Advanced exam in 2025.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
No. The JEE Advanced counselling is held online only on the official website of JoSAA - josaa.nic.in. The counselling process includes:
- Registration
- Choice filling
- Mock seat allotment
- Seat allotment
- Online reporting (seat confirmation, payment of fee, freeze/slide/float)
- Document verification
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The official website for JEE Advanced counselling is josaa.nic.in. All details related to the JEE Advanced counselling is posted on the official website. Candidates have to register online for the counselling process at josaa.nic.in.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
The JEE Advanced counselling is held online on the official website - josaa.nic.in. The JEE Advanced counselling for IIT admission is called the JoSAA counselling. Only candidates with JEE Advanced rank are allowed to register for the counselling process.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
As per the analysis of the previous year data, the candidates belonging to general category must aim to score around 180 marks out of 360 to qualify the exam. 180+ marks will be a safe zone and will ensure that you pass the exam for IIT admissions. However, note that this marks will not get you a go
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
To get a JEE Advanced AIR below 5000, candidates must score around 145 marks out of 360 as per the 2025 data.
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Contributor-Level 6