JoSAA Cutoff 2021 for IIITs (Reelased): Check Branch wise 2020 and 2019 Closing Rank
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JoSAA has announced the branch wise 2021 cutoffs for admission to IIITs at the official website. Read on to know more.
The exam authorities has released the JoSAA 2021 Cutoff for IIITs at the official website. JoSAA 2021 IIIT cutoffs is available on the official website of JoSAA for all counselling rounds. Candidates can also check the same here. JoSAA Cutoffs for IIITs are the closing ranks after which candidates were not allowed for admission to a stream or an institute.
Candidates must note that the cutoff of IIITs for top BTech branches is different for each institute, branch, category, state quota and gender. Candidates must note that the JoSAA has prepared IIITs cutoff for top BTech branches after considering various factors related to JEE Main. Seat availability and students’ choices. The JoSAA cutoff for IIITs are used for screening of students during counselling and seat allotment process. In addition to the JoSAA cutoff 2021, candidates must also fulfill general eligibility criteria of the institutes. Read below to know more about JoSAA cutoff for IIITs Branches.
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- JoSAA 2021 IIIT Cutoff for Top Engineering Branches
- JoSAA 2021 Cutoff for IIITs: Determining Factors
- FAQs Regarding JoSAA 2021 Cutoff for IIITs
JoSAA 2021 IIIT Cutoff for Top Engineering Branches
Candidates can check the JoSAA 2021 cutoff for top BTech branches and compare it with 2010 & 20219 in the table below. The cutoff is different for each institute, course, category, gender and state quota.
Commonly asked questions
Candidates who qualified for JEE Main and/or JEE Advanced can participate in JoSAA 2026. The JoSAA 2026 seat allotment results will be released in online mode after every round. Candidates will be allotted seats according to their merit, preferences, and availability of seats. After the declaration of the seat allotment results, JoSAA releases cutoffs separately for every round. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority will release Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 cutoffs on the official website at josaa.nic.in.
The authority will release the official schedule of the JoSAA. It is expected that the Round 5 seat allotment will be released in July 2024, and the cutoff will also be published in July 2024 (tentatively) on the official website at josaa.nic.in. The JoSAA cutoff will be released in the form of opening and closing ranks.
With 95 percentile in JEE Mains, your chances of getting into a NIT are high, but high-demand courses may not be available.
| Institute |
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CSE |
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ECE |
IT |
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ME |
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| 2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2019 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
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| Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior |
8292 | 8722 | 10,780 | - | - | 16,123 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 39147 | - | 9358 | - | - | - | 4876 | - | - | - | ||
| 39316 | - | - | 45342 | 9250 | 10,575 | 4960 | - | 5,938 | - | - | ||
| 27852 | 39089 | 37,687 | 38370 | 44226 | 40,057 | - | 32087 | - | - | - | - | |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur |
15755 | 28443 | 28,724 | 24411 | 37310 | 34,925 | 33254 | - | 32,190 | 39162 | - | - |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram |
16624 | 15413 | 15,620 | 28108 | 24558 | 23,629 | - | - | - | 44819 | 35762 | 33,875 |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kurnool |
31549 | 17414 | 15,862 | 42914 | 26675 | 23,123 | - | - | - | - | 39524 | 28,264 |
| 31578 | 32039 | 31,638 | 39254 | - | 35,951 | - | - | - | - | - | 40,282 | |
| 22029 | 34219 | 32,991 | 32159 | 39697 | 36,995 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 36909 | 21096 | 21,601 | 43855 | 30601 | 31,318 | - | - | - | - | 30601 | - | |
| 22460 | 36362 | 34,168 | 28322 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 34158 | 22320 | 23,144 | 40001 | 29813 | 31,335 | - | - | - | - | 29813 | - | |
| 9237 | 35429 | 32,250 | - | 41058 | - | - | 11031 | - | - | - | - | |
| 45842 | - | 14,268 | 49171 | - | - | 11521 | - | 16,261 | - | - | - | |
| 26772 | 41632 | 37,474 | 35990 | 45452 | 39,507 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 17042 | 29713 | 30,439 | 22289 | 38022 | 35,236 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 35619 | 20999 | 23,600 | 44034 | 25897 | 29,345 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 18513 | 23511 | - | - | - | - | 20874 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 26606 | 32673 | 31,909 | 36154 | 40209 | 37,263 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 21541 | 17628 | 20,758 | 27087 | - | - | 22358 | - | 25,334 | - | - | - | |
| 22826 | 28394 | 25,846 | 34131 | - | 30,072 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 32165 | 22325 | 22,907 | 43601 | 31143 | 33,272 | - | 36202 | - | - | - | - | |
| 19199 | 21358 | 21,750 | - | 33355 | 29,562 | - | 22042 | - | - | - | - | |
TBA: To Be Announced
CSE: Computer Science Engineering
ECE: Electronics & Communication Engineering
IT: Information Technology
ME: Mechanical Engineering
JoSAA 2021 Cutoff for IIITs: Determining Factors
While preparing the cutoff of IIITs for top Engineering branches, the authorities considers the following factors:
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- The difficulty level of JEE Main 2021
- Number of seats available for admission
- Previous years’ cutoff trends
- Number of applicants in each institute
- Number of candidates who appeared for JEE Main 2021
FAQs Regarding JoSAA 2021 Cutoff for IIITs
Q. What is the minimum percentile required for IIIT?
A. In order to secure admission in IIITs, candidates must have scored above 90 percentile in JEE Main exam.
Q. Is IIIT better than NIT?
A. For branches like Computer Science, Information Technology and Electronics and Communication, few IIITs are better than the NITs. But for core engineering branches, NITs are better.
Q. Which is better IIIT or IIT?
A. IIITs are good institutions for engineering studies. However, they are not quite behind from IITs, India’s most premier Indian engineering institutes of global repute.
Q. Is IIIT Hyderabad better than NIT Trichy?
A. For Computer Science, IIIT Hyderabad is an excellent place that can be considered comparable to NIT Trichy. However, for every other engineering branch, NIT Trichy is far better than IIIT Hyderabad.
Q. Which IIIT has the best placement?
A. All IIITs offer good placements to their students. Some of the institutes with excellent placement records are IIIT Sonepat, IIIT Manipur and IIIT Lucknow.
Q. Is IIIT government or private?
A. Earlier, five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) were established, funded and managed by the Ministry of Education. The rest are set up under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Q. Can we get into IIIT without JEE Main?
A. No, IIITs do not offer admission to various undergraduate or double degree programmes without JEE Main.
Q. How are placements at IIIT Delhi?
A. During IIIT Delhi placements 2020, the highest package of Rs 154.79 LPA was offered by an overseas company while the highest domestic CTC was Rs 43.31 LPA and Rs 36 LPA for BTech and MTech programmes, respectively.
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