JoSAA opening and closing ranks for 2021 were released on the official site for each round. Check the rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 JoSAA opening and closing ranks for IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs here.
JoSAA opening and closing ranks are for admission of students to a course or institute. For admission of students IITs, the admission is conducted based on JEE Advanced ranks whereas, for admission to NITs, IIITs and other GFTIs, JEE Main rank of students are taken into consideration. JoSAA opening and closing ranks are the ranks of students in respective exams.
Students, appearing in JoSAA counselling this year, can check the previous year opening and closing ranks below. JoSAA 2022 opening and closing ranks are expected to announce soon by the authority on the official website. All aspirants must note that the JoSAA opening and closing ranks 2022 may vary for every round.
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Joint Seat Allocation Authority already released the seat allotment result for round 6 on October 19. For each round, the authority released the JoSAA opening & closing rank 2021. The closing ranks for IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs can also be defined as the JoSAA cutoff. Checking the JoSAA cutoff will help students to alter their choices of institutes and courses. JoSAA opening and closing ranks for last year can be checked below.
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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.
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- Institute-wise JoSAA Opening and Closing Rank 2021
- JoSAA 2021 Opening and closing ranks for IITs
- JoSAA 2021 Opening and closing ranks for NITs
- JoSAA 2021 Opening and closing ranks for IIITs
Institute-wise JoSAA Opening and Closing Rank 2021
The JoSAA 2021 opening and closing ranks for all round seat allotments were released. However, students can check the JoSAA cutoff for last year in the tables below and for the current year by clicking on the link in the article above. Another important point to note here is that the ranks are only as per the institute, not the course. In the tables below, the opening rank is the rank at which admission to the institute began (irrespective of course), and the closing rank is the rank at which no admission was accepted by the institute (irrespective of course).
JoSAA 2021 Opening and closing ranks for IITs
The table below consists of last year's overall JoSAA opening and closing ranks for IITs irrespective of the course & category.
| IIT Name |
Opening Rank |
Closing Rank |
|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay |
2 |
5,976 |
| IIT Delhi |
31 |
6,278 |
| IIT Madras |
49 |
12,762 |
| IIT Kanpur |
111 |
10,193 |
| IIT Kharagpur |
180 |
9,563 |
| IIT Roorkee |
255 |
17,126 |
| IIT Guwahati |
425 |
8,994 |
| IIT Varanasi |
408 |
14,698 |
Check JoSAA Opening and Closing Rank of last year for IITs Here
JoSAA 2021 Opening and closing ranks for NITs
The table below consists of last year's overall JoSAA opening and closing ranks for NITs irrespective of the course & category.
| Name of the NIT |
Opening Rank |
Closing Rank |
|---|---|---|
| NIT Jalandhar |
74 |
1,72,249 |
| MNIT Jaipur |
23 |
46,337 |
| MANIT Bhopal |
14 |
45,993 |
| MNNIT Allahabad |
10 |
48,320 |
| NIT Agartala |
99 |
3,89,981 |
| NIT Calicut |
4 |
47,595 |
| NIT Delhi |
43 |
36,115 |
| NIT Durgapur |
69 |
57,871 |
| NIT Goa |
113 |
2,21,211 |
| NIT Hamirpur |
60 |
1,43,436 |
| NIT Karnataka, Surathkal |
11 |
49,774 |
| NIT Meghalaya |
626 |
4,28,914 |
| NIT Nagaland |
478 |
58,980 |
| NIT Patna |
66 |
52,374 |
| NIT Puducherry |
61 |
2,30,512 |
| NIT Raipur |
79 |
93,115 |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh |
1,394 |
1,87,138 |
| NIT Jamshedpur |
39 |
58,583 |
| NIT Kurukshetra |
32 |
60,568 |
| NIT Manipur |
2,315 |
6,47,692 |
| NIT Mizoram |
646 |
9,96,637 |
| NIT Rourkela |
7 |
69,657 |
| NIT Silchar |
54 |
1,06,106 |
| NIT Srinagar |
220 |
5,05,526 |
| NIT Trichy |
3 |
78,446 |
| NIT Uttarakhand |
513 |
63,802 |
| NIT Warangal |
8 |
34,013 |
| SVNIT Surat |
12 |
70,576 |
| VNIT Nagpur |
12 |
49,272 |
| NIT Andhra Pradesh |
59 |
46,843 |
Check JoSAA Opening and Closing Rank 2020 of NITs Here
JoSAA 2021 Opening and closing ranks for IIITs
The table below consists of last year's overall JoSAA opening and closing ranks for IIITs irrespective of the course & category.
| Name of the IIIT |
Opening Rank |
Closing Rank |
|---|---|---|
| IIIT Gwalior |
146 |
27,777 |
| IIIT Kota |
470 |
29,813 |
| IIIT Guwahati |
415 |
33,596 |
| IIIT Kalyani |
127 |
36,362 |
| IIIT Sonepat |
168 |
22,358 |
| IIIT Una |
921 |
35,683 |
| IIIT Sircity |
72 |
35,578 |
| IIIT Vadodara |
141 |
25,140 |
| IIIT Allahabad |
83 |
15,696 |
| IIITDM Kancheepuram |
87 |
43,973 |
| IIIDM Jabalpur |
66 |
45,516 |
| IIIT Manipur |
3,433 |
45,452 |
| IIIT Trichy |
118 |
33,355 |
| IIIT Lucknow |
109 |
21,040 |
| IIIT Dharwad |
149 |
39,967 |
| IIITDM Kurnool |
81 |
46,542 |
| IIIT Kottayam |
224 |
41,058 |
| IIT Ranchi |
232 |
40,209 |
| IIIT Nagpur |
145 |
38,430 |
| IIT Pune |
40 |
25,897 |
| IIIT Bhagalpur |
779 |
46,587 |
| IIIT Bhopal |
210 |
37,310 |
| IIIT Surat |
180 |
31,143 |
| IIIT Agartala |
3,315 |
39,147 |
| IIIT Raichur |
34 |
28,753 |
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For details on the college you could get based on JEE rank, use Shiksha JEE Main college predictor - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/jee-main-college-predictor
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Answered 5 days ago
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) is a centralised counselling process for candidates with JEE Main and JEE Advanced ranks.
- Via JEE Main ranks, candidates get admission to NITs, IIITs and GFTIs.
- Through the JEE Advanced ranks, candidates are allotted seats in the IITs & IISc Bangalore.
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With your rank, you have chances in:
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Army Institute of Technology does not participate in the standard JoSAA or CSAB center rounds for its BE course. The institute runs its own independent counseling portal to manage applications. Students must track notifications directly on the college website instead of central engineering portals.
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Answered 4 weeks ago
CSAB cutoffs are usually lower or higher in rank (i.e., less competitive) than JoSAA cutoffs.
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Answered 4 weeks ago
No, there is no need to apply separately at VNIT Nagpur after JoSAA counselling. BTech and BArch admissions at all NITs, including VNIT, are centrally managed through JoSAA and CSAB (for vacant seats). Aspirants only have to register for these counselling processes and keep VNIT in their college pre
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Answered a month ago
The JoSAA counselling for NIT Manipur BTech course admission usually takes place in June and July. This process starts after the declaration of the JEE Main and Advanced results. You will need to register on the JoSAA portal and fill in your preferences for colleges and branches. There are six round
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Answered a month ago
NIT Raipur admissions for the BTech course typically begin in June, right after the JEE Advanced results are announced. The JoSAA portal opens for registration and choice filling during this time. You usually have about ten days to finalize your list of colleges. It is very important to stay updated
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NIT Raipur partners with JoSAA to manage the seat allotment for the BTech programme in several rounds. The system looks at your JEE rank and your saved list of college preferences. If your rank matches the cutoff, you get a seat offer automatically. You can then choose to "Freeze" your seat or wait
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No, students do not need to apply separately at IIT Ropar site after JoSAA counselling. This is because the institute follows a common admission process for its BTech course just like the other IITs. Shortlisted students who get a seat through the JoSAA counselling, simply need to report for documen
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