JoSAA round 1 cutoff 2022 dropped this year; Check detailed analysis here

Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2026 ( JoSAA )

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Mohit Dhyani
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Updated on Oct 3, 2022 13:18 IST
JoSAA cutoff 2022 dropped this year as comparison to previous year. As per the statistics, the opening rank for IIT Delhi CSE last year was 3 which has dropped to 29 this year. In a similar manner, IIT Kanpur CSE cutoff dropped from 100 to 107 this year. A similar pattern can be seen in JoSAA NIT cutoff this year.

JoSAA cutoff 2022 has been released at the official website josaa.nic.in. Check JoSAA cutoff comparison and previous year analysis here.

JoSAA round 1 cutoff 2022 - Joint Seat Allocation Authority has released the JOSAA round 1 and 2 cutoff 2022 at josaa.nic.in. The cutoff is released in the form of JoSAA opening and closing rank. As per the trends, there is a drop in JoSAA cutoff 2022 this year. Along with the cutoff, the pass percentage of JEE Advanced 2022 also dropped this year. Last year, the passing percentage of JEE Advanced was 29.54 which dropped to 26.17. There are various factors which determine this drop in JoSAA cutoff like increase in number of seats, qualifying cutoff and others. For the ease of candidates, we have compiled previous year and JoSAA 2022 round 1 cutoff here.  
JoSAA 2022 seat allotment and cutoff live updates

As per the statistics, the opening rank for IIT Delhi CSE last year was 3 which has dropped to 29 this year. In a similar manner, IIT Kanpur CSE cutoff dropped from 100 to 107 this year. A similar pattern can be seen in JoSAA NIT cutoff this year.  

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Table of contents
  • Factors for drop in JoSAA cutoff 2022
  • JoSAA Cutoff Rank 2022 – Previous year comparison
  • JEE Advanced 2022 qualifying cutoff
  • JoSAA seat allotment 2022

Factors for drop in JoSAA cutoff 2022 

There are various factors which determine the drop in JoSAA cutoff 2022 mentioned below. 

Increase in number of seats: With new institutes coming up, the seats in participating institutes have increased in the past few years. Many institutes also introduced many new courses. In comparison to 10,572 IIT seats in 2016, the total number has now jumped to 16,232 seats.  

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JEE Advanced qualification status: The JEE Advanced pass percentage has decreased this year. As per the statistics, a total of 29.54% qualified for the JEE Advanced exam last year, which has now dropped to 26.17%. The rise in competition to secure admissions in IITs and NITs impacted the cutoff marks a lot.  

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JoSAA Cutoff Rank 2022 – Previous year comparison 

Institute  

Branch 

JoSAA 2022 round 1 opening cutoff rank

JoSAA 2022 round 1 closing cutoff rank

JoSAA 2021 round 1 opening cutoff rank

JoSAA 2021 round 6 closing cutoff rank

Indian Institute of Technology Madras 

Computer Science Engineering 

167 

85 

163 

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 

Mechanical Engineering 

141 

1382 

157 

1241 

Computer Science Engineering 

60 

67 

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 

Mechanical Engineering 

918 

1865 

866 

1743 

Computer Science Engineering   

29 

102 

100 

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 

Mechanical Engineering 

1772 

2962 

1365 

 
 

2823 

Computer Science Engineering   

107 

236 

100 

216 

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 

Mechanical Engineering 

2042 

3097 

1810 

2896 

Computer Science Engineering   

112 

295 

207 

285 

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 

Mechanical Engineering 

36334 

43381 

12274 

21346 

Computer Science Engineering   

3111 

4760 

2477 

4751 

National Institute of Technology Durgapur 

Mechanical Engineering 

19584 

26009 

16992 

27912 

Computer Science Engineering   

3096 

7234 

 

 

3326 

8345 

National Institute of Technology, Silchar 

Mechanical Engineering 

22658 

29192 

17040 

33750 

Computer Science Engineering   

4976 

9701 

5464 

12477 

Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur 

Mechanical Engineering 

12843 

19020 

9779 

 

19453 

Computer Science Engineering   

2650 

3697 

24 

3142 

National Institute of Technology, Calicut 

Mechanical Engineering 

12725 

17977 

 
 

11041 

18621 

Computer Science Engineering   

1820 

3843 

180 

3436 

JEE Advanced 2022 qualifying cutoff 

The exam conducting authorities released the JEE Advanced qualifying cutoff along with the declaration of the result. The cutoff of JEE Advanced is released separately for all the categories. In comparison to last year's cutoff, there is a drop in JEE Advanced 2022 qualifying cutoff this year. There are various factors which determine this drop in JoSAA JEE Advanced cutoff. For more details, candidates can refer to the table given below. 

Category  

2021 

2022 

CRL 

63 

55 

OBC NCL 

56 

50 

General EWS 

56 

50 

SC 

31 

28 

ST 

31 

28 

CRL PwD 

31 

28 

OBC NCL PwD 

31 

28 

Gen EWS PwD 

31 

28 

SC PwD 

31 

28 

ST PwD 

31 

28 

Prep Course rank list 

14 

 JoSAA seat allotment 2022  

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority has also released the JoSAA seat allotment 2022 for round 1 and 2. Applicants can check the JoSAA seat allotment round 1 and 2 result through their JEE Main application number and password. Candidates allotted seats in the JoSAA round 1 have to round 1 query till September 27. 

How to check JoSAA seat allotment? 

Candidates can refer to the steps given below to check seat allotment. 

  • Visit the JoSAA official website - josaa.nic.in. 
  • Click on the direct link to check JoSAA seat allotment. 
  • Enter the JEE application number and password in the required fields. 
  • Check all the details mentioned in the seat allotment letter. 
  • Download JoSAA seat allotment letter for future reference.  

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