JEE Advanced 2026 Cutoff: Expected Category Wise Minimum Marks Needed to Qualify IIT JEE, Previous Year Cutoffs (2025 - 2016)

The definition of a good IIT can be subjective. The candidates who wish to get admisison to the first generation of the IITs like IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Roorkee must have a high score of 250+ marks out of 360 marks. However, this is not applicable for all courses offered by these IITs. Every course and IIT has different demand and seat ratio which effects the admission of the candidates. Hence it is very difficult to say what will be the minimum score or rank required in JEE Advanced to get into a good IIT.

Candidates must aim to score as high as possible in the exam to be able to get a seat in the first generation of the IITs as these IITs see the most demand and craze among students in academia.

It is a very relatable thing. A good score in JEE Advanced will depend on various factors one of them being the cutoff. Further, the cutoff will depend on various factors like the difficulty level, paper pattern, number of seats in the IITs, number of candidtaes taking the exam and so on. Therefore, it is difficult to say what will be a safe score. However, 300+ is a safe score in JEE Advanced if the total marks in the paper are 360.

In 2024, the cutoff has been the highest in recent years. In 2024, the cutoff marks were 109 marks for the Common rank list (CRL) out of 360 marks. For the GEN-EWS and OBC-NCL rank list, the cutoff marks are 98; for SC/ST/Common-PwD/GEN-EWS-PwD/OBC-NCL-PwD/SC-PwD/ST-PwD, is 54 marks and for Preparatory course rank lists, it is 27 marks.

The JEE Advanced 2026 cutoff will be released with the results of JEE Advanced 2026. Until then, candidates can check below the JEE Advanced cutoff from the previous years:

The JEE Advanced 2025 cutoff of the common rank list is 20.56%; 18.50% for the GEN-EWS rank list and OBC-NCL rank list; 10.28% for SC, ST, and PwD rank lists across all categories; and 5.14% for Preparatory course rank lists.

All those candidates who score above the cutoff marks in their respective categories can register for JoSAA counselling to participate in the IIT seat allotment process. Note that qualifying the JEE Advaced cutoff will not guarantee a seat in the IITs. Various factors are at play while allotting seats in the IITs. These factors include the demand for a course and IIT, the number of seats on offer, the reservation criteria, etc.

The minimum marks required in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced 2026 will be announced with the JEE Main 2026 final result after session 2 exams. Last year's minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced were:

2025:

• Unreserved (UR): 93.1023262
• Gen-EWS: 80.3830119
• OBC-NCL: 79.4313582
• SC: 61.1526933
• ST: 47.9026465
• UR-PwD: 0.0079349

2024:

• General (UR): 93.2362181
• General (UR) PWD: 0.0018700
• Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 81.3266412
• Other Backward Classes (OBC): 79.6757881
• Scheduled Caste (SC): 60.0923182
• Scheduled Tribe (ST): 46.6975840

2023:

• General (UR): 90.7788642
• OBC-NCL: 73.6114227
• SC: 51.9776027
• ST: 37.2348772
• GEN-EWS: 75.6229025
• General (UR) PWD: 0.0013527

Candidates aiming for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) need to meet these cutoff marks in JEE Mains to be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026.

As per the NIRF rankings 2025, the top 10 IITs of India are:

Out of them, IIT Bombay is the most sought after IIT among the JEE Advanced toppers, followed by IIT Delhi and then IIT Madras.

The JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling dates will be made available on the official website of JoSAA - josaa.nic.in. Usually, the JoSAA counselling registration starts a day after the JEE Advanced result is anniunced. Complete schedule will be available on the official website.

As per the previous year analysis of the closing rank, candidates can expecte the following IITs, if their JEE Advanced rank is between 5000 to 10000:

1. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
2. Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
3. Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
4. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
5. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
6. Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
7. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
8. Indian Institute of Technology Goa
9. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
10. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
11. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
12. Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
13. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
14. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
15. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
16. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
17. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
18. Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
19. Indian Institute of Technology Patna
20. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
21. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
22. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

JEE Advanced 2025 cutoff is given below:

JEE Advanced 2025 Criteria for Inclusion in a Rank List:

JEE Advanced 2025 Qualifying Marks:

Yes. JEE Advanced counselling is conducted by JoSAA. The candidates with JEE Advanced rank have to register for JoSAA counselling for admission to the IITs.

JEE Advanced rank lists are prepared based on the aggregate marks in JEE Advanced. Only candidates who appear for BOTH Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be considered for ranking. There will be no waiting list for ranking. The ranklist is used in JoSAA for allocation of seats in the IITs. JoSAA is held online only. All the candidates who are eligible for admission will have to participate in the joint seat allocation process by filling in their preferential choices of the courses and institutes. If the aggregate marks scored by two or more candidates are the same, then the following tie-break policy will be used for awarding ranks: Candidates having higher positive marks will be awarded a higher rank. If a tie exists then a higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Mathematics. If this does not break the tie, a higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Physics. If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.

The minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced change year after year. NTA published the JEE Main marks needed to pass for JEE Advanced with the JEE Main session two result. Check below the previous year minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced:

With a JEE Advanced AIR of 10000 to 30000, candidates can expect to get a seat in the following IITs:

1. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
2. Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
3. Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
4. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
5. Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
6. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
7. Indian Institute of Technology Goa
8. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
9. Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
10. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
11. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
12. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
13. Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
14. Indian Institute of Technology Patna
15. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
16. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
17. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

Note that the above list if IITs is based on previous year's closing ranks of the IITs and are subjected to change.

The JEE Advanced 2026 counselling (JoSAA) will start a day after the JEE Advanced 2026 result is announced. Note that the counselling for the JEE Advanced qualified candidates for IIT admissions will be conducted via JoSAA - Joint seat allocation authority.

Candidates have to register for JoSAA, fill choices, check allotment, confirm allotment, and pay seat confirmation fee to complete the IIT admisison process after JEE Advanced.