NCHMCT JEE Cut off 2026: Opening & Closing Ranks, Previous Years Cut off & Reservation Criteria

Registration - 26 Dec '25 - 25 Jan '26

Updated on Dec 28, 2025 21:54 IST

By Porishmita Paul, Associate Senior Executive

NCHMCT JEE 2026 cutoff: The cutoff for NCHMCT JEE 2026 will be out after the exam is conducted. NCHMCT Cutoff means the opening and closing ranks after the NCHM JEE Counselling. These cutoffs are prepared by the official body based on the minimum qualifying marks and rank obtained by an aspirant in NCHM JEE Exam. Students will get NCHM cutoff for each college that accepts scores of the hotel management entrance exam oon NCHM site.

Table of contents

NCHMT JEE 2026 Cut off Marks
NCHMCT JEE 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
NCHMCT JEE 2026 Seat Allotment
NCHMCT Cutoff 2025
NCHMCT JEE Reservation Criteria 2026
Factors affecting NCHMCT JEE 2026 Cutoff
NCHMCT JEE - Past Year's Cutoff Marks
NCHMCT JEE Cutoff Previous Years' Cutoff

NCHMT JEE 2026 Cut off Marks

The cutoff marks of NCHMT JEE 2026 will be published only after the test is conducted. Students can understand the cutoff pattern by following last year's cutoff score. NCHMCT JEE cutoff is influenced by various factors including exam difficulty level, answer key modifications, change in seat intake of IHMs, etc.

Candidates can check the cutoff for NCHMCT JEE exam below:

Category	Expected Cut off Marks
Open	760
Open PWD	620
EWS	600
EWS PWD	600
OBC	600
OBC NCL	611
SC	599
ST	580

NCHMCT JEE is a hotel management entrance exam that is conducted by National Testing Agency. Based on NCHMCT JEE scores, aspirants are offered admission at 21 Central Institutes of Hotel Management, 25 State Government Institutes of Hotel Management, one Public Sector Undertaking and 24 Private Institutes of Hotel Management. Apart from these, 14 Food Craft Institutes are also affiliated to NCHMT, these are located in different parts of the country and offer Diploma programmes in core operational areas.

Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM) : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India) Accordion Icon V3

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Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM) : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India)

College	2023	2024	2025
Subhas Bose Institute of Hotel Management [SBIHM]	– / –	6699	5237
SIHM-Jabalpur (State Government IHM)	7886	– / –	7102
Ras Bihari Bose Subharti University	9428	– / –	– / –

B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration in IHM : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India) Accordion Icon V3

B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration in IHM : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India)

College	2023	2024	2025
Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai	903	1363	1234
IHM Gangtok - Institute of Hotel Management	3206	6334	2718
Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore	2151	4939	4565
IHM Gwalior - Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition	10249	8263	4858
Institute of Hotel Management - Shri Shakti	9903	6725	5837

B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration in Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India) Accordion Icon V3

B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration in Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India)

College	2023	2024	2025
Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Guwahati	8780	1324	4391
IHM Jaipur - Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition ,Jaipur	10232	9974	4660
IHM Dehradun - Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition	10173	9962	6930
Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Kolkata	2987	7497	7371
IHM Chennai - Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition	9656	10005	7384

B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration in SIHM, NITHM & IHM : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India) Accordion Icon V3

B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration in SIHM, NITHM & IHM : NCHMCT JEE 2025 Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India)

College	2023	2024	2025
State Institute of Hospitality Management, Kozhikode	10246	9958	2895
Institute Of Hotel Management, Rohtak	9776	3640	3254
State Institute of Hotel Management, Indore	9820	6199	4323
Pondicherry Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology	6042	9273	5549
Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Yamuna Nagar	7589	6867	5676

NCHMCT JEE 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NCHMCT JEE 2026 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
To Be Notified	NCHMCT JEE 2025 answer key (Provisional)
To Be Notified	NCHMCT JEE 2025 answer key (Final)
To Be Notified	NCHMCT JEE 2026 Result
To Be Notified	NCHMCT JEE 2026 Counselling Registration
To Be Notified	NCHMCT JEE 2026 First Merit List
To Be Notified	Document uploading and verification by the document verification centre after round 1
To Be Notified	Declaration of vacancy after 1st round
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NCHMCT JEE 2026 Seat Allotment

For admissions through the exam, four counselling rounds are conducted as part of the seat allotment process conducted by NCHMCT. All candidates who make it to NCHMCT JEE merit list need to take part in the counselling round to get admission in colleges accepting NCHMCT JEE scores/ranks for admission. For NCHMCT JEE 2026 seat allotment, candidates need to carry all their important documents on the date and time when they are called for the counselling round.

Important Documents for NCHMCT JEE 2026 Seat Allotment

The list of documents that candidates need to carry for NCHMCT JEE seat allotment are mentioned below:

Class 12 exam certificate
Reservation certificate (Category certificate/ PwD certificate/ KM certificate)
Class 10/ Date of Birth certificate
NCHMCT JEE admit card
NCHMCT JEE 2024 result/scorecard
NCHMCT JEE application form
Medical Certificate

In NCHMCT JEE exam, aspirants are offered admission to fill the below-mentioned seats:

Types of Seats	Eligible Candidates
Open	All candidates
Open (PwD)	All PwD candidates
EWS	GEN-EWS candidates
EWS (PwD)	EWS-PwD candidates
SC	All SC candidates
SC (PwD)	All SC-PwD candidates
ST	All ST candidates
ST (PwD)	All ST-PwD candidates
OBC (NCL)	All OBC (NCL) candidates
OBC (PwD)	All OBC-PwD candidates
KM	All KM candidates

NCHMCT Cutoff 2025

Candidates can check the cutoff as per the counselling rounds for NCHMCT JEE 2025 below to get an idea of the selection pattern. Cutoffs of NCHM 2026 will be updated soon after it is released.

NCHMCT JEE Counselling Round	NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2025
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2025 Round 1 Cutoff
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2025 Round 2 Cutoff
Round 3	NCHMCT JEE 2025 Round 3 Cutoff
Round 4	NCHMCT JEE 2025 Round 4 Cutoff

NCHMCT JEE Reservation Criteria 2026

NCHMCT JEE 2026 reservation criteria has not released yet. For the time being, candidates can go through the reservation categories for NCHMCT JEE 2025 in the table below:

Category	Reservation Criteria
Other Backward Classes- Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL)	27%
Scheduled Caste (SC)	15%
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	10%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5%
Physically Handicapped/ Disabled (Pwd)	5% in each category
Kashmiri Migrant (KM)	One seat in each state and central government affiliated IHM

Commonly asked questions

Q: Are Kashmiri Migrant candidates eligible for reservation?

Yes. One seat per IHM (state and central government affiliated) is reserved for Kashmiri Migrant (KM) candidates.

Q: Does the reservation affect NCHMCT JEE cutoff?

Yes. Opening and closing ranks of NCHMCT JEE can differ for categories. Each category has separate seat allocation based on the reservation percentage.

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Factors affecting NCHMCT JEE 2026 Cutoff

The factors that help determine NCHMCT JEE cutoff 2026 are mentioned below:

Total number of seats
Difficulty level of exam
Number of candidates who took the exam

NCHMCT JEE College Predictor prepared by Shiksha.com helps students to predict the college in which they can get admission on the basis of their expected exam score.

NCHMCT JEE 2026 College Predictor

Commonly asked questions

Q: Who prepares the NCHMCT JEE cutoff?

The NCHMCT JEE cutoffs are released by the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) after counselling rounds.

Q: Is the cutoff same for all categories?

No. The opening and closing ranks differ for General, OBC, SC, ST, PwD, and Kashmiri Migrant candidates.

NCHMCT JEE - Past Year's Cutoff Marks

Candidates can view cutoff for NCHMCT JEE 2021 as well as previous years' NCHMCT JEE cutoff below.

NCHMCT JEE 2021 Counselling Round	Download Link
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2021 Cutoff Round 1
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2021 cutoff Round 2
Round 3	NCHMCT JEE 2021 cutoff Round 3

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff Previous Years' Cutoff

Candidates can check the cutoff as per the counselling rounds for NCHMCT JEE 2023 below. Candidates can also check NCHMCT JEE cutoff for 2022, 2021 too in the table below.

NCHMCT JEE Counselling Round	Cutoff 2023	Cutoff 2022	Cutoff 2021
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2023 Round 1 Cutoff	NCHMCT JEE 2022 Round 1 Cutoff	NCHMCT JEE Cutoff Round 1
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2023 Round 2 Cutoff	NCHMCT JEE 2022 Round 2 Cutoff	NCHMCT JEE cutoff Round 2
Round 3	NCHMCT JEE 2023 Round 3 Cutoff	NCHMCT JEE 2022 Round 3 Cutoff	NCHMCT JEE cutoff Round 3
Round 4	NCHMCT JEE 2023 Round 4 Cutoff	NCHMCT JEE 2022 Round 4 Cutoff	Counselling process over

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2020

All India Ranks (AIRs) are allotted by NTA to candidates who qualify NCHMCT JEE 2020. Candidates are shortlisted for IHM admissions based on their NCHMCT JEE merit/ rank only.

NCHMCT JEE 2020 Counselling Round	Download Link
Round 1 and 2	NCHMCT JEE 2020 Cutoff Round 1 and 2

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2019

The cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2019 contains the opening and closing ranks for all categories such as Open, Open (PwD), OBC (NCL), OBC-NCL (PwD), ST, ST (PwD), SC, SC (PwD) and Kashmiri Migrants.

Click the links below to view Round 1, Round 2 and Spot counselling cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2019.

NCHMCT JEE 2019 Counselling Round	Download Link
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2019 Round 1 Cutoff
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2019 Round 2 Cutoff
Spot Round	NCHMCT JEE 2019 Spot Round Cutoff

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2018

The cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2018 contains the opening and closing ranks for all categories such as Open, Open (PwD), OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL (PwD), ST, ST (PwD), SC, SC (PwD) and Kashmiri Migrants.

Click the links below to view Round 1, Round 2 and Spot counselling cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2018.

NCHMCT JEE 2018 Counselling Round	Download Link
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2018 Round 1 Cutoff
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2018 Round 2 Cutoff
Spot Round	NCHMCT JEE 2018 Spot Round Cutoff

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2017

The cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2017 contains the opening and closing ranks for all categories such as Open, Open (PwD), OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL (PwD), ST, ST (PwD), SC, SC (PwD) and Kashmiri Migrants.

Click the links below to view Round 1, Round 2 and Spot counselling cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2017.

NCHMCT JEE 2017 Counselling Round	Download Link
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2017 Round 1 Cutoff
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2017 Round 2 Cutoff
Spot Round	NCHMCT JEE 2017 Spot Round Cutoff

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2016

The cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2016 contains the opening and closing ranks for all categories such as Open, Open (PwD), OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL (PwD), ST, ST (PwD), SC, SC (PwD) and Kashmiri Migrants.

Click the links below to view Round 1, Round 2 and Spot counselling cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2016.

NCHMCT JEE 2016 Counselling Round	Download Link
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2016 Round 1 Cutoff
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2016 Round 2 Cutoff
Spot Round	NCHMCT JEE 2016 Spot Round Cutoff

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2015

The cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2015 contains the opening and closing ranks for all categories such as Open, Open (PwD), OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL (PwD), ST, ST (PwD), SC, SC (PwD) and Kashmiri Migrants.

Click the links below to view Round 1 and Round 2 counselling cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2015.

NCHMCT JEE 2015 Counselling Round	Download Link
Round 1	NCHMCT JEE 2015 Round 1 Cutoff
Round 2	NCHMCT JEE 2015 Round 2 Cutoff

NCHMCT JEE Cutoff 2014

The cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2014 contains the opening and closing ranks for all categories such as Open, Open (PwD), OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL (PwD), ST, ST (PwD), SC, SC (PwD) and Kashmiri Migrants.

Click the links below to view Round 1 and Round 2 counselling cutoffs for NCHMCT JEE 2014.