Want BTech CSE at NITs? Know the JEE Main Marks You Need
Did you know you can get BTech CSE course in NITs with below 100 marks in JEE Mains. Read below to know more.
Computer science engineering is a dream course for many. CSE for top NITs like NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal, NIT Rourkela, and NIT Warangal will generally require you to score 180+ out of 300. However, for other NITs, such as NIT Arunachal Pradesh, NIT Manipur, NIT Meghalaya, NIT Mizoram, NIT Nagaland, and NIT Sikkim, admission to BTech CSE is usually offered to candidates with JEE Main marks below 100.
As per the previous year's JoSAA opening and closing ranks, we have provided what JEE Main marks are needed for CSE admission to the NITs:
| NITs |
Marks out of 300 for CSE (Approximate) |
|---|---|
| National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli |
201 - 210 marks |
| National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal |
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| National Institute of Technology, Warangal |
191 - 200 marks |
| National Institute of Technology, Rourkela |
181 - 190 marks |
| Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad |
171 - 180 marks |
| National Institute of Technology Calicut |
161 - 170 marks |
| Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur |
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| Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur |
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| National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra |
151 - 160 marks |
| National Institute of Technology Delhi |
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| Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat |
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| National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur |
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| Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal |
141 - 150 marks |
| National Institute of Technology Durgapur |
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| Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |
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| National Institute of Technology Hamirpur |
131 - 140 marks |
| National Institute of Technology, Silchar |
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| National Institute of Technology Raipur |
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| National Institute of Technology Goa |
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| National Institute of Technology Patna |
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| Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
121 - 130 marks |
| National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh |
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| National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand |
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| National Institute of Technology Puducherry |
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| National Institute of Technology Agartala |
111 - 120 marks |
| National Institute of Technology Meghalaya |
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| National Institute of Technology, Srinagar |
101 - 110 marks |
| National Institute of Technology Sikkim |
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| National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh |
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| National Institute of Technology, Manipur |
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| National Institute of Technology, Mizoram |
91 - 100 marks |
| National Institute of Technology Nagaland |
*The data above is for open gender neutral candidates with other state quotas.
JEE Main 2026 session 1 exams will be held between January 21 to 30. The registration for session 1 is over, and NTA is expected to release the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip in the first week of January. JEE Main 2026 session 2 exams will be held between April 2 to 9.
| Check important updates on JEE Main 2026 | |
|---|---|
| JEE Main 2026 | JEE Main city intimation slip 2026 |
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