Engineering Entrance Exam

With a 98.8 percentile in JEE Paper 2 and as an OBC NCL female candidate, you have a good chance of getting into SPA Delhi, but it depends on the specific programme (B.Arch or B.Planning) and the competition in that particular year. 

Considering that you belong to SC category and have scored 70 percentile in JEE Mains and 60% in class 12th board there are slight chances that you may make it to NIT Bhopal. There is no guaranteed assurance that you will definitely get admission but there are slight chances.

78 percentile in JEE Mains is a middle tier score. With that score, a student can get several private universities, state level engineering colleges and deemed to be universities. Some of the popular and good universities would be Amity University, Lovely Professional University (LPU), Sharda University, Chandigarh University, etc. There are many Government Universities too; like MAIT, MSIT, Jaypee. For taking admission in these government universities, the student has to apply through JoSAA.

Yes, you can get admission in engineering colleges like IIIT or NIT, but it depends on your entrance exam performance.

In GATE XE (Engineering Sciences), Thermodynamics is one of the optional sections (XE-E), but admissions for M.Tech are usually branch-specific (like Mechanical, Thermal, Energy Engineering).

For M.Sc Mathematics admissions in NITs, the entrance exam is typically IIT JAM, not JEE Mains.

You particularly have to give IIT JAM for M.Sc.

NITs: You may get core branches like Mechanical, Civil, Chemical in newer NITs (like NIT Nagaland, NIT Mizoram, NIT Arunachal Pradesh, etc.), and possibly non-core branches in mid-tier NITs.

Home State Quota: You'll get a better branch in your home state NIT.

Private Colleges (with JEE counselling) – Like LNMIIT, Shiv Nadar, UPES, or private options through JEE scores.

GATE is an entrance exam for M.Tech in various NIT's and IIT's. For general category the minimum score required to get into one of the top IIT's or NIT's for Mtech is in the range of60-70 out of 100. Well the specific cut off's for each university will be released once the results for GATE are officially announced.

Yes, RGUKT (IIIT Basara): Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technology does not require JEE scores for admission. Instead, merit of the last qualifying exam is accepted. This is Class/SSC or any other equivalent examination for UG courses and graduation marks forPG courses. Candidates must apply for admission by submittimg the marksheets and certificates for the same.

JEE Advanced 2026 is expected to be held in May 2026. The most probable dates of the JEE Advanced 2026 exam are May 14 or May 21, 2026, as per the previous year trends. The exam will be held in computer based test mode across various designated centres in India and also abroad.