NIT Trichy - National Institute of Technology

If you belong to the General AI category, the minimum cutoff required was 47 in NIMCET during the Round 1 cutoff list. NIMCET is the accepting exam for NIT Trichy admission to the MCA course. The cutoffs vary depending on students category and rounds. For the OBC category students, the minimum cutoff rank required was 141 under the AII India quota. For other categories, the minimum cutoff ranks required during the NIMCET Round 1 cutoff list are as follows:

MBA admissions at NIT Trichy require students to meet certain eligibility criteria based on preferred course and apply online before the last date of application. Students must pay the application fee (INR 1,550 for General and INR 1,050 for Reserved Categories). A few documents also have to submitted during application process.

The total tuition fee for M.Tech at NIT Trichy is between INR 1.4 Lacs and INR 3.6 lakh. Other fee components such as annual examination, one-time admission and alumni fee also have to be paid. Selected students have to pay some part of fees at the time of admission to confirm their seats. 

No, you can't join any of the NIT Trichy course directly without appearing for the selection rounds. Students are admitted strictly based on entrance exam scores at NIT Trichy. Aspiring candidates must first sit for the accepted entrance exam (JEE/ NATA/ GATE, etc.). Once the exam results are out, seat allocation will start for which students need to participate in the respective counselling process.  

Yes, NIT Trichy is good for placements. The college is visited by top companies for placements such as Volvo, Samsung, Sony, and others. As per the NIRF reports in 2023, the median package offered to students for BTech stood at INR 15.76 LPA.

NIT Trichy is one of the top institutes offering quality education to students. NIT Trichy is ranked 731-740 by the QS World Rankings 2026 under the World University Rankings category. The placements offered by the college is good. 

According to the past three years' round 1 cutoff data, we can say that the competition for the General AI category has been fluctuating.

The NIT Trichy CSE cutoff 2026 was 1219. In 2025 and 2024, the cutoff for the same course and round was 1620 and 1501, respectively. Tabulated below are the year-wise round 1 cutoff ranks for the General AI category. 

If you belong to the General AI quota, the maximum required JEE Main cutoff rank in round 1 was 1317 in 2026. Candidates who want admission to the BTech course in the first round are advised to secure a cutoff below 1317 if they belong to the General AI category.

Tabulated below are the NIT Trichy JEE Main cutoff 2026 for the first round for various All India and Home State quota categories.