JEE Main 2026: Wider gap in NIT cut-offs for home and other-state quotas; outsiders need better rank
Vikas Kumar Pandit | November 3, 2025 | 07:14 PM IST | 4 mins read
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An analysis of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling data from the past five years reveals a sharp divide in admission chances between home-state and other-state candidates across top National Institutes of Technology (NITs). Institutes such as NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal, and NIT Surat show the widest gaps, where candidates from outside the home state have secured substantially higher JEE Main ranks to gain admission in high-demand programmes like Computer Science and Engineering.
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In most NITs, the BTech seat matrix is divided between the Home-State (HS) and Other-State (OS) (All-India) quotas. While 50% of seats go to Home-State candidates, the remaining 50% are available for candidates from other states, with some variations for particular NITs and union territories.
The Home-State quota applies to candidates whose state code of eligibility corresponds to the state where the NIT is located. The Other-State quota covers candidates from all other states and union territories.
JEE Main 2026 Registration: Outsiders face tougher cut-offs at top NITs
As per the official NIT Tiruchirappalli cut-off tables, both Home-State and Other-State closing ranks are listed separately. In the 2025 allocation data, the Other-State closing rank for the Computer Science and Engineering (general) programme was around 1449, while the Home-State closing rank was about 4569 for the same category and round. This shows an approximate gap of 3,000 ranks, indicating that Other-State candidates needed better ranks to secure admission in that cycle.
The JoSAA data for NIT Warangal cut-off list shows Other-State closing ranks for CSE in the range of approximately 2,300 to 3,200 across different rounds. Home-state closing ranks for the same branch were higher, depending on the round and category. The previous year’s trend indicates that Other-State candidates required comparatively lower All India Ranks than Home-State candidates to secure admission.
JEE Main 2026: NITs closing rank for home and other state quota
JEE Main aspirants seeking admission to top NITs can refer to the table below for Computer science and engineering closing ranks under the Home-State and Other-State quotas for the Open, Gender-Neutral category.
Institute | Quota | Closing Rank (2025) | Closing Rank (2024) |
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar | HS | 16325 | 16940 |
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar | OS | 11262 | 10957 |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur | HS | 6013 | 5435 |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur | OS | 5601 | 4711 |
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal | HS | 11415 | 10832 |
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal | OS | 9249 | 8830 |
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad | HS | 6562 | 5943 |
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad | OS | 4594 | 4191 |
National Institute of Technology Agartala | HS | 75417 | 75987 |
National Institute of Technology Agartala | OS | 22013 | 20298 |
National Institute of Technology Calicut | HS | 8428 | 9271 |
National Institute of Technology Calicut | OS | 5222 | 4482 |
National Institute of Technology Delhi | HS | 10165 | 12455 |
National Institute of Technology Delhi | OS | 7651 | 8018 |
National Institute of Technology Durgapur | HS | 11587 | 14090 |
National Institute of Technology Durgapur | OS | 9836 | 8765 |
National Institute of Technology Goa | HS | 16198 | 34858 |
National Institute of Technology Goa | OS | 13640 | 12511 |
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur | HS | 22394 | 28278 |
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur | OS | 12586 | 12236 |
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal | HS | 2800 | 2933 |
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal | OS | 1827 | 1615 |
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya | HS | 59949 | 31545 |
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya | OS | 24074 | 20039 |
National Institute of Technology Nagaland | OS | 39594 | 31391 |
National Institute of Technology Patna | HS | 17808 | 18320 |
National Institute of Technology Patna | OS | 14996 | 14442 |
National Institute of Technology Puducherry | HS | 64692 | 63717 |
National Institute of Technology Puducherry | OS | 19758 | 18515 |
National Institute of Technology Raipur | HS | 21913 | 21328 |
National Institute of Technology Raipur | OS | 13559 | 13177 |
National Institute of Technology Sikkim | HS | 185001 | 143919 |
National Institute of Technology Sikkim | OS | 26616 | 28284 |
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh | HS | 78084 | 71299 |
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh | OS | 30607 | 28514 |
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur | HS | 11978 | 13775 |
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur | OS | 8902 | 7944 |
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra | HS | 8484 | 8475 |
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra | OS | 7037 | 6000 |
National Institute of Technology, Manipur | HS | 215198 | 214958 |
National Institute of Technology, Manipur | OS | 33098 | 30611 |
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram | HS | 563566 | 712487 |
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram | OS | 37751 | 33181 |
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | HS | 7853 | 7807 |
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | OS | 3431 | 2940 |
National Institute of Technology, Silchar | HS | 23366 | 26892 |
National Institute of Technology, Silchar | OS | 12665 | 11930 |
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar | OS | 26171 | 36322 |
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli | HS | 4569 | 9721 |
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli | OS | 1449 | 2172 |
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand | HS | 30851 | 41844 |
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand | OS | 18491 | 28529 |
National Institute of Technology, Warangal | HS | 3530 | 4683 |
National Institute of Technology, Warangal | OS | 2409 | 3609 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat | HS | 8105 | 10759 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat | OS | 8130 | 11508 |
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | HS | 7203 | 12192 |
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | OS | 6359 | 9039 |
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh | HS | 17349 | 16697 |
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh | OS | 18183 | 24130 |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | HS | 16576 | 18284 |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | OS | 16765 | 22547 |
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has opened registration for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The entrance test will be conducted in two sessions — from January 21 to 30 and from April 2 to 9. Candidates who passed Class 12 or equivalent in the last three years can apply till November 27.
The NTA has clarified that calculators will not be allowed in the computer-based test, citing a typographic error in the information bulletin that earlier indicated the use of onscreen calculators.
As per the JEE Main 2026 schedule, the session 1 result will be declared on February 12, followed by the session 2 results on April 20. The number of exam cities has been increased from 284 to 323 this year.
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