Is Your Percentile in JEE Main 2026 Safe for NIT CSE Admission General Category? Expert Analysis

Candidates hoping to secure a seat at NIT can check the minimum Percentile in JEE Main 2026 Safe for NIT CSE Admission General Category available here.

Mohith Kumar

Updated on - Jan 24, 2026 | 4:10:00 PM

Check if Your Percentile in JEE Main 2026 Safe for NIT CSE Admission General Category.

Percentile in JEE Main 2026 Safe for NIT CSE Admission General Category: Securing a seat to study Computer Science Engineering (CSE) at a NIT requires a top JEE Main rank often under 5,000, for top-tier NITs like Trichy, Surathkal, and Warangal. Admission to top-tier NIT generally requires a 99.5+ percentile (rank under 5,000) for General category candidates. This often translates to scoring between 230–250+ marks out of 300 in JEE Mains 2026. Is Your Percentile in JEE Main 2026 Safe for NIT CSE Admission General Category? Check the detailed analysis here.

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Percentile in JEE Main 2026 Safe for NIT CSE Admission General Category

Check the safe percentile in JEE Main 2026 for NIT CSE Admission General Category from the table below.

The below expected percentile data is tabluated by considering the JEE Main Session 1 Exam 2026 exam difficulty level as moderate and for Open seat type and Gender-Neutral category

NITs	Quota	Expected Percentile
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar	Home State	98.9+
	Other State	99.4+
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur	Home State	99.62+
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur	Other State	99.66+
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal	Home State	99.3+
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal	Other State	99.5+
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad	Home State	99.6+
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad	Other State	99.8+
National Institute of Technology Agartala	Home State	95.4+
National Institute of Technology Agartala	Other State	98.7+
National Institute of Technology Calicut	Home State	99.5+
National Institute of Technology Calicut	Other State	99.7+
National Institute of Technology Delhi	Home State	99.4+
National Institute of Technology Delhi	Other State	99.52+
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	Home State	99.3+
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	Other State	99.4+
National Institute of Technology Goa	Home State	98.9+
National Institute of Technology Goa	Other State	99.2+
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	Home State	98.6+
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	Other State	99.25+
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	Home State	99.83+
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	Other State	99.9+
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya	Home State	96.2+
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya	Other State	98.6+
National Institute of Technology Patna	Home State	98.92+
National Institute of Technology Patna	Other State	99.06+
National Institute of Technology Puducherry	Home State	95.8+
National Institute of Technology Puducherry	Other State	98.9+
National Institute of Technology Raipur	Home State	98.58+
National Institute of Technology Raipur	Other State	99.2+
National Institute of Technology Sikkim	Home State	88.9+
National Institute of Technology Sikkim	Other State	98.4+
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh	Home State	94.8+
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh	Other State	98.13+
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur	Home State	99.3+
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur	Other State	99.4+
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra	Home State	99.5+
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra	Other State	99.6+
National Institute of Technology, Manipur	Home State	87.4+
National Institute of Technology, Manipur	Other State	98+
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram	Home State	70+
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram	Other State	97.72+
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	Home State	99.6+
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	Other State	99.79
National Institute of Technology, Silchar	Home State	99.3+
National Institute of Technology, Silchar	Other State	97.5+
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	Home State	99.8+
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	Other State	99.9+
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand	Home State	97.9+
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand	Other State	98.9+
National Institute of Technology, Warangal	Home State	99.8+
National Institute of Technology, Warangal	Other State	99.9+
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat	Home State	99.6+
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat	Other State	99.5+
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	Home State	99.5+
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	Other State	99.6+
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh	Home State	98.8+
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh	Other State	98.9+
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	Home State	99+
	Other State	99.2+

The above available Percentile in JEE Main 2026 Safe for NIT CSE Admission General Category is based on the previous years' trends. Candidates are advised to use the above analysis for their reference only.

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