NIT Jalandhar Cutoff: Check Branch-wise Closing Rank for Rounds 1 to 5

NIT Jalandhar Cutoff 2026 has been released through JoSAA counselling across five rounds. Seats are allotted separately under the Home State (HS) and Other State (OS) quotas for every branch and category. This cutoff decides the closing rank a candidate needs to secure a seat in a specific program.

• NIT Jalandhar Cutoff for CSE remained the most competitive branch, with the HS quota General category closing rank moving from 15242 in Round 1 to 15803 by Round 5.
• Biotechnology recorded the HS General closing rank of 62072 in Round 1 and 70760 in Round 5.
• The OS quota General category for Mechanical Engineering saw its closing rank jump from 28313 in Round 1 to 32242 in Round 5 as more seats opened up in later rounds.

Students preparing for JEE Main 2027 and who want to get admission in NIT Jalandhar can check the JEE Main 2026 Cutoff.

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NIT Jalandhar JEE Main 2026 Cutoff (Round 1 to 5)

In 2026, JoSAA Counselling released the NIT Jalandhar Cutoff in 5 rounds. The cutoffs are released separately for Home State and Other State quotas. 50% of seats in every program are reserved for Home State (HS) candidates, meaning applicants domiciled in Punjab. In contrast, the remaining seats are allocated to the Other State (OS) quota for candidates from the rest of India. The article below provides the JEE Main cutoff ranks for NIT Jalandhar across all categories under the HS and OS quotas.

NIT Jalandhar Cutoffs 2026 for General Category 

The table below outlines the NIT Jalandhar cutoffs 2026 for JEE Main general category male students belonging to home state (HS) quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	17561	20707	21251	21251	21251
Bio Technology	62072	63423	65256	65256	70760
Chemical Engineering	46158	50387	50487	50487	51138
Civil Engineering	51556	58132	60405	60554	62072
Computer Science and Engineering	15242	15563	15634	15634	15803
Data Science and Engineering	18561	18561	19277	19277	19841
Electrical Engineering	29460	30949	30949	30949	31967
Electronics and Communication Engineering	22890	24457	25105	25105	26029
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	25334	26376	26747	26747	27414
Industrial and Production Engineering	56384	56996	58132	58132	58412
Information Technology	21627	22376	22376	22376	23613
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	36138	38140	39609	39609	39852
Mathematics and Computing	19818	19913	19913	19913	21603
Mechanical Engineering	40741	42910	43264	43264	43921
Textile Technology	67121	69883	74059	74859	76541

The table below outlines the NIT Jalandhar cutoffs 2026 for JEE Main general category male students belonging to other state (OS) quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	13544	14277	14277	14277	15141
Bio Technology	35741	48192	49301	49796	51741
Chemical Engineering	34666	37226	37226	37451	38712
Civil Engineering	39069	42949	43170	43500	46085
Computer Science and Engineering	11596	12324	12324	12324	13411
Data Science and Engineering	14891	15498	15498	15616	16789
Electrical Engineering	19738	20671	20671	20975	22194
Electronics and Communication Engineering	15412	16054	16274	16308	17389
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	15643	16593	16704	16704	17649
Industrial and Production Engineering	40366	44094	44141	44371	46485
Information Technology	14136	14717	14717	14717	16570
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	24458	25734	25832	25832	27018
Mathematics and Computing	13557	14606	14606	14606	14960
Mechanical Engineering	28313	30626	30651	30726	32242
Textile Technology	45771	50588	51789	52056	53959

The General category closing rank moved up in almost every branch across the five rounds. Candidates with better ranks vacated seats at other institutes, and fresh withdrawals opened up slots.

NIT Jalandhar Cutoffs 2026 for EWS Category 

The table below represents the NIT Jalandhar JEE Main cutoff for EWS category male students belonging to home state (HS) quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	3445	3976	3976	3976	3976
Bio Technology	11366	11366	11366	11366	11366
Chemical Engineering	8406	8406	8406	8406	8406
Civil Engineering	8961	9071	9429	10032	10105
Computer Science and Engineering	2913	2913	3141	3141	3300
Data Science and Engineering	3300	3300	4047	4047	4362
Electrical Engineering	4591	5050	5252	5252	5512
Electronics and Communication Engineering	4432	4554	4554	4554	4554
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	4427	4427	4427	4427	4427
Industrial and Production Engineering	8852	8852	8852	8852	8852
Information Technology	3993	4007	4007	4007	4007
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	5828	6109	6109	6109	6109
Mathematics and Computing	4400	4400	4400	4400	4591
Mechanical Engineering	6454	6686	7323	8093	8093
Textile Technology	11524	12339	12608	12608	12608

The table below represents the NIT Jalandhar JEE Main cutoff for EWS category male students belonging to Other State (OS) quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	1860	2023	2023	2023	2243
Bio Technology	6214	7328	7369	7369	7989
Chemical Engineering	5100	5548	5548	5548	5905
Civil Engineering	5867	6405	6562	6594	6921
Computer Science and Engineering	1676	1751	1751	1751	1928
Data Science and Engineering	2097	2227	2227	2227	2434
Electrical Engineering	2759	2946	2946	2946	3274
Electronics and Communication Engineering	2148	2274	2339	2339	2551
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	2400	2435	2435	2435	2720
Industrial and Production Engineering	5909	6504	6504	6504	7106
Information Technology	1974	2115	2115	2207	2435
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	3523	3724	3958	3994	4286
Mathematics and Computing	2054	2172	2172	2172	2214
Mechanical Engineering	4333	4709	4781	4781	4926
Textile Technology	6858	6858	7597	7810	8513

EWS candidates need an income and asset certificate valid for the current financial year at the time of admission, since NIT Jalandhar verifies this document separately from the JEE Main application.

NIT Jalandhar Cutoffs 2026 for OBC-NCL Category 

Here’s the NIT Jalandhar cutoff for OBC-NCL category male students belonging to Home State (HS) Quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	13939	13939	13939	13939	14217
Bio Technology	54108	61620	62465	62465	62852
Chemical Engineering	38014	40819	40819	40819	46519
Civil Engineering	48253	54736	56701	56857	60317
Computer Science and Engineering	12693	12693	12693	12693	12693
Data Science and Engineering	17546	17546	17546	17546	19215
Electrical Engineering	28118	28957	28957	28957	28957
Electronics and Communication Engineering	24231	24231	24231	24231	24690
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	24044	24690	24690	24690	25639
Industrial and Production Engineering	50541	54904	55122	55122	57183
Information Technology	20360	20360	20360	20360	21055
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	31590	31590	31590	31590	32325
Mathematics and Computing	21890	21890	21890	21890	21890
Mechanical Engineering	36960	37864	37864	37864	37864
Textile Technology	58726	62404	63925	66438	67095

Here’s the NIT Jalandhar cutoff for OBC-NCL category male students belonging to Other State (OS) Quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	4496	4564	4564	4564	4564
Bio Technology	14977	16006	16571	16571	18148
Chemical Engineering	11271	12188	12268	12355	12738
Civil Engineering	12375	13799	13877	13911	14809
Computer Science and Engineering	4208	4590	4590	4590	4615
Data Science and Engineering	5264	5370	5370	5370	5370
Electrical Engineering	6834	7287	7287	7341	7381
Electronics and Communication Engineering	5496	5819	5819	5819	5931
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	5803	6003	6202	6202	6457
Industrial and Production Engineering	13789	15566	15641	15740	16048
Information Technology	4891	5203	5203	5203	5244
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	8803	9432	9434	9444	9725
Mathematics and Computing	5345	5539	5539	5539	5803
Mechanical Engineering	9875	10353	10413	10625	10844
Textile Technology	15404	17417	17654	17785	18876

OBC-NCL candidates must submit a non-creamy layer certificate issued within the deadline specified by JoSAA, as an expired or creamy layer certificate results in seat cancellation even after allotment.

NIT Jalandhar Cutoffs 2026 for SC Category 

Here’s the NIT Jalandhar cutoff for SC category male students belonging to Home State (HS) Quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	3674	3674	3674	3674	3674
Bio Technology	10908	10908	11060	11060	11273
Chemical Engineering	9625	9979	10908	10908	10908
Civil Engineering	8691	8771	9625	9847	9989
Computer Science and Engineering	3414	3428	3428	3428	3428
Data Science and Engineering	4932	4932	4932	4932	4932
Electrical Engineering	6283	6347	6347	6347	6347
Electronics and Communication Engineering	5287	5453	5453	5453	5453
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	5989	6055	6055	6055	6055
Industrial and Production Engineering	10568	10892	10892	10892	10892
Information Technology	4134	4479	4479	4479	4479
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	7090	7795	7795	7795	7795
Mathematics and Computing	5782	5782	5782	5782	5782
Mechanical Engineering	8257	8324	8324	8324	8324
Textile Technology	12892	13145	13145	13145	13448

Here’s the NIT Jalandhar JEE Main cutoff 2026 for SC category male students belonging to Other State (HS) Quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	1792	2534	2534	2534	2534
Bio Technology	6634	7356	7850	7850	7969
Chemical Engineering	5534	6067	6067	6067	6067
Civil Engineering	5579	6563	6563	6563	6832
Computer Science and Engineering	2159	2338	2338	2338	2391
Data Science and Engineering	2743	3380	3386	3386	3386
Electrical Engineering	3765	3917	3917	3917	3972
Electronics and Communication Engineering	3094	3173	3173	3173	3199
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	3173	3478	3478	3478	3478
Industrial and Production Engineering	6410	7039	7137	7137	7585
Information Technology	2908	3029	3029	3029	3107
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	4459	4459	4459	4459	4459
Mathematics and Computing	2933	2933	2933	2933	2933
Mechanical Engineering	5026	5549	5549	5549	5549
Textile Technology	7438	7666	7862	7862	8087

SC candidates need a caste certificate issued by a competent authority in the format prescribed by JoSAA, and the certificate must name the state where the caste is recognised as Scheduled Caste.

NIT Jalandhar Cutoffs 2026 for ST Category 

Check the table below for NIT Jalandhar cutoffs for ST category male students belonging to Home State (HS) Quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	2591	2591	2591	2591	2591
Bio Technology	25418	25418	25418	25418	25418
Chemical Engineering	23795	25895	25895	25895	25895
Civil Engineering	10011	14030	14030	14030	14030
Computer Science and Engineering	6435	6435	6435	6435	6435
Data Science and Engineering	9528	9528	9528	9528	9528
Electrical Engineering	15980	15980	15980	15980	15980
Electronics and Communication Engineering	13243	13243	13243	13243	13243
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	16449	16616	16616	16616	16616
Industrial and Production Engineering	26856	No allotment	No allotment	No allotment	No allotment
Information Technology	10607	10607	10607	10607	10607
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	23396	23795	23795	23795	23795
Mathematics and Computing	15397	15397	15397	15397	15397
Mechanical Engineering	19481	22159	22159	22159	22159
Textile Technology	34454	34454	34454	34454	34454

The table below outlines the NIT Jalandhar JEE Main Cutoff 2026 for ST category male students under Other State (OS) Quota:

Branch	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Artificial Intelligence	1137	1137	1137	1137	1137
Bio Technology	1685	2800	2800	2800	2800
Chemical Engineering	2483	2680	2680	2680	2680
Civil Engineering	1325	1407	1407	1407	1407
Computer Science and Engineering	1008	1035	1035	1035	1035
Data Science and Engineering	1044	1044	1044	1044	1044
Electrical Engineering	1459	1473	1473	1473	1473
Electronics and Communication Engineering	1122	1249	1249	1249	1249
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	1028	1487	1487	1487	1487
Industrial and Production Engineering	2802	2952	3140	3140	3140
Information Technology	1221	1314	1314	1314	1314
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	2347	2395	2395	2911	2911
Mathematics and Computing	1533	1680	1680	1680	1680
Mechanical Engineering	2026	2081	2259	2259	2259
Textile Technology	2811	3133	3133	3133	3314

Industrial and Production Engineering did not record any allotment beyond Round 1 in the ST Home State quota this year, indicating the seat was filled in the very first round and remained vacant for further rounds.

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