JEE Main Cut-off 2025 – The NTA has released the minimum percentile a candidate needs to score in JEE Main 2025 to qualify for JEE Advanced 2025. The cut-off has been released category-wise. The JEE Main 2025 qualifying cut-off is the highest for the unreserved (UR) category at 93.1023262 percentile. A total of 97,321 candidates from the unreserved category qualified for JEE Advanced 2025.
Meanwhile, the total number of candidates across all categories who qualified for JEE Advanced 2025 stands at 250, 236.
NTA released the JEE Main 2025 results for Session 2 on April 18, 2025. The JEE Main 2025 exam is conducted in TWO sessions – January and April.
Note that the qualifying JEE Main 2025 cut-off is not the admission cut-off. Candidates meeting the qualifying cut-off are merely eligible for appearing in the JEE Advanced 2025 exam.
The admission cut-off will be released by JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority). JoSAA 2025 counseling will be conducted around June 2025, after JEE Advanced 2025 results are declared.
Keep reading to learn more about the JEE Main 2025 cut-off.
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JEE Main Cut-off 2025 – Key Highlights
| Particulars | Description |
| When is the JEE Main qualifying cut-off released? | The JEE Main 2025 cut-off or qualifying cut-off was released on April 18. The cut-off was released alongside JEE Main 2025 results. |
| What does JEE Main 2025 qualifying cut-off signify | The JEE Main 2025 cut-off is the minimum score a candidate needs to secure to be eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2025 |
| Who releases the JEE Main 2025 qualifying cut-off | The qualifying cut-off of JEE Main 2025 is released by the NTA |
| Qualifying format | The qualifying cut-off is released in percentile form. |
| Is the qualifying cut-off same as admission cut-off | No, the qualifying cut-off is merely an eligibility to appear in the JEE Advanced exam. Meeting the qualifying cut-off doesn’t guarantee admission to any participating institute. The JEE Main 2025 and JEE Advanced 2025 admission cut-off will be released by JoSAA. |
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JEE Main 2025 Cut-off Marks to Appear in JEE Advanced 2025
The category-wise JEE Main 2026 cut-off to become eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2025 for Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) is given below:
| S. No. | Category | Percentile | Total No. of Qualified Candidates | ||
| From | To | ||||
| 1 | UR-ALL | 100 | 93.1023262 | 97,321 | |
| 2 | UR-PwBD | 93.0950208 | 0.0079349 | 3,950 | |
| 3 | EWS-ALL | 93.0950208 | 80.3830119 | 25,009 | |
| 4 | OBC-ALL | 93.0950208 | 79.4313582 | 67,614 | |
| 5 | SC-ALL | 93.0950208 | 61.1526933 | 37,519 | |
| 6 | ST-ALL | 93.0950208 | 47.9026465 | 18,823 | |
| TOTAL | – | – | 250, 236 | ||
JEE Main 2024 Qualifying Cut-off
| Category | JEE Main Cutoff 2024 |
| CRL – Unreserved (UR) | 100.0000000 to 93.2362181 |
| OBC-NCL | 93.2312696 to 79.6757881 |
| SC | 93.2312696 to 60.0923182 |
| ST | 93.2312696 to 46.6975840 |
| UR-PwD | 93.2041331 to 0.0018700 |
JEE Main 2023 Qualifying Cutoff
| Category | JEE Main 2023 Cutoff |
| Common Rank List | 90.7788642 |
| Gen-EWS | 75.6229025 |
| OBC-NCL | 73.6114227 |
| SC | 51.9776027 |
| ST | 37.2348772 |
| PwD | 0.0013527 |
JoSAA Counseling 2025
The counseling process for JoSAA will be conducted online at josaa.nic.in. Candidates who have qualified in the JEE Main 2025 and JEE Advanced 2025 exams will be eligible to participate in the counseling.
As part of the JoSAA 2025 counseling registration process, candidates need to fill in their choices of academic options. There is no registration fee for JoSAA 2025.
However, if the candidate is allotted a seat, they need to pay a fee of INR 5000 as processing fee.
Basis of JoSAA 2025 seat allotment:
The seat allotment during JoSAA counseling will be based on the following factors:
- The merit rank of the candidate in JEE Mains 2025 or JEE Advanced 2025
- Category
- The academic and college options selected by the candidate
- Availability of seats
- Any other admission rules mentioned in JoSSA 2025 Business Rule document.