JEE Main 2025: BTech mechanical engineering cut-offs for women at NITs remain high despite low enrolment
Vagisha Kaushik | February 1, 2025 | 04:34 PM IST | 4 mins read
JEE Mains 2025: NIT Tiruchirappalli closed admission to female-only seats in BTech ME at 16912 JEE Main rank last year for OS candidates.
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Try NowNEW DELHI : Mechanical engineering and women usually don’t go hand-in-hand. Female enrolment in BTech degree in mechanical engineering has been low in comparison to male students. According to studies, only 5 to 6 percent of students pursuing this degree in India are female. Despite this, the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) recorded a high JEE Main cut-off for BTech ME last year in comparison to the previous years.
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The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 session 1 is done with. JEE Mains 2025 January 28 shift 1 has been rated as the toughest shift, while rest of the exams remained moderate in difficulty level.
Over the years, the highest JEE Main cut-offs for female-only seats in mechanical engineering at NITs have remained in the 20000-30000 range. Last year, the highest JEE Main rank at which an NIT closed admission to the BTech programme was 16912 at NIT Tiruchirappalli for female candidates outside Tamil Nadu.
JEE Main 2025: BTech ME cut-offs
Last two years’ JEE Main closing ranks for female-only open category seats in the ME programme at NITs are given below.
|
Institute |
Name of BTech programme |
Quota |
Closing Rank 2024 |
Closing Rank 2023 |
|
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
49462 |
54648 |
|
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
43899 |
45565 |
|
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
31631 |
35572 |
|
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
33594 |
33767 |
|
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
49166 |
34618 |
|
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
42003 |
50332 |
|
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
33524 |
29807 |
|
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
33989 |
33181 |
|
National Institute of Technology Agartala |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
184292 |
172608 |
|
National Institute of Technology Agartala |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
58864 |
56551 |
|
National Institute of Technology Calicut |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
27770 |
33427 |
|
National Institute of Technology Calicut |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
30239 |
32842 |
|
National Institute of Technology Delhi |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
36212 |
42783 |
|
National Institute of Technology Delhi |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
26420 |
36967 |
|
National Institute of Technology Durgapur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
49258 |
41428 |
|
National Institute of Technology Durgapur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
34829 |
39284 |
|
National Institute of Technology Goa |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
GO |
75251 |
78057 |
|
National Institute of Technology Goa |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
43643 |
45067 |
|
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
111152 |
113144 |
|
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
48988 |
47358 |
|
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
27829 |
27421 |
|
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
22425 |
21223 |
|
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
458027 |
156857 |
|
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
53708 |
52381 |
|
National Institute of Technology Nagaland |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
68738 |
65536 |
|
National Institute of Technology Patna |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
58835 |
50222 |
|
National Institute of Technology Patna |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
48516 |
49607 |
|
National Institute of Technology Puducherry |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
228923 |
166967 |
|
National Institute of Technology Puducherry |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
47344 |
49735 |
|
National Institute of Technology Raipur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
69123 |
57665 |
|
National Institute of Technology Raipur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
45711 |
46396 |
|
National Institute of Technology Sikkim |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
54473 |
58776 |
|
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
64642 |
60078 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
55289 |
48321 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
40459 |
42197 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
37214 |
38994 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
36213 |
39049 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Manipur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
716081 |
667509 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Manipur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
66426 |
64941 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
60713 |
1014892.0 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
29689 |
34764 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
25029 |
23658 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Silchar |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
91301 |
63651 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Silchar |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
47054 |
46569 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
JK |
122218 |
151668 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
LA |
388057 |
466226 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
62389 |
62571 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
27827 |
31543 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
16912 |
20150 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
55951 |
52062 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
51410 |
51583 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Warangal |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
23288 |
25560 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Warangal |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
25047 |
25520 |
|
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
44522 |
63229 |
|
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
39305 |
39984 |
|
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
34428 |
31646 |
|
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
35972 |
36965 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
50311 |
41062 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
50950 |
49058 |
|
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
HS |
48563 |
46328 |
|
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
OS |
45574 |
49517 |
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