NIT vs GFTI: Which requires a lower JEE Main cutoff?
Aatif Ammad | April 14, 2026 | 08:00 AM IST | 1 min read
JEE Main 2026 results will be announced by April 20. Qualified candidates will proceed to JoSAA counselling for NIT and GFTI admissions. Meanwhile, previous years’ closing ranks can help aspirants estimate this year’s cut-off trends and competition levels.
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) 2026 by April 20. Once the results are declared, candidates will begin preparing for admissions to various engineering colleges. Among the most popular choices for BTech and BE programmes through JEE Main are the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Government-Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs).
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Following this process, counselling is conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). India has 31 NITs and over 47 GFTIs. Both NITs and GFTIs follow reservation policies; however, NITs allocate 50% of seats to home state candidates and 50% to candidates from other states, while GFTIs do not follow a fixed home state reservation percentage.
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Top NITs and GFTIs: Previous year cutoffs
Previous year closing for some of the top NITs and GFTIs for Btech courses only(integrated masters courses not included in the list) under the other state (OS) and gender neutral category can be checked here.
NIT | Closing Rank | GFTI | Closing Rank |
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy) | 21243 | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi | 73343 |
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal (NITK) | 28750 | Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan | 82131 |
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) | 40010 | Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Bhadohi | 120668 |
National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NIT Warangal) | 30296 | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar | 46244 |
National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT Calicut) | 36080 | Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Varanasi | 115651 |
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT) | 38442 | School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Assam | 121531 |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur | 38003 | Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of Engineering | 41588 |
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (NIT Kurukshetra) | 39510 | Assam University | 88476 |
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (NIT Durgapur) | 48052 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | 102500 |
JoSAA is a centralised single-platform counselling system established by the Ministry of Education to manage admissions to over 120 premier technical institutes. It conducts seat allotment for IITs, NITs, IIITs, and other GFTIs based on JEE Main and JEE Advanced ranks.
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