NIT Admissions 2025: Check Cut-off, Eligibility, Dates

NIT Admissions 2025: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) is one of the most esteemed institutes that offers various undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral courses in engineering and technology. The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the JEE Main exam, and JoSAA will conduct the admission and counselling process after announcing the JEE Main results.

There are a total of 31 NITs in India, and while JoSAA manages admission to B.Tech Programmes, Centralized Counselling (CCMT) conducts the admission process for postgraduate programs (M.Tech/M.Arch and M.Plan) for all NITs. Candidates can go through the article for detailed information about NIT admission 2025.

NIT Exam Admissions 2025 – Overview

Before getting into details about NIT Admissions 2025, candidates can check out the overview here:

NIT Entrance Exam 2025 – Important Dates 

Interested candidates can check the NIT 2025 admission dates from the table provided below for sessions 1 and 2: 

NIT Admissions 2025 – JEE Main Important Dates (Session 1)

NIT Admissions 2025 – JEE Main Important Dates (Session 2)

NIT Admissions 2025 – Eligibility Criteria

The admission conducting body determines the eligibility criteria for admission to NIT. The JEE Main eligibility criteria are the same for NIT Admissions for UG courses. It will be based on age and educational qualification. Check below for more information: 

Eligibility Criteria for Undergraduate Courses 

• Candidates must be Indian Citizens. However, NRIs, PIOs, OCIs and foreign national candidates can also apply for NIT admissions.
• The authorities have not set any age limit in order to get admission. 
• Candidates must have studied a minimum of five subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational Subject, Language, and any other subject.
• As the NIT exam is held twice a year, candidates can appear in both terms. They can appear for JEE Main for three years consecutively, therefore, the total attempts allowed for each candidate will be six in three years. 
• Candidates should have scored at least 75 per cent marks in their 12th class examination or equivalent, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class conducted by the respective boards. 

Eligibility Criteria for Postgraduate Courses 

The criteria for PG admission are the same as the GATE eligibility criteria. Candidates can check below the details: 

• Candidates must be a citizen of India. However, those from other countries can apply for GATE if they meet the given eligibility criteria.
• The authorities have not set any age limit.
• Also, the candidates should have completed or be in their final year of Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Technology (B.E./B.Tech) or Postgraduate (M.Sc) degree in any relevant science subject. 

NIT Admission 2025 Application Form

Candidates willing to take admission to the National Institute of Technology have to fill out the JEE Main application. In order to fill-up the form, candidates have to follow these steps:

• Registration 
• Filling up the application form
• Uploading of the required documents 
• Payment of the application fees 

After payment of fees, the candidates are advised to take the printout of the application form for future reference. 

NIT Admissions 2025 – JEE Main Result

In order to get admission to NIT UG courses, candidates will have to qualify for JEE Mains entrance exam. JEE main result consists of normalized scores for all the three subjects as well as the total normalized score secured in the exam. After the declaration of the result, candidates will be assigned the All India Rank (AIR). To check the JEE main result for NIT admissions 2025, candidates will have to log in using the application number and password/date of birth. Those qualifying in the NIT exam will be eligible for counselling and seat allotment process, subject to meeting the other eligibility criteria. 

NIT Admissions Cut-off 2025 : Previous year cut-off

The cut-off for NIT admissions will be released along with the result. The NIT cut-off is the minimum rank required for candidates to be considered for admission to undergraduate engineering programs offered by the National Institute of Technology. JoSAA authorities will release the admission cut-off after every round of allotment. While preparing the JEE Main 2025 cut-off, the concerned authorities will consider various factors related to the examination.   

Below are the category-wise cutoff scores for JEE Main 2024:

JEE Main 2023 Cutoff for NITs

Below are the category-wise cutoffs for JEE Main 2023:

NIT Admissions Cut-off Category-wise 2022

Let us look at the NIT category-wise cut-off 2022:

NIT Admissions 2025 – Counselling

The counselling and seat allocation for admission to NIT will be conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). To participate in the counselling for NIT admissions, candidates will have to apply on the official website of JoSAA to participate in the JEE Main counselling and seat allotment 2025. Initially, JoSAA will conduct two mock rounds followed by seven rounds of counselling.

The seat allotment process will be done on the basis of the choices filled by candidates during JoSAA 2025 registration. The candidates who have been allocated seats to their choice of college and course will have to submit the fees as per the college and provide the required documents in the allotted college. Check below the list of documents required while going for admission:

• JEE Main result
• JEE Main admit card
• Printout of the JEE Main application form
• Graduation certificate (if applicable)
• 12th pass certificate or any equivalent examination
• 10th marksheets or any equivalent examination
• 10th pass certificate or any equivalent examination 
• Permanent residential address proof
• Caste certificate (If applicable) 
• Any other prescribed or quota certificate (if applicable)

NIT Admission 2025 – Colleges 

There are a total of 31 NITs in India. As per NIRF, 21 NIT colleges are ranked under the top 200. The candidates can check below the list of colleges ranked by NIRF. 

Top NITS in India

Here’s the list of top NITs in India for reference.

NIT in India 

Here’s the list of NITs in India.

NIT Admissions 2025 – Branches of Engineering

Candidates can get admission to the following number of engineering branches through NIT Admissions 2025.

• Civil Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Electric and Electronics Engineering
• Production Engineering 

FAQs on NIT Admission 2025

Let us look at some of the commonly asked questions about NIT admissions 2025:

Q.1: How are candidates shortlisted for NIT admission 2025?
Ans: NIT admissions merit list is prepared on the basis of marks secured by the candidates in the JEE Mains entrance exam.

Q.2: How many NITs are there in total?
Ans: There are in total 31 NITs. Out of the 31 NITs, 11 are relatively newly established while the remaining 20 are old engineering institutes. 

Q.3: What is the fee structure for NITs?
Ans: MHRD sets the fee structure of NITs as per their consultation with the council, the regulatory body for all NITs. The tuition fee is Rs. 62,500 per annum. 

Q.4: When will the JEE Main 2025 be conducted?
Ans: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to announce the JEE Main 2025 schedule soon on their official website.

Q.5: Where will the result for NIT admissions 2025 be declared?
Ans: The result will be announced on the official website of JEE Main for admission to the National Institute of Technology (NIT) and the dates are yet to be confirmed by the authorities.

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