NITJoSAA 2026 Data Included

National Institute of Technology Patna

Branch-wise JEE Main closing ranks from official JoSAA 2026 and 2025 counselling data.19 programmes · 350 cutoff entries · 5 categories.

Best OPEN Rank

892

Architecture

Accessible OPEN

60774

Material Science and Engineering

CSE Closing

18862

OPEN · GN · 2026

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Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	396	455	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	1363	1363	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	1414	1972	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	2438	3246	—	—
HS	OPEN	Neutral	1536	4364	—	—
HS	SC	Female-only	967	967	—	—
HS	SC	Neutral	365	532	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	486	486	—	—
OS	EWS	Neutral	315	430	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	517	517	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	527	641	—	—
OS	OPEN	Female-only	701	1018	—	—
OS	OPEN	Neutral	938	1187	—	—
OS	SC	Female-only	247	247	—	—
OS	SC	Neutral	270	288	—	—
OS	ST	Neutral	160	160	—	—

Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	352	565
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	902	902
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	744	1015
HS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	1390	1390
HS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	1714	2164
HS	SC	Female-only	—	—	370	370
HS	SC	Neutral	—	—	445	524
HS	ST	Female-only	—	—	157	157
OS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	300	366
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	351	351
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	392	452
OS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	720	826
OS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	746	892
OS	SC	Female-only	—	—	225	225
OS	SC	Neutral	—	—	227	300
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	113	113

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	5939	5939	5327	5327
HS	EWS	Neutral	2924	3065	3109	3234
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	10941	11334	11465	11534
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6040	6879	6066	6806
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	426	426
HS	OPEN	Female-only	29689	32323	30982	36222
HS	OPEN	Neutral	13233	21207	19450	22237
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	627	627	380	380
HS	SC	Female-only	7634	7634	7741	7741
HS	SC	Neutral	3941	5524	4690	5242
HS	ST	Female-only	5549	5549	4211	4211
HS	ST	Neutral	2414	2974	2618	4225
OS	EWS	Female-only	4307	4307	4086	4086
OS	EWS	Neutral	2207	2542	2589	2761
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	10807	10860	11757	12339
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4956	5792	5589	6310
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	422	422
OS	OPEN	Female-only	23960	27428	23746	25123
OS	OPEN	Neutral	15029	16537	14835	18895
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	638	638	446	446
OS	SC	Female-only	5518	5518	4483	4483
OS	SC	Neutral	2667	2988	2935	3335
OS	ST	Female-only	1934	1934	1234	1234
OS	ST	Neutral	832	1174	938	1294

Chemical Technology (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	7740	7740	8595	8595
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	24725	24725
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	16416	16416	17445	18688
HS	OPEN	Female-only	63591	63591	66222	66222
HS	OPEN	Neutral	54616	54920	52162	55248
HS	SC	Female-only	—	—	19955	19955
HS	SC	Neutral	9870	9870	9151	9151
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	8141	8141
OS	EWS	Neutral	6805	6805	8036	8790
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	15102	15102	15674	16166
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1443	1443	—	—
OS	OPEN	Female-only	51861	51861	59826	60789
OS	OPEN	Neutral	43789	43789	42480	50691
OS	SC	Neutral	7264	7264	7202	7202

Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	9552	9552	9896	9896
HS	EWS	Neutral	6853	7044	7475	7674
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	22621	23747	20938	22397
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	14194	15659	15468	16540
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	395	395
HS	OPEN	Female-only	60076	66687	61545	66228
HS	OPEN	Neutral	28340	48512	36461	50880
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	2517	2517	776	776
HS	SC	Female-only	12074	13239	3206	17388
HS	SC	Neutral	5262	8702	5971	8325
HS	ST	Female-only	6725	6725	4516	4516
HS	ST	Neutral	1732	3766	4467	6502
OS	EWS	Female-only	9075	9075	9586	9586
OS	EWS	Neutral	6944	7197	7489	7615
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	21892	23097	22255	23366
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	14346	15869	15533	16901
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1185	1185	1274	1274
OS	OPEN	Female-only	56202	62620	58676	63406
OS	OPEN	Neutral	39568	48513	39403	50873
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1346	1346	1977	2841
OS	SC	Female-only	9444	9602	10328	10812
OS	SC	Neutral	6218	7029	6979	7438
OS	ST	Female-only	3670	3670	2885	2885
OS	ST	Neutral	1709	1960	2264	2466

Civil Engineering with Specialization in Construction Technology and Management (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	8244	8244	8194	8194
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	15775	15775	16665	16665
HS	OPEN	Female-only	70282	70282	67567	67567
HS	OPEN	Neutral	44664	48231	44219	54546
HS	SC	Neutral	9499	9499	8121	8121
OS	EWS	Neutral	7256	7256	7941	7941
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	14809	14809	17007	17007
OS	OPEN	Female-only	61765	61765	64608	64608
OS	OPEN	Neutral	47618	47881	45016	51933
OS	SC	Neutral	6886	6886	6631	6631

Computer Science and Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	4218	5225	4267	4863
HS	EWS	Neutral	2431	2711	2622	2724
HS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	116	116	152	152
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	8038	10489	8143	10204
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4397	5534	4991	5941
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	213	213	354	354
HS	OPEN	Female-only	21297	29456	24024	28610
HS	OPEN	Neutral	10323	17808	10828	18862
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	400	490	178	178
HS	SC	Female-only	4341	5787	5281	6161
HS	SC	Neutral	2312	3525	1850	4097
HS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	49	69	—	—
HS	ST	Female-only	3865	3865	1659	1659
HS	ST	Neutral	708	1629	1552	2563
OS	EWS	Female-only	3785	3829	3524	4041
OS	EWS	Neutral	2039	2136	2338	2511
OS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	96	96	76	94
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	8975	10408	10738	11512
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4109	4774	4625	5437
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	227	227	204	204
OS	OPEN	Female-only	19725	24676	21647	24677
OS	OPEN	Neutral	10529	14996	11488	17282
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	—	—	946	946
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	498	589	413	413
OS	SC	Female-only	3011	3822	3037	4183
OS	SC	Neutral	2374	2821	1757	2908
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	243	243	94	94
OS	ST	Female-only	1745	1745	1601	1601
OS	ST	Neutral	848	1091	999	1373

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Cyber Security (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	3340	3340	4024	4024
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	15058	15058	15108	15108
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6664	7405	7882	8153
HS	OPEN	Female-only	37875	37875	38772	38772
HS	OPEN	Neutral	22686	23681	26796	28157
HS	SC	Neutral	5142	5142	6397	6397
HS	ST	Neutral	3721	3721	3642	3642
OS	EWS	Neutral	2561	2561	2959	2959
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	11896	11896	13669	13669
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	5645	6092	5994	6677
OS	OPEN	Female-only	28341	28341	30035	30035
OS	OPEN	Neutral	16951	17732	17661	19648
OS	SC	Neutral	2534	2534	3124	3124
OS	ST	Neutral	1345	1345	1382	1382

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Data Science (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	3214	3214	3886	3886
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6096	6321	7438	7483
HS	OPEN	Female-only	33716	33716	18449	18449
HS	OPEN	Neutral	21641	22789	24066	25421
HS	SC	Female-only	9037	9037	12460	12460
HS	SC	Neutral	4515	4515	5543	5543
HS	ST	Neutral	1442	1442	4132	4132
OS	EWS	Neutral	2498	2498	2773	2773
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	5204	5925	6455	6637
OS	OPEN	Female-only	26005	26005	28289	28289
OS	OPEN	Neutral	15858	17439	17519	20201
OS	SC	Female-only	6390	6390	5214	5214
OS	SC	Neutral	3277	3277	3311	3311
OS	ST	Neutral	1543	1543	1726	1726

Electrical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	7123	7123	7320	7320
HS	EWS	Neutral	4495	4620	4956	4966
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14677	15167	15438	16028
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8769	9806	9875	10380
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1264	1264	1022	1022
HS	OPEN	Female-only	45226	49345	45194	48323
HS	OPEN	Neutral	25880	31816	28404	34646
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1309	1801	578	578
HS	SC	Female-only	9057	9470	10245	10970
HS	SC	Neutral	4883	6691	5714	6788
HS	ST	Female-only	5379	5379	6887	6887
HS	ST	Neutral	4269	5781	4377	5846
OS	EWS	Female-only	6062	6062	6635	6635
OS	EWS	Neutral	3839	4301	4036	4185
OS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	222	267
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14020	15364	12855	16396
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	7662	9228	8481	9416
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	937	937	784	784
OS	OPEN	Female-only	38998	42229	34471	43527
OS	OPEN	Neutral	21425	27921	21981	27263
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1642	1695	936	936
OS	SC	Female-only	7105	7231	6883	7468
OS	SC	Neutral	4360	4969	3509	4857
OS	ST	Female-only	3169	3169	2473	2473
OS	ST	Neutral	1863	2001	1584	2209

Electrical Engineering with Specialization In Power System Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	5309	5309	5762	5762
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	10121	10240	12246	12559
HS	OPEN	Female-only	51534	51534	57065	57065
HS	OPEN	Neutral	34476	35951	35454	36947
HS	SC	Female-only	11087	11087	11475	11475
HS	SC	Neutral	6000	6000	7623	7623
HS	ST	Neutral	6161	6161	6972	6972
OS	EWS	Neutral	4658	4658	4557	4557
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	17056	17056	18749	18749
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8675	9550	9276	9933
OS	OPEN	Female-only	41442	41442	42204	42204
OS	OPEN	Neutral	26348	30990	24897	30621
OS	SC	Neutral	3837	3837	4863	4863
OS	ST	Neutral	2049	2049	2418	2418

Electronics and Communication Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	5434	5434	5624	5624
HS	EWS	Neutral	3457	3554	3582	3937
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	11095	14387	11663	12371
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6628	7318	7021	7904
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	576	576	466	466
HS	OPEN	Female-only	29769	33425	27190	38895
HS	OPEN	Neutral	20887	25184	19686	25462
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1227	1227	848	848
HS	SC	Female-only	7126	7126	9112	9112
HS	SC	Neutral	3680	5599	4264	5554
HS	ST	Female-only	6454	6454	5497	5497
HS	ST	Neutral	1974	3198	2384	4363
OS	EWS	Female-only	5011	5011	4637	4637
OS	EWS	Neutral	2816	2961	3015	3089
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	13139	13579	12384	12729
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	5924	6574	5932	6967
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	751	751	565	565
OS	OPEN	Female-only	31276	32454	26576	29807
OS	OPEN	Neutral	18365	20558	18868	21828
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	755	755	969	1149
OS	SC	Female-only	5906	5906	4411	4411
OS	SC	Neutral	3487	3808	3245	4057
OS	ST	Female-only	2403	2403	2361	2361
OS	ST	Neutral	1574	1656	1433	1627

Electronics and Communication Engineering with Specialization in Microelectronics and VLSI System Design (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	4046	4046	4708	4708
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	17949	17949	19222	19222
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8461	8527	8712	8916
HS	OPEN	Female-only	47115	47115	41306	41306
HS	OPEN	Neutral	26031	29291	26771	29953
HS	SC	Neutral	5866	5866	7057	7057
HS	ST	Neutral	4163	4163	4473	4473
OS	EWS	Neutral	3263	3263	3438	3438
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14748	14748	14593	14593
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6884	7136	7624	8092
OS	OPEN	Female-only	30276	30276	33953	33953
OS	OPEN	Neutral	21988	23301	23361	24120
OS	SC	Neutral	3690	3690	4391	4391
OS	ST	Neutral	1840	1840	1728	1728

Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology) (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	6689	6689	6513	6513
HS	EWS	Neutral	4279	4362	4366	4600
HS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	291	291	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	18987	19081	17206	18151
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8606	8984	8943	9836
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1212	1212	642	642
HS	OPEN	Female-only	44257	46557	43763	44031
HS	OPEN	Neutral	26604	30551	23432	30276
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1812	1812	1392	1392
HS	SC	Female-only	9666	9666	14108	14108
HS	SC	Neutral	5615	7215	5604	6780
HS	ST	Female-only	8107	8107	6371	6371
HS	ST	Neutral	2303	4610	5951	6034
OS	EWS	Female-only	5635	5635	5832	5832
OS	EWS	Neutral	3173	3351	3387	3493
OS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	302	380	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14290	14644	13083	14035
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	7545	8295	7213	7963
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1151	1151	660	660
OS	OPEN	Female-only	32622	37784	30033	34362
OS	OPEN	Neutral	19298	22770	20885	23540
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1449	1449	1378	1378
OS	SC	Female-only	6606	6606	6608	6608
OS	SC	Neutral	3875	4466	3457	4722
OS	ST	Female-only	3123	3123	2895	2895
OS	ST	Neutral	1698	1886	2087	2184

Material Science and Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	8867	8867	9066	9066
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	24835	24835
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	16833	16833	19521	20511
HS	OPEN	Female-only	70512	70512	68525	68525
HS	OPEN	Neutral	55242	55890	55878	60774
HS	SC	Female-only	—	—	20141	20141
HS	SC	Neutral	10268	10268	9857	9857
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	8542	8542
OS	EWS	Neutral	5867	5867	8112	8276
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	13610	13610	16438	17742
OS	OPEN	Female-only	57002	57002	47662	47662
OS	OPEN	Neutral	36849	40081	53237	53805
OS	SC	Female-only	—	—	10599	10599
OS	SC	Neutral	5195	5195	6702	6702
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	3678	3678

Mathematics and Computing Technology (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	3913	3913	4689	4689
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	17111	17111
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	7487	7487	7814	8639
HS	OPEN	Female-only	34477	34477	39398	39398
HS	OPEN	Neutral	25084	25200	25230	28205
HS	SC	Female-only	—	—	16740	16740
HS	SC	Neutral	5151	5151	4255	4255
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	6736	6736
OS	EWS	Neutral	2611	2611	3170	3189
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	14416	14416
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6007	6007	6804	7003
OS	OPEN	Female-only	29361	29361	30272	30272
OS	OPEN	Neutral	16937	17348	20130	22754
OS	SC	Female-only	—	—	5638	5638
OS	SC	Neutral	3463	3463	3995	3995
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	1773	1773

Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	8540	8540	8460	8460
HS	EWS	Neutral	5411	5768	6198	6403
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	19593	22698	19308	20243
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	11304	12717	12776	13766
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1395	1395	1058	1058
HS	OPEN	Female-only	52384	57928	50151	57384
HS	OPEN	Neutral	32859	38896	28216	42495
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	2396	2490	1876	2024
HS	SC	Female-only	12428	12955	12901	19439
HS	SC	Neutral	6971	8551	6359	7532
HS	ST	Female-only	8673	8673	10109	10109
HS	ST	Neutral	5410	9538	6321	6765
OS	EWS	Female-only	7905	7905	8115	8115
OS	EWS	Neutral	5398	5847	5441	5908
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	18489	20834	19073	19498
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	10938	12262	11007	12360
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	920	920	1048	1048
OS	OPEN	Female-only	48514	55531	48994	53148
OS	OPEN	Neutral	29995	37407	30690	37779
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1755	1996	2234	2422
OS	SC	Female-only	8288	9441	8839	9035
OS	SC	Neutral	5727	6038	5874	5991
OS	ST	Female-only	3918	3918	3844	3844
OS	ST	Neutral	2237	2498	2085	2404

Mechanical Engineering with Specialization in Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	6892	6892	7533	7533
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	21700	21700	24664	24664
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	13752	13949	14971	15748
HS	OPEN	Female-only	56301	56301	63011	63011
HS	OPEN	Neutral	42031	46166	47000	49637
HS	SC	Neutral	9753	9753	7875	7875
HS	ST	Neutral	9595	9595	7136	7136
OS	EWS	Neutral	6621	6621	6138	6138
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	24089	24089	20412	20412
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	12286	12971	13031	13857
OS	OPEN	Female-only	55871	55871	53464	53464
OS	OPEN	Neutral	26264	38169	38827	41809
OS	SC	Female-only	—	—	11474	11474
OS	SC	Neutral	6401	6401	6083	6083
OS	ST	Neutral	2883	2883	2784	2784

Mechatronics and Automation Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	5733	5733	5800	5800
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	19562	19562	19012	19012
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	10316	10812	11764	12814
HS	OPEN	Female-only	52912	52912	52731	52731
HS	OPEN	Neutral	31994	33461	35430	38586
HS	SC	Female-only	12274	12274	17933	17933
HS	SC	Neutral	7755	7755	7774	7774
HS	ST	Neutral	5790	5790	5574	5574
OS	EWS	Neutral	3960	3960	4365	4365
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14915	14915	16284	16284
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	7969	8905	9219	9589
OS	OPEN	Female-only	48371	48371	46091	46091
OS	OPEN	Neutral	13725	25887	24785	28690
OS	SC	Female-only	8623	8623	9033	9033
OS	SC	Neutral	4558	4558	4352	4352
OS	ST	Neutral	2560	2560	2420	2420

2025 → 2026 Cutoff Trend

Average closing rank trend (OPEN Gender-Neutral basis). A lower rank means higher competition; a higher rank means more students can qualify.

OPEN↓ easier

32,698

was 30,178 in 2025 (±8%)

EWS↓ easier

4,964

was 4,548 in 2025 (±9%)

OBC-NCL↓ easier

10,580

was 9,616 in 2025 (±10%)

SC↓ easier

5,632

was 5,546 in 2025 (±2%)

ST↓ easier

3,851

was 3,125 in 2025 (±23%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the JEE Main 2026 cutoff for National Institute of Technology Patna?

The JoSAA 2026 closing ranks for National Institute of Technology Patna (OPEN Gender-Neutral) range from 892 for Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture) (most competitive) to 60774 for Material Science and Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree)) (most accessible). Check the full table above for all categories and branches.

Which branch at National Institute of Technology Patna has the lowest JEE Main cutoff?

Based on JoSAA 2026 data, Material Science and Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree)) has the highest closing rank of 60774 (OPEN Gender-Neutral), making it the most accessible programme at National Institute of Technology Patna by rank requirement.

What is the Computer Science Engineering cutoff at National Institute of Technology Patna?

The JoSAA 2026 closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology Patna (OPEN, Gender-Neutral) is 18862. In 2025 it was 17808.

Did JEE Main cutoffs at National Institute of Technology Patna increase or decrease in 2026 compared to 2025?

Cutoffs relaxed by ~8% — the average OPEN General-Neutral closing rank moved from ~30178 in 2025 to ~32698 in 2026, meaning more students could qualify. Always refer to the branch-level table above for accurate comparisons.

Which seat categories are available at National Institute of Technology Patna through JoSAA?

National Institute of Technology Patna participates in JoSAA counselling under the following categories: EWS, OBC-NCL, OPEN, SC, ST (plus their PwD variants). Both Gender-Neutral and Female-only (including Supernumerary) seats are available in most categories.

About National Institute of Technology Patna

National Institute of Technology (NIT) — a government-funded autonomous institution of national importance. NITs are among the best engineering colleges in India and are administered by the Ministry of Education.

Institute Type

NIT

State

Bihar

Programmes

Quotas

HS, OS

Admission Route

JEE Main → JoSAA Counselling (AI + HS + OS quotas)

EWSOBC-NCLOPENSCST+ PwD variants

Category-wise Best Branches at National Institute of Technology Patna

Top 5 programmes by lowest closing rank per category (Gender-Neutral, JoSAA 2026)

General (OPEN)

Architecture

CR 892

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 17,282 · was 14996 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

CR 18,895 · was 16537 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Cyber Security

CR 19,648 · was 17732 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Data Science

CR 20,201 · was 17439 in 2025

EWS

Architecture

CR 366

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 2,511 · was 2136 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

CR 2,761 · was 2542 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Data Science

CR 2,773 · was 2498 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Cyber Security

CR 2,959 · was 2561 in 2025

OBC-NCL

Architecture

CR 452

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 5,437 · was 4774 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

CR 6,310 · was 5792 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Data Science

CR 6,637 · was 5925 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Cyber Security

CR 6,677 · was 6092 in 2025

Architecture

CR 288 · was 288 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 2,908 · was 2821 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Cyber Security

CR 3,124 · was 2534 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Data Science

CR 3,311 · was 3277 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

CR 3,335 · was 2988 in 2025

Architecture

CR 113

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

CR 1,294 · was 1174 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 1,373 · was 1091 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Cyber Security

CR 1,382 · was 1345 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 1,627 · was 1656 in 2025

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