Colleges for 97 Percentile in JEE Main: NITs, IIITs & GFTIs (JoSAA 2026)

97 percentile is about rank 46,500 (rank ≈ (100 − percentile) × 15,50,000 ÷ 100). Programmes this rank reached in JoSAA 2026 Round 5 (final), for General (OPEN), gender-neutral, Other State and All India seats.

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In JoSAA 2026 (final round), 301 programmes closed at or above rank 46,500 for General, gender-neutral, Other State/All India seats: 66 at NITs, 33 at IIITs, 202 at GFTIs. The most competitive among them included Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT Durgapur, Artificial Intelligence and Computing at IIIT Dharwad, B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing at IIIT Ranchi.

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NITs for JEE Main 97 percentile (104 programmes)

Institute & programmeClosing rankChanceQuota
NIT RourkelaCeramic Engineering and M.Tech Industrial Ceramic · 5 yr 40,463 Borderline Other State
NIT KurukshetraCivil Engineering · 5 yr 40,535 Borderline Other State
NIT DurgapurChemical Engineering · 5 yr 40,589 Borderline Other State
VNIT NagpurChemical Technology (Bioprocess Technology) · 4 yr 40,893 Borderline Other State
NIT MizoramComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 41,038 Borderline Other State
NIT AgartalaMathematics & Computing · 5 yr 41,083 Borderline Other State
VNIT NagpurMetallurgical and Materials Engineering · 4 yr 41,772 Borderline Other State
NIT PatnaMechanical Engineering with Specialization in Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering · 5 yr 41,809 Borderline Other State
SVNIT SuratPhysics · 5 yr 42,021 Borderline Other State
NIT MizoramMathematics and Computing · 4 yr 42,029 Borderline Other State
NIT JamshedpurProduction and Industrial Engineering · 4 yr 42,048 Borderline Other State
MNNIT AllahabadBio Technology · 4 yr 42,249 Borderline Other State
NIT NagalandComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 42,326 Borderline Other State
NIT UttarakhandMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 42,525 Borderline Other State
NIT HamirpurChemical Engineering · 4 yr 42,699 Borderline Other State
NIT DurgapurBiotechnology · 5 yr 42,848 Borderline Other State
NIT RaipurChemical Engineering · 4 yr 43,044 Borderline Other State
IIEST ShibpurPhysics · 5 yr 43,066 Borderline Other State
NIT JamshedpurCivil Engineering · 4 yr 43,238 Borderline Other State
NIT ManipurComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 43,239 Borderline Other State
NIT SrinagarElectrical Engineering · 4 yr 43,664 Borderline Other State
NIT DurgapurCivil Engineering · 4 yr 43,724 Borderline Other State
SVNIT SuratMathematics · 5 yr 43,918 Borderline Other State
NIT Andhra PradeshMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 44,088 Borderline Other State
NIT MeghalayaElectrical and Electronics Engineering · 4 yr 44,300 Borderline Other State
NIT AgartalaMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 44,427 Borderline Other State
MANIT BhopalCivil Engineering · 4 yr 44,428 Borderline Other State
NIT SikkimElectrical and Electronics Engineering · 4 yr 44,624 Borderline Other State
SVNIT SuratCivil Engineering · 4 yr 44,740 Borderline Other State
NIT Andhra PradeshChemical Engineering · 4 yr 44,755 Borderline Other State
NIT JamshedpurMetallurgical and Materials Engineering · 4 yr 45,018 Borderline Other State
VNIT NagpurMining Engineering · 4 yr 45,437 Borderline Other State
NIT Arunachal PradeshElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 45,717 Borderline Other State
MANIT BhopalMaterials and Metallurgical Engineering · 4 yr 45,802 Borderline Other State
SVNIT SuratIndustrial Chemistry · 4 yr 46,051 Borderline Other State
NIT JalandharCivil Engineering · 4 yr 46,085 Borderline Other State
NIT GoaCivil Engineering · 4 yr 46,260 Borderline Other State
NIT JalandharIndustrial and Production Engineering · 4 yr 46,485 Borderline Other State
NIT DurgapurMetallurgical and Materials Engineering · 4 yr 46,937 Good chance Other State
NIT ManipurElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 47,217 Good chance Other State
NIT NagalandElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 47,733 Good chance Other State
NIT SrinagarMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 47,917 Good chance Other State
NIT HamirpurCivil Engineering · 4 yr 48,638 Good chance Other State
NIT HamirpurMaterials Science and Engineering · 4 yr 49,526 Good chance Other State
NIT RaipurCivil Engineering · 4 yr 49,598 Good chance Other State
NIT MizoramElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 49,700 Good chance Other State
NIT Arunachal PradeshElectrical Engineering · 4 yr 49,957 Good chance Other State
NIT SilcharCivil Engineering · 4 yr 50,179 Good chance Other State
NIT PatnaChemical Technology · 5 yr 50,691 Good chance Other State
NIT PatnaCivil Engineering · 4 yr 50,873 Good chance Other State
NIT MeghalayaMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 50,947 Good chance Other State
NIT DurgapurBio Technology · 4 yr 51,177 Good chance Other State
NIT UttarakhandCivil Engineering · 4 yr 51,417 Good chance Other State
NIT JalandharBio Technology · 4 yr 51,741 Good chance Other State
NIT PatnaCivil Engineering with Specialization in Construction Technology and Management · 5 yr 51,933 Good chance Other State
NIT SikkimMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 52,017 Good chance Other State
NIT NagalandElectrical and Electronics Engineering · 4 yr 52,229 Good chance Other State
NIT PuducherryCivil Engineering · 4 yr 52,613 Good chance Other State
NIT ManipurElectrical Engineering · 4 yr 52,659 Good chance Other State
NIT Andhra PradeshMetallurgical and Materials Engineering · 4 yr 52,693 Good chance Other State
NIT MizoramElectrical Engineering · 4 yr 52,894 Good chance Other State
NIT RaipurMetallurgical and Materials Engineering · 4 yr 53,039 Good chance Other State
NIT Andhra PradeshCivil Engineering · 4 yr 53,408 Good chance Other State
NIT ManipurElectronics and Communication Engineering · 5 yr 53,559 Good chance Other State
IIEST ShibpurMetallurgy and Materials Engineering · 4 yr 53,645 Good chance Other State
NIT PatnaMaterial Science and Engineering · 5 yr 53,805 Good chance Other State
NIT DurgapurChemistry · 5 yr 53,926 Good chance Other State
NIT JalandharTextile Technology · 4 yr 53,959 Good chance Other State
NIT AgartalaChemical Engineering · 4 yr 54,037 Good chance Other State
NIT SrinagarChemical Engineering · 4 yr 54,059 Good chance Other State
NIT AgartalaEngineering Physics · 5 yr 54,125 Good chance Other State
NIT RaipurMining Engineering · 4 yr 54,246 Good chance Other State
IIEST ShibpurCivil Engineering · 4 yr 54,593 Good chance Other State
NIT Arunachal PradeshMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 54,635 Good chance Other State
NIT Andhra PradeshBio Technology · 4 yr 54,682 Good chance Other State
NIT ManipurMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 54,811 Good chance Other State
NIT RaipurBio Technology · 4 yr 54,915 Good chance Other State
NIT RourkelaLife Science · 5 yr 55,092 Good chance Other State
NIT NagalandElectronics and Instrumentation Engineering · 4 yr 55,144 Good chance Other State
NIT ManipurElectrical Engineering · 5 yr 57,004 Good chance Other State

Showing the 80 most competitive of 104. See all in the college predictor.

IIITs for JEE Main 97 percentile (55 programmes)

Institute & programmeClosing rankChanceQuota
IIIT BhopalInformation Technology · 4 yr 40,826 Borderline All India
IIITDM KancheepuramEngineering Physics · 4 yr 40,832 Borderline All India
IIITDM JabalpurMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 41,275 Borderline All India
IIIT SonepatComputer Science & Engineering (Data Science and Analytics) · 4 yr 41,618 Borderline All India
IIIT KottayamElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 43,031 Borderline All India
IIITDM KancheepuramB.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in AI and Robotics · 5 yr 43,186 Borderline All India
IIIT SonepatInformation Technology · 4 yr 43,511 Borderline All India
IIIT RanchiComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 43,556 Borderline All India
IIIT RanchiComputer Science and Engineering (with Specialization of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence) · 4 yr 43,569 Borderline All India
IIITDM KurnoolArtificial Intelligence and Data Science · 4 yr 43,631 Borderline All India
IIIT KottayamComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 43,688 Borderline All India
IIIT RaichurComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 43,701 Borderline All India
IIIT UnaElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 44,154 Borderline All India
IIIT BhopalElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 44,189 Borderline All India
IIIT KottayamComputer Science and Engineering with specialization in Cyber Security · 4 yr 45,036 Borderline All India
IIITDM KurnoolComputer Science and Engineering · 5 yr 45,307 Borderline All India
IIIT DharwadComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 45,308 Borderline All India
IIIT KottayamB.Tech in Mathematics and Computing · 4 yr 45,535 Borderline All India
IIITDM KancheepuramMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 45,984 Borderline All India
IIIT Vadodara Diu CampusComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 46,054 Borderline All India
IIITDM KurnoolArtificial Intelligence and Data Science · 5 yr 46,056 Borderline All India
IIIT KalyaniComputer Science and Engineering (Cyber Security) · 4 yr 46,336 Borderline All India
IIIT DharwadArtificial Intelligence and Computing · 4 yr 46,967 Good chance All India
IIIT RanchiB.Tech in Mathematics and Computing · 4 yr 47,074 Good chance All India
IIIT RaichurArtificial Intelligence and Data Science · 4 yr 47,443 Good chance All India
IIIT DharwadData Science and Artificial Intelligence · 4 yr 47,501 Good chance All India
IIIT KalyaniComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 47,762 Good chance All India
IIIT BhagalpurComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 48,416 Good chance All India
IIIT RaichurMathematics and Computing · 4 yr 48,538 Good chance All India
IIITDM KurnoolElectronics and Communication Engineering with specialization in Design and Manufacturing · 4 yr 48,642 Good chance All India
IIIT RanchiElectronics and Communication Engineering (with Specialization of Embedded Systems and Internet of Things) · 4 yr 48,761 Good chance All India
IIIT DharwadElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 48,882 Good chance All India
IIIT Vadodara Diu CampusComputer Science and Engineering (Cyber Security) · 4 yr 49,085 Good chance All India
IIIT RanchiElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 49,255 Good chance All India
IIITDM KurnoolElectronics and Communication Engineering · 5 yr 49,854 Good chance All India
IIIT Vadodara Diu CampusArtificial Intelligence · 4 yr 49,989 Good chance All India
IIIT AgartalaComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 50,027 Good chance All India
IIIT KalyaniElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 50,809 Good chance All India
IIIT Vadodara Diu CampusElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 50,829 Good chance All India
IIITDM JabalpurSmart Manufacturing · 4 yr 51,101 Good chance All India
IIIT BhagalpurMathematics and Computing · 4 yr 51,316 Good chance All India
IIIT VadodaraApplied and Computational Physics · 4 yr 51,710 Good chance All India
IIIT BhopalPhysics and Computational Engineering · 4 yr 52,023 Good chance All India
IIIT BhagalpurElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 52,650 Good chance All India
IIITDM KancheepuramDesign Engineering · 4 yr 53,428 Good chance All India
IIITDM KancheepuramSmart Manufacturing · 4 yr 54,364 Good chance All India
IIITDM KurnoolMechanical Engineering · 5 yr 55,060 Good chance All India
IIITDM KurnoolMechanical Engineering with specialization in Design and Manufacturing · 4 yr 55,564 Good chance All India
IIIT BhagalpurMechatronics and Automation Engineering · 4 yr 57,309 Good chance All India
IIIT ManipurComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 59,813 High chance All India
IIIT ManipurComputer Science and Engineering with specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science · 4 yr 63,321 High chance All India
IIIT ManipurComputer Science and Engineering with specialization in Cyber Security · 4 yr 66,567 High chance All India
IIIT ManipurComputer Science and Engineering with specialization in Quantum Technologies · 4 yr 67,545 High chance All India
IIIT ManipurElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 70,259 High chance All India
IIIT ManipurElectronics and Communication Engineering with specialization in VLSI and Embedded Systems · 4 yr 70,610 High chance All India

GFTIs for JEE Main 97 percentile (209 programmes)

Institute & programmeClosing rankChanceQuota
BIT MesraMathematics and Computing · 5 yr 41,133 Borderline All India
PEC ChandigarhMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 41,505 Borderline Other State
IIIT BhubaneswarComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 43,248 Borderline All India
BIT MesraElectrical and Electronics Engineering · 4 yr 44,295 Borderline All India
JNU DelhiElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 44,723 Borderline All India
IIIT BhubaneswarInformation Technology · 4 yr 45,329 Borderline All India
SGSITS IndoreElectronics and Telecommunication Engineering · 4 yr 46,234 Borderline All India
BIT MesraQuantitative Economics & Data Science · 5 yr 47,237 Good chance All India
IIIT BhubaneswarElectronics and Telecommunication Engineering · 4 yr 47,859 Good chance All India
PEC ChandigarhProduction and Industrial Engineering · 4 yr 49,647 Good chance Other State
IIIT BhubaneswarElectrical and Electronics Engineering · 4 yr 50,414 Good chance All India
SGSITS IndoreElectronics and Instrumentation Engineering · 4 yr 51,847 Good chance All India
BIT MesraMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 53,694 Good chance All India
SGSITS IndoreElectrical Engineering · 4 yr 54,109 Good chance All India
IITRAM AhmedabadComputer Engineering · 4 yr 55,074 Good chance All India
SGSITS IndoreMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 55,918 Good chance All India
NIAMT RanchiComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 57,205 Good chance All India
PEC ChandigarhCivil Engineering · 4 yr 58,279 High chance Other State
Central University of RajasthanComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 58,353 High chance All India
JK Institute Allahabad UniversityComputer Science and Engineering with Major in Artificial Intelligence · 4 yr 58,569 High chance All India
Assam University SilcharComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 59,095 High chance All India
PEC ChandigarhMetallurgical and Materials Engineering · 4 yr 59,105 High chance Other State
BIT PatnaComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 59,171 High chance All India
NIELIT RoparB.Tech in CSE (AI and ML) · 4 yr 59,645 High chance All India
NITTTR BhopalArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning · 4 yr 60,304 High chance All India
BIT PatnaComputer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) · 4 yr 60,379 High chance All India
GKCIET MaldaComputer Science Engineering (Artificial lntelligence and Machine Learning) · 4 yr 60,668 High chance Other State
Gati Shakti VishwavidyalayaB.Tech in Artificial Intelligenece and Data Science (Transportation and Logistics) · 4 yr 61,221 High chance All India
CIT KokrajharComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 61,422 High chance All India
BIT MesraChemical Engineering · 4 yr 61,847 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 62,405 High chance All India
NIELIT AurangabadComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 62,469 High chance All India
Tezpur UniversityB.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) - MBA · 5 yr 62,535 High chance All India
University of HyderabadMaterials Engineering · 5 yr 63,187 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityInformation Technology · 4 yr 63,644 High chance All India
Central University of KarnatakaComputer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) · 4 yr 63,803 High chance All India
ICT IndianOil Odisha CampusChemical Engineering · 5 yr 63,876 High chance All India
RGNAU AmethiAerospace Engineering · 4 yr 64,150 High chance All India
BIT MesraCivil Engineering · 4 yr 64,296 High chance All India
SGSITS IndoreCivil Engineering · 4 yr 64,315 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityChemical Engineering · 4 yr 64,410 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityArtificial Intelligence and Data Science · 4 yr 64,597 High chance All India
SGSITS IndoreIndustrial and Production Engineering · 4 yr 64,976 High chance All India
BIT DeogharComputer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) · 4 yr 65,006 High chance All India
NIELIT RoparElectronics and Communication Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology) · 4 yr 65,145 High chance All India
Tezpur UniversityComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 65,606 High chance All India
Gati Shakti VishwavidyalayaB.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Rail Engineering) · 4 yr 66,086 High chance All India
IITRAM AhmedabadElectrical Engineering · 4 yr 66,311 High chance All India
NIAMT RanchiMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 67,448 High chance All India
BIT PatnaElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 67,453 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityElectrical and Electronics Engineering · 4 yr 67,555 High chance All India
BIT MesraBio Technology · 4 yr 67,616 High chance All India
SMVDU KatraBio Technology · 4 yr 67,647 High chance All India
BIT MesraProduction and Industrial Engineering · 4 yr 67,784 High chance All India
BIT MesraPhysics · 5 yr 67,822 High chance All India
SLIET LongowalComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 68,425 High chance All India
NIELIT PatnaComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 68,926 High chance All India
Assam University SilcharElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 69,078 High chance All India
NERIST ItanagarComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 69,130 High chance All India
SGSITS IndoreBiomedical Engineering · 4 yr 69,138 High chance All India
Central University of RajasthanElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 69,310 High chance All India
BIT DeogharComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 69,578 High chance All India
JK Institute Allahabad UniversityElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 70,233 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 70,294 High chance All India
Central University of KarnatakaMathematics and Computing · 4 yr 70,672 High chance All India
Tezpur UniversityB.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering) - MBA · 5 yr 70,776 High chance All India
RGNAU AmethiArtificial Intelligence & Data Science - Aviation Systems · 4 yr 71,026 High chance All India
IITRAM AhmedabadMechanical Engineering · 4 yr 71,219 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 71,243 High chance All India
NIELIT SrinagarB.Tech in CSE (AI and ML) · 4 yr 71,718 High chance All India
SLIET LongowalArtificial Intelligence and Data Science · 4 yr 71,810 High chance All India
Tezpur UniversityElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 71,851 High chance All India
BIT DeogharElectronics and Communication Engineering · 4 yr 72,172 High chance All India
NIELIT AurangabadElectronic Engineering · 4 yr 72,235 High chance All India
Central University of HaryanaComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 72,391 High chance All India
BIT PatnaMathematics and Computing · 5 yr 72,605 High chance All India
NIELIT AjmerComputer Science and Engineering (Internet of Things, Cyber Security including Block Chain Technology ) · 4 yr 73,128 High chance All India
Puducherry Technological UniversityElectronics and Instrumentation Engineering · 4 yr 73,259 High chance All India
Tezpur UniversityElectrical Engineering · 4 yr 73,682 High chance All India
Central University of PunjabComputer Science and Engineering · 4 yr 73,747 High chance All India

Showing the 80 most competitive of 209. See all in the college predictor.

Your options may be wider

  • Home State quota: half the seats at every NIT are for students from that state, and they usually close at much higher ranks.
  • Category seats: EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST seats close on category ranks.
  • Female-only seats: supernumerary seats for female candidates close at noticeably higher ranks.

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FAQs

Which colleges can I get with 97 percentile in JEE Main?

In JoSAA 2026 (final round), 301 programmes closed at or above rank 46,500 for General, gender-neutral, Other State/All India seats: 66 at NITs, 33 at IIITs, 202 at GFTIs. The most competitive among them included Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT Durgapur, Artificial Intelligence and Computing at IIIT Dharwad, B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing at IIIT Ranchi.

Can I get an NIT with 97 percentile?

Yes. 66 NIT programmes were within reach at rank 46,500 in JoSAA 2026 for Other State General candidates, and Home State quota seats usually close at much higher ranks.

Does this include IITs?

No. IIT seats are allotted on JEE Advanced rank, not JEE Main rank. If you have qualified JEE Advanced, add your Advanced rank in the college predictor.

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