JEE Main 2026 CSE cutoff percentiles are usually higher than all other branches available at the top 10 NITs. A general category candidate needs to be among the top JEE Main cutoff ranks of 2000 to be eligible for CSE admission at the top 10 NITs.

• You need to score 244+ in your JEE Main 2026 to be among the top 99.9 percentile to secure a seat in CSE at NIT Trichy, which is among the top 10 NITs.

• A candidate with a home state quota can get CSE at the top 10 NITs with a JEE Main percentile of 99.4.
• Reserved category candidates with 200+ marks in JEE Main usually get CSE at the top 10 NITs due to the reservation policy.

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JEE Main 2026 Expected Cutoff vs Percentile

The following table shows the JEE Main 2026 cutoff marks for each percentile.

• To score 99.9 percentile, you need to have cutoff marks between 229 and 244 in JEE Main 2026 Session 2.
• Scoring in the 99.9th percentile in JEE Main 2026 will help you get into the top 10 NITs in the CSE domain.

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Expected JEE Main 2026 Cutoff for Top 10 NITs: CSE

CSE is the most preferred branch among candidates. Candidates scoring 99.5- 99.9 percentile in JEE Main 2026 are eligible to get admission at the top NITs. You can check the detailed JEE Main cutoff for CSE in the top 10 NITs based on Other State and Home State Quota.

Other State Quota

• For the Other State quota, JEE Main cutoff percentiles are very competitive.
• You need to have 99.5- 99.9 JEE Main 2026 cutoff percentile to be eligible for CSE branch at the top 10 NITs, such as NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal and NIT Warangal.

Home State Quota

• For the Home State quota, JEE Main cutoff percentiles are flexible for top 10 NITs.
• You need to score in the 99.6+ percentile to get CSE in the top 3 NITs.

Source: The following Top 10 NITs JEE Main 2026 Cutoff for the CSE branch is prepared from a YouTube video by “Vedantu JEE Made Ejee”. Harsh Sir has explained the seat reservation policies and category-wise cutoff at various NITs. For more information, watch the video mentioned below:

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Category-Wise Expected JEE Main 2026 Cutoff for Top 10 NITs: CSE

You can check the category-wise JEE Main 2026 cutoff for the top 10 NITs of Other State and Home State quota below.

Other State Quota

The following table shows the expected JEE Main 2026 CSE cutoff for the Top 10 NITs:

Home State Quota

The following table shows the expected JEE Main 2026 CSE cutoff of the HS quota for the Top 10 NITs:

Source: YouTube

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Based on a Reddit post, a user asked the required JEE Main percentile for an OBC NCL candidate to get CSE at the top 3 NITs. Many users suggested getting a 99.6- 99.7 percentile will suffice in getting CSE at NIT Surathkal, NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal and NIT Allahabad.

Source: Reddit

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