JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks: Category-Wise Cutoff, Passing Criteria

Check the expected JEE Advanced 2026 qualifying marks, category-wise passing criteria, previous years’ cutoffs, and factors affecting the qualifying marks. Learn what happens after JEE Advanced results, how normalization works, and how eligibility influences JoSAA counselling and IIT admissions

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JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks 2026 will be announced by IIT Roorkee on the official website. For the Common Rank List (CRL), the expected qualifying percentage is 20.56%, while for OBC-NCL it is 18.50%, and for SC and ST it is 10.28% respectively. The final cutoff details in the form of a PDF will be released after the announcement of the JEE Advanced results 2026.

In 2025, the qualifying cutoff percentages were as follows: 30.34% for CRL, 27.30% for GEN-EWS and OBC-NCL, 15.17% for SC, ST, and PwD, and 7.58% for Preparatory courses. In this article, we will discuss the JEE Advanced qualifying marks 2026, the passing criteria, the normalization process, and the factors influencing the cutoff.

JEE Advanced 2026 Qualifying Marks

The qualifying marks for JEE Advanced 2026 will depend on several factors such as the difficulty of the exam, the category of the candidate, and the normalization process.
Based on previous year data, here is the estimated minimum marks per subject and total aggregate marks:

Category	Estimated minimum marks per subject	Estimated minimum aggregate (out of 360)
Common Rank List (CRL)	8 to 10	85 to 100
GEN‑EWS	7 to 9	75 to 95
OBC‑NCL	7 to 9	75 to 95
SC	4 to 6	40 to 55
ST	4 to 6	40 to 55
Common‑PwD (CRL‑PwD)	4 to 6	40 to 55
GEN‑EWS‑PwD	4 to 6	40 to 55
OBC‑NCL‑PwD	4 to 6	40 to 55
SC‑PwD	4 to 6	40 to 55
ST‑PwD	4 to 6	40 to 55
Preparatory Course (PC) Rank List	2 to 4	20 to 30

Previous Year JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks

Analyzing previous year qualifying marks will help in predicting chances of admission during the JoSAA counseling process. Below are the qualifying marks from previous years:

JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks 2025

The table below shows category-wise minimum qualifying marks for JEE Advanced in 2025:

Rank List	Minimum marks in each subject	Minimum aggregate marks out of 360
Common rank list (CRL)	7	74
GEN-EWS rank list	6	66
OBC-NCL rank list	6	66
SC rank list	3	37
ST rank list	3	37
Common-PwD rank list (CRL-PwD)	3	37
GEN-EWS-PwD rank list	3	37
OBC-NCL-PwD rank list	3	37
SC-PwD rank list	3	37
ST-PwD rank list	3	37
Preparatory course rank lists	1	18

JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks 2024

Given below is the JEE Advanced qualifying marks 2024 for all the categories:

Rank List	Minimum Marks in each subject	Minimum Aggregate Marks out of 360
Common rank list (CRL)	10.0	109
GEN-EWS rank list	9.0	98
OBC-NCL rank list	9.0	98
SC rank list	5.0	54
ST rank list	5.0	54
Common-PwD rank list (CRL-PwD)	5.0	54
GEN-EWS-PwD rank list	5.0	54
OBC-NCL-PwD rank list	5.0	54
SC-PwD rank list	5.0	54
ST-PwD rank list	5.0	54
Preparatory course rank lists	2.0	27

JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks 2023

JEE Advanced qualifying marks for categories including OBC-NCL, GEN-EWS, SC and SC are given below:

Rank List	Minimum Marks in Each Subject	Minimum Aggregate Marks
Common rank list (CRL)	8	86
OBC-NCL rank list	7	77
GEN-EWS rank list	7	77
SC rank list	4	43
ST rank list	4	43
Common-PwD rank list (CRL-PwD)	4	43
OBC-NCL-PwD rank list	4	43
GEN-EWS-PwD rank list	4	43
SC-PwD rank list	4	43
ST-PwD rank list	4	43
Preparatory course (PC) rank lists	2	22

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JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks 2022

JEE Advanced qualifying marks 2022 for all the categories and their minimum aggregate marks are given in the table below:

Rank List	Minimum Marks in Each Subject	Minimum Aggregate Marks
Common rank list (CRL)	5	55
GEN-EWS rank list	5	50
OBC-NCL rank list	5	50
SC rank list	3	28
ST rank list	3	28
Common-PwD rank list (CRL-PwD)	3	28
GEN-EWS-PwD rank list	3	28
OBC-NCL-PwD rank list	3	28
SC-PwD rank lis	3	28
ST-PwD rank list	3	28
Preparatory course rank lists	1	14

JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks 2021

The table below shows the JEE Advanced qualifying marks for 2021:

Rank List	Minimum Marks in Each Subject	Minimum Aggregate Marks
Common rank list (CRL)	6	63
GEN-EWS rank list	5	56
OBC-NCL rank list	5	56
SC rank list	3	31
ST rank list	3	31
Common-PwD rank list (CRL-PwD)	3	31
GEN-EWS-PwD rank list	3	31
OBC-NCL-PwD rank list	3	31
SC-PwD rank list	3	31
ST-PwD rank list	3	31
Preparatory course rank lists	0	9

JEE Advanced 2026 Passing Criteria

The JEE Advanced qualifying percentage 2026 will be released by IIT Roorkee after the announcement of JEE Advanced results 2026. Given below is the previous year JEE Advanced passing criteria:

JEE Advanced 2025 Rank List	Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject	Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks
Common Rank List (CRL)	5.83%	20.56%
OBC-NCL Rank List	5.25%	18.50%
GEN-EWS Rank List	5.25%	18.50%
SC Rank List	2.92%	10.28%
ST Rank List	2.92%	10.28%
Common-PwD Rank List (CRL-PwD)	2.92%	10.28%
OBC-NCL-PwD Rank List	2.92%	10.28%
GEN-EWS-PwD Rank List	2.92%	10.28%
SC-PwD Rank List	2.92%	10.28%
ST-PwD Rank List	2.92%	10.28%
Preparatory Course (PC) Rank List	1.46%	5.14%

What After JEE Advanced 2026?

After the announcement of JEE Advanced results 2026, the eligible students with a required cut off will participate in the JoSAA counselling process 2026. Those who qualify JEE Advanced exams will get into any of the 23 participating IITs depending on their rank, category, and preferences.

If you are not eligible for IIT admissions, you can still consider applying for NITs like NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal, NIT Surathkal, etc as these colleges also offer excellent placement opportunities. If you are not satisfied with your JEE Advanced score, you can consider the following options:

Take a Drop Year and repeat JEE Advanced
Explore Non-Engineering Paths like UPSC, design, law, etc.
Study Abroad (SAT, TOEFL, etc.)
Other Competitive Exams – NDA, CUET, IPMAT, etc.

Factors Affecting JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks

The JEE Advanced qualifying percentile vary each year depending on several factors like exam difficulty level, category of the candidate, number of applicants, etc. Given below are the major factors affecting JEE Advanced qualifying marks:

Number of Seats Available in IITs
Number of Applicants’
Difficulty level of the exam
Performance of Candidates
Normalisation Process
Category-wise Distribution
Number of Easy/Tricky Questions in Each Subject

Conclusion

The JEE Advanced 2026 qualifying marks will play a critical role in determining a candidate’s eligibility for admission into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). These marks are influenced by multiple dynamic factors such as the difficulty level of the exam, performance of candidates, category-wise seat distribution, and normalisation processes across different sessions.