Jamia Millia Islamia

What are the cutoffs for Jamia Millia Islamia in 2026?

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi admits B.Tech students through the JEE Main All India Rank and admits BDS students through the NEET UG All India Rank, so your closing rank in those two national exams decides your seat. In the 2024 cycle, the headline General-category closing rank for the flagship B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering branch was 34,174 in the final list (it opened far tighter at 15,766 in the first list), while the General-category BDS closing rank was 46,139. JMI is a Central, minority-status government university, so alongside General, OBC, SC and ST quotas it also runs special Muslim, Muslim-OBC/ST and Muslim-Women categories, which is why its closing ranks are more relaxed than IITs or NITs. For 2026, candidates must clear JEE Main (with at least 55% in PCM in Class 12) or NEET UG and then file a separate JMI admission form on admission.jmi.ac.in.

The sections below give the actual JMI closing ranks branch-by-branch and year-by-year so you can judge your own chances against the real numbers, not estimates.

Year-Wise Cutoff Trends (2024-2026)

This table tracks how Jamia Millia Islamia's General-category closing ranks have moved across the 2024 and 2025 admission cycles for its most-asked programmes, plus the position going into 2026. It answers the core question: "Is the JMI cutoff getting tougher or easier?" Read each row as the worst (highest) rank that still secured a seat in that branch and category for that year; a lower number means the branch became harder to enter. The 2026 column reflects the latest available trend, since JMI 2026 counselling closing ranks are released only after JEE Main and NEET UG results.

The takeaway: across both years, Computer Science/Computer Engineering stays the single hardest seat at JMI, closing inside ~34,000-43,000 in General, while Civil consistently closes latest near 70,000-73,000. For BDS, the General closing rank tightened from 46,139 in 2024 to roughly 40,794 in the final 2025 round, signalling rising NEET competition for JMI's 40 dental seats. Reserved-category aspirants (OBC, EWS) enjoy a meaningful buffer, with BDS OBC and EWS closing at 31,912 and 27,010 in 2024.

Course-Wise Cutoff at Jamia Millia Islamia

Because JMI publishes more than one cutoff list per branch, the gap between the first list and the final list matters hugely when you plan. The table below shows the 2024 JEE Main General-category B.Tech closing ranks for both the first list (July 6, 2024) and the second/final list (July 15, 2024), so you can see exactly how far ranks loosened between rounds. This answers the practical question: "If I miss the first list, can a later list still get me in?" Read the first-list column as the tightest entry point and the final-list column as the realistic outer boundary for that branch.

The pattern is clear and useful: every JMI B.Tech branch relaxed by roughly 18,000 to 25,000 ranks between the first and final 2024 lists, so a candidate ranked around 34,000 still landed CSE and one near 73,000 still landed Civil by the final list. Branch desirability falls in a steady order, CSE, ECE, Electrical, Mechanical, then Civil, which is the same order in which closing ranks widen. Aspirants outside the first-list band should not give up, because JMI's later lists historically clear a much deeper rank pool.

Cutoff Trend Analysis

Jamia Millia Islamia's cutoffs are tightening at the top end and broadly stable elsewhere. The data shows CSE/Computer Engineering closing in the 34,000-43,000 General band across 2024-2025, and BDS sharpening from 46,139 (2024) toward about 40,794 in the final 2025 round, both signs of rising demand for JMI's affordable, NIRF-ranked, Central-university seats. Two forces drive this: JMI's strong placements (a 2025 NIRF-reported median package near 13.78 LPA and highest offers reported around 18 LPA for CSE) and its low fees (B.Tech regular tuition near Rs 19,225 per year and BDS near Rs 42,075 per year) keep application volumes high while seat counts stay fixed.

Realistically, for 2026 a General-category aspirant should target a JEE Main rank under ~34,000 to be confident of Computer Science/Computer Engineering, under ~50,000 for ECE, and under ~73,000 to remain in contention for Civil through the final list. For BDS, a NEET UG All India Rank inside roughly 40,000-46,000 (General) gives a genuine shot, while OBC and EWS aspirants have historically converted at ~32,000 and ~27,000 respectively. Reserved and minority-category candidates should always check the lower JMI-specific closing ranks, as Muslim, Muslim-OBC/ST and Muslim-Women quotas close several thousand ranks later than the General list.