NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main 2024) in two sessions – session 1 will be held from January 24 to February 1, 2024, and session 2 will be conducted from April 1 to 15, 2024.
JEE Main 2024 is done for admission to undergraduate (UG) engineering programmes for admission to National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other centrally funded technology institutes (CFTIs).
The JEE Main 2024 counselling process will be done through the central seat allocation board (CSAB). Students should have secured at least 75% marks in the Class 12 or should be in the top 20 percentile in Class 12 exam conducted by the respective boards. For SC/ST candidates the qualifying marks will be 65% in the Class 12 board exams. The top engineering institutes in the countries are either IITs or NITs. There 17 IITs and 10 NITs in top 50 engineering colleges of the country as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF 2023.
Top NITs in NIRF 2023
Institutes |
City |
Rank |
state |
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli |
Tiruchirappalli |
9 |
Tamil Nadu |
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal |
Surathkal |
12 |
Karnataka |
National Institute of Technology Rourkela |
Rourkela |
16 |
Odisha |
National Institute of Technology Warangal |
Warangal |
21 |
Telangana |
National Institute of Technology Calicut |
Kozhikode |
23 |
Kerala |
National Institute of Technology Silchar |
Silchar |
40 |
Assam |
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur |
Nagpur |
41 |
Maharashtra |
National Institute of Technology Durgapur |
Durgapur |
43 |
West Bengal |
Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |
Jalandhar |
46 |
Punjab |
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology |
Prayagraj |
49 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Other institutes in NIRF top 50
Institutes |
City |
Rank |
state |
Jadavpur University |
Kolkata |
10 |
West Bengal |
Vellore Institute of Technology |
Vellore |
11 |
Tamil Nadu |
Anna University |
Chennai |
13 |
Tamil Nadu |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Coimbatore |
19 |
Tamil Nadu |
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) |
Patiala |
20 |
Punjab |
Institute of Chemical Technology |
Mumbai |
24 |
Maharashtra |
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani |
Pilani |
25 |
Rajasthan |
Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi |
New Delhi |
26 |
Delhi |
Siksha `O` Anusandhan |
Bhubaneswar |
27 |
Odisha |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology |
Chennai |
28 |
Tamil Nadu |
Delhi Technological University |
New Delhi |
29 |
Delhi |
Amity University |
Gautam Budh Nagar |
31 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Aligarh Muslim University |
Aligarh |
32 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy |
Thanjavur |
34 |
Tamil Nadu |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
Howrah |
35 |
West Bengal |
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education |
Srivilliputtur |
36 |
Tamil Nadu |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology |
Jaipur |
37 |
Rajasthan |
Chandigarh University |
Mohali |
38 |
Punjab |
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology |
Bhubaneswar |
39 |
Odisha |
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) |
Vaddeswaram |
44 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering |
Kalavakkam |
45 |
Tamil Nadu |
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology |
Thiruvananthapuram |
48 |
Kerala |
Lovely Professional University |
Phagwara |
50 |
Punjab |
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