JEE Main cut- off for the B.Arch/ B.Planning programmes is the minimum number of marks required by a candidate appearing for the Joint Entrance Main Examination to qualify as a suitable candidate and get through into the different engineering colleges located across India, that offer the B.Arch/ B.Planning programme. The candidates appearing for the JEE 2019 are required to meet a certain cut- off rank set by the exam conducting authority/ governing body that makes them eligible to secure a seat in the colleges offering the course type that they seek. A major difference among the pupil who want admission into the B.Arch/B.Planning programmes and the rest of the candidates is that these students need to appear for the JEE Main Paper 2.
Cut- offs for different institutes are declared every year depending on the programme that is to be offered. Numerous other factors that affect the cut- off ranks include the prestige of the institute, programme chosen and the category of the candidate. The cut- off for a certain engineering course varies each year, depending on different factors weighed important by the exam conducting body that declares the final cut- off for institutes and courses. Thus, one has to wait for the revelation of the cut- off lists and rely only on the past statistics that might help in gaining a little insight into the matter.
The different factors that influence/ determine JEE Main cut- off ( B.Arch/ B.Planning) for the specific academic year are:
- The difficulty of JEE Main Paper.
- Previous year’s cut- off marks
- The number of seats available for course/institute
- The number of candidates appearing for the examination
- Category wise reservation
JEE Main 2019 cut- off for admission of candidates into different B.Arch /B.Planning couses is released in the form of a list consisting of opening ranks and closing ranks. The eligibility of a particular candidate is determined on the basis of his rank/marks. The candidate gets through into the college/course whose ranking corresponds to the ranks mentioned in a certain list. The lists are declared after a few days of the examination date and candidates can easily analyze their result and chances of admission. The previous year’s cut- off for different institutes offering B.Arch/B.Planning courses are as follows:
JEE Main Cutoff for B.Arch/B.Planning in NITs
| Name of Institute | Category | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
| 1-Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur | General | 568 | 2401 |
| OBC | 392 | 1688 | |
| SC | 99 | 589 | |
| ST | 160 | 498 | |
| 2- National Institute of Technology, Calicut | General | 663 | 1141 |
| OBC | 244 | 393 | |
| SC | 127 | 577 | |
| ST | 229 | 229 | |
| 3- National Institute of Technology, Raipur | General | 1452 | 8689 |
| OBC | 1364 | 13542 | |
| SC | 361 | 1333 | |
| ST | 250 | 478 |
JEE Main Cutoff for B.Arch in CFTIs
| Name of Institute | Category | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
| 1-Mizoram University, Aizawal | General | 1453 | 2883 |
| SC | 201 | 523 | |
| ST | 126 | 412 | |
| 2-School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi | General | 7 | 486 |
| SC | 79 | 302 | |
| ST | 23 | 71 | |
| 3- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | General | 658 | 3869 |
| SC | 288 | 1258 | |
| ST | 196 | 826 |
The candidates who appear for the current year’s JEE Main examination should know a little about the past year’s cut- off trends if they want to be sure about securing seat in the course/institute of their preference. The qualifying marks of JEE Main Paper 2 that determine the candidate’s chances of getting into the desired institute are actually a sum total marks obtained by the candidate in both the attempts and the final AIR ( All India Rank) and the All India Category Rank.
The exact marks that a candidate, appearing for the current year’s Joint Entrance Examination scores, are first normalized by the governing/conducting authorities. After the compilation of all these marks the cut- off lists for various programmes running in different institutes across the nation are declared. JEE Mains cut- off for B. Arch/B. Planning courses 2019 is dependent on the factors mentioned above. The JEE Main Paper 2 cut- off2019 will be the minimum number of marks required by a candidate to secure a seat into the B. Architecture and B. Planning courses offered by the engineering institutes. Candidates can check the previous year’s JEE Main cut- off to see the general trend and can calculate roughly calculate their chances of securing a position in the B. Arch/ B. Planning course.