What’s Next After JEE Main? Career Options after JEE Mains

What after JEE Main is a question that haunts myriad aspirants who sit for the national level engineering entrance exam to test their capabilities to study across the best engineering colleges across the country. Numerous minds stay in dilemma once they appear in JEE Main for concerns like what if I don't secure the JEE Main cut off or what are my career options after JEE Main? The story doesn't end here. Furthermore, admission seekers keep worrying about aspects like, which colleges will I be eligible to apply for admission?" Or how to apply for the counselling based on my JEE Main scores?

The JEE Main entrance exam is conducted to get admission to various undergraduate engineering courses such as BE/BTech, BArch, and BPlan in IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIS. In addition, several private institutes also consider the JEE Main result for admission to UG engineering courses. However, most students are confused about what to do after JEE Main.

Thus, to address many such aspects of what after qualifying JEE Main exam, this article comes to your rescue. Read through it and know what are your admission chances or what are your career options after JEE Main.

What to do after JEE Main 2025?

Whether you qualify JEE Main or don't secure the JEE Main cutoff 2025, in either of the cases, you will have many options available. Thus, keep your worry aside and know your career options after JEE Main 2025. We have discussed different case scenarios here to make you aware of all the possibilities you have in hand after JEE Main.

Scenario 1- If you qualify for JEE Advanced 2025

Scenario 2 - If you don't qualify for JEE Advanced - JoSAA counselling 2025 for NIT+ System

Scenario 3 - Private institutions/colleges that accept JEE Main scores 2025

Scenario 4 - State level exams

Scenario 5 - State level counselling/admissions

What after JEE Main Result - Scenario 1 (If you qualify for JEE Advanced)

In case you are able to secure yourself a rank within the top 2,50,000 rankers of JEE Main 2025 or say you are one of the top 2,50,000 rankers of JEE Main 2025, then you qualify for taking the JEE Advanced 2025 exam for admission to the prestigious IITs. The top 2,50,000 qualified candidates will be eligible to seek admission across the 23 IITs. However, to do so, you need to register for JoSAA counselling 2025. The stages involved in JoSAA counselling 2025 include registration, choice filling, choice locking, reporting, document verification and fee payment.

List of JEE Advanced Participating IITs

Scenario 2 - What after JEE Main result? - If you don't qualify for JEE Advanced - JoSAA counselling 2025 for NIT+ System

In another case scenario, if you don't qualify for JEE Advanced, then admission to participating institutes of JEE Main is the alternate option for you. Don't worry, the participating institutes of JEE Main are a good bet too. These are also government/govt. funded institutes (NITs, IIITs and CFTIs) of levels 2, 3, and 4 respectively, after the premium IITs. However, the requirement for admission to these institutes is securing the JEE Main qualifying cut-off. Post the JEE Main result declaration, candidates need to check their results and know the status - if they have secured the qualifying cutoff of JEE Main. In case they have, then they need to further register themselves for JoSAA counselling to complete the admission process at NIT+ System.

What after JEE Main result?

Check the list of JEE Main Participating institutes where you would be getting admission based on the qualifying cut-off of JEE Main 2025.

What to do after JEE Main - JEE Main Participating Institutes 2025 (NITs)

JEE Main Participating Institutes 2025 (IIITs)

JEE Main Participating Institutes (CFTIs)

Scenario 3 - What after JEE Main result? - Other institutes (Govt./Private) that accept JEE Main scores

In yet another case scenario if you fail to secure the JEE Main qualifying cut-off for admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs, even then you have many good options to explore. There are several government and private institutions that accept JEE Main scores. In other words, these institutes offer engineering admissions based on the scoresand ranks of JEE Main. Check the list of colleges and universities which are a good career bet for you in case you don't score the JEE Main qualifying cut off.

Govt./Private Universities/Colleges that accept JEE Main scores

What should I do after JEE Mains result?

Among other academic institutes, BML Munjal holds a special place for offering admissions to B.Tech aspirants based on their JEE Main scores. However, for that, let's know the eligibility criteria and basic requirements.

BML Munjal University B.Tech Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates appearing in Class 12th exams through any of the boards affiliated to the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) or national or international boards recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) are eligible to apply. Students studying under Indian boards should have secured a minimum 60% aggregate marks (or equivalent scores) in four subjects, viz. Physics, Mathematics, English and any one subject out of Chemistry, Biology, and Technical Vocational subjects.
• For Cambridge/lGCSE exams and exams of the approved British Examination bodies, candidates are required to have a minimum of five subjects and Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Mathematics at the A-level and English at AS-level.
• For the lB Career Related programme (IBCP), students for engineering or medical strand graduating with 3 DP subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or other similar subjects) with at least 1 subject at HL level and minimum 3 points in each DP subject, career related study with at least 3 subjects, IBCP qualification with core components requirement awarded by lB can apply.
• A minimum 60 percentile in JEE Main. Candidates with 75% aggregate score in Class 12 but JEE Main percentile above 50% may be considered.

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• For SAT/BMU-SAT/CUET as per scores specified from time to time. Candidates are advised to take up BMU-SAT in case results of tests are not announced or are not available.
• Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)/Non-Resident Indians (NRls)/Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are required to have passed the qualifying examination or equivalent from any system of education as recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) with a minimum 60% aggregate or equivalent and subjects as defined for candidates intending to join professional courses.
• Under Early Admissions, candidates can apply even if their test scores or Class 12 results are awaited.

Scenario 4 - What after JEE Main result? - Statelevel exams

Even if the three options above do not sync well with your score/percentile/ranks in JEE Main, then you have yet another opportunity to grab, ie: state level examinations for engineering admissions. Not only candidates will get admission chances across good state level engineering colleges, but also candidates from the respective exam state will have the benefit of the domicile and reservation.

Check list of some popular state level engineering entrance exams that candidates can take for engineering admissions.

What should I do after JEE Mains result? -State level engineering entrance exams

Scenario 5 - What after JEE Main result - State level admissions/counselling

If you don't qualify for JEE Advanced or for the JEE Main participating institutes, or if you are unable to get admission through the state level engineering exams, then still you have a good alternative of getting admission in the state-level engineering colleges through the state-level counselling or admission process that consider JEE Main scores for offering admission into the B.Tech courses.

What are your career options after JEE Mains? - State level admissions based on JEE Main scores

The table below carries a few states that don't conduct their entrance examination, but offer B.Tech/BE admissions to the deserving candidates based on their JEE Main scores. However, to proceed with the admission procedure, the candidates need to participate in the state level counselling.

What after JEE Main result - State B.Tech/BE admissions

Furthermore, there are states that despite conducting their own entrance examinations for engineering admissions offer partial B.Tech admissions via JEE Main. Check the list of such states below.

What after JEE Main Exam -States that offer partial admissions through JEE Main

West Bengal: The state offers 10% of the total engineering seats across the private engineering colleges via JEE Main mode. In other words, these 10% states will only be filled by the candidates having valid JEE Main scores.

Maharashtra: 15% of the total B.Tech/BE seats across the private/self-financed engineering colleges are filled through JEE Main based on the candidate’s scores in the national level engineering entrance examination.

Rajasthan:Alike Maharashtra, Rajasthan too offers 15% of the total UG engineering seats across private-unaided engineering colleges and 15% at the self-financed B.Tech/BE programmes across the government-aided colleges to other state candidates on the basis of their JEE Main scores/Class 12th marks.

Himachal Pradesh – The state offers the first 50% of the total UG engineering seats across all colleges/institutes based on JEE Main merit/rank.