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VNIT Nagpur Cutoff 2025

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur · Nagpur, Maharashtra · Established 1960 · Official site ↗

Branches tracked
8
Years of data
2022–2025
Top branch 2025
CSE
Closing rank 2025
6,359
Category: OPEN·Gender: Gender-Neutral·Quota: OS

Closing rank — 5-year trend

JoSAA final-round closing ranks for OPEN · Gender-Neutral. Toggle branches to compare. Rising cutoffs are normal for newer branches; a sharp fall usually signals growing demand (e.g. CSE everywhere post-2020).

Closing rank by yearLower rank = more competitive
3,6609,60615,55221,49827,4442022202320242025CSE · 2022 · Closing rank 5,642CSE · 2023 · Closing rank 7,087CSE · 2024 · Closing rank 5,795CSE · 2025 · Closing rank 6,359ECE · 2022 · Closing rank 11,131ECE · 2023 · Closing rank 12,184ECE · 2024 · Closing rank 9,858ECE · 2025 · Closing rank 10,545EEE · 2022 · Closing rank 17,067EEE · 2023 · Closing rank 16,931EEE · 2024 · Closing rank 14,761EEE · 2025 · Closing rank 15,125ME · 2022 · Closing rank 23,541ME · 2023 · Closing rank 25,462ME · 2024 · Closing rank 23,108ME · 2025 · Closing rank 21,612
Y-axis inverted so rank 1 sits at the top. A line sloping upward means the closing rank is falling — the branch is becoming harder to get into.

All branches at VNIT Nagpur

Every branch with JoSAA final-round data, sorted by how competitive it is. YoY change compares the latest year to the previous year — negative means cutoff dropped (tougher).

BranchQuotaOpening 2025Closing 2025YoY
CSE
Computer Science and Engineering
OS4,4426,359+10%
ECE
Electronics and Communication Engineering
OS8,04710,545+7%
EEE
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
OS12,31015,125+2%
ME
Mechanical Engineering
OS16,27021,612-6%
CHE
Chemical Engineering
OS19,43830,416+5%
CE
Civil Engineering
OS31,79736,904+1%
MME
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
OS33,44140,413-5%
MIN
Mining Engineering
OS41,76245,731+2%

Colour on YoY column: green = cutoff rose (easier), rose = cutoff fell (tougher).

Architecture & Planning at VNIT Nagpur

Different rank pool. B.Arch and B.Plan admissions use JEE Main Paper 2 ranks, which come from a separate exam and a much smaller candidate pool (~40k) than Paper 1 (~14 lakh). Do not compare these closing ranks to the B.E./B.Tech numbers above — a B.Arch closing rank of 289 is within the Paper 2 list only.
BranchQuotaOpening 2025Closing 2025YoY
B.Arch
Architecture · JEE Main Paper 2
OS571715-29%

Round-by-round: CSE in 2025

JoSAA runs up to 6 rounds of counselling. The closing rank climbs each round as students upgrade or withdraw. If you're banking on R1 data, you're under-estimating your chances.

RoundOpening rankClosing rankΔ vs R1
R14,4425,809baseline
R24,4425,935+126 ranks
R34,4426,013+204 ranks
R44,4426,013+204 ranks
R54,4426,085+276 ranks
R64,4426,359+550 ranks

Home-state advantage: CSE

NITs reserve 50% of their seats for Home State (HS) candidates. Here's how the 2025 final-round closing ranks compare. If you're from Maharashtra, the HS number is what matters for you.

Home State (Maharashtra)
Opening rank
4,794
Closing rank
7,203
Other State
Opening rank
4,442
Closing rank
6,359

VNIT Nagpur — frequently asked questions

What was the closing rank for CSE at VNIT Nagpur in 2025?+
The JoSAA final-round closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering at VNIT Nagpur in 2025 was 6,359 for the OPEN Gender-Neutral OS quota. This is the cutoff the predictor uses by default.
Which are the toughest branches to get into at VNIT Nagpur?+
Based on 2025 JoSAA final-round closing ranks (OPEN, Gender-Neutral), the most competitive branches at VNIT Nagpur are: CSE (6,359), ECE (10,545), EEE (15,125). The number in brackets is the last rank that got in.
How much does the closing rank drift between rounds at VNIT Nagpur?+
For CSE in 2025, Round 1 closed at rank 5,809 while the final round (R6) closed at 6,359. Students further from the cutoff still get in if they hold out through later rounds, so R1 data alone underestimates the real admit line.
How much is the Home State advantage at VNIT Nagpur?+
For CSE in 2025, the Home State (Maharashtra) closing rank was 7,203 versus 6,359 for Other State candidates. NITs reserve 50% of their seats for HS, so if you're from Maharashtra, your effective cutoff is the HS number.
Is VNIT Nagpur admission based on JEE Main or JEE Advanced?+
VNIT Nagpur admits through JoSAA counselling using JEE Main scores. JEE Advanced is only used for IITs. You need to register on the JoSAA portal after JEE Main results, fill a choice list, and the allocation runs across multiple rounds.
Where does this cutoff data come from?+
Closing ranks shown here are from the official JoSAA Opening-Closing Rank (OR-CR) reports, consolidated across all rounds from 2022 through 2025. VNIT Nagpur has 4 years of data in our database. The predictor uses the final round of each year to avoid over-optimistic Round 1 projections.