With marks 116 in JEE mains & 92.8% in CBSE +2, can I get admission in PEC Chandigarh in computer science or ECE?

For admission in PEC, you at least need to have 75% in your intermediate exams and cleared the JEE Main cut-off for the institute. The following table shows the JEE Main Round 1 cut-offs for PEC in 2020: Category Sub-Category B.Tech CSE B.Tech ECE General OS* 199-6404 6871-13169 HS* 1438-10654 11011-19152 SC OS 990-2483 3454-4530 HS 1531-3345 4015-8676 ST OS 879-1256 1457-2545 General PwD OS 143-153 1164-1164 HS 196-258 539-939 *Here, 'other state' is OS, and 'home state' is HS. Seeing the cut-off rank, you might not get PEC Chandigarh at your mentioned profile. With 92.8% in 10+2, you have cleared one basic eligibility for the institute. Another eligibility is clearing JEE Mains cut-off for PEC. At the mentioned score of 116 in JEE Main, your rank will be approximately around 55000. This rank cannot get a seat in any of the 6 rounds. If you are desperate to join this year, then you can search for CSE/ECE branch other institutes, as per your JEE rank. But, if you can have time in your hands, you can give another attempt in JEE Mains.

With all India rank 70,000 in JEE Main, can I get admission in PEC, Chandigarh if I have Chandigarh quota?

You have a chance of getting into PEC with AIR 70000 on the board and Chandigarh quota, but branch preference can be an issue. Production and Metallurgy are the branches you are qualified for. You can wait until the spot round as this rank might put you in this branch. 2020 Cut-offs : Specialization Opening rank CSE 1438 Aerospace engineering 19598 Electrical engineering 14467 ECE 11011 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 42275 If you are from the general category, then it might be a problem. But if you have some other quota also, then it will improve your chances. You can get admission as far as just admission is concerned.

How many marks a obc category need to get admission in pec chandigarh?

For admission to PEC Chandigarh, you need to clear JEE Main and your intermediate exams result will also be taken into consideration. The weightage of JEE and 10+2 is 60% and 40% respectively. Now, to answer your question, PEC Chandigarh has 4 categories - General, SC, ST, and General PwD. There is no specific OBC category present when cut-offs are considered. The OBC candidates are allotted seats from the General category. Furthermore, candidates from Defence parents, Kashmiris, etc. will also get some preferences. It is best to contact the college for further accurate information.

What are the basic criteria required for joining PEC Chandigarh?

Below are the procedures to get admission in undergraduate courses at PEC Chandigarh. You will have to score at least 75% in your board exam, it is the basic criteria to appear in JEE Main. Appear and secure a good score in JEE Main. You will get three consecutive attempts for JEE Main. Admission at PEC is purely based on JEE Main score. You can check the recent cutoff for PEC on the official website to get an idea of what to expect. All the qualified candidates have to participate in the counseling process and they are allotted seats as per the rank secured in JEE Main and choices elected by them. If you are applying for admission one year after your 10+2, you will need to produce a gap year certificate during counseling. So, these are some eligibility criteria for you to keep a note of.

What should be the spot round cut off for Electrical branch in PEC Chandigarh?

The cutoffs are released after the spot round. So, it’s difficult to say what is the required cutoff for Electrical branch in the spot round at PEC Chandigarh. But assuming that you are from the open/general category, these are the starting cut-off ranks for recent years. Category Other State Home State General 12781-17622 17194-28074 SC 1848-4611 2586-7591 ST 1456-1650 - GeneralPwD 477-1022 - Since the number of seats in PEC is the same as last year (no increase or decrease) you can expect fairly the same ranks this year too. So, work hard and make sure you get in the rank range.

Will cutoff for PEC Chandigarh go down with addition of 175 seats?

Yes, there is news about the addition of 175 seats in PEC Chandigarh and many are thinking that the cut-off marks will decrease as a result. With the increase in numbers of seats, the cut-offs are supposed to go down but it might not decrease for popular branches like CSE, ECE, Mechanical. There might be a difference of a few marks for some of the courses, but other than this everything is likely to remain the same. The table below shows the required cutoff for PEC Chandigarh in recent years. Branch Chandigarh quota Non-Chandigarh quota CSE 12124 8009 Mechanical 36019 24218 Metallurgy 62270 43708 ECE 19554 14274 Civil 51310 34470 Production 54109 38401 Aerospace 38170 18979 Electrical 30347 21666 Hope this gives you an idea about the cutoff required for PEC Chandigarh.

PEC Chandigarh Cutoff 2026 : JEE Mains Opening & Closing Rank ,Roundwise ,Categorywise Trends

Course	Cutoff Rank
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering	26090
B.Tech Artificial Intelligence	26789
B.Tech Data Science	34782
B.Tech Mathematics and Computing	36835
B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering	45078
B.Tech VLSI Design	46536

Course	Cutoff Rank
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering	13499
B.Tech Artificial Intelligence	14122
B.Tech Mathematics and Computing	15638
B.Tech Data Science	16000
B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering	19709
B.Tech VLSI Design	20566

Course	Exam	Cutoff
B.Tech	JEE-Main	146 - 59105 (Other State) 86 - 138433 (Home State)
B.Tech	CSAB-Counselling	15360 - 990315 (Other State) 49999 - 96457 (All India) 24963 - 667236 (Home State)
M.Tech	GATE	180 - 529
B.Tech	DASA	560637 - 1139110

Category	Closing rank
General	13499 - 15088 (OS) 26090 - 29864 (HS)
SC	3128 - 3508 (OS) 4577 - 5978 (HS)
ST	1817 - 1902 (OS)
EWS	2088 - 2626 (OS) 11997 - 13261 (HS)
OBCNCL	4893 - 5012 (OS) 7363 - 9074 (HS)
GeneralPwD	492 - 591 (OS) 1254 (HS)
EWSPwD	146 (OS)
SCPwD	86 (HS)

Category	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022
SCPwD	86 (HS)	-	95 (HS)	93 (OS)	51 (OS)
EWSPwD	368 (OS)	317 (OS)	390 (OS) 156 (HS)	258 (OS)	186 (OS)
OBC NCLPwD	810 (OS)	-	-	-	-
GeneralPwD	4484 (OS) 1590 (HS)	3855 (OS) 3378 (HS)	4132 (OS) 1575 (HS)	650046 (OS) 1792 (HS)	1767 (OS) 1483 (HS)
ST	4579 (OS)	5679 (OS)	4852 (OS)	349416 (OS)	5198 (OS)
SC	10623 (OS) 29065 (HS)	10676 (OS) 30417 (HS)	11574 (OS) 27530 (HS)	245994 (OS) 789354 (HS)	10143 (OS) 37359 (HS)
OBCNCL	18740 (OS) 47215 (HS)	-	-	-	-
EWS	9145 (OS) 117988 (HS)	9056 (OS) 95192 (HS)	9337 (OS) 93473 (HS)	88890 (OS) 452200 (HS)	8966 (OS) 71477 (HS)
General	59105 (OS) 138433 (HS)	58431 (OS) 117242 (HS)	54239 (OS) 85162 (HS)	78736 (OS) 173573 (HS)	58870 (OS) 101745 (HS)

Courses	Closing rank 2026	Closing rank 2025	Closing rank 2024	Closing rank 2023	Closing rank 2022
Computer Science and Engineering	15088 (OS) 29864 (HS)	13234 (OS) 19702 (HS)	10498 (OS) 17512 (HS)	187405 (OS) 97986 (HS)	11537 (OS) 15129 (HS)
Artificial Intelligence	15721 (OS) 30382 (HS)	13496 (OS) 21260 (HS)	11603 (OS) 18408 (HS)	208338 (OS) 20432 (HS)	-
Data Science	17061 (OS) 37476 (HS)	15295 (OS) 25310 (HS)	13915 (OS) 21573 (HS)	87532 (OS) 23743 (HS)	13436 (OS) 17695 (HS)
Mathematics And Computing	16815 (OS) 41702 (HS)	16059 (OS) 33277 (HS)	15800 (OS) 24451 (HS)	-	-
Electronics & Communication Engineering	21759 (OS) 46637 (HS)	20155 (OS) 36774 (HS)	19785 (OS) 30744 (HS)	650046 (OS) 144896 (HS)	18635 (OS) 27267 (HS)
VLSI Design	22965 (OS) 49932 (HS)	21056 (OS) 40631 (HS)	21167 (OS) 32004 (HS)	213607 (OS) 33758 (HS)	-
Electrical Engineering	29737 (OS) 62167 (HS)	28432 (OS) 49806 (HS)	27230 (OS) 43039 (HS)	215644 (OS) 240304 (HS)	33308 (OS) 37866 (HS)
Aerospace Engineering	32885 (OS) 68667 (HS)	32732 (OS) 55662 (HS)	30665 (OS) 49123 (HS)	316494 (OS) 367898 (HS)	-
Mechanical Engineering	41505 (OS) 85261 (HS)	40009 (OS) 83103 (HS)	41055 (OS) 58061 (HS)	281490 (OS) 265203 (HS)	43814 (OS) 55024 (HS)
Industrial & Production Engineering	49647 (OS) 105707 (HS)	50157 (OS) 93234 (HS)	48373 (OS) 93473 (HS)	299348 (OS) 470330 (HS)	54597 (OS) 92397 (HS)
Civil Engineering	58279 (OS) 124344 (HS)	53919 (OS) 106307 (HS)	51670 (OS) 80056 (HS)	208421 (OS) 383608 (HS)	55759 (OS) 90433 (HS)
Metallurgical And Materials Engineering	59105 (OS) 138433 (HS)	58431 (OS) 117242 (HS)	54239 (OS) 85162 (HS)	349416 (OS) 789354 (HS)	58870 (OS) 101745 (HS)

Category	Closing rank
General	19586 - 20166 (OS) 34586 - 35174 (HS)
EWS	21335 - 23240 (OS)

Category	2025	2024	2023
General	84826 (OS) 450748 (HS)	83402 (OS) 145770 (HS)	78736 (OS) 173573 (HS)
EWS	107442 (OS) 96457 (AI) 555833 (HS)	103340 (OS) 92393 (AI) 130748 (HS)	88890 (OS) 85085 (AI) 452200 (HS)
ST	557360 (OS)	349446 (OS)	349416 (OS)
SC	223445 (OS) 667236 (HS)	272365 (OS) 717132 (HS)	245994 (OS) 789354 (HS)
GeneralPwD	990315 (OS)	1211426 (OS) 638496 (HS)	650046 (OS)
EWSPwD	-	1083621 (OS)	-

Courses	Closing rank 2025	Closing rank 2024	Closing rank 2023
Mathematics And Computing	23240 (OS) 35174 (HS)	349446 (OS) 92772 (HS)	-
Artificial Intelligence	93514 (OS) 212695 (HS)	221157 (OS) 638496 (HS)	208338 (OS) 20432 (HS)
Electronics & Communication Engineering	241305 (OS) 247680 (HS)	1083621 (OS) 160236 (HS)	650046 (OS) 144896 (HS)
VLSI Design	253992 (OS) 224310 (HS)	263459 (OS) 38329 (HS)	213607 (OS) 33758 (HS)
Electrical Engineering	295265 (OS) 363311 (HS)	1211426 (OS) 196201 (HS)	215644 (OS) 240304 (HS)
Aerospace Engineering	265523 (OS) 63007 (AI) 396196 (HS)	193732 (OS) 217146 (HS)	316494 (OS) 367898 (HS)
Computer Science and Engineering	458323 (OS) 172092 (HS)	192475 (OS) 106415 (HS)	187405 (OS) 97986 (HS)
Data Science	498724 (OS) 31502 (HS)	639305 (OS) 128929 (HS)	87532 (OS) 23743 (HS)
Civil Engineering	269043 (OS) 96457 (AI) 548584 (HS)	230157 (OS) 77243 (AI) 379408 (HS)	208421 (OS) 78856 (AI) 383608 (HS)
Industrial & Production Engineering	557360 (OS) 76525 (AI) 444383 (HS)	320340 (OS) 73719 (AI) 397641 (HS)	299348 (OS) 71426 (AI) 470330 (HS)
Metallurgical And Materials Engineering	281790 (OS) 95256 (AI) 667236 (HS)	289519 (OS) 92393 (AI) 717132 (HS)	349416 (OS) 85085 (AI) 789354 (HS)
Mechanical Engineering	990315 (OS) 51379 (AI) 555833 (HS)	289162 (OS) 329238 (HS)	281490 (OS) 265203 (HS)

Category	Closing marks
General	352

Category	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022
EWS	357	333	331	371	321
General	351	351	350	350	350
OBC	322	-	-	-	-
GeneralPwD	289	-	-	-	-
ST	250	246	246	192	249
SC	180	240	201	200	172

Courses	Closing marks 2026	Closing marks 2025	Closing marks 2024	Closing marks 2023	Closing marks 2022
Materials Science and Technology	352	-	-	-	-
Environmental Engineering	290	246	201	251	250
Computer Science And Engineering	286	255	273	232	245
Computer Science And Information Security	282	250	263	-	-
Vlsi Design	273	276	236	200	189
Structural Engineering	250	243	249	-	-
Electrical Engineering	250	240	249	192	275
Transportation Engineering	250	245	247	259	247
Industrial Engineering & Management	244	-	-	-	-
Aerospace Engineering	242	351	251	258	245
Quantum Technology	236	-	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	180	261	399	254	337

Category	Closing rank
CIWG	560637

Category	2025	2024	2023	2022
General	819399	1131301	785059	527209
CIWG	1139110	851818	482276	-

Courses	Closing rank 2025	Closing rank 2024	Closing rank 2023	Closing rank 2022
Mechanical Engineering	560637	-	-	-
Data Science	1060830	359501	184314	-
Computer Science and Engineering	1139110	1131301	785059	395040

The GATE 2025 cutoff for PEC Chandigarh for M.Tech admission in the General category ranges from 519 to 351. For the M.Tech Computer Science and Information Security program, the Round 1 cutoff is 519, and the last round cutoff for admission is 429. M.Tech Computer Science and Engineering has a Round 1 cutoff of 506 and a last round cutoff of 433. Other programs like VLSI Design, Environmental Engineering, and Transportation Engineering have cutoffs between 414 and 363.

Cutoffs for branches such as Electrical Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering are in the 358 to 351 range. For SC candidates, the admission cutoff range is from 381 in Round 1 for M.Tech Computer Science and Engineering to 240 in the last round for M.Tech Electrical Engineering. In the ST category, the cutoff is 291 for M.Tech VLSI Design and 246 for M.Tech Environmental Engineering. Under the EWS category, the range is from a Round 1 cutoff of 499 for M.Tech Computer Science and Engineering to a last round cutoff of 333 for M.Tech Computer Science and Information Security.

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Comments

Found 2 Comments

arun kumar

Mar 16, 2024 18:43

Can you provide insights into the factors influencing the cutoff marks for admission to PEC Chandigarh?

Ashish Ramtari

Mar 18, 2024 07:26

The factors affecting PEC Chandigarh Cutoffs are mentioned below:

The difficulty level of Entrance examinations such as GATE and JEE Mains
Trends of Previous year cutoffs
The number of applications number of seats are in inverse proportion

sanchita bhattacharya

Mar 16, 2024 17:18

What is the B.Tech CSE cutoff for PEC Chandigarh admission?

Shikhar Srivas

Mar 20, 2024 21:50

You need to have a JEE Mains rank between 15366 – 19082 (opening and closing rank) to be eligible for admission to B.tech CSE at PEC Chandigarh.

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Specialization	Opening rank
CSE	1438
Aerospace engineering	19598
Electrical engineering	14467
ECE	11011
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	42275

PEC Chandigarh Cutoff 2026 : JEE Mains Opening & Closing Rank ,Roundwise ,Categorywise Trends