No hope is lost if one opts out to not appear for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) – Advanced, as JEE main scores are also being accepted by other top ranking colleges across India.

While Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are considered to be premier and most sought-after when it comes to studying engineering, there are other options students can explore. Some of them are ranked among the best in the world and all of them accept admissions based on JEE main score.

Although, some institutes like Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) have their own entrance exam and may not consider JEE main as their primary mode for enrolling students.

According to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), here is the list of colleges that will accept JEE main scores for admission to engineering and architecture courses.

Serial No	Institute	All India Rank (AIR)
1	Anna University	9
2	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	10
3	Institute of Chemical Technology	11
4	Jadavpur University	14
5	National Institute of Technology Rourkela	16
6	Vellore Institute of Technology	18
7	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology	19
8	NIT Karnataka	21
9	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	23
10	Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)	25
11	Jamia Milia Islamia	27
12	NIT Calicut	28
13	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology	31
14	Siksha O Anusandhan	32
15	Birla Institute of Technology	33
16	Delhi Technological University	34
17	Amity University	35
18	SRM Institute of Science and Technology	36
19	Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering	37
20	Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy	38
21	International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad	39
22	Aligarh Muslim University	40
23	NIT Kurukshetra	41
24	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology	42
25	Manipal Institute of Technology	43
26	College of Technology	44
27	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	45
28	NIT Durgapur	46
29	Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology	47
30	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	48
31	College of Engineering	49

The cut-off of JEE (Advanced) has been released, however, cut-offs for every college will be different and students are urged to check the admission process and necessary details thoroughly before applying.

The results for the JEE (Advanced) will be declared on June 14, 2019.

Experts bring good news for IIT aspirants – the 1.73 lakh students who registered for the JEE (Advanced) – as they say, that the cut-offs are likely to be lesser than last year.

While the percentage will be lowered the number of marks is on the higher end because the total marks went from 360 to 372 this year. The cut-off is expected to be on the lower end of 30 per cent.