How much do I have to score in JEE mains to get into NIT Trichy? I am from Tamil Nadu. Can I get a seat in NIT Trichy if I am writing ony CAT exam?

Hello, Shuruthi. It looks like you have interest in NIT Trichy. Well, since you have not mentioned which stream you are interested in, I will try to give you an overall picture. If you refer to the JEE Main 2020 Cutoff Rank for female candidates, then you will find that the cutoff rank varied largely according to the streams. Although last year, the closing rank for B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engineering was 42176 , for B.Tech Chemical Engineering was 28925 , for B.Tech Mechanical Engineering was 17694 , for B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering was 12916 , for B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering was 8128 , for B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering was 4728, for B.Tech Civil Engineering was 38686 etc. Since, you didn't mention about your category, I assume you are from GENERAL category.

If you want to know more details then check out these links,

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-nit-trichy#JEE-Main-Cut-off-for-NIT-Trichy-2020

https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-tiruchirappalli/cut-off?college_id=134&exam_sub_exam_id=2&counselling_id=548&category_of_admission_id=3&caste_id=2&gender_id=2

or, you can also check out JEE Mains website for getting information about the cutoffs.

NIT Trichy is one of the finest educational institutions of India. This department offers 4th best ROI in the country. You can get admission through CAT as well. In order to get admission in NIT Trichy, you need to secure a minimum of 98 percentile in CAT if you're from general category.

I hope all this information is enough to help you. If you have anymore queries, feel free to post them in QnA Forum.

Thank You.