My friend's category rank is around 5000 and he belongs to SC category. Can he get Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at NIT Tiruchirapalli?

Hello Sarah. You mentioned your friend belongs to SC category and you want to know whether he has any chance to get chance at Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in NIT, Tiruchilappalli. Well, based on previous years' cutoff trends, your friend has good opportunity to get admission to Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT, Trichy.

In 2019, JEE Main Cutoff Rank for SC category for admission to Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT, Trichy was 117840 (for both  Male and Female) via CSAB Counselling .

However, please note that it is less likely for your friend to get chance at NIT Tiruchilappalli via JoSAA Counselling.

If you want to know more about cutoffs for NIT Tiruchirappalli then follow this link:

https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-tiruchirappalli/cut-off

or you can refer to this article for going through the cutoff details based on previous years' data:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-nit-trichy

To get a personalized report on your friend's eligibility of getting a college, ask him to can use the JEE Main 2021 College Predictor , it will show him the complete list of colleges which he can get on the basis of the category he belongs to,  his home state etc, the link for JEE Main College 2021 Predictor is provided below:

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer

I hope this information is enough to answer your query.

I wish you and your friend all the best for your future.

Thank you.