JEST Cut Off 2025: Check Course Wise & Previous Year Cut off Marks Here

JEST cut off marks are the minimum marks that applicants need to secure to pass the JEST exam. The cutoff marks will be same for all the categories, hence the cutoff marks would not differ. 

Based on the marks of the applicants the exam conducting authorities will release the merit list.  Applicants who pass the exam will further need to appear in the counselling held by multiple institutes. 

The JEST cutoff mark varied for both Ph.D and Integrated Ph.D courses. It was released by the authorities after declaration of the result. The JEST cutoff was prepared on the basis of correct answer key. 

It can be accessed by visiting the official website. This year JEST cutoff marks for PhD course 36 and for Int. PhD course it was 30.33. 

Since this year Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) is conducting the exam, hence the cutoff marks of JEST 2024 was released by the same authorities. It was released in online mode on March 28, 2024. Previously Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) used to conduct the exam and release the cutoff marks. 

Applicants who secure the cutoff marks will be eligible to take admission to their choice-specific course. 

The exact number of JEST cutoff marks will be out after the conclusion of the exam. But by observing previous year trends of JEST exam it can be said that cut off will be different for PhD and Integrated PhD. 

For PhD course the cutoff can be in the range of 30 to 35 and for Integrated PhD it can be in the range of 38 to 42 out of total marks which is 100 as per new exam pattern.  

The cut off marks for Physics subject are different for both PhD and Integrated PhD courses. The previous year cut off date of Physics exam is mentioned below. 

The above mentioned cutoff marks are from total of 100 marks. Since this year exam pattern have changed hence cutoff will differ accordingly. 

There are many good colleges for pursuing further education (PhD or Integrated PhD) after qualifying JEST exam. The list of such colleges is mentioned below:

1. ICTS-TIFR
2. IISc
3. IISERs
4. NISER
5. IUCAAA
6. IIA
7. HRI
8. RRI
9. HBNI
10. IGCAR
11. TIFR
12. IIST
13. IOP
14. IPR
15. IMSc
16. JNCSAR
17. PRL
18. RRCAT
19. SINP
20. VECC

Applicants are advised to check separate eligibility criteria regarding age, number of marks, date of birth, qualification etc. before applying for these institutes. As in case of failing these details the candidature of students can be rejected at any stage of the admission process.

Applicants who are appearing in JEST exam are often curious about the validity period of the JEST score. The JEST exam score validity is for one year hence applicants who want to take admission in any of the JEST participating institutes can apply online the same year. After the completion of one year of validity of JEST score applicants need to again appear in exam and their previous year score will be null and void.  

Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) declared the result of JEST exam 2024 on March 26, 2024. So only those candidates who qualified the exam need to further apply in IITs, IISc, IISERs, NISER, etc. It is to be noted that students should apply to multiple institutions in order to take subjects and institutes of their choice.  

Those who are undergraduate can apply for M.Sc and PhD integrated programmes while those who are post graduate can apply directly for PhD programmes. 

The exam conducting authorities released the JEST result 2024 on the official website. It can be accessed by entering the login details. No merit list was released allong with result. 

Along with the declaration of result, JEST 2024 score card was also released. The participating institutes will release separate merit lists of qualifying candidates, eligible to participate in the counselling rounds.