The admissions in NITs and IISET, Shibpur are based on the merit secured by the students in Joint Entrance Examination (Main) conducted by every year and subsequent common counseling / seat allotment conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) / Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB). From 2019-2010, the JEE (Main) will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) in place of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which conducted JEE (Main) till 2018.

The eligibility criteria considered for admissions besides JEE Ranks is as under:-

1. There shall be no weightage for the 12th Class marks in calculating the rank in the JEE (Main).
2. For the candidates to qualify for admission in the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) /National Institute of Technology (NITs) / Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) and such other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) whose admissions are based on the JEE Ranks, they should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th Class exam conducted by the respective Boards. For SC / ST students, the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th Class Exam.

Admissions Policy in NITs and IISET, Shibpur
As per the present policy, admissions to 50% of the seats in an NIT and IISET are earmarked for student of the State, where the NIT / IISET are situated. The admissions against the remaining 50% seats are filled on the basis of ALL India ranks of candidates from other States.