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JoSAA Cut-off 2025 vs 2026: What Changed at the IITs, NITs and IIITs

By Sampath Kumar · Updated

Every opening and closing rank from both years — 25,212 rows — compared seat by seat. Here is which way 2026 moved, by how much, and where.

128 → 138institutes in JoSAA (2025 → 2026)
12,129 → 13,083opening-closing rank rows
6 & 5rounds (2025 & 2026)
+6.0%median change, IIT OPEN closing ranks
Read this before you compare any two numbers on this page. JoSAA publishes a category rank against a category seat. An SC closing rank is a rank in the SC list; an OBC-NCL closing rank is a rank in the OBC-NCL list; only OPEN uses the common rank list. So “SC closes at a smaller number than OPEN” does not mean SC is harder — the two are different scales and cannot be divided into one another. Compare your own category against itself: your category rank against that category's closing rank. Every comparison made on this page is same-scale, and each one says which.
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The headline: closing ranks got wider in 2026

For every seat that existed in both years (same institute, program, quota, category and gender pool), the 2026 closing rank divided by the 2025 closing rank. Above 1.00 means the seat closed at a higher (easier) rank in 2026. Gender-neutral seats, All-India / Other-State quota. Round 1 is compared with Round 1, and each year’s final round with the other’s final round (2025 had six rounds, 2026 five).

FamilyCategoryRound 1 ratioFinal-round ratioSeats looserSeats tighterSeats compared
IITOPEN1.0671.06064%15%295
IITEWS1.0171.03452%24%288
IITOBC-NCL1.0361.03653%21%295
IITSC1.0250.99037%37%292
IITST1.0291.01544%32%282
NITOPEN1.0481.05062%17%311
NITEWS1.0631.08472%13%290
NITOBC-NCL1.0611.06869%14%308
NITSC1.0150.98835%39%307
NITST1.0060.99041%43%280
IIITOPEN1.0801.08272%12%110
IIITEWS1.0951.12380%11%110
IIITOBC-NCL1.0911.11278%11%110
IIITSC1.0501.03451%22%110
IIITST1.0801.08366%17%109
GFTIOPEN1.0921.08569%12%209
GFTIEWS1.1091.12883%9%190
GFTIOBC-NCL1.1171.12085%10%181
GFTISC1.0731.07271%17%194
GFTIST1.1051.10568%20%183
What this means for 2027 planning. A typical OPEN seat closed about 6% further down the rank list at the IITs, 5% at the NITs and 8% at the IIITs. The same direction shows in Round 1, so it is not a side-effect of 2025 having an extra round. SC and ST seats barely moved. If you are using 2025 ranks to plan, 2026’s are the more recent and slightly kinder guide — but a shift of this size is well inside the year-to-year swing of any single branch, so never treat one year as a promise.

Part of the reason is supply: JoSAA 2026 had 138 institutes against 128 in 2025 — new this year: Central University of Karnataka, Central University of Punjab Bathinda, IISc Bangalore, NIELIT Agartala, NIELIT Aizawl, NIELIT Calicut, NIELIT Imphal, NIELIT Kohima, NIELIT Srinagar, NITTTR Bhopal — and 954 more rank rows.

IIT Computer Science: 2025 vs 2026 closing ranks

OPEN, gender-neutral, final round; Round 1 closing rank in brackets.

IIT2025 final (R1)2026 final (R1)Change
IIT Bombay66 (66)67 (65)+1.5%
IIT Delhi126 (125)128 (123)+1.6%
IIT Madras171 (171)151 (149)-11.7%
IIT Kanpur271 (270)283 (276)+4.4%
IIT Kharagpur466 (450)509 (509)+9.2%
IIT Roorkee592 (535)587 (582)-0.8%
IIT Hyderabad673 (667)680 (647)+1.0%
IIT Guwahati792 (699)822 (810)+3.8%
IIT (BHU) Varanasi1,489 (1,350)1,439 (1,436)-3.4%
IIT Indore1,775 (1,628)1,676 (1,639)-5.6%
IIT Gandhinagar2,020 (1,872)2,315 (2,144)+14.6%
IIT Ropar2,512 (2,357)3,214 (2,907)+27.9%
IIT Patna3,377 (3,215)3,635 (3,303)+7.6%
IIT Jodhpur2,918 (2,844)3,755 (3,392)+28.7%
IIT Mandi3,123 (3,087)3,762 (3,609)+20.5%
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad3,585 (3,348)4,167 (3,994)+16.2%
IIT Bhubaneswar4,162 (3,785)4,899 (4,582)+17.7%
IIT Tirupati5,034 (4,620)6,030 (5,342)+19.8%
IIT Goa6,242 (5,626)7,024 (6,448)+12.5%
IIT Jammu6,651 (5,988)7,218 (6,738)+8.5%
IIT Palakkad6,454 (5,736)7,625 (6,556)+18.1%
IIT Dharwad7,208 (6,242)8,332 (7,426)+15.6%
IIT Bhilai7,382 (6,384)8,886 (7,981)+20.4%

NIT Computer Science: Other State and Home State

OPEN, gender-neutral, final round. Home State is what a candidate from the NIT’s own state competes on; everyone else uses Other State.

NITOS 2025OS 2026OS changeHS 2025HS 2026
NIT Tiruchirappalli1,4491,373-5.2%4,5694,015
NIT Surathkal (NITK)1,8271,954+7.0%2,8003,331
NIT Warangal2,4092,581+7.1%3,5304,034
NIT Rourkela3,4314,266+24.3%7,8539,635
MNNIT Allahabad4,5945,375+17.0%6,5626,770
NIT Calicut5,2225,769+10.5%8,4288,814
MNIT Jaipur5,6015,868+4.8%6,0136,143
VNIT Nagpur6,3597,419+16.7%7,2038,632
NIT Delhi7,6518,669+13.3%10,16510,936
NIT Kurukshetra7,0378,701+23.6%8,4849,766
SVNIT Surat8,1309,517+17.1%8,1059,327
NIT Jamshedpur8,9029,574+7.5%11,97811,833
MANIT Bhopal9,24910,512+13.7%11,41511,922
NIT Durgapur9,83612,281+24.9%11,58717,358
NIT Jalandhar11,26213,411+19.1%16,32515,803
NIT Hamirpur12,58613,866+10.2%22,39425,076
NIT Silchar12,66513,993+10.5%23,36632,817
NIT Raipur13,55916,439+21.2%21,91324,183
NIT Goa13,64016,638+22.0%16,19826,898
NIT Patna14,99617,282+15.2%17,80818,862
NIT Puducherry19,75819,869+0.6%64,69265,630
NIT Uttarakhand18,49122,140+19.7%30,85134,387
NIT Andhra Pradesh18,18322,225+22.2%17,34922,031
NIT Agartala22,01324,527+11.4%75,41781,209
NIT Srinagar26,17127,594+5.4%——
NIT Meghalaya24,07428,662+19.1%59,949127,321
NIT Sikkim26,61631,060+16.7%185,001118,264
NIT Arunachal Pradesh30,60731,966+4.4%78,084102,529
NIT Mizoram37,75141,038+8.7%563,566522,326
NIT Nagaland39,59442,326+6.9%——
NIT Manipur33,09843,239+30.6%215,198214,067

IIIT Computer Science: 2025 vs 2026

IIIT2025 final2026 finalChange
ABV-IIITM Gwalior9,5278,888-6.7%
IIITDM Jabalpur14,78715,371+3.9%
IIITDM Kancheepuram19,06920,654+8.3%
IIIT Pune21,02921,116+0.4%
IIIT Sri City26,38723,052-12.6%
IIIT Guwahati22,73925,246+11.0%
IIIT Tiruchirappalli28,33527,913-1.5%
IIIT Nagpur29,12329,369+0.8%
IIIT Bhopal27,09530,996+14.4%
IIIT Kota27,40031,149+13.7%
IIIT Surat28,70731,604+10.1%
IIIT Vadodara24,84031,686+27.6%
IIIT Una33,46836,689+9.6%
IIITDM Kurnool33,14737,282+12.5%
IIIT Sonepat32,50637,632+15.8%
IIIT Ranchi38,06343,556+14.4%
IIIT Kottayam40,21743,688+8.6%
IIIT Raichur36,76043,701+18.9%
IIIT Dharwad41,12145,308+10.2%
IIIT Vadodara (Diu campus)39,23146,054+17.4%
IIIT Kalyani44,15447,762+8.2%
IIIT Bhagalpur44,47648,416+8.9%
IIIT Agartala44,30450,027+12.9%
IIIT Senapati (Manipur)58,08059,813+3.0%

Biggest movers (OPEN, gender-neutral)

Seats that closed at rank 1,500 or later in 2025, so a small absolute move does not look dramatic.

Got harder in 2026

InstituteProgramQuota20252026Change
NIT WarangalChemistry (5 yr Integrated M.Sc)OS37,98521,899-42%
NIT CalicutEngineering Physics (4 yr B.Tech)OS17,05610,012-41%
IUST KashmirArchitecture (5 yr B.Arch)AI1,6001,224-24%
IIT HyderabadEngineering Science (4 yr B.Tech)AI3,2722,602-20%
IIT DelhiAbu Dhabi Campus - Energy Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)AI5,5904,465-20%
IIIT AllahabadInformation Technology-Business Informatics (4 yr B.Tech)AI6,1504,969-19%
NIT DelhiAerospace Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)OS13,38910,870-19%
SMVDU KatraBio Technology (4 yr B.Tech)AI83,26867,647-19%
NIT CalicutProduction Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)OS36,08029,366-19%
IIT PatnaB.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) - MBA (IIM Bodh Gaya) (5 yr B.Tech and MBA (Dual Degree))AI16,04213,112-18%
Guru Ghasidas Univ. BilaspurChemical Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)AI109,72391,843-16%
IIT IndoreEngineering Physics (4 yr B.Tech)AI8,2997,062-15%

Got easier in 2026

InstituteProgramQuota20252026Change
Tezpur UniversityB.Tech. (Food Engineering and Technology) - MBA (5 yr B.Tech and MBA (Dual Degree))AI72,557109,292+51%
IIT (BHU) VaranasiArchitecture (5 yr B.Arch)AI20,79228,480+37%
NIT KurukshetraInformation Technology (4 yr B.Tech)OS8,60011,668+36%
IIT RoparArtificial Intelligence and Data Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)AI3,5004,719+35%
NIT PatnaMaterial Science and Engineering (5 yr B.Tech + M.Tech (Dual))OS40,08153,805+34%
Puducherry Technological University PuducherryInformation Technology (4 yr B.Tech)AI47,43963,644+34%
IIT PatnaB.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) - MBA in Digital Business Management (IIM Bodh Gaya) (5 yr B.Tech and MBA (Dual Degree))AI4,2975,725+33%
NIT KurukshetraArtificial Intelligence and Data Science (4 yr B.Tech)OS8,51011,264+32%
NIT PatnaMathematics and Computing Technology (5 yr B.Tech + M.Tech (Dual))OS17,34822,754+31%
NIT ManipurComputer Science and Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)OS33,09843,239+31%
BIT MesraComputer Science and Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)AI18,71124,247+30%
IIT JodhpurComputer Science and Engineering (4 yr B.Tech)AI2,9183,755+29%

Every institute’s toughest OPEN seat

The lowest final-round OPEN gender-neutral closing rank anywhere in the institute (All-India or Other-State quota), both years — a quick read of where each institute sits.

InstituteTypeState20252026
IIT BombayIITMaharashtra6667
IIT DelhiIITDelhi126128
IIT MadrasIITTamil Nadu171151
SPA New DelhiGFTIDelhi207153
NIT CalicutNITKerala289231
NIT TiruchirappalliNITTamil Nadu227235
IIT KanpurIITUttar Pradesh271283
SPA BhopalGFTIMadhya Pradesh474417
SPA VijayawadaGFTIAndhra Pradesh566474
IIT KharagpurIITWest Bengal466509
NIT RourkelaNITOdisha550514
MNIT JaipurNITRajasthan647566
IIT RoorkeeIITUttarakhand592587
MANIT BhopalNITMadhya Pradesh581620
IIEST ShibpurGFTIWest Bengal985642
VNIT NagpurNITMaharashtra715648
IIT HyderabadIITTelangana673680
IISc BangaloreGFTIKarnatakanew743
IIT GuwahatiIITAssam792822
NIT PatnaNITBihar1,187892
NIT RaipurNITChhattisgarh1,070935
NIT HamirpurNITHimachal Pradesh1,173943
NIT KurukshetraNITHaryana1,109968
SMVDU KatraGFTIJammu & Kashmir1,287970
Mizoram University AizawlGFTIMizoram1,2581,011
IUST KashmirGFTIJammu & Kashmir1,6001,224
IIT (BHU) VaranasiIITUttar Pradesh1,4891,439
IIT IndoreIITMadhya Pradesh1,7751,676
NIT Surathkal (NITK)NITKarnataka1,8271,954
IIT GandhinagarIITGujarat2,0202,315
NIT WarangalNITTelangana2,4092,581
IIT RoparIITPunjab2,5123,214
IIT PatnaIITBihar3,3773,635
IIT JodhpurIITRajasthan2,9183,755
IIT MandiIITHimachal Pradesh3,1233,762
IIT (ISM) DhanbadIITJharkhand3,5854,167
IIT BhubaneswarIITOdisha4,1624,899
IIIT AllahabadIIITUttar Pradesh6,0944,969
MNNIT AllahabadNITUttar Pradesh4,5945,375
IIT TirupatiIITAndhra Pradesh5,0346,030
NIT DelhiNITDelhi6,8967,022
IIT GoaIITGoa6,2427,024
IIT JammuIITJammu & Kashmir6,6517,218
IIT PalakkadIITKerala6,4547,625
IIT DharwadIITKarnataka7,2088,332
IIT BhilaiIITChhattisgarh7,3828,886
ABV-IIITM GwaliorIIITMadhya Pradesh9,5278,888
IIIT LucknowIIITUttar Pradesh9,5629,175
SVNIT SuratNITGujarat8,1309,517
NIT JamshedpurNITJharkhand8,9029,574
NIT DurgapurNITWest Bengal9,83612,281
NIT JalandharNITPunjab11,26213,411
NIT SilcharNITAssam12,66513,993
PEC ChandigarhGFTIChandigarh13,23415,088
IIITDM JabalpurIIITMadhya Pradesh14,78715,371
NIT GoaNITGoa13,64016,638
NIT PuducherryNITPuducherry19,75819,869
IIIT Naya Raipur (Intl.)GFTIChhattisgarh18,85120,333
IIITDM KancheepuramIIITTamil Nadu19,06920,654
IIIT PuneIIITMaharashtra21,02921,116
NIELIT CalicutGFTIKeralanew21,373
NIT UttarakhandNITUttarakhand18,49122,140
NIT Andhra PradeshNITAndhra Pradesh18,18322,225
IIIT Sri CityIIITAndhra Pradesh26,38723,052
BIT MesraGFTIJharkhand1,01624,247
NIT AgartalaNITTripura22,01324,527
IIIT GuwahatiIIITAssam22,73925,246
NIT SrinagarNITJammu & Kashmir26,17127,594
IIIT NagpurIIITMaharashtra27,75227,872
IIIT TiruchirappalliIIITTamil Nadu27,11327,913
IIIT SuratIIITGujarat26,48528,141
NIT MeghalayaNITMeghalaya24,07428,662
IIIT BhopalIIITMadhya Pradesh27,09530,996
NIT SikkimNITSikkim26,61631,060
IIIT KotaIIITRajasthan27,40031,149
IIIT VadodaraIIITGujarat24,84031,686
NIT Arunachal PradeshNITArunachal Pradesh30,60731,966
SGSITS IndoreGFTIMadhya Pradesh27,94735,055
Jawaharlal Nehru University DelhiGFTIDelhi31,40236,117
University of HyderabadGFTITelangana36,29436,354
IIIT UnaIIITHimachal Pradesh33,46836,689
IIIT KottayamIIITKerala32,78036,830
IIITDM KurnoolIIITAndhra Pradesh33,14737,282
IIIT SonepatIIITHaryana32,50637,632
NIT ManipurNITManipur33,09839,799
IIIT KalyaniIIITWest Bengal37,11840,390
NIT MizoramNITMizoram37,75141,038
NIT NagalandNITNagaland39,59442,326
IIIT Bhubaneswar (Intl.)GFTIOdisha33,83343,248
IIIT RanchiIIITJharkhand36,98843,556
IIIT RaichurIIITKarnataka36,76043,701
IIIT DharwadIIITKarnataka41,12145,308
IIIT Vadodara (Diu campus)IIITDadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu39,23146,054
IIIT BhagalpurIIITBihar44,47648,416
IIIT AgartalaIIITTripura44,30450,027
IITRAM AhmedabadGFTIGujarat47,70655,074
NIAMT RanchiGFTIJharkhand56,26857,205
Central University of RajasthanGFTIRajasthan57,54658,353
JK Institute, Univ. of AllahabadGFTIUttar Pradesh49,97758,569
Assam University SilcharGFTIAssam58,92659,095
BIT Mesra - PatnaGFTIBihar49,33059,171
NIELIT RoparGFTIPunjab50,64759,645
IIIT Senapati (Manipur)IIITManipur57,73659,813
NITTTR BhopalGFTIMadhya Pradeshnew60,304
GKCIET MaldaGFTIWest Bengal60,01260,668
Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya VadodaraGFTIGujarat56,76361,221
CIT KokrajarGFTIAssam55,46461,422
Puducherry Technological University PuducherryGFTIPuducherry47,43962,405
NIELIT AurangabadGFTIMaharashtra51,21862,469
Tezpur UniversityGFTIAssam58,36362,535
Central University of KarnatakaGFTIKarnatakanew63,803
ICT Mumbai - IndianOil OdishaGFTIOdisha63,99363,876
RGNAU AmethiGFTIUttar Pradesh66,95664,150
BIT Mesra - DeogharGFTIJharkhand57,51765,006
SLIET LongowalGFTIPunjab64,25668,425
NIELIT PatnaGFTIBihar63,94968,926
NERIST NirjuliGFTIArunachal Pradesh62,09669,130
NIELIT SrinagarGFTIJammu & Kashmirnew71,718
Central University of HaryanaGFTIHaryana64,78272,391
NIELIT AjmerGFTIRajasthan60,70073,128
Central University of Punjab BathindaGFTIPunjabnew73,747
NIELIT GorakhpurGFTIUttar Pradesh65,77874,399
NIELIT AizawlGFTIMizoramnew75,595
CSVTU BhilaiGFTIChhattisgarh72,82675,802
NIELIT AgartalaGFTITripuranew76,333
CU JharkhandGFTIJharkhand74,11480,383
Guru Ghasidas Univ. BilaspurGFTIChhattisgarh75,10481,882
IET, Dr H S Gour Univ. SagarGFTIMadhya Pradesh70,26284,762
Central University of JammuGFTIJammu & Kashmir81,01985,026
Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya HaridwarGFTIUttarakhand78,70686,028
NIELIT ImphalGFTIManipurnew92,700
NIELIT KohimaGFTINagalandnew93,333
North-Eastern Hill University ShillongGFTIMeghalaya85,70094,055
NIFTEM ThanjavurGFTITamil Nadu104,64999,004
IIHT VaranasiGFTIUttar Pradesh115,651125,921
NIFTEM KundliGFTIHaryana120,222125,974
IIHT SalemGFTITamil Nadu112,411128,046
Indian Institute of Carpet Technology BhadohiGFTIUttar Pradesh120,668129,089
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Frequently asked questions

Were JoSAA 2026 cut-offs higher or lower than 2025?

For OPEN, EWS and OBC-NCL seats, 2026 closing ranks were generally higher (easier) than 2025: the median OPEN seat closed about 6% further down at IITs and 5% at NITs. SC and ST closing ranks were roughly unchanged.

How many rounds did JoSAA have in 2025 and 2026?

Six rounds in 2025 and five in 2026. This page compares Round 1 with Round 1 and final round with final round.

What was the IIT Bombay CSE closing rank in 2026?

67 (OPEN, gender-neutral, final round), against 66 in 2025.

Can I compare an SC closing rank with an OPEN closing rank?

No. Category seats close on category ranks. Compare each category only with itself, across years or institutes.

How many institutes took part in JoSAA 2026?

138, up from 128 in 2025: 23 IITs, 31 NITs, the IIITs and the other government-funded technical institutes.

Source and method

JoSAA opening and closing rank files: 2025 from the ORCR archive (all six rounds) and 2026 from the current-year page (all five rounds), josaa.admissions.nic.in. Every figure is computed from those files at build time; ratios are medians over seats that exist in both years. Preparatory-course ranks are excluded.

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