IIT CSE 2026: closing ranks at all 23 IITs, from 67 at Bombay to 8,886

In JoSAA 2026, B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay closed at a JEE Advanced rank of 67 for OPEN, gender-neutral seats. At the other end of the list, IIT Bhilai closed at 8,886. 21 of the 23 IITs closed later than they did in 2024.

A later closing rank means the seat was easier to get. So in 2026, IIT CSE reached a little further down the JEE Advanced merit list at most IITs than two years ago. IIT Bombay and IIT Madras were the exceptions: both closed slightly earlier.

How we compared

• Seats: the four-year B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering at each of the 23 IITs. Related programs such as Mathematics and Computing, AI or Data Science, dual degrees and the IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi campus program are left out, so each IIT appears once.
• Seat pool: OPEN category, gender-neutral. IITs have no Home State quota, so every seat is in the All India pool and ranked by the JEE Advanced Common Rank List (CRL). Female-only seats are a separate pool and are not in this table.
• Closing rank: the latest closing rank over all JoSAA rounds of the year. In 2026 this is the Round 5 rank for every IIT here.
• Change: 2026 against 2024, for the same seat pool.

All 23 IITs, ranked by 2026 closing rank

#	Institute	OPEN seats (2026)	2024	2025	2026	Change since 2024
1	IIT Bombay	61	68	66	67	-1%
2	IIT Delhi	30	116	126	128	+10%
3	IIT Madras	27	159	171	151	-5%
4	IIT Kanpur	40	252	271	283	+12%
5	IIT Kharagpur	42	415	466	509	+23%
6	IIT Roorkee	33	481	592	587	+22%
7	IIT Hyderabad	23	656	673	680	+4%
8	IIT Guwahati	35	623	792	822	+32%
9	IIT (BHU) Varanasi	48	1,071	1,489	1,439	+34%
10	IIT Indore	24	1,389	1,775	1,676	+21%
11	IIT Gandhinagar	19	1,708	2,020	2,315	+36%
12	IIT Ropar	38	2,379	2,512	3,214	+35%
13	IIT Patna	27	3,144	3,377	3,635	+16%
14	IIT Jodhpur	28	3,061	2,918	3,755	+23%
15	IIT Mandi	29	3,118	3,123	3,762	+21%
16	IIT (ISM) Dhanbad	45	3,846	3,585	4,167	+8%
17	IIT Bhubaneswar	27	3,685	4,162	4,899	+33%
18	IIT Tirupati	15	5,024	5,034	6,030	+20%
19	IIT Goa	16	5,371	6,242	7,024	+31%
20	IIT Jammu	15	6,310	6,651	7,218	+14%
21	IIT Palakkad	16	6,199	6,454	7,625	+23%
22	IIT Dharwad	20	6,375	7,208	8,332	+31%
23	IIT Bhilai	19	6,516	7,382	8,886	+36%

Together these 23 programs had 677 OPEN, gender-neutral seats in 2026. IIT Bombay had the most (61), followed by IIT (BHU) Varanasi (48) and IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (45). IIT Tirupati and IIT Jammu had the fewest, 15 each.

How deep the list went

• Top 100: only IIT Bombay.
• Top 500: four IITs: Bombay, Delhi, Madras and Kanpur.
• Top 1,000: eight IITs, adding Kharagpur, Roorkee, Hyderabad and Guwahati.
• Top 5,000: 17 IITs.
• After 5,000: six IITs: Tirupati, Goa, Jammu, Palakkad, Dharwad and Bhilai.

The median closing rank across the 23 IITs was 3,214, at IIT Ropar. So half of the IITs filled their CSE OPEN seats before rank 3,214.

What changed since 2024

The typical IIT's CSE closing rank moved 22% later between 2024 and 2026. Eight IITs moved more than 30%, and seven of those eight closed after rank 1,000 in 2026.

• Smallest moves: IIT Madras closed earlier, from 159 to 151, and so did IIT Bombay, from 68 to 67. IIT Hyderabad moved 4% later and IIT (ISM) Dhanbad 8% later.
• Biggest moves: IIT Bhilai went from 6,516 to 8,886 (+36%), IIT Gandhinagar from 1,708 to 2,315 (+36%) and IIT Ropar from 2,379 to 3,214 (+35%). IIT (BHU) Varanasi, IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Guwahati each moved more than 30%.
• 2025 to 2026: 19 IITs closed later than in 2025 and four closed earlier: IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT (BHU) Varanasi and IIT Indore.

The order changed in places too. In 2024, IIT Guwahati (623) closed before IIT Hyderabad (656). In 2026, Hyderabad closed first, at 680 against 822.

For the same comparison at the NITs, which use JEE Main ranks, see our NIT CSE ladder. To check any IIT program in your own category, use the JEE Advanced cutoff explorer.

Reading these numbers

• One rank, one pool. These are OPEN, gender-neutral closing ranks. Category, PwD and female-only seats have their own closing ranks. Check your own pool before you compare.
• All rounds. Each figure is the latest closing rank over all JoSAA rounds of that year. 2025 had six rounds; 2024 and 2026 had five.
• Related programs. Mathematics and Computing, AI and Data Science programs are left out here. Each institute page lists them with their own closing ranks.

Computer Science and related programs at IITs, OPEN, gender-neutral seats, that closed earliest in 2026:

All ranks here are JEE Advanced CRL closing ranks from JoSAA 2026. A later closing rank means the seat was easier to get.