GFTIs in JoSAA 2026: 56 institutes, CSE from 15,088 at PEC to 88,211

GFTIs (government-funded technical institutes) are the third group of JEE Main institutes in JoSAA, after the NITs and IIITs. In JoSAA 2026, B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering at a GFTI closed anywhere from a JEE Main CRL of 15,088 at PEC Chandigarh to 88,211 at Central University of Jammu. The typical GFTI closed CSE at 65,606.

A later closing rank means the seat was easier to get. So GFTIs are where many candidates with a CRL beyond the NIT and IIIT range still find a CSE seat in JoSAA.

What the GFTIs are

Our JoSAA 2026 data lists 56 GFTIs in 29 states and union territories. Together they offered 240 programs and 11,504 seats in JoSAA 2026. Uttar Pradesh has the most (5), followed by Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh with 4 each.

The group is mixed. It includes:

• Engineering colleges and technical universities, such as BIT Mesra and its Patna and Deoghar campuses, PEC Chandigarh, SLIET Longowal, SMVDU Katra and Puducherry Technological University.
• Central universities with an engineering school, such as Tezpur University, GGV Bilaspur and six universities named Central University of a state.
• 11 NIELIT centres, most offering one or two computing programs.
• Specialised institutes for food technology (NIFTEM Kundli and Thanjavur), handloom and textiles (IIHT Salem and Varanasi, IICT Bhadohi) and planning and architecture (the three SPAs).
• Two institutes named IIIT, IIIT Bhubaneswar and IIIT Naya Raipur, which our JoSAA data lists as GFTIs, not with the 26 IIITs.

The three SPAs admit only through JEE Main Paper 2 ranks (B.Arch and B.Plan). All other GFTIs admit through the Paper 1 CRL.

The number of seats each GFTI gives JoSAA varies widely. BIT Mesra had 1,449, the most, followed by PEC Chandigarh (904) and GGV Bilaspur (672). Some, such as NERIST Nirjuli (16) and CIT Kokrajhar (23), had only a few JoSAA seats in 2026.

Quotas: mostly All India

48 of the 56 GFTIs fill all their JoSAA seats through the All India (AI) quota, so every candidate competes on the same CRL. Six more (including Assam University Silchar, Puducherry Technological University and the two BIT Mesra campuses) also keep some Home State (HS) seats.

PEC Chandigarh and GKCIET Malda work like NITs, with Home State and Other State (OS) quotas. At PEC, CSE closed at 15,088 for Other State seats and at 29,864 for Home State seats in 2026.

CSE at 27 GFTIs, ranked by 2026 closing rank

We compared the plain four-year B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, OPEN category, gender-neutral seats, ranked by the JEE Main CRL. We used the All India quota, or Other State at PEC Chandigarh. The closing rank is the latest closing rank over all JoSAA 2026 rounds, which is the Round 5 rank for every institute here. 27 GFTIs offer this program.

#	Institute	State	2024	2025	2026	Change since 2024
1	PEC Chandigarh (OS)	Chandigarh	10,498	13,234	15,088	+4,590
2	IIIT Naya Raipur	Chhattisgarh	18,080	18,851	20,333	+2,253
3	BIT Mesra	Jharkhand	18,030	18,711	24,247	+6,217
4	SGSITS Indore	Madhya Pradesh	–	27,947	35,055	–
5	JNU Delhi	Delhi	27,936	31,402	36,117	+8,181
6	IIIT Bhubaneswar	Odisha	31,001	33,833	43,248	+12,247
7	NIAMT Ranchi	Jharkhand	–	–	57,205	–
8	Central University of Rajasthan	Rajasthan	49,021	57,546	58,353	+9,332
9	Assam University Silchar	Assam	50,836	58,926	59,095	+8,259
10	BIT Mesra (Patna Campus)	Bihar	45,956	49,330	59,171	+13,215
11	CIT Kokrajhar	Assam	58,033	55,464	61,422	+3,389
12	Puducherry Technological University	Puducherry	48,768	56,480	62,405	+13,637
13	NIELIT Aurangabad	Maharashtra	–	51,218	62,469	–
14	Tezpur University	Assam	56,762	64,476	65,606	+8,844
15	SLIET Longowal	Punjab	58,940	64,256	68,425	+9,485
16	NIELIT Patna	Bihar	–	63,949	68,926	–
17	NERIST Nirjuli	Arunachal Pradesh	55,764	62,096	69,130	+13,366
18	BIT Mesra (Deoghar Campus)	Jharkhand	50,774	57,517	69,578	+18,804
19	Central University of Haryana	Haryana	55,902	64,782	72,391	+16,489
20	Central University of Punjab	Punjab	–	–	73,747	–
21	SMVDU Katra	Jammu and Kashmir	61,593	69,474	75,005	+13,412
22	CSVTU Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	–	–	75,802	–
23	Central University of Jharkhand	Jharkhand	–	74,114	80,383	–
24	GGV Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh	65,174	75,104	81,882	+16,708
25	IET Dr. H. S. Gour University Sagar	Madhya Pradesh	63,665	70,262	84,762	+21,097
26	Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya	Uttarakhand	72,273	78,706	86,028	+13,755
27	Central University of Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	69,094	81,019	88,211	+19,117

All 20 GFTIs with a 2024 figure closed CSE later in 2026. The largest moves were at IET Sagar (+21,097), Central University of Jammu (+19,117) and BIT Mesra Deoghar (+18,804).

For comparison, using the same kind of seat, the median CSE closing rank in 2026 was about 13,930 at the 32 NITs (Other State) and about 34,188 at the 24 IIITs (All India). Only three GFTIs closed CSE earlier than the IIIT median: PEC Chandigarh, IIIT Naya Raipur and BIT Mesra.

Here are the GFTI computer science seats that closed earliest in 2026, live from our data:

After JoSAA: CSAB

GFTI seats left empty after JoSAA go to the CSAB special rounds. In CSAB 2026, CSE closed later than in JoSAA at all 27 GFTIs in the table, with a median CSAB closing rank of 122,842. CSAB ranks are the All-India CRL, even on category seats. The CSAB cutoffs page shows every CSAB seat.

To see which GFTI, NIT and IIIT seats closed at or after your own rank, use the rank check below, or open any institute from the JoSAA institutes list.