New Seats in 2026
How JoSAA seats changed from 2025 to 2026 across IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. An increase is shown only where official 2025 figures are published — never estimated.
Total seats 2026
65,446
all IITs, NITs, IIITs & GFTIs
New seats vs 2025
+2,936
across All IITs, All NITs & All IIITs
Growth
+5.6%
All IITs, All NITs & All IIITs
By institute type
All IITs
18,826
2025: 18,160 · ▲ +666 (+3.7%)
All NITs
25,217
2025: 24,525 · ▲ +692 (+2.8%)
All IIITs
11,518
2025: 9,940 · ▲ +1,578 (+15.9%)
All GFTIs
9,885
2025: n/a · —
By category
| Category | 2025 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | — | 26,895 | — |
| EWS | — | 6,481 | — |
| OBC-NCL | — | 17,025 | — |
| SC | — | 9,732 | — |
| ST | — | 5,313 | — |
2025 category figures are the published type×category totals; where a split isn't published the change shows “—”.
| Institute | Type | 2025 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Jodhpur | IIT | 610 | 750 | ▲ +140 |
| IIT Mandi | IIT | 520 | 640 | ▲ +120 |
| IIT Indore | IIT | 480 | 560 | ▲ +80 |
| IIT Palakkad | IIT | 200 | 280 | ▲ +80 |
| IIT Hyderabad | IIT | 630 | 705 | ▲ +75 |
| IIT Jammu | IIT | 305 | 380 | ▲ +75 |
| IIT Kharagpur | IIT | 1,919 | 1,949 | ▲ +30 |
| IIT Delhi | IIT | 1,239 | 1,249 | ▲ +10 |
| IIT Bhubaneswar | IIT | 496 | 502 | ▲ +6 |
| IIT Bombay | IIT | 1,360 | 1,363 | ▲ +3 |
| IIT Gandhinagar | IIT | 360 | 360 | • 0 |
| IIT Patna | IIT | 817 | 817 | • 0 |
| IIT Roorkee | IIT | 1,353 | 1,353 | • 0 |
| IIT BHU | IIT | 1,589 | 1,589 | • 0 |
| IIT Guwahati | IIT | 962 | 962 | • 0 |
| IIT Bhilai | IIT | 329 | 329 | • 0 |
| IIT Goa | IIT | 165 | 165 | • 0 |
| IIT Tirupati | IIT | 254 | 254 | • 0 |
| NIT Trichy | NIT | — | 1,193 | — |
| NIT Surathkal | NIT | — | 960 | — |
| IIIT Allahabad | IIIT | — | 461 | — |
| BIT Mesra | GFTI | — | 1,465 | — |
| NIT Jalandhar | NIT | — | 1,103 | — |
| MNIT Jaipur | NIT | — | 948 | — |
| MANIT Bhopal | NIT | — | 1,203 | — |
| MNNIT Allahabad | NIT | — | 1,164 | — |
| NIT Agartala | NIT | — | 1,251 | — |
| NIT Calicut | NIT | — | 1,342 | — |
| NIT Delhi | NIT | — | 374 | — |
| NIT Durgapur | NIT | — | 969 | — |
| NIT Goa | NIT | — | 170 | — |
| NIT Hamirpur | NIT | — | 944 | — |
| NIT Meghalaya | NIT | — | 190 | — |
| NIT Nagaland | NIT | — | 201 | — |
| NIT Patna | NIT | — | 1,023 | — |
| NIT Puducherry | NIT | — | 275 | — |
| NIT Raipur | NIT | — | 1,199 | — |
| NIT Sikkim | NIT | — | 190 | — |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh | NIT | — | 263 | — |
| NIT Jamshedpur | NIT | — | 751 | — |
| NIT Kurukshetra | NIT | — | 1,147 | — |
| NIT Manipur | NIT | — | 276 | — |
| NIT Mizoram | NIT | — | 190 | — |
| NIT Rourkela | NIT | — | 1,063 | — |
| NIT Silchar | NIT | — | 927 | — |
| NIT Srinagar | NIT | — | 719 | — |
| NIT Uttarakhand | NIT | — | 200 | — |
| NIT Warangal | NIT | — | 1,049 | — |
| SVNIT Surat | NIT | — | 1,400 | — |
| VNIT Nagpur | NIT | — | 1,143 | — |
| NIT Andhra Pradesh | NIT | — | 480 | — |
| IIEST Shibpur | NIT | — | 910 | — |
| IIT Kanpur | IIT | — | 1,240 | — |
| IIT Madras | IIT | 1,121 | 1,118 | — |
| IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | IIT | — | 1,210 | — |
| IIT Ropar | IIT | — | 696 | — |
| IIT Dharwad | IIT | 385 | 355 | — |
| IIITM Gwalior | IIIT | — | 360 | — |
| IIIT Kota | IIIT | — | 330 | — |
| IIIT Guwahati | IIIT | — | 334 | — |
| IIIT Kalyani | IIIT | — | 237 | — |
| IIIT Sonepat | IIIT | — | 300 | — |
| IIIT Una | IIIT | — | 294 | — |
| IIIT Sri City | IIIT | — | 438 | — |
| IIIT Vadodara | IIIT | — | 690 | — |
| IIITDM Kancheepuram | IIIT | — | 602 | — |
| IIITDM Jabalpur | IIIT | — | 550 | — |
| IIIT Senapati (Manipur) | IIIT | — | 550 | — |
| IIIT Lucknow | IIIT | — | 240 | — |
| IIIT Dharwad | IIIT | — | 606 | — |
| IIITDM Kurnool | IIIT | — | 354 | — |
| IIIT Kottayam | IIIT | — | 576 | — |
| IIIT Ranchi | IIIT | — | 320 | — |
| IIIT Nagpur | IIIT | — | 648 | — |
| IIIT Pune | IIIT | — | 674 | — |
| IIIT Bhagalpur | IIIT | — | 474 | — |
| IIIT Bhopal | IIIT | — | 1,188 | — |
| IIIT Surat | IIIT | — | 384 | — |
| IIIT Raichur | IIIT | — | 220 | — |
| IIIT Vadodara (Diu Campus) | IIIT | — | 288 | — |
| Gurukula Kangri, Haridwar | GFTI | — | 612 | — |
| IICT Bhadohi | GFTI | — | 36 | — |
| IITRAM Ahmedabad | GFTI | — | 192 | — |
| GGV Bilaspur | GFTI | — | 690 | — |
| J.K. Institute, Allahabad | GFTI | — | 86 | — |
| NIELIT Aurangabad | GFTI | — | 240 | — |
| NIAMT Ranchi | GFTI | — | 293 | — |
| SLIET Longowal | GFTI | — | 655 | — |
| Mizoram University, Aizawl | GFTI | — | 96 | — |
| Tezpur University | GFTI | — | 165 | — |
| SPA Bhopal | GFTI | — | 132 | — |
| SPA New Delhi | GFTI | — | 175 | — |
| SPA Vijayawada | GFTI | — | 132 | — |
| SMVDU Katra | GFTI | — | 380 | — |
| University of Hyderabad | GFTI | — | 120 | — |
| PEC Chandigarh | GFTI | — | 926 | — |
| JNU Delhi | GFTI | — | 126 | — |
| IIIT Bhubaneswar | GFTI | — | 223 | — |
| CIT Kokrajhar | GFTI | — | 24 | — |
| PTU Puducherry | GFTI | — | 116 | — |
| GKCIET Malda | GFTI | — | 201 | — |
| Central University of Rajasthan | GFTI | — | 90 | — |
| NIFTEM Thanjavur | GFTI | — | 90 | — |
| IIHT Varanasi | GFTI | — | 33 | — |
| CSVTU Bhilai | GFTI | — | 150 | — |
| ICT Mumbai (IOC Odisha Campus) | GFTI | — | 22 | — |
| NEHU Shillong | GFTI | — | 80 | — |
| Central University of Jammu | GFTI | — | 300 | — |
| IET Sagar | GFTI | — | 360 | — |
| Central University of Haryana | GFTI | — | 210 | — |
| BIT Deoghar (Off-Campus) | GFTI | — | 206 | — |
| BIT Patna (Off-Campus) | GFTI | — | 261 | — |
| IIHT Salem | GFTI | — | 30 | — |
| Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya | GFTI | — | 397 | — |
| CU Jharkhand | GFTI | — | 84 | — |
| RGNAU Amethi | GFTI | — | 180 | — |
| IUST Kashmir | GFTI | — | 43 | — |
| SGSITS Indore | GFTI | — | 43 | — |
| IIIT Trichy | IIIT | — | 300 | — |
| IIIT Agartala | IIIT | — | 100 | — |
| Assam University Silchar | GFTI | — | 86 | — |
| IIIT Naya Raipur | GFTI | — | 119 | — |
| NERIST | GFTI | — | 16 | — |
2026 counts are from the JoSAA 2026 Seat Matrix; 2025 institute totals are from published official figures. Where no 2025 total is published, or where the two sources differ only slightly (no confirmed increase), the change is shown as “—” rather than an unverified decrease.
By course
2026 seats per branch. Official 2025 course-level figures aren't published, so the year-on-year change isn't shown here.
| Branch | 2026 seats |
|---|---|
| Computer Science | 13,074 |
| Electronics & Communication | 8,993 |
| Mechanical | 7,001 |
| Civil | 5,403 |
| Electrical | 5,090 |
| AI / Data Science | 4,250 |
| Chemical | 3,382 |
| Metallurgy & Materials | 2,397 |
| Mathematics & Computing | 2,137 |
| Information Technology | 1,534 |
| Architecture & Planning | 1,211 |
| Industrial / Production | 1,145 |
| Engineering Physics | 885 |
| Biotechnology | 882 |
| VLSI / Microelectronics | 845 |
| Chemistry | 763 |
| Mining | 717 |
| Instrumentation | 634 |
| Aerospace | 612 |
| Agriculture & Food | 579 |
| Engineering / Computational Science | 504 |
| Physics | 427 |
| Textile & Fashion Technology | 314 |
| Geology / Earth Sciences | 306 |
| Mechatronics | 286 |
| Mathematics | 281 |
| Energy | 257 |
| Biomedical | 254 |
| Economics | 214 |
| Ocean, Naval & Maritime | 189 |
| Internet of Things | 162 |
| Design | 144 |
| Ceramic | 128 |
| Environmental | 126 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 90 |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering | 75 |
| Cyber Security | 65 |
| General Engineering | 30 |
| Printing & Packaging | 30 |
| Quantum Science & Engineering | 30 |
2026 from the JoSAA 2026 Seat Matrix; 2025 from official published figures (source per row). Indicative — verify on the official portal. An increase is shown only where 2025 data exists for that exact slice.