Aatif Ammad | May 25, 2026 | 10:25 PM IST | 1 min read
JEE Advanced 2026: JoSAA counselling to follow result declaration; IIT Bombay, Delhi and Madras continue to see lowest closing ranks in core branches
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IIT Roorkee will declare JEE Advanced 2026 results on June 1. Ahead of JoSAA counselling, last year’s closing ranks across top IITs show CSE remained the most competitive branch among general category candidates.
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IIT Roorkee concluded the JEE advanced exam on May 17 while it released the provisional answer key on May 25 at jeeadv.ac.in
The institute will declare the final results on June 1. Once the results are declared students selected will proceed for choice filling and counselling from June 2 in different IITs through Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JOSAA).
Last year as many as six rounds of counselling through JOSAA took place with branches like Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) being the top choice among students in almost all IIT. This year also branches like CSE are likely going to be the top choice.
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The table below shows the closing ranks for general candidates in top branches among top five IITS through JOSAA counselling last year:
IIT | Branch | Closing Rank |
|---|---|---|
IIT Bombay | Computer Science and Engineering | 66 |
Electrical Engineering | 433 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 1834 | |
Aerospace Engineering | 2361 | |
Chemical Engineering | 2464 | |
Civil Engineering | 4250 | |
IIT Delhi | Computer Science and Engineering | 126 |
Mathematics and Computing Engineering | 323 | |
Electrical Engineering | 605 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 1862 | |
Chemical Engineering | 2548 | |
Civil Engineering | 4302 | |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 171 |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics | 306 | |
Electrical Engineering | 849 | |
Aerospace Engineering | 3211 | |
Chemical Engineering | 4116 | |
Civil Engineering | 6112 | |
IIT Kanpur | Computer Science and Engineering | 271 |
Electrical Engineering | 1146 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 2771 | |
Aerospace Engineering | 3805 | |
Chemical Engineering | 4280 | |
Civil Engineering | 6161 | |
IIT Roorkee | Computer Science and Engineering | 592 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 845 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 1486 | |
Electrical Engineering | 2091 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 3897 | |
Chemical Engineering | 4816 | |
Civil Engineering | 6870 |
As per the expected JoSAA counselling timeline, mock Seat allotment 1 is likely to be conducted around June 8, 2026, followed by mock seat allotment 2 around June 10, 2026.
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