JEE Main 2026: IIT Guwahati CSE cut-off drops; BTech biosciences still least competitive
Vaishnavi Shukla | January 15, 2026 | 09:20 PM IST | 2 mins read
NTA JEE Main 2026: IIT Guwahati’s BTech CSE cut-off has dropped in the gender-neutral open category, with the closing rank moving from 623 to 792 compared to last year.
Boost your JEE Main preparation with the Last 5 Years Analysis (2026–2022). Discover chapter-wise trends, difficulty levels & high-weightage topics.
Try NowJEE Main 2026 : Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati cut-offs for BTech Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) have declined from 623 to 792 under the gender-neutral open category, compared to last year. However, BTech Biosciences and Bioengineering cut-offs remain the least competitive branch closing at 10727 in 2025 and 9178 in 2024.
JEE Main: Chapter Wise Weightage | Syllabus | Most Scoring Topics: Jan | April | Test Series
Sample Papers 2027 : Physics | Chemistry | Maths | Inorganic Chemistry | PYQ's
New: Session 1 & 2 Analysis (2026) | Mock Test Strategy | Notes: Formulas & Quick Revision
Don't Miss: Foreign Universities in India | Study Guide
According to the JIC report 2025 by IIT Kanpur , at IIT Guwahati, BTech CSE was opted by 24,413 aspirants, remaining the top choice, followed by Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) at 22,247.
Meanwhile, the closing ranks for IIT Hyderabad CSE have also shown a significant decline. The closing ranks for the open category slipped from 656 to 673, and for SC students fell from 182 to 198. Whereas, the CSE cut-off for the SC category saw an increase by 2 points from 82 to 80 for SC category students.
Also read JEE Main 2026: IIT Bombay Aerospace Engineering closing ranks fall steadily; course-wise seat matrix
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon issue the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2026 admit cards for BTech, BArch, and BPlanning papers. Aspirants will be able to access the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam admit card using their application number and password on the official website,jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Also read Inter-IIT exchanges for 5% BTech students on the cards; IIT Madras to plan credit transfer with NITs
JEE Main 2026: IIT Guwahati BTech cut-offs
The closing ranks for various BTech courses at IIT Guwahati under the gender neutral open category, as per the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) data analyisis is given below.
|
Courses |
Opening Rank |
Closing Rank |
Opening Rank |
Closing Rank |
|
Computer Science and Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
504 |
792 |
466 |
623 |
|
Biosciences and Bioengineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
6303 |
10727 |
7410 |
9178 |
|
Chemical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
4289 |
6053 |
4618 |
5363 |
|
Chemical Science and Technology (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
6432 |
7958 |
5443 |
6834 |
|
7268 |
9021 |
5869 |
7670 |
|
|
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
873 |
1078 |
829 |
995 |
|
Electronics and Communication Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
1497 |
1829 |
1462 |
1658 |
|
Electronics and Electrical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
1934 |
2195 |
1686 |
2217 |
|
Energy Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
5870 |
6610 |
4960 |
5920 |
|
Engineering Physics (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
4635 |
7117 |
4302 |
5686 |
|
Mathematics and Computing (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
899 |
1276 |
722 |
1021 |
|
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) |
3984 |
4892 |
3130 |
4523 |
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Quick Watch
]Next Story
]JEE Main 2026: NIT Tiruchirappalli, Surathkal, Warangal retain highest BTech cut-offs among NITs
JEE Main 75% passing criterion is applicable for NIT admissions. Candidates in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards will also be eligible for admissions through JoSAA counselling.
Anu Parthiban | 2 mins readFeatured News
]- NEET PG Counselling: NMC frames branch-specific guidelines for MD, MS admissions of disabled candidates
- IIT Ropar: Faculty ‘harassment’, forced resignation, a self-argued case – how a scholar won her PhD seat back
- NCAHP: Allied healthcare professionals must now register, retrain every year for renewal
- UGC control, scholar attacks, sackings: India’s academic freedom ‘severely restricted’ in 2026, says SAR
- ‘Leak in education’: Delhi Govt drops land rule, helps 2,000 unrecognised pvt schools get legal sanction
- India added 196 public universities in 15 years, but most barely functional; private ones outnumber them
- ‘SVGU Ahmedabad equipping students to fill industry gaps, look beyond basic qualifications’: Provost
- Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital seeks Rs 125 crore in damages from DNB trainee who attempted suicide
- BHU Admission 2026: BFA candidates stunned by practical exam scores; demand answers and inquiry
- PMS Scholarship: 50% Tamil Nadu schools skipped, thousands of payments delayed, duplicated, finds CAG audit