JEE Main 2026: IIT Roorkee’s ECE emerges as top choice after CSE; closing rank rises
Vaishnavi Shukla | December 11, 2025 | 02:08 PM IST | 2 mins read
JoSAA Counselling 2026: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee's ECE cut-off rose from 1424 in 2024 to 1486 in 2025.
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Try NowJEE Main 2026 : The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee’s closing rank for Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) shows an increase, as compared to last year's ECE cut-offs. The IIT Roorkee’s ECE cut-off rose from 1424 in 2024 to 1486 in 2025.
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According to the IIT Kanpur’s Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) Report 2025, a total of 24,904 students opted for IIT Roorkee’s ECE programme, followed by Electronics Engineering (EE) at 22,252.
The most opted course by candidates in IIT Roorkee was Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) , and 26,725 candidates opted for it. For IIT Roorkee admissions 2025, a total of 1,353 seats were offered, of which 278 seats were allotted to female candidates. IIT Roorkee’s CSE closing rank for 2024 was 481, and for 2025 was 592.
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As per the JIC report 2025, a total of 27,697 students opted for CSE, and 23,503 chose EE at IIT Delhi. The least opted programme was BTech in design with only 3,173 candidates opting for IIT Delhi admissions.
JEE Main 2026: Closing ranks for ECE
The ECE closing ranks at IIT Roorkee , as compared to last year’s cut-off, show an increase. The category-wise closing ranks as per the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling committee are given below.
|
Seat Type |
Gender |
Closing Rank (2025) |
Closing Rank (2024) |
|
OPEN |
Gender-Neutral |
1486 |
1424 |
|
OPEN |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
4788 |
3590 |
|
OPEN (PwD) |
Gender-Neutral |
86 |
69 |
|
EWS |
Gender-Neutral |
254 |
265 |
|
EWS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
678 |
781 |
|
EWS (PwD) |
Gender-Neutral |
24 |
732 |
|
OBC-NCL |
Gender-Neutral |
721 |
1709 |
|
OBC-NCL |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
2161 |
29 |
|
OBC-NCL (PwD) |
Gender-Neutral |
33 |
398 |
|
SC |
Gender-Neutral |
398 |
932 |
|
SC |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
1053 |
17P |
|
ST |
Gender-Neutral |
243 |
217 |
|
ST |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
465 |
484 |
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JEE Main 2026: IIT Roorkee CSE cut-offs
The IIT Roorkee’s closing rank for the most opted CSE programme is as follows.
|
Seat Type |
Gender |
Closing Rank (2025) |
Closing Rank (2024) |
|
OPEN |
Gender-Neutral |
592 |
481 |
|
OPEN |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
2047 |
1870 |
|
OPEN (PwD) |
Gender-Neutral |
25 |
18 |
|
OPEN (PwD) |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
85 |
93 |
|
EWS |
Gender-Neutral |
98 |
90 |
|
EWS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
306 |
395 |
|
OBC-NCL |
Gender-Neutral |
10 |
236 |
|
OBC-NCL |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
253 |
783 |
|
OBC-NCL (PwD) |
Gender-Neutral |
1038 |
8 |
|
SC |
Gender-Neutral |
18 |
144 |
|
SC |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
129 |
474 |
|
SC (PwD) |
Gender-Neutral |
527 |
10 |
|
ST |
Gender-Neutral |
77 |
75 |
|
ST |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
258 |
229 |
|
ST (PwD) |
Gender-Neutral |
1P |
1P |
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