JEE Main 2026: Engineering at NIT Surathkal tougher for insiders, show BTech cut-offs
Vagisha Kaushik | November 5, 2025 | 03:32 PM IST | 1 min read
JEE Mains 2026: NIT Surathkal sees higher cut-offs for home state quota in major engineering courses. Know course-wise JoSAA closing ranks over last 3 years.
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Try NowConsidered among the top engineering colleges, the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Surathkal recorded a jump in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 cut-offs for home state candidates for all major BTech programmes. However, the BTech closing ranks were greater for other state candidates, showing a drop in demand.
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The highest Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) closing rank 2025 at which the institute closed admissions to the engineering courses this year was 1827 for BTech computer science and engineering for OS aspirants.
NIT Karnataka, Surathkal offers 4-year BTech courses in artificial intelligence, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computational and data science, computer science and engineering (CSE), electrical and electronics engineering, electronics and communication engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering, metallurgical and materials engineering, and mining engineering.
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the JEE Main 2026 session 1 from January 21 to 30. For admission to the institute, students will be required to appear for JEE Mains 2026 paper 1 for BE, BTech.
JEE Main 2026: NIT Karnataka cut-off trends
Last three years’ JEE Main closing ranks for open category seats at NIT Surathkal are as follows:
|
BTech courses |
Home State/ Open State |
Gender |
Closing JEE Main rank 2025 |
Closing JEE Main rank 2024 |
Closing JEE Main rank 2023 |
|
4-year BTech Artificial Intelligence |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
3579 |
3717 |
5631 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
10004 |
6233 |
6468 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
2650 |
2594 |
2973 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
3987 |
4354 |
4161 |
|
|
4-year BTech Chemical Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
18581 |
19080 |
22754 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
25773 |
22991 |
27910 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
13477 |
15195 |
16357 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
21464 |
21059 |
20604 |
|
|
4-year BTech Civil Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
28252 |
32691 |
38203 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
41388 |
39258 |
50297 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
22901 |
22939 |
23632 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
34014 |
31390 |
33071 |
|
|
4-year BTech Computational and Data Science |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
4805 |
4786 |
6155 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
6453 |
7008 |
8856 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
3471 |
3348 |
3922 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
5131 |
4443 |
5501 |
|
|
4-year BTech Computer Science and Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
2800 |
2933 |
3406 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
5752 |
3358 |
4267 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
1827 |
1615 |
1984 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
3986 |
2433 |
3298 |
|
|
4-year BTech Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
7493 |
7809 |
9789 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
13968 |
11553 |
11408 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
6872 |
7132 |
8437 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
11234 |
10912 |
12192 |
|
|
4-year BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
5573 |
5662 |
7219 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
9286 |
7934 |
7007 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
4347 |
4227 |
5596 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
7008 |
7035 |
7336 |
|
|
4-year BTech Information Technology |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
4086 |
4452 |
5616 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
7056 |
5617 |
4969 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
3160 |
2944 |
3403 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
6735 |
4876 |
5473 |
|
|
4-year BTech Mechanical Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
12126 |
14011 |
16814 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
24186 |
27829 |
27421 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
11950 |
12380 |
14069 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
20174 |
22425 |
21223 |
|
|
4-year BTech Metallurgical and Materials Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
24264 |
26584 |
32230 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
39535 |
32742 |
43291 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
22965 |
23412 |
25127 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
29213 |
35840 |
34865 |
|
|
4-year BTech Mining Engineering |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
39455 |
41318 |
46155 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
46883 |
60709 |
57689 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
28750 |
27766 |
30068 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
50279 |
48048 |
41230 |
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