JoSAA Counselling 2026: IIT Kharagpur among most preferred IITs for BTech AI; closing rank analysis

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) closed admissions to its BTech in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programmes at a closing rank of 839 through JoSAA counselling last year, setting one of the most competitive AI programmes for engineering aspirants. Followed by IIT Hyderabad and IIT Gandhinagar closing their BTech AI admissions at 823 and 2159 respectively, the JoSAA counselling data read. JoSAA Round 4 Seat Allotment 2026.

The previous year JoSAA cut-offs for BTech AI admissions at various IITs indicate that the course is popular amongst engineering aspirants.

IIT Hyderabad’s open category closed its BTech AI admissions at 823 in 2025, 852 in 2024, 875 in 2023, and 783 in 2022, indicating high demand among engineering students.

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JoSAA Counselling 2026 round 4 seat allotment tomorrow

The female-only supernumerary seats in the open category recorded the closing ranks at higher numbers, with IIT Kharagpur closing at 2901, IIT Hyderabad at 2515, and IIT Gandhinagar at 5140 last year.

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has declared the round 3 seat allotment results 2026 for admission to various BTech programmes for the academic years 2026-27.

Engineering aspirants can access the JoSAA counselling 2026 seat allotment list by entering their login details such as Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main application number, and password.

The authority will declare the JoSAA seat allotment result 2026 for round 4 tomorrow, July 10 for BTech admissions.

JoSAA Counselling 2026: Previous year closing rank for BTech AI Admissions

Here is a comparison of the BTech Artificial Intelligence (AI) closing ranks for admission to IIT Kharagpur through JoSAA counselling in 2025 and 2026.

BTech AI Cut-offs comparison for IIT Hyderabad

Candidates can check the closing rank for JoSAA counselling 2025 and 2026 for admission to BTech AI programmes at IIT Hyderabad.

IIT Gandhinagar BTech AI cut-offs comparison

The table given contains JoSAA counselling cut-offs for 2026 and 2025 for the BTech AI programme for admission to IIT Gandhinagar.