Total Engineering Seats: JEE Advanced qualifiers to compete for over 17,700 IIT seats; only 1 in 3 to get in
Anu Parthiban | June 2, 2025 | 11:52 AM IST | 2 mins read
JEE Advanced Cut-off 2025: The minimum qualifying marks is 76 for general category, 66 for OBC-NCL and EWS, and 37 for SC and ST.
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Download EBookJEE Advanced 2025 Result: Over 54,000 candidates will be competing for around 17,760 engineering seats in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year. This means, only 1 in 3 qualified candidates will secure a seat in IIT - reflecting intense competition among aspirants. The JEE Advanced cut-off 2025 has been reduced for all categories compared to the previous years. JEE Advanced Result 2025 (OUT) LIVE
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A total of 54,378 candidates qualified JEE Advanced 2025 and have become eligible to participate in the JoSAA counselling 2025 held for seat allotment in IITs. Compared to last year, the number of qualified candidates has increased by 12.7%. The exam also saw higher participation in comparison to last year.
1,87,223 candidates were eligible to sit for JEE Advanced. Among them, 1,80,422 candidates wrote the exam held by IIT Kanpur and 54,378 were declared qualified. As per the JEE Advanced cut-off 2025 , the minimum qualifying marks is 76 for general category, 66 for OBC-NCL and EWS, and 37 for SC and ST.
The total number of engineering seats in IITs - 17,760 - may increase, as some IITs have introduced new BTech courses through JEE Advanced rank. In the latest announcement, IIT Jammu has launched BTech Engineering Physics with focus on quantum and nano technology. Admission to the 25 seats offered for BTech Engineering Physics will be filled through JoSAA counselling based on JEE Advanced rank 2025.
BTech Computer Science Engineering (BTech CSE) has remained the most popular choice of students aspiring to study in IITs. The top engineering colleges also offer civil engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, electronics and communication engineering. Several IITs also offer new-generation courses such as artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and machine learning (ML) .
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Total engineering seats in India
Category-wise number of engineering seats offered by IITs, including supernumerary seats, is given below, as per previous year's data.
|
IITs |
Engineering seats in IITs |
|
IIT Bhubaneswar |
Gender-neutral - 397 Female-only - 99 |
|
IIT Bombay |
Gender-neutral - 1,091 Female-only - 277 |
|
IIT Mandi |
Gender-neutral - 416 Female-only - 104 |
|
IIT Delhi |
Gender-neutral - 963 Female-only - 246 |
|
IIT Indore |
Gender-neutral - 381 Female-only - 99 |
|
IIT Kharagpur |
Gender-neutral - 1,551 Female-only - 368 |
|
IIT Hyderabad |
Gender-neutral - 476 Female-only - 119 |
|
IIT Jodhpur |
Gender-neutral - 480 Female-only - 120 |
|
IIT Kanpur |
Gender-neutral - 964 Female-only - 246 |
|
IIT Madras |
Gender-neutral - 897 Female-only - 231 |
|
IIT Gandhinagar |
Gender-neutral - 320 Female-only - 80 |
|
IIT Patna |
Gender-neutral - 654 Female-only - 163 |
|
IIT Roorkee |
Gender-neutral - 1,076 Female-only - 277 |
|
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad |
Gender-neutral - 900 Female-only - 225 |
|
IIT Ropar |
Gender-neutral - 344 Female-only - 86 |
|
IIT (BHU) Varanasi |
Gender-neutral - 1,271 Female-only - 318 |
|
IIT Guwahati |
Gender-neutral - 766 Female-only - 196 |
|
IIT Bhilai |
Gender-neutral - 226 Female-only - 57 |
|
IIT Goa |
Gender-neutral - 125 Female-only - 32 |
|
IIT Palakkad |
Gender-neutral - 160 Female-only - 40 |
|
IIT Tirupati |
Gender-neutral - 204 Female-only - 50 |
|
IIT Jammu |
Gender-neutral - 224 Female-only - 56 |
|
IIT Dharwad |
Gender-neutral - 308 Female-only - 77 |
|
Total |
17,760 |
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