CSAB 2025 Special Round Vacant Seats: The CSAB 2025 Special rounds vacant seats are available on the official website. Candidates interested in applying for admission through the CSAB 2025 special round must be aware of the vacant seats. This year, a total of 13727 seats are available through special rounds. Out of which 2000+ seats are for Open category candidates. The total seats available through the special round can be checked through the CSAB 2025 seat matrix. Hence, CSAB Special Rounds can be a golden chance to get a seat in a National Institute of Technology (NIT) after JoSAA counselling.
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Every year, thousands of seats in NITs remain vacant after the JoSAA rounds, and 2025 is no different. In fact, according to the latest CSAB tentative vacancy data, there are 4,302 vacant seats across NITs.
Yes, many NITs still have vacant seats in the CSAB Special round. The CSAB vacant seats are mostly in less preferred branches or home-state quota.
NIT Agartala has the maximum number of CSAB vacant seats of 331. Last year, the closing rank for the dual degree program in Computational Mathematics at NIT Agartala was 48786 for the Open category. Considering the same, if you have a decent rank in JEE Main, then getting an NIT seat through CSAB is a good option. Here is the list of top NITs that have the vacant seats in CSAB special round.
NIT Name | Vacant Seats |
NIT Agartala | 331 |
NIT Srinagar | 279 |
NIT Raipur | 242 |
SVNIT Surat | 238 |
NIT Kurukshetra | 217 |
NIT Calicut | 177 |
NIT Rourkela | 175 |
NIT Jalandhar (Dr. B R Ambedkar NIT) | 170 |
NIT Warangal | 141 |
NIT Durgapur | 140 |
Branch | Vacant Seats |
Mechanical Engineering | 618 |
Electronics & Communication Engineering | 437 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 432 |
Civil Engineering | 383 |
Electrical Engineering | 301 |
Chemical Engineering | 268 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 185 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 158 |
Civil Engineering (alternate program title) | 146 |
Architecture | 90 |
Category | Vacant Seats |
OPEN | 2,055 |
OBC-NCL | 757 |
SC | 398 |
ST | 339 |
GEN-EWS | 334 |
OPEN (PwD) | 103 |
SC (PwD) | 100 |
OBC-NCL (PwD) | 91 |
ST (PwD) | 75 |
GEN-EWS (PwD) | 50 |
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