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IIT Admission Through FACE, SEA & SCOPE Quota 2026: Eligibility, Seats & Process
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IIT Admission Through FACE, SEA, and SCOPE Quota 2026: The IIT admission through FACE, SEA, and SCOPE 20226 will conclude on June 5, 2026. Along with qualifying in JEE Advanced, candidates can now seek admission through Fine Arts and Culture Excellence (FACE), Sports Excellence Admission (SEA), and Science Olympiad Excellence Admission (SCOPE). For the 2026-27 academic session, several IITs are participating in these special admission schemes. The registration for the admission process started on May 6, 2026, through the official portals of the separate modes. The institute has its detailed eligibility criteria, application guidelines and programme structures. Read the full article below to know more about the IIT admission through FACE, SEA, and Scope quota 2026.
IIT Admission Through FACE, SEA, and SCOPE Important Date 2026
Event | Date |
Registration Starts | May 6, 2026 |
Registration Closes | June 5, 2026 (5:00 PM) |
Preliminary Verification Result | June 20, 2026 |
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What is FACE Admission?
FACE (Fine Arts and Culture Excellence) is created for students who have shown outstanding achievements in fine arts, music, dance, theatre, literature, visual arts, and other cultural activities. Those who qualify for JEE Advanced 2026 and obtained a rank in CRL.
FACE Participating Institutes
FACE 2026 Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for admission under the FACE 2026 (Fine Arts and Culture Excellence) quota at IIT Madras and Mandi, candidates must have successfully qualified for these two criteria. Only candidates meeting both the academic requirement of JEE Advanced qualification and the prescribed Fine Arts and Culture achievement criteria will be considered for admission under the FACE quota.
JEE Advanced 2026 and have notable achievements in one or more approved Fine Arts and Culture disciplines.
Applicants are required to submit valid documentary evidence of their accomplishments, which must fall under any of the recognised categories, namely, Once-in-a-Lifetime Achievement, Category A Achievement, or Category B Achievement.
FACE Seat Matrix 2026
Indian Institute of Technology Madras:
Program Name | Supernumerary Seats | |
Gender Neutral | Female Only | |
1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | |
Electrical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi:
Program Name | Gender Neutral | Female Only |
Agricultural Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Bio Engineering | 1 | 0 |
BS in Chemical Sciences | 1 | 0 |
Chemical Engineering with Data Analytics | 1 | 0 |
Civil Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 0 |
Electrical Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Engineering Physics | 1 | 0 |
General Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Materials Science and Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and Computing | 1 | 0 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Microelectronics & VLSI | 1 | 0 |
Quantum Technology | 1 | 0 |
What is SEA Admission?
SEA (Sports Excellence Admission) is a special way for students who have done well in sports at the national or international level to get admission. It helps talented athletes study engineering or science at IITs while still playing their sport.
SEA Participating Institutes
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To apply for SEA 2026, candidates must be Indian nationals (or eligible OCI/PIO candidates), qualify for JEE Advanced 2026 with a valid rank, and meet the IIT Class 12 eligibility requirements. Applicants must also have at least one recognised sports achievement at the national or international level during the last four years. Candidates who have previously taken admission in any IIT are not eligible to apply under the SEA quota.
SEA Seat Matrix 2026
Indian Institute of Technology Madras:
Program Name | Gender-Neutral | Female-Only |
Aerospace Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Biological Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Chemical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Civil Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Computational Engineering & Mechanics | 1 | 1 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics | 1 | 1 |
Electrical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Engineering Physics | 1 | 1 |
Instrumentation & Biomedical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Naval Architecture | 1 | 1 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur:
Program Name | Gender-Neutral | Female-Only |
Aerospace Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Agricultural and Food Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 1 |
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Biomedical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Chemical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Civil Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Electrical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Manufacturing Science and Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Mining Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | 1 | 1 |
Industrial and Systems Engineering | 1 | 1 |
Indian Institute of Technology Indore:
Program Name | Gender-Neutral | Female-Only |
Biomedical Engineering and Data Science | 1 | 0 |
Chemical Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Civil Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Electrical Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Engineering Physics | 1 | 0 |
Environmental Economics and Sustainable Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and Computing | 1 | 0 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science | 1 | 0 |
Space Science and Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi:
Program Name | Gender-Neutral | Female-Only |
Agricultural Engineering with Data Analytics | 1 | 0 |
Bio Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Civil Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 0 |
Electrical Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Engineering Physics | 1 | 0 |
General Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Materials Science and Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and Computing | 1 | 0 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 0 |
Microelectronics & VLSI | 1 | 0 |
Quantum Science and Engineering | 1 | 0 |
What is SCOPE Admission?
SCOPE (Science Olympiad Excellence Admission) offer students who have excelled in national and international science olympiads. It recognises exceptional talent in subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Astronomy, and related sciences.
SCOPE Participating Institutes
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (MAS)
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (KGP)
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (MAN)
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SCOPE 2026 Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for SCOPE Admission 2026:
Candidates must be Indian nationals or eligible OCI/PIO candidates.
They should be born on or after October 1, 2001 (October 1, 1996, for SC/ST/PwD candidates).
They must have appeared for Class 12 for the first time in 2025 or 2026 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and secured at least 75% marks (65% for SC/ST/PwD candidates) or be in the top 20 percentile of their respective board.
SCOPE Seat Matrix 2026
Course name | Institution name | Supernumerary Seats | Eligible Subject Olympiads (in the order of preference used for tie break) | |
GN | FO | |||
Agricultural Engineering with Data Analytics | MAN | 1 | 0 | Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Informatics, Biology |
Quantum Science and Engineering | MAN | 1 | 0 | Physics, Mathematics, Informatics, Chemistry, Biology |
Mathematics & Computing | KGP | 1 | 1 | Mathematics |
MAN | 1 | 0 | Mathematics, Physics, Informatics | |
Chemical Engineering with Data Analytics | MAN | 1 | 0 | Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Informatics, Biology |
Bioengineering | MAN | 1 | 0 | Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Informatics |
Agricultural and Food Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics |
Artificial Intelligence | KGP | 1 | 1 | Mathematics, Physics, Informatics |
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Informatics, Mathematics |
Biomedical Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Informatics |
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Physics, Mathematics, Informatics |
Instrumentation Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Mathematics |
Manufacturing Science and Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Mathematics, Physics |
Mining Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Mathematics |
Industrial and Systems Engineering | KGP | 1 | 1 | Mathematics, Physics |
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