General Seats in IITs: The Numbers Every Aspirant Should See

General Seats in IITs: The Numbers Every Aspirant Should See

Jalla VenkateshUpdated on 19 Sep 2025, 11:49 AM IST

IIT Seats in India for General Category 2025: The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has released the category-wise IIT seat matrix for 2025 on the official website, josaa.nic.in. According to the notification, there are about 6287 total number of IIT general category seats 2025 in India. Candidates can check the IIT Seats in India for General Category on this page. The JoSAA seat matrix includes details such as the institute, courses, and category wise number of seats online. In this article, candidates can refer to the previous years. There are 23 IIT institutions with about 17,400 intake for Undergraduate courses. Out of which IIT seats in top IITs for general category is 40 to 45% which rounds up to a total seats of 6500 to 7400.

General Seats in IITs: The Numbers Every Aspirant Should See
IIT Seats in India for General Category

The distribution of seats also varies by the IIT and course candidates aspire to study. Generally the older and bigger institutions like IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur offer higher intake of students between 1000 to 1500 each. Whereas, other institutes like IIT Goa, IIT Jammu and more will undertake a smaller number of seats with 150 to 300 each. Popular branches of study in engineering like Computer Science, Electrical and Mechanical engineering are considered to have higher cutoff for general category requiring for the candidates to secure top ranks to get admission into IIT's. For more details regarding IIT seat reservation for general category students, refer to the article below.

IIT Seats General Category: Total number of IIT seats for general category students

Candidates can find the total number of IIT seats for general category students in the table below. The list for total IIT seats for general category is available here.

IIT seats in India for general category

IIT Seat Matrix Category-wise Distribution

Name of the IIT

General

OBC-NCL

SC

ST

IIT BHU

614

409

227

114

IIT Bhilai

126

84

47

24

IIT Bhubaneswar

191

127

70

35

IIT Bombay

531

347

194

97

IIT Delhi

474

318

177

89

IIT Dharwad

147

93

57

29

IIT Gandhinagar

141

92

53

26

IIT Goa

67

42

22

11

IIT Guwahati

372

247

135

69

IIT Hyderabad

240

162

90

46

IIT Indore

186

123

68

34

IIT ISM Dhanbad

466

312

172

87

IIT Jammu

117

79

44

22

IIT Jodhpur

247

153

89

43

IIT Kharagpur

247

153

89

43

IIT Madras

436

288

159

80

IIT Mandi

201

132

74

37

IIT Palakkad

77

52

27

15

IIT Patna

319

214

117

59

IIT Ropar

249

165

92

46

IIT Roorkee

526

347

190

95

IIT Tirupati

99

65

35

18

General Category IIT Seats List:

Name of the IIT

General Seats

IIT BHU

1589

IIT Bombay

1360

IIT Delhi

1239

IIT ISM Dhanbad

1210

IIT Madras

1121

IIT Guwahati

962

IIT Hyderabad

630

IIT Kharagpur

1919

IIT Jodhpur

610

IIT Mandi

520

IIT Bhubaneswar

496

IIT Indore

480

IIT Dharwad

385

IIT Gandhinagar

360

IIT Jammu

305

IIT Bhilai

329

IIT Goa

165

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Is it difficult to get a seat in top IITs for General category students?
A:

Yes, it is highly competitive. To get CSE in top IITs, General category students usually need a rank under 300 in JEE Advanced.

Q: How many seats available in IITs for general category students?
A:

The IIT BTech seats for general category for seats available is 6826.

Q: How Many IIT seats are there for general category in 2025
A:

As per the 2025 admission data, there are approximately 6,800 seats available for the General (Open) category across all IITs.

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Hello Alka

For JEE Advance, the best 5 subjects through which you need to calculate your percentage is:

1. Physics
2. Chemistry
3. Mathematics
4. One language (which is English)
5. One other subject of your choice

So you will need to choose PCM + English + a 5th subject to calculate your percentage.

Hope this answer helps! Thank You!!!

Hello!

In JEE Advanced eligibility, the top 5 subjects from your board exam are considered. Usually, they are Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and any two other subjects from the main curriculum. If CMS is your optional subject and IT is an additional subject, the board will still calculate based on the 5 highest marks from your eligible subjects. Additional subjects are considered only if they replace a lower score from another subject. For example, if IT has a higher score than English or CMS, then IT can be counted. However, some boards follow strict rules where only main subjects are counted, so you must verify with your board’s official notification. The 75% criteria means your average percentage in those best 5 subjects must meet the requirement. My advice—list all your subjects, arrange them from highest to lowest marks, and take the top five as per rules.

Hope this clears your doubt!