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    IITs Admit More Students Than Sanctioned Intake: What’s Behind the 2025 Surge?

    IITs Admit More Students Than Sanctioned Intake: What’s Behind the 2025 Surge?

    Jalla VenkateshUpdated on 22 Oct 2025, 02:53 PM IST

    IIT Kanpur has released the recent JEE Advanced 2025 report on the official website. According to the notification, a total of 18,188 seats were filled and 18,160 seats were approved. Among the 18,188 admissions, there are 3,664 females and this constitutes 20.15. This year 11 IITs have been allocated seats such as IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur. The report also has the key details such as statistics of the results, analysis of the paper patterns and the updates of the way the seats were occupied in various IITs.

    This Story also Contains

    1. Seat Allotment Exceed Intake
    2. IITs Seat Intake Increased Over the Years
    3. Improved Women Participation in IIT Admissions
    IITs Admit More Students Than Sanctioned Intake: What’s Behind the 2025 Surge?
    IITs Admit More Students Than Sanctioned Intake: What’s Behind the 2025 Surge?

    The total seat capacity in IITs for 2025 was 18,160, including 3,632 female-only (supernumerary) seats. In the final (sixth) round, 18,188 seats were allotted, including 9 supernumerary DS seats, 11 supernumerary foreign nationals/OCI/PIO (F) seats and 12 supernumerary mincutOff seats. Additionally, 96 OCI/PIO (I) candidates (treated as Indian nationals) secured admission. Read more about why IITs admitted more students than the sanctioned intake and what’s behind the 2025 surge below.

    Seat Allotment Exceed Intake

    The total seat intake for 23 IITs was 18,160, while a total of 18,188 were allotted. The remaining seats were allocated as follows: IIT Bombay allotted 1,364 seats compared to its intake of 1360 and IIT Madras allotted 1,121 seats (matching its intake).

    Number of Students admitted to the India Institute of Technology (IITs)

    Institutes Name

    Total Seats (Including Supernumerary Seats

    Seats allotted in Last Round (Including Supernumerary Seats)

    IIT Bhubhaneswar

    496

    496

    IIT Bombay

    1360

    1364

    IIT Mandi

    520

    520

    IIT Delhi

    1239

    1241

    IIT Indore

    480

    480

    IIT Kharagpur

    1919

    1923

    IIT Hyderabad

    630

    631

    IIT Jodhpur

    610

    610

    IIT Kanpur

    1210

    1215

    IIT Madras

    1121

    1124

    IIT Gandhinagar

    360

    360

    IIT Patna

    817

    817

    IIT Roorkee

    1353

    1356

    IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    1210

    1213

    IIT Ropar

    646

    646

    IIT (BHU) Varanasi

    1589

    1588

    IIT Guwahati

    962

    962

    IIT Bhilai

    329

    331

    IIT Goa

    165

    165

    IIT Palakkad

    200

    200

    IIT Tirupati

    254

    255

    IIT Jammu

    305

    305

    IIT Dharwad

    385

    386

    IITs Seat Intake Increased Over the Years

    This increase follows a consistent rise in IIT seat availability over recent years. Last year, 17,760 seats were offered, with 17,695 filled. The intake had grown by nearly 375 seats from 17,385 in the previous year. Notably, 2019 remains the only year when all IIT seats were filled without any vacancies.

    Seat Intake Increased at IITs Over the Years

    Year

    Seat Intake

    2025

    18,160 (18,188 filled)

    2024

    17,760

    2023

    17,385

    Improved Women Participation in IIT Admissions

    In 2025, 3,633 female-only seats (including female supernumerary seats) were allotted, and 31 female candidates secured seats through the gender-neutral pool. The overall percentage of female candidates admitted to IITs in 2025 is 3,664/18,188 = 20.15%.

    Year wise data shows limited growth in share

    Year

    Total seats filled

    Female Candidates Admitted

    Female % of Total

    2025

    16,061

    3,185

    19.09%

    2022

    18,188

    3,664

    20.15%

    Summary of Allotted Candidates based on Gender and Category

    Category

    Allotted Male

    Allotted Female

    Total Allotted

    Male %

    Female %

    Total %

    OPEN

    5724

    1394

    7118

    80.42

    19.58

    39.14

    GEN-EWS

    1567

    441

    2008

    78.04

    21.96

    11.04

    OBC-NCL

    3954

    1011

    4965

    79.64

    20.36

    27.30

    SC

    2185

    545

    2730

    80.04

    19.96

    15.01

    ST

    1094

    273

    1367

    80.03

    19.97

    7.52

    Total

    14524

    3664

    18188

    79.85

    20.15

    100.00

    Number of Registered and Qualified Candidates

    A total number of candidates registered for JoSAA 2025 was 2,58,765. Candidates filled form 3,33,98,917 total. JEE Advanced 2025 was qualified 51, 216 and filled 73,28,847 choices.


    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Are IITs filled more seats than officially available in 2025?
    A:

    Against the official 18,160 seats, 18,188 were allotted through JoSAA to minimise vacancies. IIT Bombay, Delhi, Kharagpur, and Kanpur exceeded their intake, highlighting both demand and infrastructure challenges.

    Q: Will IIT seats increase in 2025?
    A:

    Yes, the IIT seats intake has increased for 2025-2026

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