JoSAA 2026 Round 2: IIT CSE Cutoffs Drop at These IITs for CSE and Allied Branches

JoSAA 2026 Highest Closing Ranks for the Open Category for the CSE and related branches across IITs:

IIT CSE & Allied Branches Closing Rank - Round 2 (JoSAA)

For the CSE Branch at IIT Bombay: 2026 Round 2 Cutoff is 65, 2025 Round 2 Cutoff was 66, and 2025 highest closing rank was 66 (after final rounds). In 2026, the highest closing rank for CSE at IIT Bombay is expected to be 65, making it more competitive to secure a CSE seat in IIT Bombay in 2026 than last year.

For the CSE and Mathematics & Computing Branch at IIT Delhi: 2026 Round 2 Cutoff is 123, 2025 Round 2 Cutoff was 125, and 2025 highest closing rank was 126 (after final rounds). So, in 2026, the highest closing rank for CSE at IIT Delhi is expected to be around 124-125, making it more competitive to secure a CSE seat in IIT Bombay in 2026 than last year. There will be more competition for CSE admission at IIT Delhi in 2026 than in the previous year.

For B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing at IIT Delhi, the expected highest closing cutoff rank is 325. This is one of the best branches that students can consider for admission in IITs.

For the CSE and AI & Data Analytics Branch at IIT Madras: Similarly, the above comparison shows more competition in CSE at IIT Madras, with the expected highest closing rank in 2026 of around 150. For the AI and Data Analytics program at IIT Madras, there is a scope that the cutoff will extend further in the upcoming rounds, because last year the cutoff extended from 292 to 306.

For the CSE Branch at IIT Kanpur: IIT Kanpur will become slightly less competitive compared to 2025, with an expected highest closing rank of around 277-280 after the final counselling round in 2026.

Getting admission in B.Tech CSE at IIT Kharagpur and IIT Guwahati has become comparatively easier than last year.

B.Tech Intelligent Systems: A New Course Introduced by IIT Kanpur

Intelligent Systems is a new engineering program at IIT Kanpur introduced this year only. For securing a seat in the Intelligent Systems program at IIT, the round 2 closing rank this year is 1134. Whenever a new program is available at any institution, most students prefer to take admission in that program over other existing engineering programs, and this can widen the admission chances in CSE and other related programs as the competition decreases.

IIT CSE & Allied Branches Closing Rank - Round 2 (JoSAA)

For the Mathematics and Scientific Computing Branch at IIT Kanpur: While comparing the closing rank of Round 2 in 2026 with the closing rank of Round 2 in 2025, we analysed that the competition will be relatively less this time, and the final-round counselling 2026 closing rank is predicted to reach around 1300.

For the Data Science and AI Branch at IIT Guwahati: Data Science and AI is a new and most preferred branch in this emerging era, so the closing rank after the final counselling round 2026 could increase slightly compared to the previous year.

The competition will be slightly less than the previous year in the IIT Guwahati Mathematics & Computing and the IIT Kharagpur BS Mathematics & Computing program.

• For the CSE at IIT Varanasi and IIT Indore: The CSE branch at these two IITs remains a good option with the estimated final round cutoff of around 1500 at IIT Varanasi and 1800 at IIT Indore.

• IIT (BHU) Mathematics & Computing JoSAA final round cutoff 2026 is expected to be 2000.

• IIT Hyderabad Computational Engineering JoSAA final round cutoff 2026 is expected to be 2100.

• IIT Indore Mathematics & Computing JoSAA final round cutoff 2026 is expected to be 2150.

• If students want to get admission to the CSE program at IIT Ropar, IIT Patna, and IIT Jodhpur, the expected closing ranks after the final round in the JoSAA counselling 2026 for IIT Ropar may be around 3200, for IIT Patna may be around 3500, and for IIT Jodhpur may be 3700.

IIT CSE & Allied Branches Closing Rank - Round 2 (JoSAA)

• Based on the comparison, we are expecting that this year admission to CSE at IIT Mandi will become easier and the closing rank could reach 3800 after the JoSAA counselling 2026 final round.

• Securing a CSE seat at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and an AI and Data Engineering seat at IIT Ropar will also become easier in 2026, as the analysis is indicating less competition in 2026.

• Mathematics & Computing at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Bhubaneswar, and IIT Mandi is estimated to be close to 5000 after the JoSAA final counselling round. IIT Jodhpur AI & Data Science is also predicted to be close to the same cutoff in the JoSAA final round counselling.

• Mathematics & Computing at IIT Patna shows more stability than the previous year.

• Mathematics & Computing at IIT Jodhpur is a new program, which may result in lowering the competition for other similar programs. As most students may prefer this new program, securing a seat in other similar programs could become easier for the students.

• CSE at IIT Tirupati is predicted to be extended to approximately 6000 by the JoSAA final counselling round.

• CSE at IIT Goa recorded a significant decrease in competition, and the closing cutoff could reach 6700 to 7000 by the end of the final round of JoSAA counselling 2026.

IIT CSE & Allied Branches Closing Rank - Round 2 (JoSAA)

• CSE at IIT Jammu, IIT Dharwad & Mathematics and Computing at IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad are also indicating that this time the competition will be less than 2025.

• As per the cutoff trends, we are predicting that the closing rank after the final JoSAA counselling round 2026 for getting CSE admission at IIT Bhilai is approximately 9000, and the same closing rank range is also estimated for the Mathematics and Computing branch at IIT Jammu.

• Data Science & Engineering at IIT Palakkad also showed less competition this year and could close at approximately the cutoff rank of 9500 by the JoSAA counselling round 6.

These are all about the JoSAA round 2 cutoff comparison from last year and the expected cutoff after the final JoSAA counselling round for targeting the four-year computer science and engineering-related programs across IITs. Now, we will have a look at the IIT dual degree programs.

IIT Dual Degree Programs Closing Rank - Round 2 (JoSAA)

• CSE (Dual Degree) at IIT Delhi remains competitive, and the JoSAA 2026 round 2 cutoff is 211, and the cutoff is expected to extend marginally by the last JoSAA counselling round.

• The dual degree program in Mathematics and Computing at IIT Roorkee is likely to close at 1500 rank by the last round of JoSAA counselling 2026, and the same branch at IIT Delhi will remain competitive but slightly easier to get admission to than in 2025.

• Following the analysis trend, we are expecting that the closing rank for the Bachelor and Master Dual Degree Program in CSE could be around 4600 by the end of the final round of counselling 2026.

• The predicted final closing rank after the last counselling round 2026 for admission to the Dual Degree Program in Mathematics and Computing at IIT Patna is approximately 5500.

If your rank is close to the predicted JoSAA final round cutoff 2026, then you can stay open to get a better seat allotment in the upcoming counselling rounds this year.

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