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KCET 2026 Round 1 Closing Rank Analysis: Which Colleges Closed Higher or Lower?
KCET 2026 Round 1 Closing Rank: The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has released the KCET closing rank 2026 for Round 1 at the official website- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in. The complete branch-wise KCET 2026 round 1 closing rank for all engineering colleges is available online. In 2025, the last rank selected for the CSE course in RV College of Engineering was 234, whereas the same stream closed at 144 in 2026. This shows a high competition among KCET aspirants for getting a seat in RVCE. A similar trend is visible in other courses as well. Below, we have provided a detailed comparison of KCET Round 1 closing rank 2026 with 2025 to know the best available options.
There is a noticeable change in the closing rank of some core branches as well, which indicates that students are exploring a wider range of engineering courses instead of limiting their options to traditional CSE and allied branches.
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KCET Round 1 Cut off Analysis 2026 vs 2025 (Top 10 Colleges)
Below, we have compared the 2025 KCET closing rank with the 2026 closing rank to provide clarity to students who are seeking admission to the best engineering colleges in Karnataka. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology recorded good improvements across different engineering branches.
KCET Closing Rank Round 1 2026 vs 2025 for Top 10 Colleges
College | Course | Round 1 Closing Rank 2025 | Round 1 Closing Rank 2026 | Diff | Highest Cosing Rank 2025 |
RV College of Engineering | BE Computer Science and Engineering | 234 | 144 | ▲90 | 499 |
BE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 429 | 243 | ▲186 | 742 | |
BE Data Science | 367 | 266.5 | ▲ 100.5 | 944 | |
BE Cyber Security | 508 | 288 | ▲ 220 | 990 | |
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering | 573 | 375 | ▲ 198 | 1100 | |
BE Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | 987 | 632 | ▲ 355 | 1507 | |
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 1126.75 | 721 | ▲ 405.75 | 2783 | |
BE Aerospace Engineering | 1932 | 959 | ▲ 973 | 2069 | |
BE Mechanical Engineering | 2900.5 | 2457.5 | ▲ 443 | 5812 | |
BE Biotechnology | 3963 | 2783 | ▲ 1180 | 6814 | |
BE Chemical Engineering | 5906 | 4067 | ▲ 1839 | 11049 | |
BE Civil Engineering | 9539 | 5266 | ▲ 4273 | 10832 | |
BE Industrial Engineering and Management | 8703 | 6656 | ▲ 2047 | 15717.5 | |
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology | BE Computer Science and Engineering | 1100 | 976 | ▲124 | 2076 |
BE Computer Science and Engineering Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 1694 | 1250 | ▲444 | 2791 | |
BE Computer Science and Engineering Cyber Security | 1915 | 1483 | ▲432 | 4208 | |
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2567 | 1557 | ▲1010 | 4080 | |
BE Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 1910.5 | 1612 | ▲298.5 | 4160 | |
BE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 1910.5 | 1650 | ▲260.5 | 3429 | |
BE Information Science and Engineering | 2473 | 2104 | ▲369 | 3196 | |
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 4787 | 2431 | ▲2356 | 10791 | |
BE Aerospace Engineering | 5172 | 2777 | ▲2395 | 6536 | |
BE Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | 3720 | 2861 | ▲859 | 7708 | |
BE Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering | 5254 | 3675 | ▲1579 | 15248 | |
BE Biotechnology Engineering | 9246 | 4010 | ▲5236 | 12464 | |
BE Mechanical Engineering | 8718 | 7676 | ▲1042 | 20751 | |
BE Medical Electronics Engineering | 17678 | 8593 | ▲9085 | 31013 | |
BE Chemical Engineering | 13325 | 10110.5 | ▲3214.5 | 21060 | |
BE Civil Engineering | 23457 | 12463 | ▲10994 | 30510 | |
BE Industrial Engineering and Management | 25298 | 14834 | ▲10464 | 37513 | |
PES University 100 Feet Ring Road | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | 934 | 628 | ▲ 306 | 1654 |
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning) | 1494 | 971 | ▲ 523 | 2694 | |
B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | 2380 | 1223 | ▲ 1157 | 3765 | |
B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 3645 | 1550 | ▲ 2095 | 8400 | |
B.Tech Biotechnology Engineering | 6210 | 4479 | ▲ 1731 | 13360 | |
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | 5948 | 4935 | ▲ 1013 | 15958 | |
BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore | BE Computer Science and Engineering | 2246 | 1920.5 | ▲ 325.5 | 3870 |
BE Computer Science and Engineering Data Science | 2497 | 2084 | ▲ 413 | 4585 | |
BE Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 2442 | 2102 | ▲ 340 | 4646 | |
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering | 3070 | 2204 | ▲ 866 | 4794 | |
Computer Science and Engg (IoT & Cyber Security incl. Blockchain Tech.) | 2639 | 2255 | ▲ 384 | 5707 | |
BE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 2786 | 2388 | ▲ 398 | 5087.5 | |
BE Computer Science and Business Systems | 2868 | 2550 | ▲ 318 | 6293 | |
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 5247 | 3248 | ▲ 1999 | 10575.75 | |
BE Biotechnology Engineering | 8819 | 5022 | ▲ 3797 | 13931 | |
BE Mechanical Engineering | 8572 | 6844 | ▲ 1728 | 21879 | |
University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore | BE Computer Science Engineering | 3473 | 2952 | ▲521 | 5020 |
B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 4628 | 3571 | ▲1057 | 7213 | |
BE Information Science and Engineering | 4625.5 | 4015.5 | ▲610 | 6502 | |
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering | 5418 | 4082 | ▲1336 | 9544 | |
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 13703 | 9426 | ▲4277 | 22495 | |
BE Mechanical Engineering | 32642 | 22974 | ▲9668 | 49547 | |
BE Civil Engineering | 45486 | 37819 | ▲7667 | 55203 | |
Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | 4707 | 3197 | ▲1510 | 6390 |
B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | 5909 | 3698 | ▲2211 | 7731 | |
B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 13431 | 10539 | ▲2892 | 17844.5 | |
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | 37934 | 23631 | ▲14303 | 53938 | |
B.Tech Civil Engineering | 62539 | 40139 | ▲22400 | 80484 | |
B.Tech Environmental Engineering | 59392 | 54081 | ▲5311 | 93107 | |
B.Tech Industrial and Production Engineering | 61678 | 56838 | ▲4840 | 74123 | |
B.Tech Polymer Science and Technology | 82030 | 78374 | ▲3656 | 256409 | |
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Shavige Malleshwara Hill, Bangalore | BE Computer Science and Engineering | 4080 | 3572 | ▲ 508 | 6584 |
BE Computer Science and Engineering Data Science | 4718 | 3898.5 | ▲ 819.5 | 7565 | |
BE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 4768 | 4112 | ▲ 656 | 7846 | |
BE Computer Science and Engineering Cyber Security | 5170.5 | 4593 | ▲ 577.5 | 9323 | |
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering | 6361 | 4834.5 | ▲ 1526.5 | 10755 | |
BE Robotics and Artificial Intelligence | 7362 | 5184 | ▲ 2178 | 11734.5 | |
BE Aeronautical Engineering | 8972 | 6173 | ▲ 2799 | 12812 | |
BE Biotechnology | 14639 | 6832 | ▲ 7807 | 24502 | |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | 12293.5 | 8710 | ▲ 3583.5 | 20446 | |
MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore | B TECH IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING | 8400 | 4155 | ▲ 4245 | 17900 |
B.Tech Aerospace Engineering | 8658 | 7269 | ▲1389 | 11215 | |
B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | 9209 | 8562 | ▲647 | 60144 | |
B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | 12530 | 11100 | ▲1430 | 48520 | |
B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 13119 | 11276 | ▲1843 | 16827 | |
B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 22419 | 14361 | ▲8058 | 102205 | |
B TECH IN ROBOTICS ENGINEERING | 17979 | 14474 | ▲3505 | 27316 | |
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | 29430.5 | 17299 | ▲12131.5 | 142386 | |
B.Tech Automotive Engineering | 38653.5 | 21171 | ▲17482.5 | 94698 | |
B.Tech Civil Engineering | 50645 | 33123 | ▲17522 | 229800 | |
Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore | BE Computer Science and Engineering | 5036 | 4567 | ▲469 | 8157 |
BE Computer Science and Engineering Data Science | 6051 | 4839 | ▲1212 | 10993.75 | |
BE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 6577 | 5213 | ▲1364 | 9607 | |
BE Computer Science and Engineering IoT and Cyber Security with Block Chain Technology | 7481.5 | 5458 | ▲2023.5 | 12460 | |
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering | 7585 | 5628 | ▲1957 | 13549 | |
BE Robotics and Artificial Intelligence | 9015 | 6191 | ▲2824 | 15039 | |
BE Information Science and Engineering | 7581 | 6245 | ▲1336 | 12266 | |
BE Electronics Engineering VLSI Design and Technology | 10833 | 7522 | ▲3311 | 19177 | |
BE Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | 14429 | 10406 | ▲4023 | 24762 | |
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 14851 | 11793 | ▲3058 | 30331 | |
BE Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering | 18957 | 13166 | ▲5791 | 37131 | |
BE Mechanical Engineering | 35862 | 27757 | ▲8105 | 67835 | |
BE Civil Engineering | 63170 | 51349.5 | ▲11820.5 | 117401 | |
Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur | BE Computer Science and Engineering | 7683 | 6526 | ▲1157 | 9809 |
BE Computer Science and Engineering Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 8638 | 5920 | ▲2718 | 9562 | |
BE Information Science and Engineering | 9449 | 8705 | ▲744 | 12432 | |
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering | 10794 | 9208 | ▲1586 | 14310 | |
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 15713 | 14546 | ▲1167 | 24741 | |
BE Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering | 22282 | 23329 | -1047 | 35003 | |
BE Biotechnology | 27392 | 14369 | ▲13023 | 47009 | |
BE Chemical Engineering | 37235 | 30535 | ▲6700 | 66909 | |
BE Industrial Engineering and Management | 42382 | 42892 | -510 | 70630 | |
BE Mechanical Engineering | 47181 | 45906 | ▲1275 | 79022 | |
BE Civil Engineering | 61825 | 57549 | ▲4276 | 96620 |
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