CSAB Colleges Accepting 35000 Under JEE Main Rank: Candidates with JEE Main rank below 35K have a good chance to get a NIT through CSAB counselling. The registration for CSAB 2026 is started, and the number of seats this year has been increased to 15423. Based on previous year’s CSAB cut off ranks, General category candidates have high chances of getting core branches in some of the best NITs like NIT Patna, NIT Raipur, NIT Warangal and many more. The list of courses includes Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and Chemical Engineering. Read the article to know all the possible options available to make an informed choice in CSAB counselling.
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Below is the list of colleges that accept Open Category candidates with JEE Main rank below 35000. These CSAB closing ranks are listed based on previous admission data and can change every year depending on seat availability, competition, and student preferences.
CSAB Colleges Under 35000 JEE Main Rank (General Category)
College | Branch | Category | Closing Rank |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Electrical Engineering | OHS | 25,143 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech + M.Tech Mathematics and Computing Technology | OHS | 25,314 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech + M.Tech CSE with Specialization in Cyber Security | OHS | 25,330 |
B.Tech Electrical Engineering | OHS | 25,402 | |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | OHS | 25,727 |
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 25,728 | |
NIT Karnataka Surathkal | B.Tech Civil Engineering | OHS | 25,914 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech + M.Tech Chemical Engineering (Dual Degree) | OHS | 26,182 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 26,234 |
B.Tech Information Technology | OHS | 26,251 | |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | OHS | 26,422 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | OHS | 26,951 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Computational Engineering Mechanics | OHS | 26,960 |
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | AI | 27,324 |
NIT Delhi | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 27,467 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering | OHS | 27,507 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech + M.Tech Chemical Engineering | OHS | 27,860 |
IIIT Pune | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | AI | 27,931 |
IIIT Naya Raipur | B.Tech Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | AI | 28,226 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Civil Engineering | OHS | 28,386 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech + M.Tech Engineering and Computational Mechanics | OHS | 28,610 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Chemical Engineering | OHS | 28,623 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech Civil Engineering | OHS | 28,825 |
IIIT Sri City | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | AI | 29,046 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology) | OHS | 29,106 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Mechatronics and Automation Engineering | OHS | 29,410 |
NIT Calicut | B.Tech Chemical Engineering | OHS | 29,654 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Industrial Design | OHS | 29,890 |
NIT Andhra Pradesh | B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | OHS | 30,034 |
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Instrumentation and Control Engineering | OHS | 30,065 |
IIIT Nagpur | B.Tech CSE (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) | AI | 30,331 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | OHS | 30,375 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electrical Engineering | OHS | 30,389 |
Malaviya NIT Jaipur | B.Tech Chemical Engineering | OHS | 30,464 |
IIIT Sri City | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | AI | 30,479 |
NIT Kurukshetra | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 30,650 |
NIT Kurukshetra | B.Tech + M.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 30,797 |
NIT Calicut | B.Tech Energy Engineering | OHS | 30,848 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | OHS | 31,160 |
NIT Karnataka Surathkal | B.Tech Mining Engineering | OHS | 31,695 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech + M.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (Dual Degree) | OHS | 31,748 |
NIT Sikkim | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | OHS | 31,754 |
NIT Hamirpur | B.Tech Electrical Engineering | OHS | 31,808 |
NIT Srinagar | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | OHS | 31,866 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech + M.Tech ECE (Microelectronics and VLSI System Design) | OHS | 32,094 |
NIT Goa | B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering | OHS | 32,250 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | OHS | 32,335 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 32,438 |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech Electrical Engineering | OHS | 32,439 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Energy and Electrical Vehicle Engineering | OHS | 32,678 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 32,865 |
IIIT Kota | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering | AI | 33,434 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 33,803 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Civil Engineering | OHS | 33,866 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electrical Engineering | OHS | 34,029 |
NIT Durgapur | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | OHS | 34,291 |
IIIT Bhopal | B.Tech CSE with Artificial Intelligence | AI | 34,325 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | OHS | 34,332 |
NIT Puducherry (Karaikal) | B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | OHS | 34,663 |
NIT Delhi | B.Tech Civil Engineering | OHS | 34,683 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | OHS | 34,815 |
IIIT Naya Raipur | B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering | AI | 35,010 |
IIIT Pune, Sri City, Kota, Nagpur, Bhopal, and Naya Raipur also accept students with a JEE Main rank below 35000. Hence, candidates are suggested to fill in as many choices as possible and include a mix of dream, target, and safe colleges to get the best possible college. This way, you will surely save one of your crucial academic years. Besides, CSAB closing ranks change every year, hence, use above given cut off as reference only.
ST category candidates will get admission based on their All India Rank in CSAB. Hence, the given rank is higher than 35000 for the ST category. ST category candidates have a great chance of getting NIT CSE seats.
College Name | T4 Name | Category | ST |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 155729 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 166602 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Information Technology | OHS | 212211 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 153949 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 205312 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Computational Engg Mechanics | OHS | 163524 |
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | AI | 265654 |
NIT Delhi | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 160732 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engg | OHS | 147653 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech M.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | |
IIIT, Pune | B.Tech CSE | AI | 282552 |
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur | B.Tech Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | AI | 243214 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 92463 |
IIIT, Sri City | B.Tech CSE | AI | 274381 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electronics Engg VLSI Design and Technology | OHS | 178109 |
NIT Calicut | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 185683 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Industrial Design | OHS | 221078 |
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Instrumentation and Control Engg | OHS | 235767 |
IIIT, Nagpur | B.Tech Computer Science Engg Artificial lntelligence and Machine Learning | AI | 309644 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 184662 |
Malaviya NIT Jaipur | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 226763 |
IIIT, Sri City | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | AI | 252985 |
NIT Kurukshetra | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 182782 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Electronics and Telecommunication Engg | OHS | 190283 |
NIT Hamirpur | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 200170 |
NIT Srinagar | B.Tech Computer Science Engg | OHS | 208179 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 220355 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 224689 |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 183313 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 196459 |
IIIT, Kota | B.Tech Computer Science Engg | AI | 264283 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 188375 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 147468 |
NIT Durgapur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 170524 |
IIIT, Bhopal | B.Tech CSE with Artificial Intelligence | AI | 334392 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engg | OHS | 147182 |
NIT Puducherry Karaikal | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 185310 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 218317 |
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur | B.Tech ECE | AI | 270955 |
Below are the All India rank of SC category candidates. Candidates will only get admission through CSAB based on their AIR instead of category ranks.
College Name | Courses | Category | SC |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 106443 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech M.Tech CSE with Specialization in Cyber Security | OHS | 72912 |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 108372 |
Malaviya NIT Jaipur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 108866 |
NIT Karnataka Surathkal | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 108003 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 111983 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Information Technology | OHS | 116935 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 103667 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 96717 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Computational Engg Mechanics | OHS | 110615 |
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | AI | 172387 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engg | OHS | 103331 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech M.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | |
IIIT, Pune | B.Tech CSE | AI | 139568 |
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur | B.Tech Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | AI | 156244 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech and M.Tech Engg and Computational Mechanics | OHS | 122266 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 117018 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 109384 |
IIIT, Sri City | B.Tech CSE | AI | 170462 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electronics Engg VLSI Design and Technology | OHS | 133886 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Mechatronics and Automation Engg | OHS | |
NIT Calicut | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 125752 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Industrial Design | OHS | |
NIT Andhra Pradesh | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 131262 |
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Instrumentation and Control Engg | OHS | 133909 |
IIIT, Nagpur | B.Tech Computer Science Engg Artificial lntelligence and Machine Learning | AI | 179256 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engg | OHS | 124096 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 129418 |
Malaviya NIT Jaipur | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | |
IIIT, Sri City | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | AI | 174100 |
NIT Kurukshetra | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 115542 |
NIT Calicut | B.Tech Energy Engg | OHS | 156100 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Electronics and Telecommunication Engg | OHS | 134049 |
NIT Karnataka Surathkal | B.Tech Mining Engg | OHS | 121976 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech M.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engg Dual Degree | OHS | 149309 |
NIT Sikkim | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 141100 |
NIT Hamirpur | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 119916 |
NIT Srinagar | B.Tech Computer Science Engg | OHS | 110048 |
NIT Goa | B.Tech EEE | OHS | 123939 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 120832 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 135932 |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 138062 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Energy and Electrical Vehicle Engg | OHS | 133547 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 137063 |
IIIT, Kota | B.Tech Computer Science Engg | AI | 167990 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 140930 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 132181 |
NIT Durgapur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 134609 |
IIIT, Bhopal | B.Tech CSE with Artificial Intelligence | AI | 173676 |
NIT Puducherry Karaikal | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 111677 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 120437 |
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur | B.Tech ECE | AI | 193680 |
College Name | T4 Name | Category | OBC-NCL |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 29292 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech M.Tech Mathematics and Computing Technology | OHS | 30930 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech M.Tech CSE with Specialization in Cyber Security | OHS | 27189 |
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 30627 |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 29784 |
Malaviya NIT Jaipur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 31649 |
NIT Karnataka Surathkal | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 31810 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech M.Tech Chemical Engg Dual Degree | OHS | 28770 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 30918 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Information Technology | OHS | 32127 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 31911 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 33861 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Computational Engg Mechanics | OHS | 32425 |
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | AI | 39895 |
NIT Delhi | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 30404 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engg | OHS | 32408 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech M.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 33517 |
IIIT, Pune | B.Tech CSE | AI | 40318 |
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur | B.Tech Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | AI | 36030 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 31394 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech and M.Tech Engg and Computational Mechanics | OHS | 37068 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 34524 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 34035 |
IIIT, Sri City | B.Tech CSE | AI | 40944 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electronics Engg VLSI Design and Technology | OHS | 34389 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Mechatronics and Automation Engg | OHS | 42623 |
NIT Calicut | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 34653 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Industrial Design | OHS | 36312 |
NIT Andhra Pradesh | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 40587 |
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Instrumentation and Control Engg | OHS | 37938 |
IIIT, Nagpur | B.Tech Computer Science Engg Artificial lntelligence and Machine Learning | AI | 41797 |
NIT Warangal | B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engg | OHS | 36960 |
NIT Silchar | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 36003 |
Malaviya NIT Jaipur | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 38460 |
IIIT, Sri City | B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | AI | 41304 |
NIT Kurukshetra | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 35593 |
NIT Kurukshetra | B.Tech and M.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 43540 |
NIT Calicut | B.Tech Energy Engg | OHS | 45277 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Electronics and Telecommunication Engg | OHS | 37218 |
NIT Karnataka Surathkal | B.Tech Mining Engg | OHS | 37516 |
NIT Sikkim | B.Tech CSE | OHS | 41523 |
NIT Hamirpur | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 37405 |
NIT Srinagar | B.Tech Computer Science Engg | OHS | 38845 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech M.Tech ECE with Specialization in Microelectronics and VLSI System Design | OHS | 33562 |
NIT Goa | B.Tech EEE | OHS | 39685 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 39836 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 39205 |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 38748 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Energy and Electrical Vehicle Engg | OHS | 36516 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 41301 |
IIIT, Kota | B.Tech Computer Science Engg | AI | 44688 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 41774 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 40271 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Electrical Engg | OHS | 41009 |
NIT Durgapur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 41059 |
IIIT, Bhopal | B.Tech CSE with Artificial Intelligence | AI | 47321 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engg | OHS | 38387 |
NIT Puducherry Karaikal | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 39856 |
NIT Delhi | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 38294 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 39232 |
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur | B.Tech ECE | AI | 42355 |
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