Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

What are the cutoffs for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2026?

Admission to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is driven almost entirely by the JEE Advanced rank through JoSAA counselling, with B.Des admission based on the UCEED rank. The headline figure for 2026 is sharp: in JoSAA 2026 Round 1, B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at IIT Bombay closed at AIR 65 in the General Gender-Neutral category, again the single most competitive programme across all 23 IITs. The JoSAA 2026 Round 1 seat allotment was released in June 2026, and Round 2 seat allotment is scheduled for June 30, 2026, so these ranks can still tighten or loosen marginally across later rounds.

For context, that General CSE closing rank stood at 66 in 2025 and 68 in 2024, so IIT Bombay CSE has hovered in the mid-60s for three straight years. Aspirants targeting flagship branches should therefore aim for an AIR well inside the top 100 for CSE, while less rank-intensive core branches such as Civil and Metallurgical Engineering close in the low thousands.

Year-Wise Cutoff Trends (2024-2026)

The table below tracks the JEE Advanced (JoSAA) closing rank for IIT Bombay's most-sought B.Tech CSE programme across three admission years, in the General Gender-Neutral category. It answers the most common aspirant question: is the IIT Bombay CSE cutoff getting harder year on year? Read the closing rank as the worst (highest) All India Rank that still secured a seat; a lower number means tougher competition.

The trend shows IIT Bombay CSE marginally tightening each year, moving from AIR 68 in 2024 to 66 in 2025 to 65 in the JoSAA 2026 Round 1 result. The movement is small but consistent, confirming that CSE here remains the toughest seat in the country. Note that the 2026 figure is a Round 1 number and may shift slightly once Round 2 allotment is published on June 30, 2026.

Course-Wise Cutoff at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

IIT Bombay offers a wide spread of B.Tech and dual-degree branches whose closing ranks vary dramatically, from the mid-60s for CSE to the low thousands for core engineering. The table below presents the JEE Advanced 2025 (JoSAA) General-category closing ranks branch-wise so you can match your expected rank to a realistic programme. Use it to read how steeply demand falls off as you move from computing to traditional core branches.

The data makes the hierarchy obvious: CSE (66) is roughly 65 times tighter than Metallurgical Engineering (4345) in 2025, with Electrical (433) and Mechanical (1834) sitting in between. A candidate with an AIR in the low hundreds has a strong shot at Electrical Engineering, while ranks in the 1,800-4,400 band open up Mechanical, Civil and Metallurgical branches. This spread lets a wide range of top-rankers find a home at IIT Bombay even if CSE is out of reach.

Category-Wise Cutoff for IIT Bombay CSE (2025)

Reservation categories carry significantly relaxed closing ranks than the General pool. The table below gives the JEE Advanced 2025 (JoSAA) category-wise closing ranks for IIT Bombay's B.Tech CSE programme, the single best snapshot of how much the cutoff relaxes by category for the institute's flagship branch.

Even in the reserved categories, IIT Bombay CSE remains brutally competitive: the EWS (20), OBC-NCL (54), SC (31) and ST (19) closing ranks are all category-rank figures that demand a top-tier JEE Advanced performance. For reference, the SC closing rank for B.Tech Electrical Engineering in 2025 was 163, noticeably more relaxed than CSE's SC rank of 31, mirroring the General-category pattern where CSE sits far ahead of every other branch.

B.Des (UCEED) Cutoff at IIT Bombay

Beyond JEE Advanced, IIT Bombay admits B.Des students through the UCEED entrance exam. In UCEED 2025, the B.Des EWS-category closing rank at IIT Bombay was 250. Design aspirants should track the UCEED rank list separately from the JEE Advanced/JoSAA process, as the two admission channels are entirely distinct.

Cutoff Trend Analysis

The direction is clear: IIT Bombay's flagship CSE cutoff is gradually tightening, moving from AIR 68 (2024) to 66 (2025) to 65 in JoSAA 2026 Round 1, while core branches stay in the low thousands. This steady downward creep in CSE reflects relentless demand for computing seats and IIT Bombay's status as the top first preference for India's highest JEE Advanced rankers. The JoSAA 2026 Round 1 result keeping CSE at AIR 65, the tightest among all IITs, confirms the institute has not lost ground.

Realistically, a General-category aspirant needs an AIR inside roughly the top 65-70 to be confident of CSE, the low hundreds for Electrical Engineering, around 1,800 for Mechanical, and up to about 4,300-4,400 for Civil and Metallurgical Engineering, based on 2025 closing ranks. Reserved-category candidates have more headroom, but CSE still demands a category rank inside the top 55 for OBC-NCL and top 35 for SC. Because Round 2 seat allotment publishes on June 30, 2026, candidates should monitor each round, as closing ranks typically ease slightly in later rounds compared with Round 1.