Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

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

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi admits B.Tech students through JEE Advanced (via JoSAA counselling) and its B.Des students through UCEED. The headline number for 2026 is the JoSAA Round 1 cutoff for IIT Delhi's flagship Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) branch: an Open (Gender-Neutral) closing rank of 123, with an opening rank of 35. JoSAA 2026 Round 1 seat allotment was released on June 13, 2026, and IIT Delhi CSE remained the second most competitive CSE branch in the country in Round 1, behind only IIT Bombay CSE (which closed at AIR 65). In the immediately preceding year, IIT Delhi CSE was even sharper, closing at General rank 98 in 2025, so a sub-130 All India Rank in JEE Advanced is the realistic threshold for IIT Delhi's most sought-after seat.

Year-Wise Cutoff Trends (2024-2026)

The table below tracks IIT Delhi's most competitive branch, Computer Science and Engineering, across categories and years so you can judge exactly how far the bar has moved. It answers the core question: "what JEE Advanced closing rank does each category need for IIT Delhi CSE?" Read each row as the last rank that secured a CSE seat in that category and year; a lower number means tougher competition. The 2026 figure is the JoSAA Round 1 closing rank, while the 2025 figures are category-wise closing ranks for the branch.

The takeaway is that IIT Delhi CSE has stayed inside the top 130 General ranks across 2025 and 2026, moving from a closing rank of 98 in 2025 to 123 in JoSAA Round 1 of 2026. Reserved-category seats follow the same elite pattern: EWS closed at 145, OBC-NCL at 210, SC at 512 and ST at 1245 in 2025. For a candidate, the message is blunt: General aspirants need to be inside roughly the top 120-150 of JEE Advanced, and even ST candidates need a rank near 1245 to be confident of CSE here.

Course-Wise Cutoff at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

IIT Delhi offers a wide B.Tech spread, and closing ranks fan out dramatically from CSE down to the core engineering and newer interdisciplinary branches. The table below shows, for each category in JoSAA 2025, the most competitive branch (CSE, which records the lowest closing rank) versus the least competitive B.Tech branch (the highest closing rank that still secured an IIT Delhi seat). This is the band you must fit inside depending on which branch you target. Use the low number as the "dream branch" threshold and the high number as the "any IIT Delhi B.Tech seat" threshold.

Between those extremes, IIT Delhi's 2025 General closing ranks across branches were recorded at 98, 168, 491, 534, 2105, 3215, 3842 and 4012; OBC-NCL closing ranks at 210, 356, 1023, 1120, 4320, 6543, 7856 and 8123; SC at 512, 845, 2345, 2567, 7890, 10234, 11890 and 12567; ST at 1245, 1876, 4567, 4890, 15678, 17456 and 18234; and EWS at 145, 235, 680, 745, 4320, 5210 and 5430. The practical reading is that a General rank under about 4000 keeps almost every IIT Delhi B.Tech branch in play, while CSE-level ranks under 100 are a different league entirely. Beyond B.Tech, IIT Delhi's B.Des programme (admitted through UCEED, not JEE Advanced) closed at an EWS rank of 300 in 2025, so design aspirants are judged on a completely separate UCEED rank list.

Cutoff Trend Analysis

The direction of IIT Delhi's cutoffs is best described as broadly stable at an elite level for CSE, with a slight loosening at the very top in 2026. The General CSE closing rank moved from 98 in 2025 to 123 in JoSAA Round 1 of 2026, and Round 1 ranks typically tighten further as later rounds fill, so the final 2026 figure may settle close to the 2025 band. The reason the General CSE rank sits near AIR 100-123 is simple supply and demand: IIT Delhi CSE is the joint-most desired computing seat in India and trails only IIT Bombay (whose 2026 Round 1 CSE closing rank was AIR 65). Realistically, a General-category candidate needs a JEE Advanced All India Rank inside the top ~120 for CSE, under ~500 for the strong circuit and interdisciplinary branches, and under ~4000 to secure some B.Tech seat at IIT Delhi. EWS aspirants should target roughly the top 150 for CSE, OBC-NCL the top ~210, SC the top ~510 and ST the top ~1245 for the CSE branch, with each threshold relaxing substantially for the institute's core and newer branches.