Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Latest Admission Updates (2026)

The factual spine of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur's 2026 undergraduate intake is the JEE Advanced 2026 cycle, and as of June 2026 the exam stage is complete and seat allotment is live. Here are the most recent, dated updates an aspirant needs to track for IIT Kharagpur B.Tech admission to its 1,323 seats.

• JoSAA 2026 counselling is ONGOING (most important live action): Registration and choice filling opened 2 June 2026; seat allotment runs across 6 rounds through June-July 2026 for IIT Kharagpur's 1,323 B.Tech seats. Lock your IIT Kharagpur branch choices before each round deadline.
• JEE Advanced 2026 result declared 1 June 2026 on jeeadv.ac.in, along with the final answer key. This rank is the sole basis for IIT Kharagpur B.Tech selection.
• JEE Advanced 2026 exam was held on 17 May 2026 (two papers, single day), conducted in the IIT system.
• JEE Advanced 2026 registration: opened 23 April 2026 and closed 2 May 2026; admit cards were available from 11 May 2026.
• Provisional answer key released 25 May 2026 with an objection window, followed by the final key on 1 June 2026.
• JEE Advanced 2026 was scheduled for 17 May 2026 after JEE Main 2026 Session 2 (held 2-8 April 2026); only the top 2,50,000 JEE Main qualifiers were eligible to register for JEE Advanced.

Bottom line for June 2026: the application and exam windows have closed, so the only live task at IIT Kharagpur right now is JoSAA choice filling and seat acceptance. If you have a valid JEE Advanced 2026 rank, prioritise locking IIT Kharagpur branches in the current JoSAA round and keep documents ready for verification.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Admission 2026: Eligibility Criteria

This section answers the most-searched eligibility question: who can apply to IIT Kharagpur in 2026 and with which qualifying marks. The table below maps each programme to its qualifying degree, the Class 12 or graduation marks IIT Kharagpur requires, and the single accepted entrance exam. It matters because IIT Kharagpur has zero management or direct-admission quota; every seat is merit-only through a national exam. Read each row as a hard gate: failing any one column (for example, missing the 75% Class 12 aggregate for B.Tech) disqualifies the application regardless of rank.

The key takeaway: for B.Tech, the 75% Class 12 aggregate (65% for SC/ST) is a non-negotiable IIT-system board criterion that sits on top of your JEE Advanced rank, so even a strong rank will not secure a seat without it. For M.Tech, the qualifying gate is a valid GATE score plus a relevant engineering degree, with the final bar set department by department at IIT Kharagpur. Aspirants should confirm their exact category-wise board requirement against the official JEE Advanced 2026 information brochure before counselling.

Course-Wise Admission Status

This section tells you, programme by programme, whether IIT Kharagpur admissions are open as of June 2026, how many seats are on offer, the admission mode, and the accepted exam. It directly answers "can I still apply to IIT Kharagpur B.Tech in 2026?" The seat figure is the verified intake for the institute, and the mode column clarifies that nothing here runs on direct application to the campus. Use this to judge where you stand in the current cycle.

The takeaway for June 2026: B.Tech aspirants cannot start a fresh application now because the JEE Advanced 2026 window has closed; the only path to IIT Kharagpur's 1,323 B.Tech seats is through your existing JEE Advanced rank in the live JoSAA rounds. Among those seats, popular branches such as Computer Science and Engineering (around 140 seats), Mechanical Engineering (around 172 seats) and Artificial Intelligence (around 50 seats) fill earliest, so fill choices generously. M.Tech aspirants with a valid GATE 2026 score should track IIT Kharagpur's PG admission portal for the 2026-2027 session.

Application Fees

This section separates the two fees that confuse most applicants: the entrance exam application fee paid to the conducting body, versus IIT Kharagpur's own tuition/programme fee. The table lists the JEE Advanced 2026 application fee for each category on its own row, because SC, ST and PwD fees genuinely differ from General and OBC-NCL. It also shows the GATE 2026 fee for M.Tech aspirants. Read this before paying anything, because these exam fees are non-refundable.

The crucial takeaway: these are exam application fees paid to the conducting body, not what you pay IIT Kharagpur to study. Separately, IIT Kharagpur's tuition/programme fee is around Rs 8,00,000 total for the 4-year B.Tech (roughly Rs 2,00,000 per year) and around Rs 2,00,000 for the 2-year M.Tech, payable to the institute after seat allotment and confirmed at counselling. Female and SC/ST/PwD candidates pay the lower JEE Advanced fee of Rs 1,600; all other male candidates including EWS pay Rs 3,200. Note that JoSAA also charges its own separate seat-acceptance fee during counselling.

Entrance Exam Requirements

This section pins down exactly which exam IIT Kharagpur accepts for each programme, the 2026 exam date, and the rank or score band that is realistically competitive here. It answers "what rank do I need for IIT Kharagpur?" at a glance. IIT Kharagpur is a JEE Advanced institute for B.Tech and a GATE institute for M.Tech, with no other exam or private test accepted. The competitive band reflects its 2025 closing ranks, since 2026 closing ranks finalise only after JoSAA rounds.

The takeaway: to convert a seat at IIT Kharagpur in B.Tech, a General-category aspirant typically needs a JEE Advanced rank in the few-hundreds for flagship branches like CSE and a few-thousands for core engineering branches, based on 2025 closing ranks. For M.Tech, a strong GATE 2026 score (the exam was held in February 2026 with results on 19 March 2026) in your discipline is the decisive factor. Since both exams are complete for 2026, your strategy now is choice-filling, not exam preparation.

Cutoff Analysis (2024-2026)

This section presents IIT Kharagpur's JEE Advanced closing ranks by category and explains the trend, so you can benchmark your own rank realistically. The table below uses the verified 2025 closing-rank spread for IIT Kharagpur B.Tech: the most competitive branch closing rank and the widest (least competitive) closing rank in each category. It matters because a single "IIT Kharagpur cutoff" number is misleading; the real gate depends on branch and category. Read each row as the band within which seats were allotted in 2025.

The trend takeaway: across 2024 and 2025, IIT Kharagpur's closing ranks stayed in a stable band, with the General cutoff for its most sought-after branch hovering around 155 and reaching out to about 4,567 for less-demanded branches in 2025. Reserved-category bands run wider, with SC closing as far as 14,340 and ST as far as 20,870 in 2025, reflecting reservation maths rather than a quality drop. For 2026, final closing ranks will only be confirmed once JoSAA's June-July rounds conclude, and they typically loosen slightly in later rounds as candidates upgrade or withdraw, so do not give up on a branch after Round 1.

Counselling Process

Admission to IIT Kharagpur B.Tech is conducted entirely through JoSAA centralised counselling using your JEE Advanced 2026 rank; the institute does not run a parallel admission. As of June 2026 this process is live. Follow these steps in order:

1. JoSAA registration and login: Register on the JoSAA portal (opened 2 June 2026) using your JEE Advanced 2026 roll number and credentials.
2. Choice filling and locking: Add IIT Kharagpur branches in your true order of preference and lock the choices before the round deadline. List CSE, AI, Mechanical and other targets generously.
3. Seat allotment (6 rounds): JoSAA runs allotment across 6 rounds through June-July 2026; your seat is decided by rank, category and the choices you locked.
4. Seat acceptance and fee payment: On allotment, pay the JoSAA seat-acceptance fee and choose Freeze, Float or Slide for subsequent rounds.
5. Document verification: Complete online/reporting-centre verification of your Class 12 marksheet (75% aggregate, 65% for SC/ST), JEE Advanced scorecard, category and PwD certificates as applicable.
6. Final reporting to IIT Kharagpur: After the closing round, pay the institute fee (around Rs 8,00,000 total for the 4-year B.Tech) and complete admission formalities at IIT Kharagpur.

Important Dates (2026)

This master table consolidates every canonical milestone of the JEE Advanced 2026 cycle that governs IIT Kharagpur admission, with each event's status as of June 2026. It answers "what is the last date to apply?" and "when is seat allotment?" in one place. Because the exam stage is complete and counselling is live, the Status column tells you what is done and what still needs your action. Read it top to bottom as a timeline.

The takeaway: the single most important closed deadline was the JEE Advanced 2026 application last date of 2 May 2026, and the single most important live deadline is each JoSAA seat-allotment round through June-July 2026. If you hold a JEE Advanced 2026 rank, your only remaining actions for IIT Kharagpur are timely choice locking, seat acceptance and document verification. Verify each date against the official JEE Advanced and JoSAA notifications, as round dates can shift by a day or two.