International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad

Latest Admission Updates (2026)

The most important development for aspirants tracking the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad admission 2026 is that the B.Tech JEE (Main) counselling has concluded. Below are the dated updates across the JEE (Main), UGEE and PGEE channels, as of July 2026.

• 8 July 2026 (latest, most important): IIIT Hyderabad released its Round 4, and final, seat allotment result for B.Tech admissions via the JEE (Main) channel for Computer Science Engineering (100 seats) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (70 seats). No sliding is permitted after this final round, and admitted students must physically report to campus by 1 August 2026.
• 7 July 2026: UGEE 2026 Round 3 seat allotment for the dual-degree (B.Tech + MS by Research) programmes was released; the JEE (Main) channel Round 3 allotment was declared on 3 July 2026.
• 27 June 2026: Round 2 seat allotment declared for both the JEE (Main) channel and the UGEE dual-degree programmes.
• 11-12 June 2026: UGEE interview results with Round 1 seat allotment (11 June) and JEE (Main) channel Round 1 allotment (12 June) were announced.
• 9-11 May 2026: PGEE M.Tech Round 1 result declared on 9 May 2026; UGEE and PGEE research (MS/PhD) results declared on 11 May 2026.
• 2 May 2026: UGEE 2026 (09:00 AM to 12:00 Noon) and PGEE Monsoon 2026 (02:00 PM to 05:00 PM) entrance exams were conducted.
• 19 May 2026: Last date to apply through the B.Tech JEE (Main) channel (registration opened 6 April 2026).
• 5 April 2026: Final extended last date for UGEE and PGEE applications (correction window closed the same day).

Bottom line as of July 2026: the entire 2026 admission cycle at IIIT Hyderabad is closed and seat allotment has finished. Aspirants targeting the next cycle should bookmark the official portals (ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in and pgadmissions.iiit.ac.in) and prepare for JEE (Main), UGEE or PGEE depending on the programme.

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad Admission 2026: Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility at IIIT Hyderabad is strictly programme-specific and is anchored to a valid entrance-exam score rather than board marks alone. The table below sets out the minimum academic qualification, the qualifying-marks threshold, and the accepted entrance exam for each programme the institute offers. This answers the single most common pre-application question: "Am I eligible to apply to IIIT Hyderabad?" Read each row against your own qualification before spending the application fee, because IIIT Hyderabad does not relax the entrance-exam requirement for any category.

The key takeaway is that IIIT Hyderabad B.Tech and dual-degree aspirants must clear the 60% PCM bar in Class 12 by July 2026 and hold a valid JEE Main or UGEE score, while M.Tech and PhD candidates must satisfy the 60% degree threshold with a valid GATE or PGEE score. Candidates who passed Class 12 in 2022 or earlier are not eligible for the UGEE dual-degree route. Confirm the exact discipline-wise eligibility for M.Tech and PhD on the official PGEE notification, as it varies by specialisation.

Course-Wise Admission Status

Because IIIT Hyderabad admits through three separate exams (JEE Main, UGEE and PGEE), applicants often ask which programme is still open and how many seats each carries. The table below shows the live application status as of July 2026, the sanctioned intake on record, the study mode, and the accepted exam for every programme. Use it to confirm whether a window is open before you plan an application, and to gauge how competitive a seat is given the small intake at this institute.

Within the 230 B.Tech seats on record, the JEE (Main) channel specifically fills 100 Computer Science Engineering and 70 Electronics and Communication Engineering seats (170 in total), with 75% assigned to the Common Pool and 25% to a Diversity Pool that targets at least 25% female enrolment. All programmes are closed for 2026, so the practical next step is to prepare for the 2027 cycle. Note the tight intake: with only 230 B.Tech and 140 dual-degree seats, IIIT Hyderabad is among the most selective computing-focused institutes in India.

Application Fees

A frequent point of confusion is the difference between the small non-refundable application/exam fee paid to IIIT Hyderabad at the time of registration and the much larger tuition/programme fee paid after admission. The table below lists the verified 2026 application fee category-by-category for each admission channel, so you can budget accurately. IIIT Hyderabad publishes a single application fee per channel with a concession only for female applicants; it does not publish separate OBC-NCL, SC, ST, EWS or PwD application-fee slabs, so those rows are marked "not separately listed." This is the application fee only, not tuition.

In short, the 2026 application fee ranged from ₹1,500 (female, JEE channel) to ₹3,100 (General, UGEE and PGEE), all non-refundable. Female applicants receive the only published concession. Do not confuse this with tuition: the latest B.Tech programme fee on record is ₹12,00,000, the M.Tech fee ₹4,00,000, the PhD fee ₹2,00,000 and the dual-degree fee ₹15,00,000. These tuition figures are the latest available on record and carry no fixed session label, so always confirm the current-year fee circular on iiit.ac.in before paying.

Entrance Exam Requirements

IIIT Hyderabad accepts different exams for different programmes, and knowing exactly which one applies to you is the difference between a valid and a wasted application. The table below maps each accepted exam to its programme, the 2026 exam date, and the competitive score/rank band you realistically need for IIIT Hyderabad, based on the institute's own closing ranks. Because IIIT Hyderabad runs its own UGEE and PGEE alongside the national JEE Main route, aspirants should decide early which channel gives them the best chance.

For B.Tech, the best of your two JEE Main 2026 session percentiles is used, and Class 12 marks have no bearing on the ranking. UGEE and PGEE were both held on 2 May 2026 in non-overlapping slots, so a candidate could theoretically sit both. The practical takeaway: B.Tech aspirants should maximise their JEE Main percentile, while dual-degree, M.Tech and PhD aspirants must plan for the institute's in-house UGEE/PGEE and the associated interviews.

Cutoff Analysis (2024-2026)

Cutoffs at IIIT Hyderabad are the single most searched data point, because the institute's small intake pushes closing ranks extremely tight. The tables below present IIIT Hyderabad's verified category-wise closing ranks for the JEE (Main)-based B.Tech programmes and the JEE-based dual-degree programme across 2023 and 2024, followed by a discussion of the trend into 2026. Read the closing rank as the last (numerically highest) rank admitted in that category; a lower closing rank means tougher competition. Use these numbers to benchmark whether your own category rank is realistically in range.

B.Tech (CSE and ECE) closing ranks

Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) closing ranks, JEE channel, 2024

The trend is clearly tightening: for the flagship CSE branch, the General closing rank moved from 591 in 2023 to 558 in 2024, and OBC-NCL from 432 to 415, meaning candidates needed a slightly better rank each year to secure a seat. ECE closes a little looser than CSE (General 612 in 2024), which is expected given CSE's higher demand. The dual-degree programme, which admits a larger cohort per category, closes at more relaxed ranks (General 985, OBC-NCL 720 in 2024). Given this downward drift in closing ranks and the fact that Round 4 was declared final on 8 July 2026 with no sliding thereafter, 2026 aspirants should treat these figures as a strict benchmark and aim well inside them.

Counselling Process

The IIIT Hyderabad admission and counselling flow is channel-specific but follows a common register-qualify-allot-report structure. For the 2026 B.Tech JEE (Main) channel and the UGEE/PGEE routes, the steps were as follows:

1. Registration: Apply on the official portal, ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in (JEE channel open 6 April to 19 May 2026) or for UGEE/PGEE (open 11/20 February to 5 April 2026), paying the non-refundable application fee.
2. Appear for the entrance exam: Take JEE Main 2026 (Session 2 held 2-8 April 2026) for the B.Tech channel, or UGEE/PGEE on 2 May 2026, after downloading the admit card (released 21 April 2026).
3. Result and merit ranking: For the JEE channel, IIIT Hyderabad ranks candidates on their best JEE Main percentile; UGEE results were declared on 11 May 2026 and PGEE M.Tech results from 9 May 2026, followed by on-campus interviews for UGEE (4-6 June 2026) and research programmes (10-13 June 2026).
4. Choice acceptance and seat allotment rounds: Seats were allotted in successive rounds - Round 1 (11-12 June 2026), Round 2 (27 June 2026), Round 3 (3-7 July 2026) and Round 4, the final JEE (Main) round (8 July 2026). In each round the candidate must accept by paying the requisite fee before the 5:00 PM IST deadline, or the seat is treated as declined.
5. Document verification and reporting: Admitted candidates complete document verification and must physically report to the campus by 1 August 2026. No sliding is permitted after the final round.

Important Dates (2026)

The table below consolidates every canonical milestone of the IIIT Hyderabad 2026 admission cycle across the UGEE, PGEE and JEE (Main) channels into one master schedule, so you can see the full sequence at a glance. It answers the two most-asked timeline questions - "when did applications close?" and "when is the final seat allotment?" - and flags the current status of each event as of July 2026. Where a specific event is not separately published by IIIT Hyderabad, it is shown as "To be announced" rather than omitted. Read the Status column to see what has already passed.

The two hard deadlines to remember are 8 July 2026, when the final JEE (Main) seat allotment closed with no sliding thereafter, and 1 August 2026, the last date for admitted students to report to campus. All application and examination windows for 2026 are now closed. Prospective 2027 applicants should watch ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in and pgadmissions.iiit.ac.in from around February for the next cycle, since IIIT Hyderabad has historically opened applications in early February.