National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

Latest Admission Updates (2026)

Admissions to National Institute of Technology Hamirpur for the 2026-2027 academic year are now in their decisive counselling phase. Below are the most recent, dated developments that an aspirant tracking NIT Hamirpur must act on first, with the nearest live deadline at the top.

• GATE CCMT 2026 Round 1 M.Tech seat allotment released (12 June 2026): The CCMT 2026 Round 1 seat allotment for M.Tech admissions at NIT Hamirpur was published on 12 June 2026. NIT Hamirpur fills approximately 378 M.Tech seats across specialisations including VLSI and Artificial Intelligence through the CCMT counselling process, and further CCMT rounds are scheduled through late July 2026 (Special Round registration 14-18 July 2026).
• JoSAA 2026 Round 1 B.Tech / B.Arch seat allotment (13 June 2026): NIT Hamirpur's JEE Main-based seats were allotted in JoSAA Round 1 on 13 June 2026, with online reporting beginning 14 June 2026. JoSAA conducts six rounds running into mid-July 2026.
• JEE Main 2026 Session 2 result declared (20 April 2026): The NTA result that fixes the All India Rank used for NIT Hamirpur admission was released on 20 April 2026; Session 1 results were out on 16 and 24 February 2026.
• GATE 2026 result declared (19 March 2026): Scores from the GATE exam (concluded 16 February 2026) feed M.Tech, M.Arch and PhD admission at NIT Hamirpur via CCMT.
• MBA 2026-27 intake: Admission to the 40-seat MBA programme runs on CAT 2025 / MAT / CMAT scores; candidates should track the institute's MBA notification on nith.ac.in.

As of June 2026, the single most time-critical action for B.Tech aspirants is participating in the ongoing JoSAA rounds and reporting against the Round 1 allotment, while M.Tech aspirants should complete CCMT choice confirmation for the round in which they are allotted. Keep both the NTA (jeemain.nta.nic.in) and JoSAA (josaa.nic.in) portals open during this window, as missing a reporting deadline forfeits a seat at NIT Hamirpur.

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur Admission 2026: Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility at NIT Hamirpur is programme-specific and tied to a particular national entrance exam, so the first thing an aspirant must confirm is which exam their target programme accepts and what qualifying-board threshold applies. The table below lists every major programme NIT Hamirpur offers, the academic background required, the minimum qualifying marks, and the accepted entrance exam, all sourced from the institute's published admission data. It answers the most common eligibility question - "Am I even allowed to apply to this NIT Hamirpur programme?" - before you spend money on an application. Read each row top-to-bottom: the qualifying-marks column is the board/degree percentage gate, while the entrance-exam column is the separate national test you must clear.

The key takeaway for 2026 is that NIT Hamirpur enforces the standard NIT 75% / top-20-percentile board rule for B.Tech and B.Arch alongside a valid JEE Main rank - both conditions must hold, not either one. Postgraduate aspirants cannot apply on degree marks alone; a valid GATE, IIT JAM, or CAT/MAT/CMAT score is mandatory for M.Tech, M.Sc, and MBA respectively. Where this guide states only the general/base eligibility, treat SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD relaxations as governed by the official notification; verify exact relaxation figures on nith.ac.in before assuming you qualify under a reserved category.

Course-Wise Admission Status

This section answers "Which NIT Hamirpur programmes are open right now and how many seats are on the table?" As of June 2026, B.Tech and M.Tech admissions are in active counselling, so the status reflects where each programme sits in its 2026 cycle. The table maps each programme to its current application/counselling status, the seat intake (where verified), the admission mode, and the accepted exam. This matters because a programme already in counselling (like B.Tech via JoSAA) is no longer accepting fresh applications - you can only participate if you already hold a valid score. Read the "Mode" column to know whether you enter through centralised counselling (JoSAA/CCMT) or an institute-level process (MBA).

The practical takeaway is that NIT Hamirpur's flagship 830-seat B.Tech intake and its roughly 378 M.Tech seats are both being filled through centralised national counselling right now, so 2026 fresh applicants without a valid JEE Main or GATE score have effectively missed this cycle for those programmes. The MBA's compact 40-seat intake is the one major route still keyed to institute-level processing on CAT/MAT/CMAT. Confirm the exact branch-wise seat matrix on the JoSAA and CCMT portals, as round-to-round availability shifts as candidates withdraw and float.

Application Fees

A frequent point of confusion is the difference between the exam application fee (paid to the conducting body such as NTA or CCMT) and NIT Hamirpur's own tuition/programme fee. This section isolates the application fee you pay to sit the entrance exam, broken out by individual category so that General, EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PwD candidates each see their own figure rather than a lumped row. The table below covers the JEE Main 2026 Paper 1 (B.Tech) fee for Indian exam centres, the most relevant fee for the bulk of NIT Hamirpur aspirants, plus the postgraduate counselling-body fees. Read it as "category, then fee" - female-candidate concessions are noted inline because NTA charges female applicants the concessional slab.

The headline takeaway is that the JEE Main application fee is a small one-time charge to NTA and is wholly separate from NIT Hamirpur's tuition - for context, the institute's total B.Tech programme fee is approximately ₹7,69,000 and B.Arch approximately ₹9,61,000 over the full course. Category matters: SC/ST/PwD candidates pay ₹500 for JEE Main Paper 1 against ₹1,000 for General, a meaningful concession. Where a category-specific CCMT or MBA application fee could not be separately verified for 2026, treat it as "refer to official notification" rather than assuming the JEE Main figure applies - the postgraduate counselling bodies set their own slabs.

Entrance Exam Requirements

NIT Hamirpur does not run its own entrance test for any programme; it admits entirely on national exams, so knowing the exact exam, its 2026 date, and the competitive score band for this institute is what separates a successful applicant from a hopeful one. The table below pairs each accepted exam with the programme it feeds, the verified 2026 exam date, and the score/rank range that is realistically competitive for NIT Hamirpur. This directly answers "What JEE Main rank do I need for NIT Hamirpur?" Read the qualifying-score column as an institute-specific guide, not a national qualifying cutoff - it reflects where seats actually closed here.

The most important point for 2026 B.Tech aspirants is that NIT Hamirpur is a JEE Main institute only - JEE Advanced is not required or accepted here - and your best score across the January and April 2026 sessions is what JoSAA uses. To target CSE you should aim well inside the top ~22,000 General rank based on 2025 closing data, while circuit and core branches admit progressively higher ranks. Postgraduate aspirants should note GATE and the November 2025 CAT cycle are already complete, so M.Tech and MBA admission now hinges on counselling participation rather than a pending exam.

Cutoff Analysis (2024-2026)

Cutoffs are the single most-searched fact about NIT Hamirpur admission, because they translate "Did I score enough?" into a hard rank number. The table below presents verified category-wise JEE Main closing-rank ranges for the 2025 JoSAA cycle at NIT Hamirpur (spanning the most competitive branch, CSE, through the higher-closing core branches), alongside the 2024 CSE benchmark and the 2026 status. It answers the category aspirant's core question - "What was the closing rank for my category last year?" Read each category's 2025 column as a band: the lower number is roughly where CSE closed, the higher number is where the least-competitive branch closed.

The clearest trend is that NIT Hamirpur's CSE General closing rank tightened from roughly 28,278 in 2024 to 22,394 in 2025, meaning the branch became measurably more competitive year-on-year as demand for computing seats rose - a pattern aspirants should expect to continue into the JoSAA 2026 rounds. Across categories the 2025 data shows the expected spread: ST and SC seats closed at far lower ranks (ST as tight as 1,475, SC as tight as 3,057) while General and OBC-NCL ranges extend into the high tens of thousands for core branches. Since the JoSAA 2026 closing ranks are still being published round by round from 13 June 2026, treat the 2025 figures as your planning baseline and confirm live 2026 numbers on josaa.nic.in after each round.

Counselling Process

For B.Tech, B.Arch, and Dual Degree aspirants, admission to NIT Hamirpur runs entirely through JoSAA (with a CSAB special round afterwards), while M.Tech/M.Arch admission runs through CCMT. The step-by-step JoSAA flow for the 2026 cycle, with verified dates, is as follows:

1. JEE Main result and rank: Obtain your All India Rank from the JEE Main 2026 results (Session 1 on 16/24 February 2026; Session 2 on 20 April 2026).
2. JoSAA registration: Register on josaa.nic.in - registration for 2026 opened on 2 June 2026.
3. Choice filling and locking: Fill and order your NIT Hamirpur branch preferences and lock them before the 11 June 2026 deadline; two non-binding mock allotments (8 and 10 June 2026) preview your likely seat.
4. Seat allotment: JoSAA Round 1 seats were allotted on 13 June 2026, followed by subsequent rounds through mid-July 2026 (Round 2 on 30 June, Round 3 on 6 July, Round 4 on 10 July, Round 5 on 16 July 2026).
5. Seat acceptance and fee payment: Pay the seat-acceptance fee online (₹35,000 for General/OBC-NCL/EWS; ₹15,000 for SC/ST/PwD) and accept the allotted seat.
6. Document verification and online reporting: Complete online reporting from 14 June 2026; choose to freeze, float, or slide for later rounds.
7. Physical reporting at NIT Hamirpur: Report on campus with original documents for final verification, typically in the second week of August 2026, to confirm admission.

For M.Tech aspirants, the parallel CCMT flow involves registration and choice filling on ccmt.admissions.nic.in, with Round 1 seat allotment already released on 12 June 2026 and further rounds (including a Special Round, registration 14-18 July 2026) running through late July 2026.

Important Dates (2026)

This master timeline consolidates every canonical milestone for NIT Hamirpur's JEE Main-based 2026 admission, from the first NTA application date to on-campus document verification, so you can see the whole runway in one place. It answers "What is the last date to apply?" and "When is counselling?" together. Each row carries a verified date where the conducting body has published it and a clearly marked status; events whose exact 2026 date could not be verified are listed with "to be announced" rather than dropped, so nothing is hidden. Read the Status column to know what is already done versus what is still ahead as of June 2026.

The actionable takeaway is that the JEE Main 2026 application and examination phases are fully behind us as of June 2026, so the live deadlines now are the JoSAA reporting windows after each allotment round and the CCMT rounds running into late July 2026. Aspirants holding a Round 1 JoSAA seat must complete online reporting from 14 June 2026 to avoid forfeiture, and should keep the freeze/float/slide decision in mind for later rounds. For any event marked "expected" or "to be announced," confirm the exact date on the official NTA, JoSAA, or NIT Hamirpur portal before relying on it.