NITJoSAA 2026 Data Included

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Branch-wise JEE Main closing ranks from official JoSAA 2026 and 2025 counselling data.28 programmes · 463 cutoff entries · 5 categories.

Best OPEN Rank

514

Architecture

Accessible OPEN

79580

Life Science

CSE Closing

9635

OPEN · GN · 2026

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Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	146	146	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	729	729	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	919	1585	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	1204	1204	—	—
HS	OPEN	Neutral	643	1621	—	—
HS	SC	Neutral	272	272	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	103	103	—	—
OS	EWS	Neutral	153	153	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	208	208	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	219	240	—	—
OS	OPEN	Female-only	369	369	—	—
OS	OPEN	Neutral	323	550	—	—
OS	SC	Neutral	83	83	—	—
OS	ST	Neutral	45	45	—	—

Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	144	144
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	703	703
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	1347	1456
HS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	463	463
HS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	573	969
HS	SC	Neutral	—	—	250	250
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	41	41
OS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	115	115
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	268	268
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	172	239
OS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	488	488
OS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	246	514
OS	SC	Neutral	—	—	82	82
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	62	62

Artificial Intelligence (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	2198	2485	2507	2513
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	11537	12978	8145	13712
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4477	4804	4582	5247
HS	OPEN	Female-only	17226	18371	13925	13934
HS	OPEN	Neutral	8001	9099	8925	11446
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	233	233	654	654
HS	SC	Neutral	2002	2194	609	2103
HS	ST	Neutral	981	1308	1205	1535
OS	EWS	Neutral	510	538	615	723
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	3140	3284	4000	4096
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	1224	1454	1119	1531
OS	OPEN	Female-only	5770	7401	8145	8852
OS	OPEN	Neutral	2962	4448	4551	5138
OS	SC	Female-only	1518	1518	1972	1972
OS	SC	Neutral	727	880	723	860
OS	ST	Neutral	313	313	364	364

B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	2410	2410
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	17944	17944
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	5368	5934
HS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	20381	20381
HS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	10377	13365
HS	SC	Neutral	—	—	2245	3815
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	3081	3081
OS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	782	782
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	4427	4427
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	1869	2113
OS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	9485	9485
OS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	4047	4951
OS	SC	Female-only	—	—	2425	2425
OS	SC	Neutral	—	—	890	912
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	499	499

Bio Medical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	9053	10316	9315	9720
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	40179	40179	24395	24395
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	19265	21118	19242	21666
HS	OPEN	Female-only	71858	71947	37305	53154
HS	OPEN	Neutral	37901	45885	39505	49091
HS	SC	Neutral	4248	8064	8517	10580
HS	ST	Neutral	3292	3292	4120	4120
OS	EWS	Neutral	5007	5384	5202	5665
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14132	14132	10896	10896
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	11331	13278	11724	12501
OS	OPEN	Female-only	38268	40701	24489	35252
OS	OPEN	Neutral	31793	34766	22049	34516
OS	SC	Female-only	6251	6251	7891	7891
OS	SC	Neutral	6707	6811	5522	5667
OS	ST	Neutral	2044	2044	1957	1957

Bio Technology (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	8891	8891	7279	7279
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	39029	39029	17474	17474
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	16436	19011	17753	20641
HS	OPEN	Female-only	61806	67806	23442	41075
HS	OPEN	Neutral	12305	42292	27665	37685
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	3027	3027	2198	2198
HS	SC	Neutral	7549	7757	5158	7805
HS	ST	Neutral	3205	3205	3439	3439
OS	EWS	Neutral	5252	5252	4496	4496
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	15397	15397	14812	14812
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	10553	11290	9507	10991
OS	OPEN	Female-only	39884	41061	21293	33346
OS	OPEN	Neutral	12088	32227	21242	28574
OS	SC	Female-only	3079	3079	2521	2521
OS	SC	Neutral	4804	5323	4751	5050
OS	ST	Neutral	1131	1131	2105	2105

Ceramic Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	8333	9304	6991	7823
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	38814	38814	31963	31963
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	15113	17176	17152	19146
HS	OPEN	Female-only	64423	66841	67042	68316
HS	OPEN	Neutral	35735	43332	37568	41769
HS	SC	Female-only	11716	11716	10182	10182
HS	SC	Neutral	8311	9457	9876	10188
HS	ST	Neutral	4139	4139	3191	3191
OS	EWS	Neutral	4747	4973	4798	4837
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	19814	19814	15912	15912
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	9551	10250	8893	10816
OS	OPEN	Female-only	49648	52626	41342	48285
OS	OPEN	Neutral	24246	34022	25996	31640
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	2228	2228	625	625
OS	SC	Neutral	6207	6325	4101	5607
OS	ST	Female-only	2869	2869	2848	2848
OS	ST	Neutral	2402	2402	1763	1763

Ceramic Engineering and M.Tech Industrial Ceramic (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	21230	22234	20369	23488
HS	OPEN	Female-only	73686	73686	71278	71278
HS	OPEN	Neutral	44409	50899	41989	60611
HS	SC	Neutral	9801	9801	9770	9770
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	13908	14175	14139	14396
OS	OPEN	Female-only	60327	60327	56672	56672
OS	OPEN	Neutral	42128	45200	36987	40463
OS	SC	Neutral	6502	6502	6312	6312

Chemical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	—	—	7606	7606
HS	EWS	Neutral	6784	7985	4824	5302
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	32227	32227	21560	21560
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	11451	12423	11727	12721
HS	OPEN	Female-only	35727	40082	35499	38717
HS	OPEN	Neutral	19047	23539	16254	28354
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	2373	2373	1931	1931
HS	SC	Female-only	8182	8182	7505	7505
HS	SC	Neutral	4452	6005	4972	5665
HS	ST	Female-only	3575	3575	4637	4637
HS	ST	Neutral	2319	2426	1478	2165
OS	EWS	Neutral	2650	3008	2902	3085
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	11939	11940	9832	10686
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6156	6935	6144	6984
OS	OPEN	Female-only	28759	29927	29152	29946
OS	OPEN	Neutral	13111	18034	17099	19887
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	788	788	1163	1163
OS	SC	Female-only	6138	6138	5227	5227
OS	SC	Neutral	3163	3815	3111	3394
OS	ST	Neutral	952	955	1195	1253

Chemical Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	32605	32605	32709	32709
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	15985	15985	14625	14625
HS	OPEN	Neutral	24496	33511	22351	33506
HS	SC	Neutral	7086	7086	7574	7574
OS	EWS	Neutral	3718	3718	4091	4091
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	7396	7396	8400	8400
OS	OPEN	Female-only	30572	30572	35594	35594
OS	OPEN	Neutral	20828	20944	20043	22467
OS	SC	Neutral	4326	4326	3734	3734

Chemistry (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	12502	12502	10522	10522
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	25049	25049	32721	32721
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	27236	30983	22473	24059
HS	OPEN	Female-only	59395	59395	77375	77375
HS	OPEN	Neutral	53373	60683	45276	63012
HS	SC	Neutral	10883	12110	11516	12086
HS	ST	Neutral	7243	7243	5182	5182
OS	EWS	Neutral	7533	7533	5856	5856
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	20747	20747	21507	21507
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	13676	13772	12756	15003
OS	OPEN	Female-only	34430	34430	59066	59066
OS	OPEN	Neutral	38235	43806	28344	39136
OS	SC	Neutral	7522	8080	4728	6789
OS	ST	Neutral	3228	3228	3550	3550

Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	6684	8312	4670	5120
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	32670	32767	22112	27216
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	11371	13335	10993	12867
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1411	1411	512	512
HS	OPEN	Female-only	41040	43525	39490	45572
HS	OPEN	Neutral	24147	28368	18813	29440
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1018	1018	1110	1110
HS	SC	Female-only	5065	5065	7155	7155
HS	SC	Neutral	4628	5496	4239	6587
HS	ST	Neutral	2209	2344	1111	2596
OS	EWS	Neutral	3579	3729	4130	4261
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	13733	14201	13299	14484
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	7647	8296	7641	8997
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	427	427	427	427
OS	OPEN	Female-only	30429	36568	35277	41255
OS	OPEN	Neutral	12225	25282	21991	26464
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	641	641	857	857
OS	SC	Female-only	6041	6041	4169	4169
OS	SC	Neutral	3329	4293	3839	4190
OS	ST	Neutral	914	1025	800	810

Computer Science and Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	972	2045	1674	2230
HS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	22	22	15	15
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	6327	11964	4838	6196
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	2170	4440	2648	4580
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	180	180	49	49
HS	OPEN	Female-only	6969	16197	8207	12489
HS	OPEN	Neutral	4273	7853	2295	9635
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	256	256	701	701
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	90	90	108	108
HS	SC	Female-only	2688	2688	2953	2953
HS	SC	Neutral	356	1718	700	1660
HS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	194	194
HS	ST	Female-only	1471	1471	868	868
HS	ST	Neutral	488	729	754	1038
OS	EWS	Female-only	793	793	964	964
OS	EWS	Neutral	349	438	495	545
OS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	31	31	24	24
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	2603	2833	2414	3329
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	755	1214	937	1231
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	57	57	63	63
OS	OPEN	Female-only	1434	5524	565	7133
OS	OPEN	Neutral	2442	3431	2651	4266
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	118	118	94	94
OS	SC	Female-only	1226	1449	1563	1610
OS	SC	Neutral	105	409	328	482
OS	SC (PwD)	Female-only	33	33	19	19
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	34	34	58	58
OS	ST	Female-only	316	316	465	465
OS	ST	Neutral	197	230	181	216
OS	ST (PwD)	Neutral	33	33	2	2

Electrical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	6298	6298	—	—
HS	EWS	Neutral	4617	5726	3216	3477
HS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	305	305	210	210
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	20080	29864	15737	18026
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6008	9515	6407	8070
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Female-only	566	566	826	826
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	942	942	418	418
HS	OPEN	Female-only	23067	30552	18543	27330
HS	OPEN	Neutral	11122	16250	13710	19804
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	982	982	1146	1146
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	926	926	430	430
HS	SC	Female-only	6488	6488	4587	4587
HS	SC	Neutral	2728	3411	2332	4300
HS	ST	Female-only	3147	3147	3284	3284
HS	ST	Neutral	1284	2082	1468	1826
OS	EWS	Female-only	2535	2535	3145	3145
OS	EWS	Neutral	1381	1528	1581	1680
OS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	238	238	133	133
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	5461	6738	7050	7591
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	2826	4051	2982	4191
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Female-only	759	759	591	591
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	261	261	159	159
OS	OPEN	Female-only	15342	18535	15198	16524
OS	OPEN	Neutral	8111	10623	5598	10108
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	593	593	666	666
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	478	478	339	339
OS	SC	Female-only	2480	2480	2854	2854
OS	SC	Neutral	1316	2033	1595	1657
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	83	83	90	90
OS	ST	Female-only	1460	1460	1377	1377
OS	ST	Neutral	813	912	647	723

Electronics and Communication Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	3217	3217	3153	3153
HS	EWS	Neutral	1470	3256	2408	2484
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	16237	16237	10708	10708
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4834	5759	4167	5698
HS	OPEN	Female-only	20039	20920	4788	15677
HS	OPEN	Neutral	9309	11195	3997	12295
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	228	228	355	355
HS	SC	Female-only	4025	4025	3605	3605
HS	SC	Neutral	1466	2345	1592	2376
HS	ST	Female-only	4070	4070	2045	2045
HS	ST	Neutral	1200	1783	823	1135
OS	EWS	Female-only	1679	1679	1621	1621
OS	EWS	Neutral	733	748	806	818
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	3678	3678	4639	4639
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	1253	2131	1345	2164
OS	OPEN	Female-only	6697	10842	8454	9892
OS	OPEN	Neutral	4632	5785	2525	5456
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	232	232	269	269
OS	SC	Female-only	2273	2273	1510	1510
OS	SC	Neutral	989	1169	513	1095
OS	ST	Female-only	564	564	707	707
OS	ST	Neutral	378	465	209	414

Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	6370	6370	7889	7889
HS	EWS	Neutral	3609	4015	2574	3097
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	23559	23559	15221	15221
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	5866	6554	5371	6510
HS	OPEN	Female-only	21765	21904	16676	17946
HS	OPEN	Neutral	11213	13784	12449	14796
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	341	341	672	672
HS	SC	Female-only	5112	5112	3279	3279
HS	SC	Neutral	2639	2708	2769	3101
HS	ST	Female-only	5308	5308	3223	3223
HS	ST	Neutral	1924	1924	1858	1858
OS	EWS	Female-only	3374	3374	2895	2895
OS	EWS	Neutral	1239	1265	1335	1354
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	7054	8335	6218	6633
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	2915	3932	2845	3641
OS	OPEN	Female-only	11705	15183	12275	14443
OS	OPEN	Neutral	7389	9555	5792	9139
OS	SC	Neutral	1682	1921	1335	1690
OS	ST	Neutral	530	585	606	986

Engineering Physics (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	3947	3947
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	30403	30403
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	12143	14619
HS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	39183	39183
HS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	17578	26141
HS	SC	Neutral	—	—	6434	6783
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	2180	2180
OS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	2602	2602
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	12241	12241
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	5499	6904
OS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	17118	17118
OS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	8777	14218
OS	SC	Neutral	—	—	2489	4072
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	1699	1699

Food Process Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	10618	11435	9717	10127
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	37197	37197	34884	34884
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	21705	22133	22060	23104
HS	OPEN	Female-only	78347	78347	72173	72173
HS	OPEN	Neutral	43338	48809	42453	60707
HS	SC	Female-only	13304	13304	11986	11986
HS	SC	Neutral	9060	9060	10972	10972
HS	ST	Neutral	3182	3182	4033	4033
OS	EWS	Female-only	8848	8848	9252	9252
OS	EWS	Neutral	5750	6257	5507	5930
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	19066	19066	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	12856	13777	12059	12664
OS	OPEN	Female-only	33994	33994	32992	32992
OS	OPEN	Neutral	36462	40010	32700	36492
OS	SC	Female-only	9097	9097	9551	9551
OS	SC	Neutral	6512	6512	6094	6094
OS	ST	Neutral	2685	2685	1985	1985

Industrial Design (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	6739	6739	7111	7111
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	35483	35483	33956	33956
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	13557	14610	13709	15339
HS	OPEN	Female-only	34171	34233	18501	51844
HS	OPEN	Neutral	22708	31363	29602	39437
HS	SC	Neutral	5601	8004	8983	10255
HS	ST	Neutral	2984	2984	2663	2663
OS	EWS	Neutral	4662	4662	3854	3854
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14449	14449	13738	13738
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8310	8579	9400	9604
OS	OPEN	Female-only	16077	27788	35512	42022
OS	OPEN	Neutral	19260	24030	16844	27104
OS	SC	Neutral	4658	5540	4439	4711
OS	ST	Neutral	1930	1930	2440	2440

Life Science (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	13171	13171	16278	16278
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	41830	41830	34180	34180
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	31995	32515	26805	30685
HS	OPEN	Female-only	67184	67184	56426	56426
HS	OPEN	Neutral	75395	81559	73107	79580
HS	SC	Neutral	11398	11398	12174	12174
HS	ST	Neutral	7826	7826	7107	7107
OS	EWS	Neutral	7700	7700	9084	9084
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	22774	22774	24365	24365
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	17727	18602	18066	19556
OS	OPEN	Female-only	58328	58328	37021	37021
OS	OPEN	Neutral	37534	51669	39936	55092
OS	SC	Neutral	4319	4319	4168	4168
OS	ST	Neutral	3532	3532	3711	3711

Mathematics (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	11794	11794	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	18108	22879	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	51226	51226	—	—
HS	OPEN	Neutral	24472	52270	—	—
HS	SC	Neutral	11660	12057	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	5386	5386	—	—
OS	EWS	Neutral	3929	3929	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8266	11164	—	—
OS	OPEN	Female-only	37359	37359	—	—
OS	OPEN	Neutral	19397	24786	—	—
OS	SC	Neutral	3981	4016	—	—
OS	ST	Neutral	1501	1501	—	—

Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	7660	7660	10424	10424
HS	EWS	Neutral	5551	6668	3973	4440
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	22826	31085	15825	21853
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8791	11266	9097	10821
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Female-only	1639	1639	1849	1849
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	587	587	412	412
HS	OPEN	Female-only	29423	31958	24753	37150
HS	OPEN	Neutral	16389	21488	16756	24497
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	637	637	507	507
HS	SC	Female-only	5055	6241	5127	6430
HS	SC	Neutral	3772	4316	3739	5023
HS	ST	Female-only	4542	4542	2805	2805
HS	ST	Neutral	1520	1977	1540	2054
OS	EWS	Female-only	3847	3847	5182	5182
OS	EWS	Neutral	2062	2367	1983	2277
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	8134	11514	8015	9740
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4788	5577	4894	5569
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Female-only	779	779	732	732
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	399	399	670	670
OS	OPEN	Female-only	24059	27489	18396	24151
OS	OPEN	Neutral	10775	15035	8541	14593
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	712	712	566	566
OS	SC	Female-only	3325	4976	3077	4263
OS	SC	Neutral	2412	2896	2404	2844
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	275	275	137	137
OS	ST	Female-only	2165	2165	1568	1568
OS	ST	Neutral	957	1015	759	825
OS	ST (PwD)	Neutral	54	54	47	47

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	8607	8772	6810	7588
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	32449	38375	25271	27436
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	12482	14648	13139	14223
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	1182	1182	923	923
HS	OPEN	Female-only	45063	50863	43275	54146
HS	OPEN	Neutral	26434	31600	28576	32662
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	2456	2456	1978	1978
HS	SC	Female-only	7635	7635	9873	9873
HS	SC	Neutral	6471	6630	6093	6869
HS	ST	Neutral	2416	2675	2370	2472
OS	EWS	Neutral	4181	4875	4027	4337
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	15521	16135	15007	15392
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8315	9868	7988	9324
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	641	641	737	737
OS	OPEN	Female-only	39801	41195	31213	33266
OS	OPEN	Neutral	28687	30135	24869	27781
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1439	1439	926	926
OS	SC	Female-only	7267	7267	6880	6880
OS	SC	Neutral	4591	5761	4294	4974
OS	ST	Female-only	2196	2196	3010	3010
OS	ST	Neutral	1851	2128	1782	1806

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	43548	43548	38283	38283
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	16003	16003	14365	14365
HS	OPEN	Neutral	36055	39890	35901	41599
HS	SC	Neutral	6920	6920	7712	7712
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	10733	13259	11873	11889
OS	OPEN	Female-only	47131	47131	48998	48998
OS	OPEN	Neutral	33247	35129	31831	33797
OS	SC	Neutral	6195	6195	5703	5703

Mining Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	10367	10367	—	—
HS	EWS	Neutral	8064	8247	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	13977	14909	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	31320	54553	—	—
HS	OPEN	Neutral	23730	35557	—	—
HS	SC	Neutral	6220	7905	—	—
HS	ST	Female-only	5309	5309	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	3164	3164	—	—
OS	EWS	Neutral	5017	5123	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	18254	18254	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	10124	10527	—	—
OS	OPEN	Female-only	48630	53135	—	—
OS	OPEN	Neutral	31642	35731	—	—
OS	SC	Female-only	8405	8405	—	—
OS	SC	Neutral	4906	5250	—	—
OS	ST	Neutral	1011	1011	—	—

Mining Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	—	—	13977	13977
HS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	6159	7561
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	14993	16905
HS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	63294	68052
HS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	34053	35929
HS	SC	Neutral	—	—	6072	7045
HS	ST	Female-only	—	—	6261	6261
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	2554	2554
OS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	4841	4892
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	19965	19965
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	9114	10455
OS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	49191	50119
OS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	30020	31315
OS	SC	Female-only	—	—	8742	8742
OS	SC	Neutral	—	—	4969	4999
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	1270	1270

Mining Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	48096	48096	36728	36728
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	17654	17654	19361	19361
HS	OPEN	Neutral	40154	40423	44042	48379
HS	SC	Neutral	8438	8438	9011	9011
HS	ST	Neutral	4496	4496	3393	3393
OS	EWS	Neutral	5857	5857	5917	5917
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	21414	21414	21009	21009
OS	OPEN	Neutral	37934	41212	37488	40360
OS	SC	Neutral	5778	5778	6273	6273
OS	ST	Neutral	2130	2130	2448	2448

Physics (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	10991	10991	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	24677	24677	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	18109	21127	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	43878	43878	—	—
HS	OPEN	Neutral	50526	53337	—	—
HS	SC	Neutral	6168	10719	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	4485	4485	—	—
OS	EWS	Neutral	3955	3955	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6838	10417	—	—
OS	OPEN	Female-only	27473	27473	—	—
OS	OPEN	Neutral	13664	23219	—	—
OS	SC	Neutral	2417	4106	—	—
OS	ST	Neutral	2966	2966	—	—

2025 → 2026 Cutoff Trend

Average closing rank trend (OPEN Gender-Neutral basis). A lower rank means higher competition; a higher rank means more students can qualify.

OPEN↑ harder

28,712

was 29,880 in 2025 (±4%)

EWS↑ harder

4,676

was 5,614 in 2025 (±17%)

OBC-NCL↑ harder

11,389

was 12,188 in 2025 (±7%)

SC↑ harder

5,314

was 5,546 in 2025 (±4%)

ST↑ harder

2,108

was 2,357 in 2025 (±11%)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the JEE Main 2026 cutoff for National Institute of Technology, Rourkela?

The JoSAA 2026 closing ranks for National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (OPEN Gender-Neutral) range from 514 for Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture) (most competitive) to 79580 for Life Science (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science) (most accessible). Check the full table above for all categories and branches.

Which branch at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela has the lowest JEE Main cutoff?

Based on JoSAA 2026 data, Life Science (5 Years, Integrated Master of Science) has the highest closing rank of 79580 (OPEN Gender-Neutral), making it the most accessible programme at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela by rank requirement.

What is the Computer Science Engineering cutoff at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela?

The JoSAA 2026 closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (OPEN, Gender-Neutral) is 9635. In 2025 it was 7853.

Did JEE Main cutoffs at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela increase or decrease in 2026 compared to 2025?

Cutoffs tightened by ~4% — the average OPEN General-Neutral closing rank moved from ~29880 in 2025 to ~28712 in 2026, indicating higher competition. Always refer to the branch-level table above for accurate comparisons.

Which seat categories are available at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela through JoSAA?

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela participates in JoSAA counselling under the following categories: EWS, OBC-NCL, OPEN, SC, ST (plus their PwD variants). Both Gender-Neutral and Female-only (including Supernumerary) seats are available in most categories.

About National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

National Institute of Technology (NIT) — a government-funded autonomous institution of national importance. NITs are among the best engineering colleges in India and are administered by the Ministry of Education.

Institute Type

NIT

State

Odisha

Programmes

Quotas

HS, OS

Admission Route

JEE Main → JoSAA Counselling (AI + HS + OS quotas)

EWSOBC-NCLOPENSCST+ PwD variants

Category-wise Best Branches at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Top 5 programmes by lowest closing rank per category (Gender-Neutral, JoSAA 2026)

General (OPEN)

Architecture

CR 514

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 4,266 · was 3431 in 2025

B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing

CR 4,951

Artificial Intelligence

CR 5,138 · was 4448 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 5,456 · was 5785 in 2025

EWS

Architecture

CR 115

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 545 · was 438 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 723 · was 538 in 2025

B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing

CR 782

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 818 · was 748 in 2025

OBC-NCL

Architecture

CR 239

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 1,231 · was 1214 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 1,531 · was 1454 in 2025

B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing

CR 2,113

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 2,164 · was 2131 in 2025

Architecture

CR 82

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 482 · was 409 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 860 · was 880 in 2025

B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing

CR 912

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 1,095 · was 1169 in 2025

Architecture

CR 41

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 216 · was 230 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 364 · was 313 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 414 · was 465 in 2025

B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing

CR 499

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