The IIT Kanpur cutoff for Computer Science and Engineering in 2026 was JEE Advanced rank 283 (OPEN category, gender-neutral, final round of JoSAA 2026). Among other key branches, Electrical Engineering closed at 1,171, Mechanical Engineering at 3,178 and Civil Engineering at 7,177.
In 2026, every IIT Kanpur program had closed by JEE Advanced rank 11,668 for OPEN gender-neutral seats. All its JoSAA seats are All India quota, so there is no home-state advantage. Below is the IIT Kanpur branch-wise cutoff for all 15 programs and every category, from the official JoSAA opening and closing ranks, with the trend since 2023.
These are the final-round (Round 5) closing ranks from JoSAA 2026: the last JEE Advanced rank that got a seat in each program. Programs are sorted from hardest to easiest.
| Program | OPEN (gender-neutral) | OPEN (female-only) |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 283 | 1,223 |
| Intelligent Systems | 1,134 | 3,082 |
| Electrical Engineering | 1,171 | 3,452 |
| Mathematics and Scientific Computing (BS) | 1,270 | 4,434 |
| Statistics and Data Science (BS) | 1,409 | 3,461 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 3,178 | 8,968 |
| Economics (BS) | 3,650 | 7,659 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 4,015 | 9,329 |
| Chemical Engineering | 4,436 | 9,970 |
| Physics (BS) | 5,723 | 13,641 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 6,533 | 12,216 |
| Civil Engineering | 7,177 | 14,786 |
| Biological Sciences and Bioengineering | 7,837 | 13,834 |
| Earth Sciences (BS) | 10,774 | 21,312 |
| Chemistry (BS) | 11,668 | 18,289 |
Source: JoSAA 2026 Opening and Closing Ranks, Round 5 (final), josaa.admissions.nic.in. Ranks are JEE Advanced 2026 Common Rank List (CRL) ranks. Female-only seats include supernumerary seats.
Female-only seats are easier. IIT Kanpur CSE closed at 1,223 in the female-only pool against 283 gender-neutral. Girls are considered for both pools, so include both in your list.
For reserved categories, JoSAA uses your category rank, not your CRL rank. These are gender-neutral seats in the final round.
| Program | OBC-NCL | EWS | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 158 | 48 | 88 | 43 |
| Intelligent Systems | 674 | 193 | 513 | 275 |
| Electrical Engineering | 693 | 239 | 427 | 199 |
| Mathematics and Scientific Computing (BS) | 707 | 205 | 487 | 319 |
| Statistics and Data Science (BS) | 823 | 207 | 569 | 252 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1,578 | 584 | 924 | 504 |
| Economics (BS) | 2,438 | 650 | 1,614 | 965 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 2,121 | 855 | 1,265 | 610 |
| Chemical Engineering | 2,148 | 836 | 1,341 | 798 |
| Physics (BS) | 4,365 | 1,517 | 2,448 | 1,351 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 3,149 | 1,199 | 1,881 | 1,197 |
| Civil Engineering | 3,058 | 1,148 | 1,744 | 628 |
| Biological Sciences and Bioengineering | 3,688 | 1,285 | 2,248 | 1,123 |
| Earth Sciences (BS) | 4,992 | 1,698 | 2,903 | 1,481 |
| Chemistry (BS) | 4,997 | 2,023 | 2,885 | 1,547 |
Source: JoSAA 2026, Round 5 (final). PwD closing ranks are not shown because a handful of seats make them swing widely.
Final-round closing ranks for OPEN gender-neutral seats. A smaller number means the program got harder to enter.
| Program | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 238 | 252 | 271 | 283 |
| Intelligent Systems | – | – | – | 1,134 |
| Electrical Engineering | 1,349 | 1,290 | 1,146 | 1,171 |
| Mathematics and Scientific Computing (BS) | 1,060 | 990 | 1,179 | 1,270 |
| Statistics and Data Science (BS) | 1,090 | 1,030 | 1,270 | 1,409 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2,940 | 2,776 | 2,771 | 3,178 |
| Economics (BS) | 3,653 | 3,106 | 3,310 | 3,650 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 4,027 | 3,638 | 3,805 | 4,015 |
| Chemical Engineering | 4,344 | 4,015 | 4,280 | 4,436 |
| Physics (BS) | 6,153 | 5,508 | 5,691 | 5,723 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 6,939 | 6,008 | 6,337 | 6,533 |
| Civil Engineering | 6,116 | 5,948 | 6,161 | 7,177 |
| Biological Sciences and Bioengineering | 8,031 | 6,952 | 7,105 | 7,837 |
| Earth Sciences (BS) | 11,426 | 10,058 | 10,108 | 10,774 |
| Chemistry (BS) | 11,824 | 10,498 | 10,482 | 11,668 |
Source: JoSAA final-round Opening and Closing Ranks 2023, 2024, 2025 (Round 6) and 2026 (Round 5). "–" means the program was not offered that year.
How far IIT Kanpur closing ranks moved between Round 1 and the final round of JoSAA 2026 (OPEN, gender-neutral).
| Program | Round 1 | Round 5 (final) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 276 | 283 | +7 |
| Intelligent Systems | 1,134 | 1,134 | No change |
| Electrical Engineering | 1,151 | 1,171 | +20 |
| Mathematics and Scientific Computing (BS) | 1,258 | 1,270 | +12 |
| Statistics and Data Science (BS) | 1,299 | 1,409 | +110 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2,980 | 3,178 | +198 |
| Economics (BS) | 3,607 | 3,650 | +43 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 3,686 | 4,015 | +329 |
| Chemical Engineering | 4,284 | 4,436 | +152 |
| Physics (BS) | 5,128 | 5,723 | +595 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 6,076 | 6,533 | +457 |
| Civil Engineering | 6,585 | 7,177 | +592 |
| Biological Sciences and Bioengineering | 7,281 | 7,837 | +556 |
| Earth Sciences (BS) | 10,552 | 10,774 | +222 |
| Chemistry (BS) | 9,823 | 11,668 | +1,845 |
Source: JoSAA 2026 Round 1 and Round 5 Opening and Closing Ranks.
The biggest moves were Chemistry (BS) (from 9,823 to 11,668), Physics (BS) (from 5,128 to 5,723) and Civil Engineering (from 6,585 to 7,177). If your rank is just outside a program that moved a lot, choosing Float or Slide and waiting for later rounds can pay off. If it barely moved, a later round is unlikely to change your result.
| JEE Advanced 2026 ranks | Joined IIT Kanpur |
|---|---|
| Top 100 | 1 |
| Top 200 | 12 |
| Top 500 | 49 |
| Top 1,000 | 125 |
| Top 2,000 | 204 |
| Top 5,000 | 454 |
Source: JEE (Advanced) 2026 Report, Volume I, section 13.6 (p. 501).
IIT Kanpur had 1,240 seats in 2026 and allotted 1,241 in the final round, 253 of them (20.39%) to women.
Source: JEE (Advanced) 2026 Report, section 4.4 (p. 8).
Based on the 2026 final-round closing ranks (OPEN, gender-neutral). Find your rank's row: you could get each program in it whose closing rank is larger than your rank, plus every program in the rows below.
| Your JEE Advanced rank (CRL) | Programs that closed in this range in 2026 |
|---|---|
| 1 to 1,134 | Computer Science and Engineering (283), Intelligent Systems (1,134) |
| 1,135 to 1,270 | Electrical Engineering (1,171), Mathematics and Scientific Computing (BS) (1,270) |
| 1,271 to 3,178 | Statistics and Data Science (BS) (1,409), Mechanical Engineering (3,178) |
| 3,179 to 4,015 | Economics (BS) (3,650), Aerospace Engineering (4,015) |
| 4,016 to 5,723 | Chemical Engineering (4,436), Physics (BS) (5,723) |
| 5,724 to 7,177 | Materials Science and Engineering (6,533), Civil Engineering (7,177) |
| 7,178 to 10,774 | Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (7,837), Earth Sciences (BS) (10,774) |
| 10,775 to 11,668 | Chemistry (BS) (11,668) |
| Beyond 11,668 | No OPEN gender-neutral seat in 2026. |
Cutoffs change every year, so treat a rank within about 5% of a closing rank as borderline. Our Smart List marks every option as Safe, Likely or Reach, tested on four years of official JoSAA results.
Which rank counts: It is your JEE Advanced rank that counts, not your JEE Main rank or percentile. JEE Main only decides whether you can sit JEE Advanced.
IIT Kanpur Computer Science and Engineering closed at JEE Advanced rank 283 for OPEN gender-neutral seats in the final round of JoSAA 2026. The female-only seats closed at 1,223, OBC-NCL at category rank 158, EWS at 48, SC at 88 and ST at 43.
In 2026, OPEN gender-neutral seats at IIT Kanpur closed between JEE Advanced rank 283 (Computer Science and Engineering) and 11,668 (Chemistry (BS)).
Electrical Engineering closed at JEE Advanced rank 1,171 for OPEN gender-neutral seats and 3,452 for female-only seats in the 2026 final round. It closed at 1,349 in 2023.
Mechanical Engineering closed at JEE Advanced rank 3,178 for OPEN gender-neutral seats and 8,968 for female-only seats in the 2026 final round. It closed at 2,940 in 2023.
Civil Engineering closed at JEE Advanced rank 7,177 for OPEN gender-neutral seats and 14,786 for female-only seats in the 2026 final round. It closed at 6,116 in 2023.
No. IIT seats are allotted on JEE Advanced ranks. JEE Main decides whether you can sit JEE Advanced; in 2026 that needed 93.4123549 percentile in the OPEN category.
In 2026, Chemistry (BS) closed last, at JEE Advanced rank 11,668 (OPEN, gender-neutral).
Sources: Joint Seat Allocation Authority, Opening and Closing Ranks 2023 to 2026 (josaa.admissions.nic.in); Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2026 Report, Volume I. Cutoffs for 2027 will be different; use these as a guide.
