NITJoSAA 2026 Data Included

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

Branch-wise JEE Main closing ranks from official JoSAA 2026 and 2025 counselling data.12 programmes · 276 cutoff entries · 5 categories.

Best OPEN Rank

1954

Computer Science and Engineering

Accessible OPEN

39455

Mining Engineering

CSE Closing

3331

OPEN · GN · 2026

Data Source

JoSAA 2026

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Artificial Intelligence (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	—	—	2105	2105
HS	EWS	Neutral	730	730	1258	1870
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	4693	4693	5839	6685
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	1301	2491	1429	1822
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	82	82	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	8949	10004	6245	6559
HS	OPEN	Neutral	2815	3579	3345	5557
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	283	283
HS	SC	Female-only	—	—	1186	1186
HS	SC	Neutral	1184	1499	930	1207
HS	ST	Female-only	789	789	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	474	474	153	229
OS	EWS	Female-only	1087	1087	634	634
OS	EWS	Neutral	269	318	420	551
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	2459	2459	2777	3094
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	625	1017	886	1142
OS	OPEN	Female-only	3987	3987	4021	4659
OS	OPEN	Neutral	2060	2650	2032	3060
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	71	71	45	45
OS	SC	Female-only	784	784	1259	1259
OS	SC	Neutral	616	684	316	528
OS	ST	Neutral	180	180	169	173

Chemical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	3499	3699	3550	3820
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	10898	14957	14020	14020
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6846	8111	7067	10108
HS	OPEN	Female-only	19450	25773	23640	24463
HS	OPEN	Neutral	13591	18581	12642	18335
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	1425	1425	2785	2785
HS	SC	Female-only	6868	6868	3954	3954
HS	SC	Neutral	3073	3616	1905	4224
HS	ST	Female-only	2722	2722	1037	1037
HS	ST	Neutral	2295	2295	946	946
OS	EWS	Female-only	4509	4509	3479	3479
OS	EWS	Neutral	2026	2028	2155	2466
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	9791	11568	8704	8895
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4164	5623	5409	6059
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	503	503
OS	OPEN	Female-only	20895	21464	21646	22235
OS	OPEN	Neutral	11287	13477	9916	15093
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	336	336	808	808
OS	SC	Female-only	4807	4807	4677	4677
OS	SC	Neutral	2748	3020	2492	3050
OS	ST	Neutral	927	1350	1075	1105

Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	6951	6951	8064	8064
HS	EWS	Neutral	4078	4918	5294	7547
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	15230	17691	14917	17704
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8068	16873	10368	14584
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Female-only	511	511	1802	1802
HS	OPEN	Female-only	27597	41388	26404	39864
HS	OPEN	Neutral	15759	28252	9818	33461
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1128	1128	611	611
HS	SC	Female-only	7751	7751	5541	5541
HS	SC	Neutral	1976	4586	3460	6174
HS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	73	73	—	—
HS	ST	Female-only	2622	2622	3111	3111
HS	ST	Neutral	1032	1854	1534	1930
OS	EWS	Female-only	5416	5416	5156	5156
OS	EWS	Neutral	3236	3299	3363	3517
OS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	133	133	188	188
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	14143	14700	9757	13515
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	6125	7577	6764	8043
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	368	368	329	329
OS	OPEN	Female-only	28488	34014	26238	32521
OS	OPEN	Neutral	10550	22901	5319	23975
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	776	776	759	759
OS	SC	Female-only	4832	6457	5291	6582
OS	SC	Neutral	1813	3900	2760	3755
OS	ST	Female-only	1222	1222	996	996
OS	ST	Neutral	407	859	748	925

Computational and Data Science (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	1073	1073	1410	1410
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	7041	7041	6770	6770
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	3454	3726	2022	3656
HS	OPEN	Female-only	6453	6453	6298	6298
HS	OPEN	Neutral	3935	4805	2256	4529
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	75	75	369	369
HS	SC	Female-only	3655	3655	2176	2176
HS	SC	Neutral	1551	1570	1167	1236
HS	ST	Neutral	523	523	370	370
OS	EWS	Female-only	1373	1373	1460	1460
OS	EWS	Neutral	415	415	395	395
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	3151	3151	3701	3701
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	1341	1452	1063	1307
OS	OPEN	Female-only	5131	5131	4332	4332
OS	OPEN	Neutral	3026	3471	2268	3371
OS	SC	Neutral	706	726	710	825
OS	ST	Neutral	267	267	361	361

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

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	1214	1214	1530	1530
HS	EWS	Neutral	322	549	760	1147
HS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	64	64	23	23
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	1783	3457	5438	6799
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	638	2251	732	1328
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Female-only	376	376	223	223
HS	OPEN	Female-only	511	5752	2678	5391
HS	OPEN	Neutral	1050	2800	1002	3331
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	56	56	43	43
HS	SC	Female-only	1101	1101	485	485
HS	SC	Neutral	220	917	362	872
HS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	6	6	36	36
HS	ST	Female-only	44	44	127	127
HS	ST	Neutral	159	500	25	133
OS	EWS	Female-only	631	631	479	479
OS	EWS	Neutral	173	316	276	361
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	1486	1792	1298	1582
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	342	577	516	678
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	24	24	29	29
OS	OPEN	Female-only	3011	3986	682	4019
OS	OPEN	Neutral	1191	1827	678	1954
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	86	86	170	170
OS	SC	Female-only	458	665	564	969
OS	SC	Neutral	276	364	106	280
OS	ST	Female-only	293	293	284	284
OS	ST	Neutral	112	138	36	109

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

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	3713	3713	2164	2164
HS	EWS	Neutral	1828	2113	1891	2350
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	6139	7884	6965	8002
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	3749	4664	4068	4648
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	739	739	202	202
HS	OPEN	Female-only	11154	13968	6787	10881
HS	OPEN	Neutral	5870	7493	5785	8253
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	466	466	424	424
HS	SC	Female-only	4747	5086	2745	3043
HS	SC	Neutral	2040	2336	1252	1653
HS	ST	Female-only	1152	1152	679	679
HS	ST	Neutral	820	1312	487	650
OS	EWS	Female-only	2194	2194	1819	1819
OS	EWS	Neutral	990	1165	863	1120
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	5068	5773	5915	6101
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	2122	2498	1779	2661
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	100	100	94	94
OS	OPEN	Female-only	8873	11234	5637	10630
OS	OPEN	Neutral	4787	6872	4259	6798
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	658	658	441	441
OS	SC	Female-only	2806	2806	1781	1781
OS	SC	Neutral	1042	1573	1112	1471
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	48	48	72	72
OS	ST	Female-only	1030	1030	1232	1232
OS	ST	Neutral	608	611	479	545
OS	ST (PwD)	Neutral	41	41	14	14

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

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	2891	2891	2067	2067
HS	EWS	Neutral	1100	1668	924	1856
HS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	88	88	43	43
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	3831	5742	3144	6161
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	2680	3862	1585	3827
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	111	111	126	126
HS	OPEN	Female-only	6539	9286	3670	6454
HS	OPEN	Neutral	3415	5573	2384	5652
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	441	441	336	336
HS	SC	Female-only	3537	3714	1993	2166
HS	SC	Neutral	1457	1868	562	1137
HS	ST	Female-only	1058	1058	600	600
HS	ST	Neutral	649	673	331	390
HS	ST (PwD)	Neutral	—	—	5	5
OS	EWS	Female-only	1477	1477	1260	1260
OS	EWS	Neutral	480	669	501	676
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	3275	3589	3489	4104
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	1353	1795	1121	1459
OS	OPEN	Female-only	6178	7008	5881	8732
OS	OPEN	Neutral	2019	4347	1330	3947
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	331	331	308	308
OS	SC	Female-only	1503	1503	1414	1414
OS	SC	Neutral	621	888	597	868
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	18	18	18	18
OS	ST	Female-only	554	554	683	683
OS	ST	Neutral	237	459	164	276

Information Technology (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	2701	2701	1729	1729
HS	EWS	Neutral	809	1521	1503	1599
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	5078	5786	7276	7786
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	2545	3286	1560	2266
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Female-only	1632	1632	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	6323	7056	6219	7176
HS	OPEN	Neutral	3025	4086	3600	5743
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	132	132	229	229
HS	SC	Female-only	2799	2799	1384	1384
HS	SC	Neutral	1098	1514	962	1069
HS	ST	Female-only	2262	2262	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	481	532	254	352
OS	EWS	Female-only	1350	1350	968	968
OS	EWS	Neutral	372	404	523	527
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	2367	2950	2461	3037
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	735	1198	808	933
OS	OPEN	Female-only	5902	6735	5758	7676
OS	OPEN	Neutral	2132	3160	2216	3088
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	112	112	92	92
OS	SC	Female-only	1395	1395	1476	1476
OS	SC	Neutral	452	571	637	704
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	78	78	—	—
OS	ST	Neutral	292	292	285	295
OS	ST (PwD)	Neutral	30	30	—	—

Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	7148	8822	3330	7192
HS	EWS	Neutral	2084	2477	2446	3069
HS	EWS (PwD)	Neutral	227	227	223	223
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	10088	13849	8900	16686
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	4775	6813	4733	6920
HS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	590	590	675	675
HS	OPEN	Female-only	13972	24186	15067	21493
HS	OPEN	Neutral	7778	12126	8002	14997
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	661	661	453	453
HS	SC	Female-only	5911	6912	3248	4638
HS	SC	Neutral	1460	3436	1936	3823
HS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	137	137	64	64
HS	ST	Female-only	4225	4225	2743	2743
HS	ST	Neutral	1021	1718	632	1422
OS	EWS	Female-only	3624	3778	3268	3460
OS	EWS	Neutral	1784	2023	1774	1935
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	8278	9529	6453	7636
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	3305	4559	3820	4898
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	257	257	324	324
OS	OPEN	Female-only	14652	20174	13341	18605
OS	OPEN	Neutral	6485	11950	8678	12307
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Female-only	296	296	918	918
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	606	611	396	583
OS	SC	Female-only	4361	4738	3622	3742
OS	SC	Neutral	1194	2378	1550	2379
OS	SC (PwD)	Neutral	156	156	146	146
OS	ST	Female-only	1793	2016	1847	2043
OS	ST	Neutral	444	866	553	884

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

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	—	—	12034	12034
HS	EWS	Neutral	4230	4936	5547	6284
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	19503	19503	17438	17438
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	11103	14814	8783	15089
HS	OPEN	Female-only	29117	39535	26312	32088
HS	OPEN	Neutral	20060	24264	17931	23061
HS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1112	1112	1746	1746
HS	SC	Female-only	6300	6300	8799	8799
HS	SC	Neutral	4357	6172	4178	4922
HS	ST	Female-only	5573	5573	3329	3329
HS	ST	Neutral	1864	1864	1967	1967
OS	EWS	Female-only	5981	5981	5836	5836
OS	EWS	Neutral	3320	3825	3195	3347
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	11779	14142	12081	13237
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	7993	8374	7255	7914
OS	OBC-NCL (PwD)	Neutral	531	531	617	617
OS	OPEN	Female-only	27443	29213	19254	32495
OS	OPEN	Neutral	16213	22965	15595	22168
OS	OPEN (PwD)	Neutral	1241	1241	824	824
OS	SC	Female-only	6831	6831	5610	5610
OS	SC	Neutral	4150	4793	3140	3920
OS	ST	Female-only	—	—	1841	1841
OS	ST	Neutral	1684	1809	1201	1489

Mining Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Neutral	6790	8248	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	20007	20007	—	—
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	11781	17790	—	—
HS	OPEN	Female-only	41970	46883	—	—
HS	OPEN	Neutral	30828	39455	—	—
HS	SC	Female-only	7862	7862	—	—
HS	SC	Neutral	5257	6608	—	—
HS	ST	Female-only	4902	4902	—	—
HS	ST	Neutral	1965	1965	—	—
OS	EWS	Female-only	7688	7688	—	—
OS	EWS	Neutral	4101	4365	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	15430	15430	—	—
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	8609	9875	—	—
OS	OPEN	Female-only	41441	50279	—	—
OS	OPEN	Neutral	23987	28750	—	—
OS	SC	Female-only	7884	7884	—	—
OS	SC	Neutral	4057	5071	—	—
OS	ST	Neutral	717	2020	—	—

Mining Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Quota	Category	Gender	2025 Opening	2025 Closing	2026 Opening	2026 Closing
HS	EWS	Female-only	—	—	14287	14287
HS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	7286	7969
HS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	20339	20564
HS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	12195	17664
HS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	37202	43636
HS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	28399	38715
HS	SC	Female-only	—	—	11451	11451
HS	SC	Neutral	—	—	4175	6182
HS	ST	Neutral	—	—	1582	1582
OS	EWS	Female-only	—	—	6940	6940
OS	EWS	Neutral	—	—	4324	4398
OS	OBC-NCL	Female-only	—	—	15916	15916
OS	OBC-NCL	Neutral	—	—	8352	9430
OS	OPEN	Female-only	—	—	31946	43719
OS	OPEN	Neutral	—	—	23289	28915
OS	SC	Female-only	—	—	8027	8027
OS	SC	Neutral	—	—	3759	4673
OS	ST	Female-only	—	—	2827	2827
OS	ST	Neutral	—	—	911	1573

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↓ easier

13,014

was 12,427 in 2025 (±5%)

EWS↓ easier

2,646

was 2,307 in 2025 (±15%)

OBC-NCL↑ harder

5,747

was 5,874 in 2025 (±2%)

SC↑ harder

2,498

was 2,640 in 2025 (±5%)

ST↑ harder

805

was 1,026 in 2025 (±22%)

Frequently Asked Questions

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

The JoSAA 2026 closing ranks for National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal (OPEN Gender-Neutral) range from 1954 for Computer Science and Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) (most competitive) to 39455 for Mining Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) (most accessible). Check the full table above for all categories and branches.

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

Based on JoSAA 2026 data, Mining Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) has the highest closing rank of 39455 (OPEN Gender-Neutral), making it the most accessible programme at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal by rank requirement.

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

The JoSAA 2026 closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal (OPEN, Gender-Neutral) is 3331. In 2025 it was 2800.

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

Cutoffs relaxed by ~5% — the average OPEN General-Neutral closing rank moved from ~12427 in 2025 to ~13014 in 2026, meaning more students could qualify. Always refer to the branch-level table above for accurate comparisons.

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

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal 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 Karnataka, Surathkal

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

Karnataka

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 Karnataka, Surathkal

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

General (OPEN)

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 1,954 · was 1827 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 3,060 · was 2650 in 2025

Information Technology

CR 3,088 · was 3160 in 2025

Computational and Data Science

CR 3,371 · was 3471 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 3,947 · was 4347 in 2025

EWS

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 361 · was 316 in 2025

Computational and Data Science

CR 395 · was 415 in 2025

Information Technology

CR 527 · was 404 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 551 · was 318 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 676 · was 669 in 2025

OBC-NCL

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 678 · was 577 in 2025

Information Technology

CR 933 · was 1198 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 1,142 · was 1017 in 2025

Computational and Data Science

CR 1,307 · was 1452 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 1,459 · was 1795 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 280 · was 364 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 528 · was 684 in 2025

Information Technology

CR 704 · was 571 in 2025

Computational and Data Science

CR 825 · was 726 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 868 · was 888 in 2025

Computer Science and Engineering

CR 109 · was 138 in 2025

Artificial Intelligence

CR 173 · was 180 in 2025

Electronics and Communication Engineering

CR 276 · was 459 in 2025

Information Technology

CR 295 · was 292 in 2025

Computational and Data Science

CR 361 · was 267 in 2025

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