CSAB 2026 NIT-Wise Cutoff List — All NITs

CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board) allots leftover seats across all participating NITs (National Institutes of Technology) after JoSAA's main rounds conclude, and cutoff patterns vary significantly from one NIT to another based on institute reputation, location, branch demand, and the number of seats that remain vacant after JoSAA. Rather than trying to estimate a single "CSAB cutoff" figure for NITs as a whole, it's far more useful to check institute-specific cutoff trends, since NIT Trichy's CSAB closing rank for CSE and NIT Agartala's CSAB closing rank for Civil Engineering can differ by tens of thousands of ranks.

This page serves as a central index linking to detailed, institute-specific CSAB cutoff pages for each participating NIT. Each individual page covers branch-wise opening and closing rank trends, along with Home State (HS) versus Other State (OS) quota differences, category-wise splits, and round-by-round patterns specific to that institute. Use this index to quickly navigate to the NIT you're targeting rather than searching separately for each one.

Established NITs vs Newer NITs

Broadly, established NITs with strong brand recognition and placement records — Trichy, Surathkal, Warangal, Rourkela — tend to have very few CSAB vacancies and correspondingly tight closing ranks, since most of their seats are filled in JoSAA's main rounds itself. Mid-tier and regional NITs — Jalandhar, Kurukshetra, Calicut, Patna, Raipur, Durgapur, Hamirpur, Jamshedpur, Silchar — show a mix of outcomes depending on branch and category. Newer NITs — Delhi, Goa, Uttarakhand, Agartala — generally carry the largest CSAB vacancy pools and the most accessible closing ranks, particularly in non-CS branches.

If you're unsure which NIT is realistic for your rank rather than browsing institute by institute, our rank-specific guides are a faster starting point — covering typical CSAB outcomes at CRL ranks of 25,000, 40,000, 50,000, 70,000, 90,000, 100,000, and 150,000. These guides help you narrow down which tier of NITs (established, mid-tier, or newer) is realistic before diving into individual institute cutoff pages.

Whichever NIT you're evaluating, remember that CSAB cutoffs are never fixed in advance — they depend entirely on that year's post-JoSAA vacancy volume, which varies with JEE Main difficulty, NIT+ withdrawal rates, and category-wise reservation dynamics. Treat every cutoff figure on this site as indicative, cross-check the live CSAB seat matrix at csab.nic.in, and use our predictor tool for a rank-and-category-specific estimate.