CSAB 2026 NIT Patna Cutoff – Branch-wise Ranks in SR1/SR2

National Institute of Technology, Patna, located in Bihar, has arguably the longest institutional lineage of any NIT in India. It traces its origins to 1886 as Bihar College of Engineering, one of the earliest engineering colleges established in the country, and later became a Regional Engineering College before being converted to NIT status in 2004. This gives it a genuinely unique historical legacy among Indian technical institutes.

Despite this long history, NIT Patna's current JoSAA demand is more moderate than at Tier-1 NITs or even some other well-established institutes, meaning a meaningful share of its seats — particularly in core branches — remain open or become vacant by the time CSAB Special Round begins. This makes it a genuinely useful CSAB target for candidates in the mid-range CRL band.

Why CSAB Candidates Should Seriously Consider NIT Patna

For candidates who value institutional legacy and a central-government NIT tag, NIT Patna offers a distinctive combination: nearly one and a half centuries of engineering education history, paired with meaningfully more accessible CSAB cutoffs than most Tier-1 and several Tier-2 NITs. Its location in Patna also gives it strong relevance for candidates from Bihar, Jharkhand, and Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Core branches — Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering — show the most dependable CSAB vacancy patterns at NIT Patna, while CSE and ECE vacancies, though present, tend to close earlier given consistently strong demand for computing branches. As always, check the exact, current seat matrix on the official CSAB portal, now that CSAB 2026 counselling has concluded, since precise numbers shift from year to year.

If your CRL rank falls in the mid-range band where Tier-1 NITs are out of reach but you'd value an institute with genuine historical depth over a newer NIT or a GFTI, NIT Patna deserves a prominent place in your CSAB choice list. Rank your genuinely preferred branches here above weaker alternatives elsewhere — the CSAB algorithm always attempts your highest-ranked eligible choice first.

CSAB registration closed on August 3, 2026, and the SR1 (Special Round 1) result was declared on August 6. The SR2 result was declared on August 12, 2026 — check the current vacancy position for NIT Patna under the Seat Matrix section on csab.nic.in. Pair that with our CSAB college predictor for a rank-based estimate specific to your category and quota, and compare it against NIT Raipur if you are open to relocating to Central India instead.

Home State vs Other State Quota at NIT Patna

As with all NITs, Patna reserves roughly half its seats for Home State (Bihar) quota candidates and the rest for Other State quota. HS quota cutoffs at NIT Patna tend to be more relaxed than OS quota cutoffs for the same branch, giving Bihar-domiciled candidates a genuine advantage on top of the institute's already reasonably favorable overall CSAB availability in core branches.