CSAB Cutoff 2026: Check Previous Year Opening and Closing Ranks for NITs, IIITs and GFTIs
Central Seat Allocation Board 2026 ( CSAB )
CSAB Special Counselling 2026: Online Request for category restoration
22 Jul '26 - 23 Jul '26
CSAB Cutoff 2026: The Central Seat Allocation Board releases the CSAB cutoff for NEUT, Special and Supernumerary counselling rounds. The cutoffs are being made available as CSAB opening and closing ranks after each round of the counselling process, and can now be checked below on this page. Applicants appearing in the CSAB 2026 counselling process must have their rank between the opening and closing ranks to get admission to their preferred institute.
Candidates can also check the CSAB previous year cutoff marks below on this page. CSAB releases the round-wise cutoffs for various programmes offered by 71 participating institutes, including the NITs (National Institutes of Technology), IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology) and GFTIs (Government Funded Technical Institutes). For more details about the CSAB cutoff 2026, candidates can refer to the article below.
- How to Check CSAB Counselling 2026 Cutoff?
- CSAB 2026 Dates & Schedule
- CSAB Cutoff 2026
- Factors Determining CSAB 2026 Opening and Closing Ranks
- Previous Year CSAB Cutoffs (2025 to 2022)
- CSAB Cutoff FAQs
How to Check CSAB Counselling 2026 Cutoff?
To check CSAB cutoff, candidates have to:
- Visit the official website - csab.nic.in.
- Now, click on the link for CSAB opening and closing ranks for special, NEUT and Supernumerary rounds.
- Now, on the open window - select the counselling round, institute and other details.
- Submit all details and check the opening and closing ranks displayed.
Commonly asked questions
Candidates can check CSAB opening and closing ranks on the official website, csab.nic.in. They have to enter the details asked to check the list of courses and colleges based on the or and CR of each counselling round.
CSAB cutoffs are usually lower or higher in rank (i.e., less competitive) than JoSAA cutoffs.
The official website to check CSAB cutoff is csab.nic.in.
CSAB 2026 Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CSAB 2026 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Jul ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Round 1 Seat Allotment TENTATIVE |
| Jul ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Round 1 online reporting TENTATIVE |
| Jul ' 26 - Aug ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Reporting centre to report admission data TENTATIVE |
| 22 Jul ' 26 - 23 Jul ' 26 | CSAB Special Counselling 2026: Online Request for category restoration |
| Jul ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Round 1 Reconciliation of data, verification and validation of allotted seats TENTATIVE |
| Jul ' 26 - Aug ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Reporting at the allotted Institute for admission TENTATIVE |
| 24 Jul ' 26 | CSAB Special Counselling 2026: Last day to respond to queries regarding category restoration |
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Jul ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Reconciliation of data, verification and validation of allocated seats |
| Jun ' 26 - Jul ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Verification of documents |
| Jun ' 26 - Jul ' 26 | CSAB NEUT Counselling 2026: Choice filling |
CSAB Cutoff 2026
The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) publishes cutoff ranks for its three counselling categories: NUET, Special, and Supernumerary. These rankings are issued following every round of each counselling type.
CSAB special round cutoffs will be available below:
| Institute |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| National Institute of Technology |
will be available here | will be available here |
| Indian Institutes of Information Technology |
will be available here | will be available here |
| Government Funded Technical Institutes |
will be available here | will be available here |
Commonly asked questions
Getting a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) seat in a centrally funded government college (like NITs or IIITs) through CSAB counseling with a 3 Lacs CRL (and 1.1 Lacs OBC-NCL Rank) is highly unlikely.
Yes. CSAB retains the Home State (50% quota) and Other State (50% quota) categorisations for NITs, just like in JoSAA.
The only private college that participate in CSAB is BIT (Birla Institute of Technical) having it's main campus at Mesra, Ranchi and other campuses at Patna and Sindri.
Factors Determining CSAB 2026 Opening and Closing Ranks
CSAB 2025 cut-off will be decided based on the following factors:
- The difficulty level of JEE Mains.
- Previous year’s cutoff trends.
- Total number of applicants for JEE Main.
- Number of seats available for admission.
- Candidates’ performance in the exam.
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Commonly asked questions
- Opening Rank means the lowest rank at which admission was given in any college in CSAB.
- Closing Rank means the the highest rank at which the admission was closed in any college in CSAB.
You can verify and analyse the previous year CSAB opening and closing ranks at csab.nic.in.
No, if the candidate has physically reported at the allotted institute, then withdrawal is not permitted from the CSAB account. The CSAB headquarters will transfer the collected fee to the allotted/admitted institute. Thereafter, the cancellation and refund/forfeiture will be handled by the allotted institute as per their rules/norms.
Previous Year CSAB Cutoffs (2025 to 2022)
The CSAB counselling cutoff for Special, NEUT and Supernumerary from previous years can be checked below.
CSAB Special Round Cutoff 2025
Check below the CSAB special round cutoffs from previous years:
| Year |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
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CSAB Special Round Cutoffs - 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021
Check below the CSAB special round cutoffs from previous years:
| Year |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
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| 2023 | ||
| 2022 | ||
| NIT CSAB Special Round Cutoff |
NIT CSAB Special Round Cutoff |
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| GFTI CSAB Special Round Cutoff |
GFTI CSAB Special Round Cutoff |
Commonly asked questions
With rank under 50,000, you can target CSE/ECE in newer IIITs (Kalyani, Dharwad), core branches in top NITs (Jalandhar, Bhopal), and tech branches in GFTIs (JNU, BIT Mesra).
The CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board) portal typically displays the category rank for the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) category. This rank is specific to the EWS candidates and helps determine seat allocation during counseling and admissions.
CRL refers to Common Rank List (CRL). CRL is the merit list that consists of all the ranks of students who appeared for JEE Mains exam. JEE Main CRL includes name of the candidates along with their caste, gender, JEE Main all India rank and category-wise rank.
For more accurate and the latest information please visit the official portal of CSAB.
Yes, it is possible to get a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering through JOSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) or CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board) in lower NITs (National Institutes of Technology). JOSAA handles the initial seat allocation for IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs based on JEE Main ranks. If there are any vacant seats remaining after the JoSAA rounds, CSAB conducts special rounds to fill those, also based on JEE Main scores.
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CSAB Cutoff FAQs
Check some of the FAQs on CSAB counselling cutoff below.
Yes, you can.
Acceptance of seat in JOSSA round has nothing to do with CSAB round. You can surely sit in CSAB special round.
Last year my brother got NIT jalandhar EEE in 7th round. Then he went to NIT jalandhar for paying initial fees and giving documents.
Then he sat in CSAB special rounds and got NIT delhi ECE in round 2.
Hence, he accepted the seat and his fees in NIT jalandhar was transferred to NIT delhi along with other documents.
Yes, Central Seat Allocation Board provided reservation to reserved category candidates as pe the rules. Applicants applying for CSAB counselling with reservation must upload required documents at registration. It is necessary to upload certificate/required document to avail the reservation at the time of admission. Any candidate who fails to produce the reservation documents at the time of admission will be considered for general merit seats.
No, if the candidate has physically reported at the allotted institute, then withdrawal is not permitted from the CSAB account. The CSAB headquarters will transfer the collected fee to the allotted/admitted institute. Thereafter, the cancellation and refund/forfeiture will be handled by the allotted institute as per their rules/norms.
No. You don't need to surrender the seat allotted in JoSAA round. While participating in Special Round, the seat allotted in JoSAA round will remain safe if you don't get a seat in Special Round and will be forfeited if you are allotted a seat in the Special Round.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 weeks ago
With rank under 50,000, you can target CSE/ECE in newer IIITs (Kalyani, Dharwad), core branches in top NITs (Jalandhar, Bhopal), and tech branches in GFTIs (JNU, BIT Mesra).
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered 3 weeks ago
You can verify and analyse the previous year CSAB opening and closing ranks at csab.nic.in.
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered 3 weeks ago
Yes. CSAB retains the Home State (50% quota) and Other State (50% quota) categorisations for NITs, just like in JoSAA.
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered 3 weeks ago
CSAB cutoffs are usually lower or higher in rank (i.e., less competitive) than JoSAA cutoffs.
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered a month ago
No, CSAB counselling has not begun for NIT Andhra Pradesh BTech admissions in 2026. Counselling rounds for BTech admissions through CSAB are scheduled on 28th July. Candidates will be able to register for CSAB counselling starting from 23rd July.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
NIT Raipur sees its final BTech vacancies filled during the CSAB rounds in late July or early August. These rounds start only after the regular JoSAA process is completely finished. It is a fast-paced process that lasts for about a week. You must act quickly to upload documents and pay fees if you g
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
If you are OBC candidate then you can
1) Fill JoSSA — try for NIT Manipur/Nagaland/Mizoram in Civil or Mechanical
2) Participate in CSAB — extra chance
3) Don't skip state counselling — OBC quota there can be very beneficial
4) Apply to NSUT/YMCA — placements rival many NITs
A lower branch NIT vs NSUT/YM
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