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There are total 18,160 seats in all 23 IITs in India. Candidates can check here category, course and gender wise seats distributions details for all IITs. The process of admission to IITs include qualifying JEE Mains and Advanced exams. More information about JEE Advanced exam pattern and syllabus are also provided on this page.

There are total 18,160 seats in all 23 IITs in India. Candidates can check here category, course and gender wise seats distributions details for all IITs. The process of admission to IITs include qualifying JEE Mains and Advanced exams. More information about JEE Advanced exam pattern and syllabus are also provided on this page.

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Total Number of Seats in IITs

Total number of seats in all IITs are 18160. There are total 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in India. Admission to undergraduate science and engineering courses (BTech/BS/Integrated courses) in all IITs is through JEE Advanced exam. Candidates are provided here complete details on branch and course wise seats as well as total IIT seats in India. Candidates can also check here gender wise distributions of seats across all categories.

Also Check: List of Top IITs in India as per NIRF Ranking

Table of contents
  • Total Number of Seats in IITs
  • Category-wise Total IIT Seats
  • Course-wise IIT Total Seats
  • IIT Seats in India- Gender wise Seat Distributions Across all Categories
  • IIT Admission Process
  • IIT JEE Advanced Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Total Number of Seats in IITs

Institute Name

Total Seats (Including Supernumerary Seats)

IIT Bhubaneswar

496

IIT Bombay

1360

IIT Mandi

520

IIT Delhi

1239

IIT Indore

480

IIT Kharagpur

1919

IIT Hyderabad

630

IIT Jodhpur

610

IIT Kanpur

1210

IIT Madras

1121

IIT Gandhinagar

360

IIT Patna

817

IIT Roorkee

1353

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

1210

IIT Ropar

646

IIT (BHU) Varanasi

1589

IIT Guwahati

962

IIT Bhilai

329

IIT Goa

165

IIT Palakkad

200

IIT Tirupati

254

IIT Jammu

305

IIT Dharwad

385

Total

18160

Category-wise Total IIT Seats

Institute Name

Open

Gen-EWS

OBC-NCL

SC

ST

PwD

IIT Bhubaneswar

191

48

127

70

35

10

IIT Bombay

531

132

347

194

97

18

IIT Mandi

201

50

132

74

37

10

IIT Delhi

474

118

318

177

89

27

IIT Indore

186

45

123

68

34

8

IIT Kharagpur

737

189

493

274

137

39

IIT Hyderabad

240

60

162

90

46

13

IIT Jodhpur

247

57

153

89

43

7

IIT Kanpur

462

115

312

173

87

25

IIT Madras

436

105

288

159

80

22

IIT Gandhinagar

141

35

92

53

26

5

IIT Patna

319

82

214

117

59

13

IIT Roorkee

526

134

347

190

95

23

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

466

97

312

172

87

25

IIT Ropar

249

62

165

92

46

13

IIT (BHU) Varanasi

614

152

409

227

114

30

IIT Guwahati

372

89

247

135

69

18

IIT Bhilai

126

30

84

47

24

7

IIT Goa

67

16

42

22

11

3

IIT Palakkad

77

19

52

27

15

4

IIT Tirupati

99

24

65

35

18

5

IIT Jammu

117

28

79

44

22

6

IIT Dharwad

147

37

93

57

29

8

Total

7025

1724

4656

2586

1300

339

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Course-wise IIT Total Seats

Institute Name

CSE

EE

ECE

ME

CE

IIT Bhubaneswar

82

75

54

105

105

IIT Bombay

170

112

NA

202

146

IIT Mandi

80

70

NA

60

50

IIT Delhi

99

110

NA

85

110

IIT Indore

82

85

NA

87

53

IIT Kharagpur

140

113

150

172

119

IIT Hyderabad

65

65

NA

65

60

IIT Jodhpur

80

50

50

90

60

IIT Kanpur

129

192

NA

149

148

IIT Madras

87

154

NA

144

117

IIT Gandhinagar

60

50

NA

50

40

IIT Patna

86

50

50

86

70

IIT Roorkee

109

165

109

150

154

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

139

123

124

131

69

IIT Ropar

120

120

NA

NA

35

IIT (BHU) Varanasi

155

150

155

190

160

IIT Guwahati

114

NA

104

119

117

IIT Bhilai

61

60

44

60

NA

IIT Goa

45

45

NA

45

NA

IIT Palakkad

40

40

NA

40

40

IIT Tirupati

53

60

NA

53

NA

IIT Jammu

40

40

NA

40

40

IIT Dharwad

65

NA

45

65

NA

Total

2101

1929

885

2188

1693

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IIT Seats in India- Gender wise Seat Distributions Across all Categories

Category

Male

Female

Total

OPEN

5724

1394

7118

GEN-EWS

1567

441

2008

OBC-NCL

3954

1011

4965

SC

2185

545

2730

ST

1094

273

1367

Total

14524

3664

18188

IIT Admission Process

Candidates interested in BTech/BS admission at IITs have to qualify in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced). The exam is conducted once every year in May. Before applying for the JEE Advanced, candidates have to first qualify the JEE Mains exam by scoring the minimum cutoff score. Only those candidates who scores above the JEE Main cutoff can apply and appear in JEE Advanced.

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Questions in the exam are asked from the class 11 and 12 topics of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics mentioned in JEE Advanced syllabus. The exact list of topics to be studied can be checked from the syllabus available on the JEE Advanced official website.

As per JEE Advanced exam pattern, there will be two question papers, Paper 1 and 2 each having questions from Physics, Chemistry and Maths. Students have to appear in both the papers and qualify. The total number of questions in JEE Advanced exam varies in most years but ranges around 15-20 in each paper. The exam will have Single Correct MCQs, Multiple Correct MCQs, Matching Type Questions, and Numerical Answer Type questions.

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