Engineering

CBIT Hyderabad admissions are undergoing, and interested candidates can follow the below provided steps to begin their applications:

1. Register for the prescribed entrance exam for CBIT (TSICET, TGEAPCET, GATE, etc.)
2. Appear for the test and obtain valid scoring/rank.
3. Participate in the counselling round for being selected for the desired institution.
4. Complete the joining formalities at the campus of CBIT Hyderabad.

CBIT Hyderabad provides a range of Engineering and Management programmes to students. The flagship course is the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programmes in the UG field. Students can also choose to pursue the MBA course for Management careers. Further, CBIT provides ME and M.Tech programmes to students for further Engineering foundation.

If you belong to the General AI category, a rank of 7000 should easily get you admitted to IIIT Kottayam, as its JEE Mains 2025 ECE cutoff was 35,831 in the first round and 55,182 in the last round. You also have the option to opt for other B.Tech branches, such as B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, with its last round cutoff of 50277, which is more competitive at IIIT Kottayam than ECE. Below is a table detailing the last round closing rank for various categories for BTech ECE 2025. 

M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at IIIT Kota, first round cutoff 2025 is 346 for students in the SC AI quota. IIIT Kota closed its admission with the last round cutoff of 260. M.Tech in AI and Data Science is the most sought-after M.Tech specialisation at IIIT Kota this year. The university accepts the GATE exam 2025 for admissions; the qualifying students then need to appear for the CCMT counselling session conducted by the university. 

Check out the Engineering placement packages and rates recorded during the NIT Arunachal Pradesh placements 2026:

IIIT Kota has released the M.Tech Cutoff 2025 for various specialisations in the form of opening and closing scores for different rounds and categories. For admission to  M.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE-Semiconductor Technology) IIIT Kota cutoff 2025 for the general category candidates ranged from 370 to 366 in the first and last rounds. For the OBC category, the cutoff score ranged between 330 to 320. Below is a table provided for the first and last round closing scores for M.Tech in ECE 2025 for different categories, for a better understanding. 

IIT Ropar CSE cutoff 2026 was 2978 in the fourth round for students belonging to the General AI quota. Similarly, for IIT Patna and IIT Mandi, the closing ranks were 3305 and 3701, respectively, during the Round 1 admission.

Analysing the first-round closing ranks, the competition for CSE admission was higher for IIT Ropar, followed by IIT Patna and IIT Mandi in the General AI category. 

IIT Madras JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 is available in the table below for CSE Round 1 admission across various categories under the All India quota.

The JEE Advanced Round 1 closing rank 2026 for CSE admission was 149 for students in the General AI category. Similarly, for IIT Bombay, the closing rank stood at 65, indicating a very competitive rank for CSE admission. Considering the first-round cutoff, it is much easier to get admission to IIT Madras for CSE as compared to IIT Bombay.