IIT Guwahati - Indian Institute of Technology

IIT Guwahati has started the GATE 2026 registration process on August 28. The application form facility is open at the GOAPS portal. The deadline has been revised. As per the latest update, candidates who want to apply for GATE can check the dates and submit as per their convenience. The last date to submit the application form without late fees is October 6 (revised) and till October 9 with late fees. 

No, it is not easy to get admission at IIT Guwahati as the institute conducts its admission process through accepted entrance exams conducted by various authorities. Some of the popular entrance exams accepted by the institute are JEE Main, CAT, GATE, CEED, NET, JEE Advanced, etc. Candidates must appear for the respective entrance exam and qualify for its cutoff.

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the 6th IIT established by the Government of India and has been ranked 334th in the 'World University' category by the QS World University Rankings 2026. It holds the status of an Institute of Importance like other IITs. Further, the institute has also been ranked 8 by the NIRF Ranking 2025 in the Engineering category.

IIT Guwahati has a decent placement record of placements for courses like BTech, MTech, MBA, BDes, etc. Check out the key highlights of IIT Guwahati placements for the Class of 2024 and 2025 in the table below:

The BTech scholarships at IIT Guwahati have different eligibility criteria. Some of them are merit based scholarships where, the candidates are offered BTech scholarships due totheir high score in either the JEE Advanced exam or their last qualifying exam. Candidates who belong to the SC/ST groups are also awarded scholarships if they can prove that they belong tosuch categories.

The OBC AI category students need to attain a rank of at least 4389 according to the last round of IIT Guwahati BTech cutoff 2026. Students can check the table below to know the IIT Guwahati branch-wise cutoff 2026 for the last round. The ranks given below are the highest ranks acceptable for each branch.

 For this category, the last round cutoff ranged from 201 to 2786. To get admission to core branches, like BTech CSE, Chemical, Civil, and Mechanical, students need to target a rank of at least 201, 1638, 2067 and 1212 or lower, respectively. Check the table below to know the highest rank acceptable for different branches.

IIT Guwahati BTech cutoff 2026 ranged from 810 to 10525 for the students belonging to the General category AI quota. Similarly, for the EWS category, the Round 1 closing ranks varied between 120 and 1596 under the AI quota. To see the branch-wise cutoff difference between both the categories for the first round, check out the table below: 

IIT Guwahati JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 ranged from 810 in the first round to 12170 in the last round for the General AI category.

As per this range, BTech CSE and BTech in Biosciences and Bioengineering are the most and least competitive branches for admission. See below to know the Round 1 and Last Round Closing ranks for various BTech branches for the General AI category. 

If you belong to the General AI quota, the UCEED target rank should be below 90 to secure a seat at IIT Guwahati. In 2025, the Round 3 closing rank was 90 for B.Des admission. Please note that the cutoff ranks vary for different rounds, years, and categories. For the OBC category students, the cutoff rank was 50, so candidates must aim to secure a rank lower than 50 to improve their chances of getting admission to this institute.