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NIT Rourkela cutoff 2026

At National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, CSE closed at 4,266 for Other State and 9,635 for Home State candidates in JoSAA 2026 round 5 (Open, gender-neutral). Below: the closing rank of all 23 programmes, with 2025 beside them, category-wise and female-only cutoffs, and a predictor for your rank.

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NIT Rourkela branch-wise cutoff 2026

Closing ranks for the Open category, JoSAA 2026 round 5. Candidates who passed Class 12 in Odisha compete for Home State (HS) seats; everyone else competes for Other State (OS) seats. Female-only seats are supernumerary and usually close later.

ProgrammeHome StateOther StateOS femaleOS 2025
Computer Science and Engineering4-year B.Tech9,6354,2667,1333,431
B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing4-year B.Tech13,3654,9519,485–
Artificial Intelligence4-year B.Tech11,4465,1388,8524,448
Electronics and Communication Engineering4-year B.Tech12,2955,4569,8925,785
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering4-year B.Tech14,7969,13914,4439,555
Electrical Engineering4-year B.Tech19,80410,10816,52410,623
Engineering Physics4-year B.Tech26,14114,21817,118–
Mechanical Engineering4-year B.Tech24,49714,59324,15115,035
Chemical Engineering4-year B.Tech28,35419,88729,94618,034
Chemical Engineering5-year Dual degree33,50622,46735,59420,944
Civil Engineering4-year B.Tech29,44026,46441,25525,282
Industrial Design4-year B.Tech39,43727,10442,02224,030
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering4-year B.Tech32,66227,78133,26630,135
Bio Technology4-year B.Tech37,68528,57433,34632,227
Mining Engineering4-year B.Tech35,92931,31550,11935,731
Ceramic Engineering4-year B.Tech41,76931,64048,28534,022
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering5-year Dual degree41,59933,79748,99835,129
Bio Medical Engineering4-year B.Tech49,09134,51635,25234,766
Food Process Engineering4-year B.Tech60,70736,49232,99240,010
Chemistry5-year Integrated Master of Science63,01239,13659,06643,806
Mining Engineering5-year Dual degree48,37940,360–41,212
Ceramic Engineering and M.Tech Industrial Ceramic5-year Dual degree60,61140,46356,67245,200
Life Science5-year Integrated Master of Science79,58055,09237,02151,669
Architecture5-year B.Arch · Paper 2 rank969514488550

NIT Rourkela CSE cutoff by category

Computer Science and Engineering (4-year B.Tech) closing ranks for each category, JoSAA 2026 round 5. Ranks for EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST are category ranks, not CRL. A dash means that seat was not offered.

CategoryHome StateOther StateHS femaleOS female
Open (General)9,6354,26612,4897,133
EWS2,230545–964
OBC-NCL4,5801,2316,1963,329
SC1,6604822,9531,610
ST1,038216868465

Source: JoSAA opening and closing ranks (2026 round 5) and the 2025 round 6 archive, retrieved 2026-10-22. Closing ranks change every year; treat them as a guide.

Questions

What is the NIT Rourkela cutoff for CSE?

In JoSAA 2026 round 5, Computer Science and Engineering (4-year B.Tech) at NIT Rourkela closed at JEE Main rank 4,266 for Other State and 9,635 for Home State candidates, Open category, gender-neutral. In 2025 the Other State closing rank was 3,431.

What JEE Main rank is needed for NIT Rourkela?

For Other State candidates in the Open category, the most competitive programme closed at rank 4,266 and the last one to close was Life Science (5-year Integrated Master of Science) at 55,092 in JoSAA 2026. Category, Home State and female-only seats close at different ranks; use the predictor above for yours.

Is there a home state quota at NIT Rourkela?

Candidates who passed Class 12 in Odisha compete for Home State (HS) seats; everyone else competes for Other State (OS) seats. Home and Other State closing ranks for the same branch can differ a lot.

Which rank does NIT Rourkela use for admission?

JEE Main rank, through JoSAA counselling: your Common Rank List (CRL) rank for Open seats and your category rank for EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST seats. B.Arch and B.Planning seats use the JEE Main Paper 2 rank list.

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