IIT Admissions 2026: 16 IITs Allot More Seats Than Listed Capacity
The final JoSAA 2026 round allotted 18,861 IIT seats against a listed capacity of 18,826, with 16 of 23 IITs recording allotments above their stated capacity.
The final round of IIT seat allocation in 2026 saw 18,861 seats allotted against a listed capacity of 18,826, resulting in 35 additional allotments across 16 of the 23 IITs, according to the Joint Implementation Committee report on JEE Advanced 2026.
The difference was small but varied by institute. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad recorded the largest gap, with 1,215 seats allotted against a capacity of 1,210. IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee each allotted four seats above capacity, while IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Patna recorded three additional allotments each.
Seven IITs—including IIT Indore, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Goa, IIT Palakkad, IIT Tirupati, IIT Jammu and IIT Dharwad—matched their listed capacities.
The 2026 capacity included 3,776 female-only supernumerary seats. Overall, 3,814 female candidates secured IIT seats, representing 20.22% of the 18,861 allotments. Thirty-seven women entered through the gender-neutral pool in addition to those occupying female-only seats.
The JEE Advanced process saw 1,87,389 candidates register, with 1,79,694 appearing in both papers and 56,880 qualifying.
So, yes, the IIT seat-count spreadsheet technically went into overtime—but only by 35 seats.
