Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Women’s IIT Intake Rises 52% Since 2019, Share Edges Up
More women joined India’s top engineering colleges in 2025 than in 2019.
The number increased from 2,416 to 3,664.
That is about 52% more women.
The total number of seats also grew, but by a smaller amount.
Because of this, women’s share rose from about 18% to about 20%.
The government added extra seats for women to help improve gender balance.
These extra seats were not supposed to take away seats from other students.
By 2025, nearly every IIT had around one woman for every four students.
The increase was seen across many IIT campuses rather than only a few.
Women allotted IIT seats increased from 2,416 in 2019 to 3,664 in 2025, a rise of about 52%.
Female students’ share rose from 17.76% to 20.15%, an increase of 2.39 percentage points.
Total seats allotted across the 23 IITs grew from 13,604 to 18,188, or about 34%.
The increase followed supernumerary seats introduced to improve women’s representation without reducing gender-neutral seats.
In 2025, female representation ranged from 19.19% at IIT Kharagpur to 21.57% at IIT Tirupati.
- Who
- Female students admitted to India’s 23 Indian Institutes of Technology.
- What
- Women’s IIT intake rose 52% from 2019 to 2025, while their share of allotted seats increased from 17.76% to 20.15%.
- When
- The comparison covers 2019 and 2025; the policy began with supernumerary seats in 2018-19.
- Where
- Across India’s 23 IITs.
- Why
- The increase followed a policy introducing supernumerary seats to improve women’s representation in IIT undergraduate programs.
- Female students in 2019
- 2,416
- Female students in 2025
- 3,664
- Female share in 2019
- 17.76%
- Female share in 2025
- 20.15%
- Total seats allotted in 2019
- 13,604
- Total seats allotted in 2025
- 18,188
- Highest female share in 2025
- 21.57% at IIT Tirupati
- Lowest female share in 2025
- 19.19% at IIT Kharagpur