Archive · 9 Oct 2026
IIT Bombay Leads Top JEE-Advanced 2026 Rankers’ Choices
A report says that most of the highest-ranked students in JEE-Advanced 2026 were allotted places at three IITs.
IIT Bombay had the most students among the top 100, followed by IIT Delhi and IIT Madras.
Across all IITs, there were 18,861 admissions.
Women received 3,814 seat allotments, making up about one-fifth of the total.
That was slightly more than the 3,664 women allotted seats in 2025.
The report also says more students from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories qualified this year than last year.
It was based on a report prepared by IIT Roorkee’s Joint Implementation Committee.
A report citing the Joint Implementation Committee said 97 of the top 100 JEE-Advanced 2026 rankers were allotted seats at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi or IIT Madras.
IIT Bombay accounted for 68 of the top 100 rankers; IIT Delhi and IIT Madras together accounted for the remaining 29.
Of the top 25 rankers, eight each took admission at IIT Delhi and IIT Madras, while six joined IIT Bombay.
Across all IITs, 18,861 admissions were made; women received 3,814 allotments, about 20.2% of the total, compared with 3,664 in 2025.
The report said SC qualifiers increased from 12,528 to 15,856 and ST qualifiers from 5,017 to 6,379 between 2025 and 2026.
- Who
- JEE-Advanced 2026 rankers and candidates, including women and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates.
- What
- A report described top-ranker seat choices, IIT admissions and changes in candidate qualification figures.
- When
- 2026, compared with 2025 for several figures.
- Where
- Indian Institutes of Technology across India, including IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras.
- Why
- The report presented admissions and qualification data; it said women-only seats were added to help women account for at least one-fifth of new undergraduate students.
- Top 100 rankers at three IITs
- 97 were allotted seats at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi or IIT Madras.
- IIT Bombay's top-100 count
- 68 rankers.
- All IIT admissions
- 18,861 in 2026.
- Women’s seat allotments
- 3,814 in 2026, compared with 3,664 in 2025.
- Women’s share of admissions
- Approximately 20.2%, up from 20.15% in the previous year.
- Women-only seat allotments
- 3,777; another 37 allotments were in seats open to candidates of all genders.
- SC and ST qualifiers
- SC qualifiers rose from 12,528 in 2025 to 15,856 in 2026; ST qualifiers rose from 5,017 to 6,379.