Archive · 7 Oct 2026
IIT Bombay Leads Top JEE Advanced 2026 Choices
The article looks at which colleges the 100 highest-ranked students chose.
Sixty-eight chose IIT Bombay.
Eighteen chose IIT Delhi.
Eleven chose IIT Madras.
One chose IIT Kanpur.
That means almost all of these students picked one of those first three institutes.
JEE Advanced is an exam used for admission to undergraduate courses at the IITs.
Students must qualify in JEE Main before they can take JEE Advanced.
The figures show which IITs these top-ranked students preferred.
IIT Bombay was chosen by 68 of the top 100 JEE Advanced 2026 rankers.
IIT Delhi was selected by 18 top-100 rankers.
IIT Madras was selected by 11, and IIT Kanpur by one.
The three most popular institutes—Bombay, Delhi and Madras—accounted for 97 choices.
The figures offer a snapshot of institute preferences among the highest-ranked candidates.
- Who
- The top 100 rankers of JEE Advanced 2026.
- What
- Their institute choices: 68 chose IIT Bombay, 18 IIT Delhi, 11 IIT Madras and one IIT Kanpur.
- When
- The data concerns JEE Advanced 2026; no specific date is given.
- Where
- The Indian Institutes of Technology in India.
- Why
- The figures provide insight into the institute choices of some of the highest-ranked engineering aspirants.
- IIT Bombay choices
- 68 of the top 100 rankers
- IIT Delhi choices
- 18 of the top 100 rankers
- IIT Madras choices
- 11 of the top 100 rankers
- IIT Kanpur choices
- One of the top 100 rankers
- Combined choices at Bombay, Delhi and Madras
- 97 of the top 100 rankers
- Exam purpose
- Admission to undergraduate programmes at the IITs
- Eligibility
- Students must qualify for JEE Main to be eligible for JEE Advanced