JEE Main 2026: The countdown for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) 2026 has begun. JEE Main 2026 Session 1 is scheduled to be held between January 21 and 30, 2026.  JEE Main 2026 Session 2 will be held in April. Meanwhile, IIT Roorkee has also released the schedule for JEE Advanced 2026. IIT Roorkee will conduct JEE Advanced 2026 on May 17.  In short, the admission process for IITs in the 2026-27 academic session has begun. It is well known that the goal of most candidates appearing for JEE Main 2026 is to qualify for JEE Advanced, and only those who score well in JEE Advanced get admission to IITs. Essentially, JEE Main is considered a preliminary test for admission to IITs.

Let's find out how many seats are available for candidates of different categories in IITs. Based on the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) 2025 report, we will understand the seat matrix for General, OBC, and other categories in IITs.

How many total seats are there in IITs?
After the JEE Advanced 2025 admission process, IIT Kanpur prepared the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) 2025 report. According to the JIC 2025 report, a total of 23 IITs are operating in the country. These IITs have a total of 18,160 B.Tech seats.

Understanding admissions based on caste
According to the directives of the Indian Constitution, the caste-based reservation system is also applicable for admissions to IITs, under which seats are reserved for OBC, SC, ST, and EWS category candidates. Let's find out, according to the JIC 2025 report, how many students from each caste category got admission to IITs in 2025.

How many candidates from each caste category got admission to IITs?
According to the JIC 2025 report, a total of 187,223 candidates registered for JEE Advanced 2025. Out of these, 180,422 candidates appeared in JEE Advanced 2026.  Of these, 54,378 candidates qualified, and 18,188 candidates secured admission to the IITs.

According to the JIC 2025 report, in the admission session 2025-26, 7,118 candidates from the General category secured admission to the IITs. Similarly, 4,965 candidates from the OBC category, 2,008 from the EWS category, 2,730 from the SC category, and 1,367 from the ST category also secured admission to the IITs.

A look at the JEE Advanced 2025 Admission Cutoff
According to the JIC 2025 report, candidates who scored 92 marks in JEE Advanced 2025 secured admission. In the EWS category, male students secured a seat in the IITs with 78 marks (24.67%) and female students also with 78 marks (21.67%). In the OBC category, male students secured a seat with 74 marks (20.55%) and female students with 66 marks (18.33%). In the SC category, male students secured admission with 43 marks (11.94%) and female students with 46 marks (12.78%). In the ST category, male students secured admission with 37 marks (10.28%) and female students with 41 marks (11.39%).

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