IIT Kanpur - Indian Institute of Technology (IITK) Cutoff

for the right seat

Use the official JoSAA opening and closing ranks page and select the 2026 academic year, IIT institute type, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, the exact academic programme, round, seat type and category. The filters matter: a closing rank from one programme or category cannot stand in for another. Compare the same round when reviewing historical movement. A later round may close at a different rank because it reflects a different allocation stage and remaining seats.

JoSAA defines the ranks by seat type. For Open seats, opening and closing ranks represent the Common Rank List (CRL). For EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST seats, they represent the respective category ranks. PwD seats use PwD ranks within their respective categories. A rank is therefore meaningful only with the seat type attached. Comparing an Open CRL with an OBC-NCL category rank would compare different rank lists. JoSAA also notes that a “P” suffix indicates the preparatory rank list; retain that suffix when interpreting the result.

Opening rank is the best rank at which a seat was allotted in that selected result; closing rank is the last rank allotted for the selected combination. Closing rank is useful for understanding the historical edge of that round, but it is not a promise of admission in a future year. Seat availability, applicant preferences, category and round all matter. A candidate whose rank is numerically better than a past closing rank may still need to satisfy eligibility rules and complete the current counselling process; a past closing rank by itself does not secure a seat.

For a useful comparison, note the complete row identity before recording a number: institute, programme, round, seat type, category, gender pool, rank list and academic year. Then compare like with like across years. If a programme name or category does not match, leave the comparison out instead of treating nearby rows as equivalent. Use the official result filters and retain the exact selected values with any saved rank.

JoSAA exposes the 2026 ranks through an interactive official result interface with filters rather than a stable, opened static IIT Kanpur table in the sources reviewed for this page. No numeric rank row is reproduced without verifying the exact programme, round, category, seat type and gender pool. This avoids presenting a number from a different institute or rank list as an IIT Kanpur cutoff. Open the official interface for the exact row and record its filters with the result. Once a stable official table or result export is available and verified, this page can add a properly scoped year-by-year comparison.