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Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Technology · 4-year programme

Bachelor of Technology

4 years

73 colleges

Last updated JoSAA 2026 · By Divyansh Agarwal

About Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is offered through JoSAA counselling at 73 centrally funded Indian institutes. Admission is merit-based — IIT seats are allocated from the JEE Advanced rank list; NIT, IIIT, and GFTI seats use JEE Main. Every institute below takes the branch through the Bachelor of Technology, 4-year programme.

The table shows the latest JoSAA counselling year's Open category, Gender-Neutral closing rank for each institute offering this branch, sorted by how competitive the cutoff is. Click any institute name to see its full branch list, NIRF history, and other branches on offer.

Colleges offering Mechanical Engineering

Institute	Type	State	NIRF rank	Opening rank	Closing rank	Deep cutoffs
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	IIT	Maharashtra	3 (2025)	380	1,852	View
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	IIT	Delhi	2 (2025)	861	2,131	View
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	IIT	Tamilnadu	1 (2025)	543	2,445	View
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	4 (2025)	2,202	2,980	View
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	IIT	Uttrakhand	6 (2025)	2,763	3,992	View
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	IIT	West Bengal	5 (2025)	2,941	4,182	View
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	IIT	Telangana	7 (2025)	3,105	4,324	View
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	IIT	Assam	8 (2025)	3,104	5,030	View
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	IIT	Gujarat	25 (2025)	5,034	6,790	View
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	10 (2025)	4,407	7,035	View
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	IIT	Madhya Pradesh	12 (2025)	5,172	7,079	View
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	IIT	Punjab	32 (2025)	7,236	8,920	View
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	IIT	Rajasthan	27 (2025)	7,241	9,409	View
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	IIT	Himachal Pradesh	26 (2025)	8,234	9,743	View
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad	IIT	Jharkhand	15 (2025)	7,127	9,804	View
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	IIT	Orissa	39 (2025)	8,029	10,367	View
Indian Institute of Technology Patna	IIT	Bihar	19 (2025)	9,160	10,878	View
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati	IIT	Andhra Pradesh	57 (2025)	7,880	11,137	View
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad	IIT	Kerala	64 (2025)	9,698	11,591	View
Indian Institute of Technology Goa	IIT	Goa	101 (2025)	10,454	12,299	View
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	NIT	Tamilnadu	9 (2025)	6,360	12,311	View
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai	IIT	Chhattisgarh	72 (2025)	10,844	12,637	View
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	NIT	Karnataka	17 (2025)	7,484	12,656	View
Indian Institute of Technology Jammu	IIT	Jammu & Kashmir	56 (2025)	11,242	12,718	View
Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad	IIT	Karnataka	77 (2025)	11,090	12,908	View
National Institute of Technology, Warangal	NIT	Telangana	28 (2025)	10,619	16,220	View
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur	NIT	Rajasthan	42 (2025)	14,677	18,830	View
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	NIT	Maharashtra	44 (2025)	16,030	19,336	View
National Institute of Technology Delhi	NIT	Delhi	65 (2025)	16,639	20,346	View
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad	NIT	Uttar Pradesh	62 (2025)	13,763	20,850	View
National Institute of Technology Calicut	NIT	Kerala	21 (2025)	13,978	20,964	View
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	NIT	Orissa	13 (2025)	16,756	22,379	View
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	NIT	West Bengal	49 (2025)	13,970	28,690	View
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra	NIT	Haryana	85 (2025)	21,668	28,693	View
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat	NIT	Gujarat	66 (2025)	15,881	28,983	View
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal	NIT	Madhya Pradesh	81 (2025)	20,969	30,392	View
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	NIT	West Bengal	54 (2025)	26,079	30,528	View
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur	NIT	Jharkhand	82 (2025)	23,025	30,633	View
National Institute of Technology Patna	NIT	Bihar	53 (2025)	28,216	36,323	View
Pt. Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacture Jabalpur	IIIT	Madhya Pradesh	101 (2025)	28,144	37,094	View
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh	NIT	Andhra Pradesh	201 (2025)	25,466	38,850	View
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kancheepuram	IIIT	Tamilnadu	151 (2025)	17,726	39,724	View
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar	NIT	Punjab	55 (2025)	30,830	40,741	View
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi	GFTI	Jharkhand	51 (2025)	26,455	44,776	View
Shri G. S. Institute of Technology and Science Indore	GFTI	Madhya Pradesh	—	38,405	46,039	View
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand	NIT	Uttrakhand	151 (2025)	46,037	47,967	View
National Institute of Technology Nagaland	NIT	Nagaland	101 (2025)	46,816	50,622	View
National Institute of Technology Goa	NIT	Goa	101 (2025)	43,703	56,109	View
Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management-Ahmedabad	GFTI	Gujarat	—	42,704	56,755	View
Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry	GFTI	Puducherry	201 (2025)	41,212	58,554	View
National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Ranchi	GFTI	Jharkhand	201 (2025)	46,825	58,881	View
National Institute of Technology, Silchar	NIT	Assam	50 (2025)	37,012	60,612	View
National Institute of Technology Raipur	NIT	Chhattisgarh	86 (2025)	39,500	61,916	View
Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Off-Campus	GFTI	Bihar	—	51,833	64,967	View
Birla Institute of Technology, Deoghar Off-Campus	GFTI	Jharkhand	—	54,229	66,995	View
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	NIT	Himachal Pradesh	97 (2025)	28,863	68,453	View
School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur	GFTI	Assam	—	61,983	71,573	View
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Bhopal	GFTI	Madhya Pradesh	—	54,308	71,725	View
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir	GFTI	Jammu & Kashmir	151 (2024)	50,238	73,290	View
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh	GFTI	Chandigarh	101 (2025)	42,714	74,631	View
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology	GFTI	Punjab	79 (2025)	46,167	79,587	View
School of Studies of Engineering and Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur	GFTI	Chhattisgarh	—	59,982	81,734	View
Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar	GFTI	Uttrakhand	—	54,239	83,301	View
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar	NIT	Jammu & Kashmir	73 (2025)	58,951	90,092	View
National Institute of Technology Puducherry	NIT	Puducherry	99 (2025)	76,896	1,28,873	View
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya	NIT	Meghalaya	83 (2025)	1,14,848	1,51,607	View
National Institute of Technology Agartala	NIT	Tripura	101 (2025)	1,30,832	1,92,143	View
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh	NIT	Arunachal Pradesh	101 (2025)	2,03,302	2,05,289	View
Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute of Engineering and Technology, Malda, West Bengal	GFTI	West Bengal	—	1,04,658	2,13,377	View
National Institute of Technology Sikkim	NIT	Sikkim	151 (2025)	1,80,145	2,47,296	View
National Institute of Technology, Manipur	NIT	Manipur	151 (2025)	83,564	3,65,453	View
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram	NIT	Mizoram	101 (2025)	3,55,950	8,81,407	View
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli-791109 (Itanagar),Arunachal Pradesh	GFTI	Arunachal Pradesh	151 (2025)	—	—	View

Using this data

To predict which colleges and branches your rank qualifies for across JoSAA, use the College & Branch Predictor.
To browse all engineering branches offered through JoSAA, head to Participating Branches.
To understand how categories, quotas, and seat pools interact with cutoffs, see the seat matrix guide.

Frequently asked questions

How many colleges offer Mechanical Engineering through JoSAA?

73 JoSAA participating institutes offer Mechanical Engineering through the Bachelor of Technology programme — including 23 IITs and 32 NITs. Full list with the latest cutoff data is on this page.

What is the duration of a Mechanical Engineering programme?

Most institutes offer Mechanical Engineering as a 4-year Bachelor of Technology programme. A few institutes may offer dual-degree variants; check the specific institute's deep page for programme-specific details.

Which rank do I need for Mechanical Engineering at the top colleges?

Cutoffs vary dramatically by institute. The table below shows the latest Open category, Gender-Neutral closing rank per institute. For a rank-based shortlist across all colleges and branches, use the RankMatrix College & Branch Predictor.

Do I need JEE Advanced for Mechanical Engineering?

You need JEE Advanced only for IIT seats. NIT, IIIT, and GFTI seats for Mechanical Engineering are allocated from the JEE Main rank list through JoSAA.

Data on this page is sourced from public JoSAA publications and cleaned for easier reference. RankMatrix is an independent project and is not affiliated with JoSAA, JEE, NTA, the IITs, NITs, IIITs, or GFTIs. Verify all schedules, rules, and cutoffs on the official JoSAA website before making admission decisions.