Colleges for JEE Advanced Rank 500 (EWS)

23 colleges and 248 programmes an EWS candidate with JEE Advanced rank 500 could get, from JoSAA 2026 final round (round 5) closing ranks.

JoSAA 2026 · round 5 closing ranks · All India seats

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23 colleges, 248 programmes

Every programme whose EWS closing rank in JoSAA 2026's final round was 500 or later, in All India seats, gender-neutral. Most competitive first. Female candidates had 40 more programmes open through female-only seats.

  1. 8 more programmes
  2. 22 more programmes
    • Mathematics & Computing (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 780
    • Electronics and Communication EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 785
    • B. Tech. (ECE) -M. Tech. in VLSI (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 968
    • Electronics and Communication Engineering and M.Tech. in Communication Systems (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 1,095
    • Electrical and Electronics EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,153
    • B. Tech. (EEE)-M. Tech. in (Power & Control) (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 1,213
    • B.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering) - MBA in Hospital and Healthcare Management (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 1,225
    • B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) - MBA (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 1,380
    • B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) - MBA (IIM Mumbai) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 1,686
    • B. Tech. (ME) - M. Tech. in Mechatronics (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 1,790
    • Mechanical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,841
    • Engineering PhysicsAll Indiaclosed at 1,962
    • Chemical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,099
    • Economics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 2,175
    • B.Tech (Engineering Physics) - MBA (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 2,359
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,379
    • CE. - M. Tech. in Structural Engineering (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 2,403
    • Chemical Science and TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 2,428
    • Metallurgical & Materials EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,517
    • CE. - M. Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 2,529
    • B.Tech (Civil Engineering) - MBA (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 2,538
    • B.Tech (Chemical Science and Technology) - MBA in Hospital and Health Care Management (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 2,575
    • Computer Science and EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 546
    • Artificial Intelligence & Data ScienceAll Indiaclosed at 730
    • Mathematics and Computing (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 804
    • Electronics EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,052
    9 more programmes
  3. 14 more programmes
    • Engineering PhysicsAll Indiaclosed at 1,549
    • Mechanical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,632
    • Chemical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,955
    • Petroleum EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,185
    • Mineral and Metallurgical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,214
    • B.Tech Mining Engineering and MBA in Logistic and Supply Chain Management (IIM Mumbai) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 2,345
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,365
    • Mining EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,388
    • Mining Machinery EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,458
    • Geophysical TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 2,615
    • Environmental EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,619
    • Geological EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,633
    • Chemical Science (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 2,798
    • Physical Science (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 2,862
  4. 5 more programmes
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 711
    • Metallurgical Engineering and Materials ScienceAll Indiaclosed at 788
    • Environmental Science and EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,002
    • Applied Geophysics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 1,636
    • Chemistry (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 1,691
  5. 7 more programmes
  6. 6 more programmes
  7. #8

    Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

    Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

    11 more programmes
    • Electrical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,118
    • Quantum Science and EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,295
    • General EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,672
    • Mechanical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,761
    • Chemical Engineering with Data AnalyticsAll Indiaclosed at 1,802
    • Engineering PhysicsAll Indiaclosed at 1,876
    • Materials Science and EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,265
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,334
    • Agricultural Engineering with Data AnalyticsAll Indiaclosed at 2,417
    • Bio EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,491
    • Chemical Sciences (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 2,782
  8. 8 more programmes
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,015
    • Engineering Design (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 1,087
    • Metallurgical & Materials EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,121
    • Instrumentation and Biomedical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,189
    • Biological EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,355
    • Physics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 1,376
    • Naval Architecture and Ocean EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,446
    • Biological Science (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 2,010
  9. 9 more programmes
    • Materials Science and TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 1,671
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,936
    • Metallurgical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,966
    • Biochemical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,063
    • Industrial ChemistryAll Indiaclosed at 2,090
    • Ceramic EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,178
    • Biomedical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,259
    • Mining EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,306
    • Pharmaceutical Engineering & TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 2,401
  10. 4 more programmes
  11. 13 more programmes
  12. 9 more programmes
    • Energy EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,016
    • Production and Industrial EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,077
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,152
    • Metallurgical & Materials EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,330
    • Biosciences and BioengineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,450
    • Geophysical Technology (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 1,534
    • Geological Technology (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 1,714
    • Physics (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 1,781
    • Chemical Sciences (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 1,928
  13. #14

    Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

    Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

    1 more programme
  14. 4 more programmes
  15. 2 more programmes
  16. 3 more programmes
    • Chemical Science and TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 1,499
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,505
    • Biosciences and BioengineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,908
  17. 2 more programmes
  18. #20

    Indian Institute of Technology Jammu

    Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

    5 more programmes
  19. 5 more programmes
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,701
    • Biomedical Engineering and Data ScienceAll Indiaclosed at 1,733
    • Metallurgical Engineering and Materials ScienceAll Indiaclosed at 2,048
    • Environmental Economics and Sustainable EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,298
    • Applied and Industrial Chemistry (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 2,460
  20. 6 more programmes
    • Mechanical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,270
    • Major in Mathematics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 2,437
    • Engineering PhysicsAll Indiaclosed at 2,441
    • Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,560
    • Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,563
    • Major in Physics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 2,772
  21. 3 more programmes
    • Mechatronics EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 1,890
    • Mechanical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,322
    • Materials Science and Metallurgical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 2,558

Questions students ask

Which colleges can I get with JEE Advanced rank 500 in the EWS category?

Going by JoSAA 2026 final round (round 5) closing ranks, 23 colleges had at least one programme that closed at or after rank 500 for EWS candidates in All India seats. The most competitive of them were Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (Computer Science and Engineering, closed at 506), Indian Institute of Technology Patna (Computer Science and Engineering, closed at 507) and Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (Computer Science and Engineering, closed at 546).

Can I get Computer Science (CSE) with JEE Advanced rank 500?

Yes, at 12 colleges last year, including Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (closed at 506), Indian Institute of Technology Patna (closed at 507) and Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (closed at 546).

Will these cutoffs be the same this year?

No list can promise a seat: closing ranks move a little every year with the number of candidates and seats. These are JoSAA 2026 final round (round 5) closing ranks; female candidates also had 40 more programmes open through female-only seats. Use them to shortlist, and fill your choices widely during counselling.

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