Colleges for JEE Advanced Rank 5,000 (OBC-NCL)

18 colleges and 69 programmes an OBC-NCL candidate with JEE Advanced rank 5,000 could get, from JoSAA 2026 final round (round 5) closing ranks.

JoSAA 2026 · round 5 closing ranks · All India seats

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18 colleges, 69 programmes

Every programme whose OBC-NCL closing rank in JoSAA 2026's final round was 5,000 or later, in All India seats, gender-neutral. Most competitive first. Female candidates had 134 more programmes open through female-only seats.

  1. #1

    Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

    Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

  2. #2

    Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

    Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

    • Engineering PhysicsAll Indiaclosed at 5,041
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,432
    • Agricultural Engineering with Data AnalyticsAll Indiaclosed at 5,705
    • Materials Science and EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,734
    2 more programmes
    • Bio EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,979
    • Chemical Sciences (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 6,312

  3. #3

    Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT BHU], Varanasi

    Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

    1 more programme
    • Pharmaceutical Engineering & TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 5,776

  4. #4

    Indian Institute of Technology Patna

    Patna, Bihar

    • B.Tech (Civil Engineering) - MBA (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 5,102
    • Civil EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,370
    • B.Tech (Chemical Science and Technology) - MBA in Hospital and Health Care Management (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 5,525
    • CE. - M. Tech. in Structural Engineering (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 5,585
    6 more programmes
    • Chemical Science and TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 5,683
    • B.Tech (Engineering Physics) - MBA (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 5,687
    • CE. - M. Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering (B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree)All Indiaclosed at 5,739
    • Metallurgical & Materials EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,848
    • Economics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 5,923
    • B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) - MBA (IIM Bodh Gaya) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 5,926

  5. #5

    Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT], Roorkee

    Roorkee, Uttarakhand

    • Physics (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 5,117
    • Chemical Sciences (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 5,241

  6. #6

    Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

    Gandhinagar, Gujarat

  7. #7

    Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT], Kharagpur

    Kharagpur, West Bengal

  8. #8

    Indian Institute of Technology Goa

    Ponda, Goa

  9. #9

    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

    Jodhpur, Rajasthan

    • Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,317
    • Engineering Physics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 5,465
    • Materials EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,948
    • Bio EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 6,116
    1 more programme
    • Engineering Chemistry (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 6,357

  10. #10

    Indian Institute of Technology Jammu

    Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

    2 more programmes
    • Engineering PhysicsAll Indiaclosed at 6,136
    • Materials and Metallurgical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 6,266

  11. #11

    Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT], Delhi

    New Delhi, Delhi

    • DesignAll Indiaclosed at 5,459

  12. #12

    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

    Rupnagar, Punjab

  13. #13

    Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai

    Durg, Chhattisgarh

    • Mechanical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,514
    • Materials Science and Metallurgical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 6,105

  14. #14

    Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT], Bhubaneswar

    Bhubaneswar, Odisha

  15. #15

    Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad

    Dharwad, Karnataka

    • Mechanical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,570
    • Engineering PhysicsAll Indiaclosed at 5,775
    • Major in Mathematics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 6,017
    • Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 6,107
    2 more programmes
    • Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 6,129
    • Major in Physics (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 6,372

  16. #16

    Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT], Indore

    Indore, Madhya Pradesh

    • Environmental Economics and Sustainable EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,618
    • Applied and Industrial Chemistry (Bachelor of Science)All Indiaclosed at 5,870

  17. #17

    Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT ISM], Dhanbad

    Dhanbad, Jharkhand

    • Mining EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,625
    • Mineral and Metallurgical EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,669
    • B.Tech Mining Engineering and MBA in Logistic and Supply Chain Management (IIM Mumbai) (B.Tech + MBA)All Indiaclosed at 5,694
    • Mining Machinery EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 5,933
    5 more programmes
    • Environmental EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 6,075
    • Geophysical TechnologyAll Indiaclosed at 6,155
    • Geological EngineeringAll Indiaclosed at 6,202
    • Chemical Science (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 6,218
    • Physical Science (B.Sc + M.Sc Integrated)All Indiaclosed at 6,264

  18. #18

    Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

    Palakkad, Kerala

Questions students ask

Which colleges can I get with JEE Advanced rank 5,000 in the OBC-NCL category?

Going by JoSAA 2026 final round (round 5) closing ranks, 18 colleges had at least one programme that closed at or after rank 5,000 for OBC-NCL candidates in All India seats. The most competitive of them were Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (Engineering Physics, closed at 5,019), Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (Engineering Physics, closed at 5,041) and Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT BHU], Varanasi (Biochemical Engineering, closed at 5,067).

Can I get Computer Science (CSE) with JEE Advanced rank 5,000?

No college's CSE closed at or after rank 5,000 in last year's final round. Related branches such as IT or ECE often close later.

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 134 more programmes open through female-only seats. Use them to shortlist, and fill your choices widely during counselling.

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