15,000 rank in JEE Main 2026 — best NIT, IIIT & GFTI colleges

These are the top 25 B.Tech branches across NITs, IIITs and GFTIs whose JoSAA 2025 round-6 closing rank lands closest to 15,000 on the all-India (AI) quota. Use this as a starting point — your real picks depend on your home state, category and branch preferences.

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#InstituteBranchCR (2025)Chance
1Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management GwaliorIIITMath & Computing11,710Reach
2Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology AllahabadNITEE11,665Reach
3National Institute of Technology DurgapurNITMath & Computing13,340Reach
4Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, JalandharNITIT14,615Reach
5National Institute of Technology HamirpurNITCSE12,586Reach
6National Institute of Technology, SilcharNITCSE12,665Reach
7Pt. Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacture JabalpurIIITCSE14,787Reach
8National Institute of Technology CalicutNITEEE11,727Reach
9Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, ShibpurGFTICSE16,765Moderate
10National Institute of Technology PatnaNITCSE14,996Reach
11Punjab Engineering College, ChandigarhGFTICSE13,234Reach
12National Institute of Technology RaipurNITCSE13,559Reach
13Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, JalandharNITMath & Computing15,002Moderate
14National Institute of Technology Karnataka, SurathkalNITME11,950Reach
15National Institute of Technology, KurukshetraNITECE12,163Reach
16Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurNITEE14,665Reach
17Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, SuratNITAI + M.Tech (DD)12,251Reach
18National Institute of Technology, TiruchirappalliNITChemical11,935Reach
19National Institute of Technology GoaNITCSE13,640Reach
20National Institute of Technology, JamshedpurNITECE12,868Reach
21National Institute of Technology DurgapurNITECE13,888Reach
22National Institute of Technology DelhiNITEE15,718Moderate
23National Institute of Technology DelhiNITVLSI Design and Technology12,972Reach
24Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, ShibpurGFTIIT19,531Moderate
25Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology BhopalNITData Science (DD)14,961Reach

Source: JoSAA 2025 round-6 closing ranks, OPEN seat type, Gender-Neutral, all-India (AI) quota. Closing ranks shift ±10–20% year over year — use the full tool for state-quota and category-aware predictions.

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