Closing ranks for all 5 branches from the official JoSAA seat allotment, round 5 of 2026. These are JEE Main ranks (CRL for OPEN seats, category rank otherwise).
In 2026, the lowest OPEN Home State closing rank at NIT Puducherry was 65,630 for Computer Science and Engineering, in the final round of JoSAA counselling. Ranks for every other category and quota are in the table below.
Quota
Category
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — EWS seats, Home State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
10,216
19,760
▼ 13,872
Electronics and Communication Engineering
26,309
55,025
▼ 66,174
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
1,42,030
1,42,030
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NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — EWS seats, Other State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Electronics and Communication Engineering
5,672
5,672
▲ 480
Civil Engineering
9,210
9,210
▲ 410
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — EWS seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
3,228
3,513
▲ 641
Electronics and Communication Engineering
3,883
3,930
▲ 451
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
5,415
5,590
▲ 815
Mechanical Engineering
6,604
6,866
▲ 405
Civil Engineering
7,943
8,197
▲ 507
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — EWS (PwD) seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
225
225
▼ 12
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OBC-NCL seats, Home State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
24,632
24,632
▼ 3,773
Electronics and Communication Engineering
33,401
36,808
▲ 3,144
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
43,109
43,109
▼ 152
Mechanical Engineering
67,173
67,173
▼ 3,096
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OBC-NCL seats, Home State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
20,830
33,400
▲ 8,749
Electronics and Communication Engineering
29,884
38,342
▲ 1,369
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
43,241
48,597
▲ 145
Mechanical Engineering
58,276
73,870
▲ 5,206
Civil Engineering
87,653
96,684
▲ 17,778
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OBC-NCL seats, Other State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Electronics and Communication Engineering
11,507
11,507
▲ 1,355
Computer Science and Engineering
11,841
11,967
▲ 3,020
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
13,404
14,065
▼ 1,731
Mechanical Engineering
15,014
16,212
▼ 1,629
Civil Engineering
18,201
18,201
▼ 449
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OBC-NCL seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
7,200
7,576
▲ 499
Electronics and Communication Engineering
8,299
8,998
▲ 1,481
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
9,722
10,949
▲ 238
Mechanical Engineering
12,051
13,036
▼ 551
Civil Engineering
16,439
17,100
▲ 1,106
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OBC-NCL (PwD) seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
397
397
▲ 293
Electronics and Communication Engineering
439
439
▲ 128
Mechanical Engineering
751
751
▼ 27
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN seats, Home State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
48,498
53,903
▼ 24,022
Electronics and Communication Engineering
87,289
95,694
▼ 1,783
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
1,14,052
1,22,208
▲ 7,173
Mechanical Engineering
91,678
1,26,894
▼ 42,778
Civil Engineering
1,35,154
1,58,623
▲ 16,082
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN seats, Home State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
35,405
65,630
▲ 938
Electronics and Communication Engineering
62,666
87,306
▲ 739
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
98,093
1,27,886
▲ 11,394
Mechanical Engineering
1,10,694
1,69,669
▲ 1,881
Civil Engineering
88,184
2,48,297
▲ 42,704
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN seats, Other State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
23,445
23,445
▲ 2,546
Electronics and Communication Engineering
28,218
32,580
▲ 9,137
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
41,752
42,589
▲ 6,917
Mechanical Engineering
44,190
48,232
▼ 3,861
Civil Engineering
57,713
58,328
▼ 1,186
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
9,167
19,869
▲ 111
Electronics and Communication Engineering
18,045
26,110
▲ 2,032
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
27,663
34,254
▲ 485
Mechanical Engineering
33,342
40,048
▼ 2,833
Civil Engineering
44,895
52,613
▲ 2,691
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN (PwD) seats, Home State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
1,082
1,082
▼ 1,992
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN (PwD) seats, Home State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Electronics and Communication Engineering
1,294
1,294
▲ 22
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN (PwD) seats, Other State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
722
722
▲ 302
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — OPEN (PwD) seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Civil Engineering
1,441
1,441
▲ 522
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
1,549
1,549
▲ 438
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — SC seats, Home State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
7,055
7,055
▲ 676
Electronics and Communication Engineering
12,159
12,159
▼ 11,137
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
18,116
18,116
▼ 6,244
Civil Engineering
29,994
29,994
▲ 2,095
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — SC seats, Home State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
4,921
9,065
▼ 4,368
Electronics and Communication Engineering
11,517
14,183
▼ 1,080
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
14,175
18,895
▼ 6,735
Mechanical Engineering
21,663
29,037
▼ 1,180
Civil Engineering
30,126
34,033
▼ 5,468
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — SC seats, Other State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
3,027
3,027
▼ 1,430
Electronics and Communication Engineering
4,605
4,605
▼ 292
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
6,419
6,419
▲ 964
Mechanical Engineering
8,043
8,043
▲ 1,431
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — SC seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
1,780
2,965
▲ 428
Electronics and Communication Engineering
3,609
4,102
▼ 29
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
4,216
5,246
▼ 81
Mechanical Engineering
4,225
5,597
▼ 757
Civil Engineering
5,661
7,850
▲ 206
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — SC (PwD) seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Electronics and Communication Engineering
112
112
▼ 4
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — ST seats, Home State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Mechanical Engineering
8,578
8,578
▼ 10,219
Civil Engineering
11,393
11,393
—
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — ST seats, Other State quota, female-only
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
1,974
1,974
▲ 505
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
3,301
3,301
▲ 700
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — ST seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
915
1,086
▼ 130
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
1,592
1,592
▲ 26
Electronics and Communication Engineering
1,544
1,852
▲ 65
Civil Engineering
2,567
2,567
▼ 161
Mechanical Engineering
2,565
2,575
▲ 314
NIT Puducherry 2026 closing ranks — ST (PwD) seats, Other State quota, gender-neutral
Branch
Opening
Closing
vs 2025
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
56
56
▼ 47
No seats in this combination.
2026 closing ranks, final JoSAA round. ▲ means the branch closed at a larger rank than in 2025, so it was easier to get.
Reading these numbers
Closing rank is the last rank admitted to that branch in the final round. If your rank is below it, you were in range last year.
Home State quota applies if NIT Puducherry is in your state of eligibility; everyone else competes under Other State. IITs use All India only.
Cutoffs move every year with paper difficulty and applicant numbers. Treat them as a guide, not a guarantee.