IIIT Guwahati

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Rahul Sharma Updated on 23-Jul-2026

Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati was established in 2013. IIIT Guwahati is recognised as an "Institute of National Importance". Courses offered by IIIT Guwahati include UG, PG and doctoral programmes including B.E/B.Tech, M.E/M.Tech and Ph.D.

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IIIT Guwahati cutoff 2026 was released for the first round for admission to the BTech course for various AI categories. For the General AI category, the IIIT Guwahati JEE Main cutoff 2026 ranged from 22044 to 29112. As per this range, BTech CSE was the most sought-after course for admission.

See the table below to know the round 1 cutoff for all other courses. Please know that different categories, rounds will have different cutoffs.

Course IIIT Guwahati cutoff 2026
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 22044
B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering 29112
B.Tech. in Electronics Communication and Artificial Intelligence

The rank needed for IIIT Guwahati admission to the BTech course would depend on the category and course chosen. For the General AI category, the highest rank accepted was 29112 for the BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering programme. This cutoff is for the first round. Other categories, rounds, courses, etc., will have different cutoffs.

See the table below to know the maximum rank accepted for all other categories, according to the IIIT Guwahati JEE Main cutoff 2026 for the first round.

Category IIIT Guwahati JEE Main cutoff 2026
General 29112
OBC 11949
SC 7560
ST 3568
EWS 5038
PWD 2053

IIIT Guwahati CSE cutoff 2026 was 22044 for the General AI category in the first round. Therefore, the General AI category students need to attain a rank of at least 22044 or lower to be considered eligible for admission to the BTech CSE branch. See the list below to know the round 1 cutoff ranks for all other All India categories.

OBC: 8720
SC: 5624
ST: 2864
EWS: 3528
PWD: 1266

IIIT Guwahati and IIIT Sonepat are one of the newer IIITs and were founded in 2013 & 2014, respectively and are actively strengthening their foundations.

Comparing the two institutions, the IIIT Guwahati was ranked in the 201-300 band of the Engineering category of NIRF 2025 while IIIT Sonepat is unranked.

In terms of placements the median package was INR 12 LPA for IIIT Guwahati while it was INR 8 LPA for IIIT Sonepat in 2025.

Though the cutoff is less competitive for the IIIT Sonepat BTech CSE with the JEE Main cutoff having last round ranks of 41492 while for IIIT Guwahati was 28255.

In short, though the IIIT Sonepat is less competitive, IIIT Guwahati is a better choice overall for most students.