IIT Delhi Admission 2027: Dates, Fees, Eligibility & Cutoff

IIT Delhi admissions for undergraduate programs require clearing JEE Advanced, while postgraduate and doctoral admissions utilize national exams like GATE, CAT, and JAM, with the upcoming 2nd Semester 2026–27 Ph.D. and M.S.(R) application portal for national candidates opening on October 9, 2026.
You can navigate specific application processes and browse further details directly through the IIT Delhi Academic Portal. Below is a comprehensive breakdown of the qualifying routes, selection criteria, and vital timelines for prospective students.
Program Overview and Entrance Requirements

JoSAA sets these dates, not IIT Delhi. Here is the pattern the 2026 cycle followed.

Data Sources: JoSAA schedule 2026. Confirm the live schedule for your own admission cycle on josaa.nic.in before you plan around any date here, because the calendar shifts by a week or two year to year.

You need two things together, not one or the other.

• A qualifying JEE Advanced rank, inside your category's eligible range.
• A Class 12 marks criterion, a minimum aggregate the exam itself sets, relaxed for SC, ST and PwD candidates.

Does a top JEE Advanced rank make up for a weak Class 12 score? No. Both conditions apply at the same time. A strong rank with a Class 12 aggregate below the threshold still fails eligibility.

The one undergraduate exception is the B.Des. The Design department admits it on a UCEED score instead of a JEE Advanced rank.

Data Sources: JoSAA Business Rules 2026.

Each programme has one exam. JEE Advanced is required for the B.Tech, the B.S. In Chemistry and the B.Tech in Design. GATE is required for most M.Tech seats. UCEED is required for the B.Des. The Department of Management Studies admits its MBA on a CAT score plus an interview.

The process runs in a fixed order, and you cannot skip a step. Think of the rounds as a queue at a counter. Each round, the people ahead of you either take their turn or walk away.

1. Clear JEE Main, then qualify JEE Advanced with an eligible rank.
2. Register on JoSAA and enter your institute-branch preferences in order.
3. Read each round's seat allotment, then choose Freeze, Float or Slide.
4. Once you Freeze a seat you want, upload the required documents on the JoSAA portal and complete online document verification through a virtual reporting centre.
5. Pay the Seat Acceptance Fee to confirm your place.

Can you change your branch preference after you register on JoSAA? Yes, you can modify and reorder choices until the overall JoSAA choice-filling deadline. Once choices are locked or the choice-filling period closes, the saved order is used for seat allocation.

Your rank selects you, not an interview panel. Your JEE Advanced rank, inside your category and quota, is the entire basis for the branch you get. IIT Delhi asks for no essay, no recommendation letter and no campus interview at undergraduate level.

Does IIT Delhi weigh anything besides the JEE Advanced rank? No, for the B.Tech. The MBA route differs: the Department of Management Studies runs its own interview on top of a CAT score.

JoSAA ran five counselling rounds in 2026. The round count shifts by a round or two, year to year. It ran six in 2025. Each round narrows the list, because higher-rank candidates lock their seats first. After every allotment you get three moves. Freeze it and stop, Float and stay open for a better branch, or Slide within the same institute.

Now consider the fee. JoSAA's 2026 Business Rules set the Seat Acceptance Fee at Rs 30,000 for General, OBC-NCL and EWS candidates. SC, ST and PwD candidates pay Rs 15,000. Rs 5,000 of that is JoSAA's own processing charge. You do not get it back, and it does not count towards your institute fee. JoSAA adjusts the rest against your admission fee. Withdraw validly inside the window and JoSAA refunds the fee after deducting Rs 7,000 in withdrawal processing charges.

What happens to seats still empty after all five rounds? CSAB Special Rounds do not fill vacant IIT seats. They apply to the NIT+ system after JoSAA, not to IIT Delhi.
Data Sources: JoSAA Business Rules 2026, clauses 37, 42 and 58.

“For JoSAA seat confirmation, upload the required scanned documents online. Later, follow IIT Delhi's separate physical-reporting instructions and carry originals as specified by the institute

• JEE Advanced admit card and rank letter
• Class 10 and Class 12 marksheets and certificates
• Category certificate (SC, ST, OBC-NCL, EWS or PwD), where it applies
• Passport-size photographs, in JoSAA's specified format
• Aadhaar card or another accepted government photo ID
• Provisional seat allotment letter from JoSAA

Your rank only matters against that year's closing rank for your branch, category and round. In JoSAA Round 5 of 2026, Computer Science and Engineering closed at rank 128 for OPEN Gender-Neutral candidates. The four-year B.Tech in Design closed at 12,730. See the full IIT Delhi cutoff page for every branch and category, with the 2024 and 2025 figures alongside.

Data Sources: JoSAA opening and closing ranks 2026.

JoSAA applies the central government's standard categories. They are EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD, each with its own quota in the seat matrix. A candidate in one of these categories can also win an open General seat. Their Common Rank List rank has to clear it. The reverse does not work: a General candidate cannot take a reserved seat.

The Merit-cum-Means Scholarship pays Rs 4,000 a month and waives the full tuition fee. That waiver is worth Rs 2,00,000 a year, because IIT Delhi charges Rs 1,00,000 per semester. Families earning up to Rs 8 lakh a year qualify, with a CGPA of at least 6.0. Every SC, ST and PwD student already gets a full tuition exemption, whatever the family earns. Full detail sits on the IIT Delhi scholarship page.

Data Sources: IIT Delhi Financial Assistance.