At present, there are 31 NITs situated in India and theses institutes have limited number of seats. JoSAA release the seat matrix for NITs and total UG seats are 23,997 and total PG seats are 13,664 seats.
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has released information about the number of seats available at NIT Colleges in India for the current year.
All 31 NITs together have 23,997 undergraduate seats and 13,664 postgraduate seats. The seats available for the general category students, the reservation ratios, and other supplementary seats are also clearly mentioned.
This seat matrix has the total number of seats available in all the National Institutes of Technology for all courses and the division of seats for all categories.
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NIT Seat Matrix 2021 for All Courses
There are a total of 31 National Institute of Technology (NIT) in India. All of them offer various specializations and courses in science and technology for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
For further information on the NIT seat matrix and complete division of seats among categories, Click Here.
The table below details the number of seats available for students upon admission into an NIT and the reservation percentages for SC & ST students.
| NIT Name | Total Seats | SC Reservation % | ST Reservation % |
| NIT Agartala | 1059 | 15% | 18% |
| NIT Calicut | 1244 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Delhi | 182 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Durgapur | 909 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Goa | 188 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Hamirpur | 944 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Karnataka | 981 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Meghalaya | 151 | 10% | 41% |
| NIT Nagaland | 236 | 6% | 45% |
| NIT Patna | 813 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Puducherry | 243 | 13% | 7% |
| NIT Raipur | 1197 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Sikkim | 161 | 15% | 7% |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh | 190 | 11% | 36% |
| NIT Jamshedpur | 751 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Kurukshetra | 1147 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Manipur | 180 | 9% | 17% |
| NIT Mizoram | 150 | 13% | 7% |
| NIT Rourkela | 1234 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Silchar | 884 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Srinagar | 889 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Tiruchirappalli | 1036 | 13% | 7% |
| NIT Uttarakhand | 80 | 18% | 9% |
| NIT Warangal | 945 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Bhopal | 1173 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Allahabad | 1074 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Jaipur | 909 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Jalandhar | 1122 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Surat | 1091 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Nagpur | 946 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Shibpur | 764 | 14% | 7% |
| NIT Andhra Pradesh | 603 | 14% | 7% |
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Procedure to Check NIT Seat Matrix
The seats available in all the NITs for each course can be checked on the official website of the Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2024. They allocate seats for all the IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs in India.
The seats available to the candidates can be checked for every course and college individually or as a group. The steps given below describe the process of checking the NIT seat matrix.
- Visit the official website of JoSAA.
- On the left-hand side of the page, find the Important Information column.
- Click on the Seat Matrix link on the column.
- On the seat matrix page, choose institute type as NIT from the drop-down list.
- Choose NIT name from the Institute name drop-down list to get information on specific NITs.
- Similarly, choose a course if required.
- Hit the Submit button.
- The seat matrix will be displayed. It will complete seat division for all categories.
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Category-Wise NIT Seat Matrix
We have one more table for seat reservations, which also covers the category-wise seats allotted. The category is divided into ST, SC, GEN, OBC, PWD.
This table also covers the reservation criteria which is used to allocate the NIT seats.
| Category | NITs Seats |
| Open | 9150 |
| Open - Person with Disabilities (PWD) | 465 |
| GEN-EWS | 2037 |
| GEN-EWS-Pwd | 123 |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 3311 |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) - PWD | 180 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 1991 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) - PWD | 123 |
| OBC (NCL - Non-Creamy Layer) | 5824 |
| OBC (NCL - Non-Creamy Layer) - PWD | 302 |
| Total Seats | 23506 |
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NIT Reservation Criteria
The National Institute of Technology or NIT colleges offer admissions to understudies under State Quota and Other State Quota premises.
Half seats are saved for home state standards in the admission procedure, and the rest half seats are held for other state applicants.
- Home State Quota
50% of seats stand reserved under the home state quota for eligible candidates. Home State quota is the reservation for up-and-comers who have a place within the state where the NIT is found.
- Other State Quota
The rest of 50% is left for candidates of other states. Candidates who have a place with some other form separated from the state where the specific NIT is found will be qualified to guarantee reservations under Other State Quota.
| Union Territories | NITs |
| Daman and Dui | NIT Goa |
| Dadar and Nagar Haveli | NIT Goa |
| Lakshadweep | NIT Goa |
| Andaman & Nicobar Island | NIT Puducherry |
| Chandigarh | NIT Delhi |
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NIT Admission Process Brief Summary
The students who hope to gain admission to NITs must first clear the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) followed by a counselling session conducted by the JoSAA.
Candidates are also required to fill in their choice of NITs and courses while registering, and it is based on this and the students' performance that the seats are allotted.
JoSAA also releases the seat matrix of NITs, and students must regularly check to see whether seats are available for their admission.
After seats are allotted, candidates can either float, freeze, or withdraw their seats depending on how satisfied they are with them.
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