A total of 56,880 candidates qualified for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), according to the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2026 declared by IIT Roorkee on Monday. 

The qualified candidates include 46,773 males and 10,107 females. Shubham Kumar from the IIT Delhi zone clinched the All India Rank 1 (AIR 1) in the Common Rank List (CRL), scoring 330 out of 360 marks.

Among female candidates, Arohi Deshpande, also from the IIT Delhi zone, emerged as the national topper. She secured AIR 77 with a score of 280 out of 360 marks.

Out of 1,87,389 registered aspirants, a total of 1,79,694 candidates appeared for both Paper 1 and Paper 2, conducted on May 17.

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While the top ranks went to candidates from the Delhi zone, the IIT Madras zone registered the maximum number of successful candidates overall, with 14,294 qualifiers. The zone also dominated the top micro-brackets, producing 35 of the country’s top 100 rankers and 174 of the top 500. 

Professor Kamal Kishore Pant, Director of IIT Roorkee and Joint Admission Board Chairperson, clarified that qualified candidates are eligible to register for counselling regardless of their Class 12 percentage, though final admission will remain subject to the prescribed eligibility criteria. This includes passing Class 12 with Physics and Mathematics as main subjects. General category students must score at least 75% marks or be in the top 20 percentile of their board.

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2026 counselling process is scheduled to begin on June 2. Qualified candidates aiming for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) programmes at the IITs must register for the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) 2026 from June 1 to June 2.