IIT Admission 2025 – 47% of Top 1000 Rankers Chose IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi

29% Preferred IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras

Every year, lakhs of students in India appear for JEE Main and JEE Advanced exams to study engineering. Only a few of these students are able to get admission in the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) of the country.

Every year it is interesting to know which IITs the top rankers choose and what are the reasons behind their decision. According to a report recently released by IIT Kanpur, this year 47% of the top 1000 rankers in JEE Advanced 2025 chose only IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. At the same time, 29% of the students preferred IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras.

Complete Scenario of Admission in IITs this Year

According to the report of IIT Kanpur, this year a total of 18,188 students got admission in IITs, including 14,524 boys (gender neutral pool) and 3,664 girls (female super numerical pool).

Detailed data of top 5000 rankers has also been released in the report, which shows that old and top IITs still remain the first choice of top students. Education expert of ALLEN Career Institute said that the trend of top rankers is clearly towards some selected IITs.

Choice of Top 100 Rankers

IIT Bombay – 73 students

IIT Delhi – 19 students

IIT Madras – 6 students

IIT Kanpur – 2 students

It is clear here that most of the top 100 chose IIT Bombay, which has been the first choice of students for the last several years.

Choice of Top 200 Rankers

IIT Bombay – 105 students

IIT Delhi – 44 students

IIT Madras – 35 students

IIT Kanpur – 12 students

That is, even in the top 200, about half the students preferred Bombay and Delhi.

Trend of Top 500 Rankers

IIT Bombay – 183 students

IIT Delhi – 114 students

IIT Madras – 77 students

IIT Kanpur – 40 students

IIT Kharagpur – 47 students

IIT Roorkee – 19 students

IIT Hyderabad – 4 students

Preference of Top 1000 Rankers

The trend of top 1000 rankers was mainly towards old IITs.

IIT Bombay – 252 students

IIT Delhi – 196 students

IIT Madras – 152 students

IIT Kanpur – 124 students

IIT Kharagpur – 85 students

IIT Guwahati – 48 students

IIT Roorkee – 50 students

IIT Hyderabad – 42 students

IIT BHU – 7 students

IIT Indore – 1 student

IIT Gandhinagar – 1 student

From here it is clear that the new IITs were almost ignored by the top rankers. Only IIT Hyderabad is a new institute which got some good priority.

Preference of Top 5000 Rankers

Even in the top 5000 rankers, the old and prestigious IITs remained dominant.

IIT Bombay – 755 students

IIT Delhi – 577 students

IIT Madras – 478 students

IIT Kanpur – 448 students

IIT Kharagpur – 517 students

IIT Guwahati – 305 students

IIT Roorkee – 429 students

IIT Hyderabad – 222 students

IIT BHU – 258 students

IIT Indore – 109 students

IIT Gandhinagar – 87 students

IIT Bhubaneswar – 43 students

IIT Mandi – 60 students

IIT Jodhpur – 63 students

IIT Patna – 75 students

IIT Dhanbad – 90 students

IIT Ropar – 120 students

IIT Bhilai – 2 students

IIT Goa – 3 students

IIT Palakkad – 1 student

IIT Dharwad – 1 student

IIT Tirupati – 14 students

IIT Jammu – 4 students

Why do Toppers Choose old IITs?

According to experts, top rankers mainly prefer the old 7 IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Guwahati). There are many reasons for this:

Competitive environment – The level of students in old IITs is very high, which creates a better academic and competitive environment.
Better placement opportunities – Big companies from India and abroad come to these IITs in large numbers and offer packages up to crores of rupees.
International opportunities – The recommendation of professors of these IITs is considered very important for doing MS or PhD abroad.
Start-up ecosystem – Old IITs have the best environment and funding available to start a startup.
Alumni Network – The vast and successful alumni network of the old IITs contributes significantly to the career of the students.
Brand Value – The name itself of IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and other old IITs is a big attraction for the students.

Why do the New IITs Lag Behind?

Although the new IITs are also trying to provide modern facilities and good faculty, they are still not able to attract top rankers. The reasons behind this are:

Relatively less placement opportunities
Less recognition in the industry
Lack of alumni network
Limitations of research and international tie-ups

The data of IIT Admission 2025 clearly shows that the first choice of top rankers is still IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. It is followed by IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur. Almost half of the top 1000 students chose only these two institutes. This trend shows that the brand value and opportunities of old IITs are still much higher than new IITs.

In future, if new IITs have to attract top rankers, they will have to focus more on placements, research, startup ecosystem and international exposure.

In this way, the choices of JEE Advanced’s top rankers show that IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi still hold a place among the Indian youth.

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