JEE Main 2026: NIT Kurukshetra CSE OS and HS Previous Year Opening and Closing Ranks

NIT Kurukshetra (NITKKR) is an Institute of National Importance and is known for its B.Tech courses, infrastructure, and notable alumni. NIT kurukshetra ranks among the top engineering colleges in North India. The Computer Science & Engineering department at NITKKR is one of the most desirable departments within the college.
The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra is ranked 85th in the category of Engineering and 151-200 in the category of Overall in the NIRF rankings of 2025. The percentage of B.Tech placements of NIT Kurukshetra (NITKKR) has been between 75% and 86% for the last few years according to academic cycles and number of students in a specific batch. Check NIT Kurukshetra Previous Year CSE Cutoff as well as the factors affecting it in this article.

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NIT Kurukshetra CSE Cutoff 2026: Previous Year Opening & Closing Ranks

Admissions to the CSE programme of NIT Kurukshetra for the open category for the Haryana candidates started with a rank of 6588 in 2025. ST candidates in the other state category got admitted with the ranks ranging between 429 and 463. Given below are the previous year's opening and closing ranks in the CSE branch to estimate the admission chances for 2026

Home State Quota vs Other State Quota

NIT Kurukshetra (NIT KKR) reserves (50%) of its seats for the Home State (HS) quota (candidates who passed their 10+2 in Haryana) and the remaining (50%) for the Other State (OS) quota. Because the OS quota is open to the entire country, its competition is much higher, resulting in significantly tougher cutoff ranks compared to the HS quota.

Because of the smaller applicant pool, Home State candidates typically enjoy a slightly lower cutoff rank compared to Other State candidates. For example, highly sought-after branches like Computer Science (CSE) generally close significantly higher for HS candidates than for OS candidates.

NIT Kurukshetra CSE Cutoff 2026: Key Influencing Factors

The NIT Kurukshetra CSE cut-off score in 2026 for general category students is very high, with the minimum being around (99.5) percentile in JEE Main.

JoSAA manages admissions, and ultimately, the ranks vary depending on certain important factors, which include:

Overall Placement Trends

As Computer Science & Engineering provides very high placements (with average placement percentages above 78% and median salaries being quite high), there will always be a consistent demand for these courses. Such immense popularity makes the closure of seats in Computer Science & Engineering happen before the other streams, such as Civil and Mechanical engineering.
Candidate Category and Gender Quota
Ranking depends mainly on the merit list of the category and not on the Common Merit List (CML):
Reserved Categories: The cutoffs are considerably relaxed for OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, and ST categories.
Supernumerary Female Seats: Extra seats allocated to women may result in higher cutoff brackets, thereby enabling women aspirants to enter CSE programs despite their low ranks.

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