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List of All IITs in India

A complete list of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and their locations — the institutes you can be allotted through JEE Advanced and JoSAA.

By the GlobalStudyBoard editorial team · Verified against 1 cited source

Last updated 3 June 2026

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There are 23 IITs

India currently has 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), spread across the country. All of them admit B.Tech students through the JEE Advanced exam and the common JoSAA counselling process. The participating IITs for a given year are listed officially on the JEE Advanced website — always confirm the current list there, as the system can change.

The IITs and their locations

Listed below are the IITs with their host cities:

IIT Kharagpur — Kharagpur, West Bengal
IIT Bombay — Mumbai, Maharashtra
IIT Madras — Chennai, Tamil Nadu
IIT Kanpur — Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
IIT Delhi — New Delhi
IIT Guwahati — Guwahati, Assam
IIT Roorkee — Roorkee, Uttarakhand
IIT Ropar — Rupnagar, Punjab
IIT Bhubaneswar — Bhubaneswar, Odisha
IIT Gandhinagar — Gandhinagar, Gujarat
IIT Hyderabad — Hyderabad, Telangana
IIT Jodhpur — Jodhpur, Rajasthan
IIT Patna — Patna, Bihar
IIT Indore — Indore, Madhya Pradesh
IIT Mandi — Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
IIT (BHU) Varanasi — Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
IIT Palakkad — Palakkad, Kerala
IIT Tirupati — Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad — Dhanbad, Jharkhand
IIT Bhilai — Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
IIT Goa — Goa
IIT Jammu — Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
IIT Dharwad — Dharwad, Karnataka

How admission works across all IITs

Every IIT in this list admits undergraduates through the same process: clear JEE Main, qualify for and clear JEE Advanced, then choose your institute and branch in JoSAA counselling. Programmes, seat counts, and branches differ between campuses and are revised each year, so check each institute's official website for current details.

Frequently asked questions

How many IITs are there in India?

There are 23 IITs. The official participating list for any admission year is published on the JEE Advanced website.

Do all IITs admit through the same exam?

Yes. All IITs admit B.Tech students through JEE Advanced (which requires qualifying via JEE Main) and JoSAA counselling.

Which is the oldest IIT?

IIT Kharagpur was the first IIT established. For institute histories and current details, refer to each institute's official website.

Official sources

This guide explains the process and is for guidance only. Eligibility, dates, fees and rules change every year — always confirm the current details on the official site before you act.

Verified against: JEE Advanced — participating institutes.

Last verified: 3 June 2026.