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IIT Programs 2026: AI, Design, Computational Engineering courses among new options for JEE Advanced qualifiers
IITs have added several new courses for students who have qualified JEE Advanced exam. Check out the list of new programs added in academic year 2025-26.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, announced the JEE Advanced results on Monday, June 1. The JoSAA counselling has also started on June 2. Students who have passed the JEE Advanced examination are not wondering which branch to choose for further studies.
Students have a wider range of academic options in the 2026 admission cycle, with several IITs introducing UG programs in emerging and interdisciplinary fields such as artificial intelligence, design, computational engineering and biomedical technology.
A comparison of the JEE Advanced programme lists for 2024–25 and 2025–26 reveals that IITs have expanded their academic portfolio to align with evolving industry demands and technological advancements.
Among the most significant additions are two new B.Tech programs launched by IIT Madras in 2025-26- Computational Engineering and Mechanics, Instrumentation, and Biomedical Engineering. IIT Delhi has also added new courses to the list, including B.Tech in Design and B.S in Chemistry.
IIT Programs 2026: New courses list
The list of newly added courses by IITs in year 2025-26 is listed below.
IIT Madras: B.Tech. in Computational Engineering and Mechanics and B.Tech. in Instrumentation and Biomedical Engineering
IIT Delhi: B.Tech. in Design and B.S. in Chemistry
IIT Hyderabad: B.Tech. in Industrial Chemistry (newly introduced in the JoSAA/JEE Advanced programme matrix)
IIT Kanpur: B.Tech. in Design (added to the JEE Advanced admission basket)
IIT Roorkee: B.Tech. in Design (through JEE Advanced + UCEED route)
The introduction of these programmes comes amid rising demand for professionals in fields such as artificial intelligence, computational modelling, healthcare technology and digital product development. Industry analysts have repeatedly highlighted the need for graduates who can work at the intersection of engineering, data science and design.
Through JoSAA counselling, admission will be conducted for 138 institutes including 23 IITs, IISc Bengaluru, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs and 56 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs) for the academic year 2026-27.
The total intake (i.e. number of seats) for an academic program is distributed into different Program-Sections. These are OPEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, OPEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, and STPwD.
Seat allocation in IITs and IISc is based on JEE (Advanced) 2026 rank and seat allocation in NIT+ System is based on JEE (Main) 2026 rank.
