Over 1,300 seats in five new IITs for 2025-26: Education ministry

5 IITs to get over 1,300 additional seats in UG, PG and PhD courses for 2025-26: … Over 1,300 seats have been added across undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG) with some of them also including the doctoral-level from five third-generation Indian Institutes of Technology (IITS) for academic session... Of the 1,364 seats that have been added in IITs for year 2025-26, (the highest) is at-IIT Bhilai which has seen an increase of378 (seats), next was higher percentage of increase only.I will come separately with numbers also. The otherIiTs like Dharwad --343,the new one Jammu--251,Tirupati—Iit Tiruvananthapuram(193).

Seats are being upgraded in various courses in these IITs according to course requirements intimated by these institutions. Seat addition sanction has been accorded for these IITs till 2028-29 in phases," a senior ministry of education official said.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2025-26 announced additional 6,500 seats for IITs added after 2014. Of the six new IITs added in 2015 and 2016—Palakkad, Bhilai, Jammu, Dharwad, Tirupati, and Goa. IIT Goa was not included in expansion as it is yet to be shifted to a permanent campus, whereas according to the initial plan all new IITs were to become operational within four years of integration. The Union Cabinet in its 7th May, 2025 meeting approved it, enhancing the academic and infrastructure strength of the five new IITs at an investment of ₹11,828.79 crore to be incurred over the four years (2025-26 to 2028-29). Altogether, all the five new IITs of Bhilai, Dharwad, Jammu, Palakkad, and Tirupati collectively in the four years from 2025-26 to 2028-29 will be increasing 6,576 seats.

From them, IIT Bhilai will be added with maximum 1,485 seats followed by IIT Dharwad that adds another 1,473 and then comes the queue of new addition in other five colleges such as – (IIT Jammu-1288),(IIT Palakkad -1264) &(ITT Tirupati-1066). Counter to the four-year schedule of adding 6,576 seats are an additional 1,364 in the year ending on June 30 — and a proposed extra increase, beginning with a total push up by another that many students (for a new maximum increase over all those years of an eventual potential lift) will be enrolled during school year 2025-26

Following the period of overexpansion, these five IITs will have 13,687 students against their current student base of 7,111 – an increase of 92.47%.

The Union Cabinet in May sanctioned the creation of 130 teaching posts in these IITs and the process for hiring has already commenced, officials added.