Engineering branches most-preferred by IIT Bombay aspirants

Some of the other emerging non-engineering branches are Economics, BS in Mathematics, and Chemistry.

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As per the data shared by the Joint Admission Board (JAB) in the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) report 2024, the most popular branch at IIT Bombay, in terms of choice count of candidates, turned out to be Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). As per the report, CSE at IIT Bombay was chosen by 25,481 candidates, which is an increase from 21,893 in 2023.

The second most popular branch at IIT Bombay this year was Electrical Engineering (EE) which emerged nearly 21,811 times as a choice in this year’s IIT forms. Electrical engineering’s popularity also increased by over 15 per cent followed by Mechanical Engineering (ME) which saw a growth of nearly 19 per cent (19,469). On the other hand, the five year course of Electrical Engineering observed a 25 per cent increase in popularity as 13,600 students listed it as one of their top choices.

Most popular courses at IIT Bombay.

Interestingly, Chemical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering emerged as the fourth and fifth most popular choices, instead of Civil Engineering. The candidate choice count for Chemical Engineering was 15,430 (19 per cent increase) and 15,174 (23 per cent increase) for Aerospace Engineering.

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Civil Engineering emerged as the sixth most popular course as 15,061 students listed it as one of their choices, which was an increase of 18.40 per cent from last year’s 12,720.

Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, and Energy Engineering, and Environmental Science and Engineering can be seen as some of the upcoming courses at IIT Bombay as the three programmes have seen a growth of 23.53, 19.43 and 27.43 per cent, respectively. Instrumentation Engineering, too, saw interest from over 9700 students this year.

Some of the other emerging non-engineering branches are Economics, BS in Mathematics, and Chemistry. Economics saw an increase of over 32 per cent as the candidate choice count increased from 5331 last year to 7090 in 2024. The choice count for BS in Mathematics also saw an increase of 35 per cent as it jumped from 5145 in 2023 to 6954 in 2024.

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Chemistry saw one of the biggest jumps in candidate choice count (38 per cent) as the number increased from 4559 in 2023 to 6322 this year.

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The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) is one of the top engineering colleges of India. As per the recent NIRF rankings, IIT Bombay ranked third in the ‘Engineering’ category, 118 in QS World University Rankings 2025 and 635 in Best Global Universities.

Founded in 1958, IIT Bombay is known for its engineering programmes, faculty members, resources, research quality and opportunities. The institute is usually engineering students’ first choice. This year, IIT Bombay appeared nearly 1.9 lakh times in choice counts of different engineering branches.

Deeksha Teri

Deeksha Teri covers education and has worked with the The Hindu (print division), WION and Stonebow Media. She is an alumnus of The University of Lincoln and The University of Delhi. ... Read More