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The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT B) has been the most preferred IIT for JEE aspirants for the past few years. As per data analysed by the indianexpress.com, IIT Bombay has been the top choice for nearly 90 per cent of top 50 JEE Advanced rankers.
In 2018, 47 out of top 50 rankers chose IIT Bombay, and even though the number fell to 42 in 2019 and 2021, it has once again increased to 46 in 2022 and 2023.
| Institute Name | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
| IIT Bombay | 46 | 46 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 47 |
| IIT Delhi | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| IIT Madras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
In the top choices, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras have been the main contenders. IIT Delhi was the top choice for two JEE Advanced toppers (from top 50) in 2023 and only one student from top 50 picked IIT Madras in the 2023 session.
IIT Bombay consistently ranks high across the years, securing positions within the top 50 and top 100. Even among the top 100 rankers, IIT Bombay has emerged as the most popular choice, as 67 students chose IIT Bombay in 2023, 68 in 2022, 62 in 2021, 58 in 2020, 62 in 2019 and 59 in 2018.
Additionally, IIT Delhi also maintains a strong performance, consistently ranking within the top 50 and top 100.
While IIT Madras — which has been securing rank 1 in the NIRF under the engineering category — has emerged as the third top choice. It has only managed to attract one student among the top 50 in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020. The institute has received more interest among the top 100 rankers, as it attracted 8 students in 2023, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 6 in 2020 and 2018 and 1 in 2019.
IIT Roorkee also featured in the wish list of 1 top 50 and top 100 candidate in 2021, and IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur attracted students from top 100 in 2019 and 2018 respectively.
There are some newer IITs such as IIT Hyderabad, IIT (BHU) Varanasi which have emerged as popular IITs among the top 1000 candidates in the past few years. Other popular IITs are IIT Indore, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati.
