This year, 1,59,151 engineering seats available in State’s engineering colleges

Key points

• The Higher Education Department (Technical Education) has released the draft seat matrix for engineering and architecture courses in the State, with 1,59,151 seats from 227 engineering colleges for the academic year 2026-27. Among these, 75,041 seats come under the government quota (KEA), 32,769 seats under the COMED-K quota, and 51,294 seats were management quota seats.
• This year, a total of 5,235 seats and 10 engineering colleges have been increased in the draft matrix compared to last year.
• During the 2025-26 academic year, a total of 1,53,916 seats, including 72,506 government quota seats, were available from 217 colleges.
• Engineering draft seat matrix for the year 2026-27 Year Colleges Total seats Government quota seats COMED-K seats Management seats 2026-27 227 1,59,151 75,041 32,769 51,294 2025-26 217 1,53,916 72,506 32,231 49,141 There is a 500-seat increase in government colleges, a 2,580-seat increase in private universities, a 1,695-seat increase in private colleges, and a...