What KCET rank do I need for Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering?

In 2026, General Merit seats at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering closed between 642 (Electrical) and 49,666 (Civil). A rank inside that band reached at least one branch in the published rounds. These are the ranks at which seats actually closed, not a prediction for the next year.

Does Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering fill up in Round 1?

50% of the General Merit seats Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering published closed in Round 1. Most seats are gone after the first round, so a borderline candidate should treat Round 1 option entry as the real decision point.

Are cut-offs at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering rising or falling?

Between 2025 and 2026, the largest movement at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering was in Civil: from 54,351 to 3,066, tightening by 51,285 ranks. 6 branches are comparable across both years; the per-branch movement is in the table on this page.

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering — Cut-offs

597 verified closing ranks across every published branch, category and round.

In short

The most competitive verified General Merit (GM) KCET 2026 seat at DSCE closed at 3,572 — Computer Science, Round 1. Every figure below is transcribed from the official publication named under its table — including the reserved-category columns competitors do not carry.

Compiled by Abhigyan Nath, EditorUpdated 6 Sept 2026Sources: KEA, COMEDKHow we verify

Is my rank enough for DSCE?

Enter a rank to see which seats here closed at or beyond it in the published rounds. This reports what happened, not what will happen.

Did cut-offs at DSCE get harder or easier?

Best General Merit closing rank per branch at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, KCET 2025 compared with 2026, all allotment rounds
Branch	2025	2026	Movement
Civil	54,351	3,066	↓ tighter by 51,285
Mechanical	25,525	2,103	↓ tighter by 23,422
Electrical	15,232	642	↓ tighter by 14,590
Electronics & Communication	6,361	1,486	↓ tighter by 4,875
Artificial Intelligence & ML	4,768	1,509	↓ tighter by 3,259
Computer Science	4,080	1,431	↓ tighter by 2,649

Best General Merit closing rank per branch in each year, across all published rounds. A tighter rank means a better one was needed.

Which colleges could I also get with this rank?

Each of these closed nearest to DSCE’s tightest General Merit seat within its own exam, year and list, shown beside each rank. Ranks from different exams are not comparable with each other.

RVCE from 144 (KCET 2026 GM)
MSRIT from 976 (KCET 2026 GM)
University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering from 2,952 (KCET 2026 GM)
JSS STU from 4,537 (KCET 2026 GM)
BIT Bangalore from 4,567 (KCET 2026 GM)
R V Institute of Technology and Management JP Nagar from 5,464 (KCET 2026 GM)

Common questions about DSCE cut-offs

What KCET rank do I need for Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering?: In 2026, General Merit seats at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering closed between 642 (Electrical) and 49,666 (Civil). A rank inside that band reached at least one branch in the published rounds. These are the ranks at which seats actually closed, not a prediction for the next year.
Does Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering fill up in Round 1?: 50% of the General Merit seats Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering published closed in Round 1. Most seats are gone after the first round, so a borderline candidate should treat Round 1 option entry as the real decision point.
Are cut-offs at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering rising or falling?: Between 2025 and 2026, the largest movement at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering was in Civil: from 54,351 to 3,066, tightening by 51,285 ranks. 6 branches are comparable across both years; the per-branch movement is in the table on this page.

What these numbers mean for DSCE

Across the General Merit seats Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering published in 2026, the tightest closed at 642 in Electrical and the loosest at 49,666 in Civil — a spread of 49,024 ranks between the hardest and easiest seat in the same college. Between 2025 and 2026, Civil moved most: from 54,351 to 3,066, tightening by 51,285 ranks. All 6 comparable branches tightened, so a rank that reached Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering in 2025 may not have been enough in 2026. 50% of its published General Merit seats closed in Round 1, which is where a borderline candidate's chance at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering is actually decided. A rank between 642 and 49,666 reached at least one seat here in the published rounds; beyond 49,666, no General Merit seat at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering closed at that rank in the data on this page.