S D M Institute of Tech. — Cut-offs
145 verified closing ranks across every published branch, category and round.
In short
The most competitive verified General Merit (GM) KCET 2026 seat at S D M Institute of Tech. closed at 92,688 — 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.
Is my rank enough for S D M Institute of Tech.?
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 S D M Institute of Tech. get harder or easier?
| Branch | 2025 | 2026 | Movement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil | 1,38,284 | 12,988 | ↓ tighter by 1,25,296 |
| Information Science | 76,956 | 1,54,254 | ↑ looser by 77,298 |
| Electrical | 92,851 | 16,606 | ↓ tighter by 76,245 |
| Electronics & Communication | 80,027 | 12,419 | ↓ tighter by 67,608 |
| Computer Science | 50,718 | 15,672 | ↓ tighter by 35,046 |
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 S D M Institute of Tech.’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.
- Csi Lombard Memorial College of Nursing from 91,681 (KCET 2026 GM)
- Scs College of Nursing from 92,136 (KCET 2026 GM)
- K V Hanchinal College of Nursing from 92,248 (KCET 2026 GM)
- Holdsworth Memorial College Of Nursing from 92,794 (KCET 2026 GM)
- Mysore College of Engineering and Management from 93,355 (KCET 2026 GM)
- Kateel Ashok Pai Memorial Institute of Nursing from 93,400 (KCET 2026 GM)
Common questions about S D M Institute of Tech. cut-offs
- What KCET rank do I need for S D M Institute of Tech.?
- In 2026, General Merit seats at S D M Institute of Tech. closed between 12,419 (Electronics & Communication) and 2,81,474 (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 S D M Institute of Tech. fill up in Round 1?
- 56% of the General Merit seats S D M Institute of Tech. 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 S D M Institute of Tech. rising or falling?
- Between 2025 and 2026, the largest movement at S D M Institute of Tech. was in Civil: from 1,38,284 to 12,988, tightening by 1,25,296 ranks. 5 branches are comparable across both years; the per-branch movement is in the table on this page.
What these numbers mean for S D M Institute of Tech.
Across the General Merit seats S D M Institute of Tech. published in 2026, the tightest closed at 12,419 in Electronics & Communication and the loosest at 2,81,474 in Civil — a spread of 2,69,055 ranks between the hardest and easiest seat in the same college. Between 2025 and 2026, Civil moved most: from 1,38,284 to 12,988, tightening by 1,25,296 ranks. Of the 5 branches S D M Institute of Tech. published in both years, 4 tightened and 1 loosened, so the college as a whole did not move in one direction. 56% of its published General Merit seats closed in Round 1, which is where a borderline candidate's chance at S D M Institute of Tech. is actually decided. A rank between 12,419 and 2,81,474 reached at least one seat here in the published rounds; beyond 2,81,474, no General Merit seat at S D M Institute of Tech. closed at that rank in the data on this page.
KCET 2026 — Round 1
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G | 2AG | 2BG | 3AG | 3BG | STG | S1G | S2G | S3G | GMH | 2AH | 3BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 92,688 | 1,30,328 | 1,25,694 | 1,38,347 | 1,13,389 | 1,12,746 | 1,39,445 | 2,31,817 | 2,55,226 | 1,77,902 | 1,08,540 | 1,87,954 | — |
| Electronics & Communication | 1,36,387 | 2,28,226 | 1,78,986 | 1,68,085 | 1,53,592 | 1,47,655 | 1,65,672 | — | — | — | 1,39,278 | — | — |
| Information Science | 1,54,254 | 2,79,449 | 2,12,500 | 1,66,136 | 1,87,203 | 1,59,778 | — | — | — | — | 1,90,473 | — | — |
| Electrical | 1,62,263 | — | 1,91,992 | 2,37,261 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,82,556 | — | 2,19,199 |
| Civil | 2,81,474 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Source: KEA UGCET 2026 Engineering cut-off, Round 1 FINAL, 371(j) Kalyana-Karnataka (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2026/PROF_CODE_E_H_15072026kannada.pdf · KEA UGCET 2026 Engineering cut-off, Round 1 FINAL, Rest of Karnataka (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2026/PROF_CODE_E_R_15072026kannada.pdf
KCET 2025 — Round 1
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G | 2AG | 2BG | 3AG | 3BG | SCG | STG | GMH | 2AH | SCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 50,718 | 81,560 | 67,987 | 75,031 | 67,471 | 55,482 | 1,69,401 | 91,793 | 51,228 | — | 1,78,072 |
| Information Science | 76,956 | 97,630 | 85,168 | 96,926 | 78,519 | 87,520 | 2,23,839 | 98,410 | 83,240 | 1,11,167 | — |
| Electronics & Communication | 80,027 | 1,04,630 | 1,00,443 | 1,23,293 | 85,906 | 89,382 | 2,31,660 | 2,08,109 | 94,230 | 1,06,074 | 2,37,101 |
| Electrical | 92,851 | — | 1,15,767 | — | — | — | 2,25,029 | 2,45,571 | 1,32,645 | — | — |
| Civil | 1,40,466 | — | 2,07,472.5 | 2,53,217.5 | — | — | 2,13,610 | 2,08,283 | — | — | — |
Source: KEA UGCET 2025 Engineering cut-off, Round 1 FINAL, 371(j) Kalyana-Karnataka (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2025/PROF_CODE_E_H_R1kannada.pdf · KEA UGCET 2025 Engineering cut-off, Round 1 FINAL, Rest of Karnataka (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2025/PROF_CODE_E_R_R1kannada.pdf
KCET 2025 — Round 2
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G | 2AG | 2BG | 3AG | 3BG | SCG | STG | GMH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 1,03,187 | 1,29,522 | 1,33,447 | 1,56,107 | 1,35,636 | 1,13,967 | 2,48,504 | 2,60,454 | 1,07,969 |
| Civil | 1,38,284 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electrical | 1,99,219 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electronics & Communication | 2,55,897 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Information Science | 2,60,999.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Source: KEA UGCET 2025 Engineering cut-off, Round 2 FINAL, 371(j) Kalyana-Karnataka (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2025/PROF_CODE_E_H_30082025kannada.pdf · KEA UGCET 2025 Engineering cut-off, Round 2 FINAL, Rest of Karnataka (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2025/PROF_CODE_E_R_30082025kannada.pdf
KCET 2025 — Round 3
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM |
|---|---|
| Civil | 1,38,284 |
| Information Science | 2,14,311 |
| Electrical | 2,31,573 |
| Electronics & Communication | 2,46,747 |
| Computer Science | 2,48,504 |
Source: KEA UGCET 2025 Engineering cut-off, Round 3, Rest of Karnataka (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2025/PROF_CODE_E_R_11092025kannada.pdf
KCET 2024 — Round 1
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G | 2AG | 2BG | 3AG | 3BG | SCG | STG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 54,544 | 63,422 | 68,197 | 94,932 | 62,666 | 60,277 | — | — |
| Information Science | 68,841 | 77,780 | 79,042 | 1,21,817 | 69,071 | 73,813 | 2,18,033 | — |
| Electronics & Communication | 80,495 | 91,723 | 99,379 | — | 90,958 | 87,974 | — | — |
| Electrical | 1,04,353 | 1,26,702 | 1,08,147 | — | — | — | — | 2,41,815 |
| Civil | 1,76,838 | — | — | 2,69,857 | — | — | 2,45,132 | 2,24,038 |
Source: KEA UGCET 2024 Engineering cut-off, Round 1 GENERAL (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2024/ENGG_CUTOFF_2024_GEN_R1kannada.pdf
KCET 2024 — Round 2
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G | 2AG | 2BG | 3AG | 3BG | SCG | STG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 61,691 | 1,11,677 | 86,039 | 96,720 | 62,666 | 67,414 | — | — |
| Information Science | 87,446 | 1,25,377 | — | — | 96,116 | 95,491 | 2,73,786 | 2,12,168 |
| Electrical | 1,46,439 | 1,96,062 | 1,73,628 | 1,95,880 | — | — | — | 2,41,815 |
| Civil | 2,74,505 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electronics & Communication | — | 1,48,411 | — | — | 1,22,425 | 1,22,783 | — | 2,55,830 |
Source: KEA UGCET 2024 Engineering cut-off, Round 2 GENERAL (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2024/ENGG_CUTOFF_2024_GEN_R2kannada.pdf
Karnataka DCET 2026 — Round 2
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics & Communication | 12,419 | — |
| Civil | 12,988 | — |
| Computer Science | 15,672 | — |
| Electrical | 16,606 | 8,089 |
Source: KEA DCET 2026 Engineering cut-off, Round 2 PROVISIONAL, Rest of Karnataka (official, generated 05-09-2026): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/dcet2026/Rkannada.pdf
Seats published for Round 3
177 seats across 6 branches, from KEA’s provisional matrix published on 31 August 2026. A matrix describes the day it was published — allotment spends seats.
| Branch | Seats |
|---|---|
| ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG | 51 |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | 40 |
| INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | 37 |
| CIVIL ENGINEERING | 19 |
| ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING | 18 |
| ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA SCIENCE | 12 |
Source: KEA UGCET-2026 Third Round UnAllotted & Cancelled Provisional Seat Matrix, Engineering (as on 31-08-2026). Full grid, all categories: the KCET seat matrix. What GM category means · how the SNQ quota works.