TS ICET Cutoff 2026: Last Rank Statement, College-Wise Data & Trends

The Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) releases TS ICET cutoff as a category-wise, college-wise, and course-wise "last rank statement" alongside the seat allotment result of each counselling phase, available at the official counselling portal, tgicet.nic.in. For TS ICET 2026, the First Phase seat allotment was released on 11 August 2026, and the Final Phase runs from 17 to 25 August 2026; TGCHE typically publishes the corresponding last-rank statement for each phase once that phase's allotment is finalised.

TS ICET Qualifying Cutoff 2026

Before any college-wise last rank comes into play, candidates first need to clear TGCHE's minimum qualifying cutoff to be eligible for counselling at all.

Clearing this qualifying cutoff only makes a candidate eligible to register for counselling; it does not guarantee a seat, since actual admission depends on the college-wise last rank explained below.

What Is the TS ICET Last Rank Statement, and Where Do You Check It?

The "last rank" is the rank of the lowest-ranked candidate who was allotted a seat in a specific course, at a specific college, under a specific category, in a specific counselling phase. TGCHE publishes this as a formal "Last Rank Statement" document on tgicet.nic.in, separately for the First Phase and the Final Phase of each year's counselling.

How to check the TS ICET last rank statement:

1. Visit the official counselling website, tgicet.nic.in.
2. Look for the "First Phase Last Rank Statement" or "Final Phase Last Rank Statement" link for the relevant year on the homepage.
3. Open the PDF and locate your college and course of interest.
4. Cross-check the last rank against your own category (OC, BC-A to BC-E, SC-I to SC-III, ST, EWS) and gender, since last ranks are published separately for each combination.
5. Compare your own rank card to the last rank; if your rank is equal to or better (numerically lower) than the last rank for your category, you would have been within range for that seat in that phase.

TS ICET 2025 Cutoff (Last Rank): College-Wise Sample Data

The table below shows a representative sample from TGCHE's official TGICET 2025 Final Phase Last Rank Statement, illustrating how widely the last rank varies by college, course, and category.

This is a sample from a document spanning roughly 23 pages across all participating institutions; the pattern worth noting is how sharply the last rank widens between OC and ST candidates, and between a university's flagship campus and its affiliated colleges, for the same course. The full statement is available directly on tgicet.nic.in.

What Actually Moves the TS ICET Last Rank Every Year

The sample table above already shows the two biggest swings, and both come down to how TGCHE fills seats rather than any single "difficulty" factor.

The first is category. At OU College of Commerce & Business Management, the 2025 Final Phase MBA last rank was 111 for OC (Boys) but 1,097 for SC-I — nearly a 10x gap for the identical seat. At Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, it was 795 for OC (Boys) against 5,979 for SC-III (Girls). This happens because TGCHE allots seats under Telangana's category matrix (OC, BC-A to BC-E, SC-I to SC-III, ST, EWS, with separate boys'/girls' ranks within most categories), so each category is effectively competing in its own pool for the same block of seats, not against the full applicant list.

The second is which specific college a course sits at. OU's own campus MBA seats close out in double or triple digits for OC, while OU PG College, Narsapur — a different, less sought-after campus offering the identical MBA — closes at rank 8,785 for OC and past 40,000 for ST in the same phase. During option entry, candidates rank colleges in order of preference, and the last rank simply marks how far down the merit list TGCHE had to go before that particular college-course-category combination ran out of takers; a flagship campus runs out fast, an affiliated college further down everyone's preference list runs out slow.

Phase adds a third layer. A First Phase last rank only reflects candidates who registered and exercised options in that phase. Any seat that goes unfilled — because the allotted candidate didn't self-report, or too few candidates from that category ranked the college highly enough — carries forward into the Final Phase and gets re-offered to a wider pool. That's why a college's Final Phase last rank for a given category is typically wider than its First Phase last rank, not narrower, and why comparing this year's Final Phase figures against next year's First Phase figures for the same college isn't a like-for-like comparison.

TS ICET 2026 Counselling: Where the Cutoff Fits In

Your last rank matters only in the context of where you stand during actual counselling. If you're still working out your options or documentation, the TS ICET 2026 Counselling section covers the full First Phase and Final Phase schedule, counselling fee, and document checklist. If you haven't yet downloaded your rank card or want to understand how your rank was calculated, see the TS ICET 2026 Result page.

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