IIIT Dharwad UG, Doctorate Courses 2025

No, IIIT Dharwad generally does not offer direct admissions for any of its programmes. Students have to meet the admission requirements to get admission in the institute. Even for merit-based programmes, such as M.Tech by Research, it is important to fulfil basic eligibility.

IIIT Dharwad offers BTech at the UG level in full-time mode across the specialisations such as Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Admission to the respective course is offered on the basis of entrance scores of JEE Main or KCET. The fee structure contains total tuition fees worth INR 12.2 Lakh. 

Some of the prominent recruiters who visited the IIIT Dharwad during the 2024 placement drive are listed in the table below:

Yes, admission are open at IIIT Dharwad. The institute offers UG, PG and PhD programme. Students can apply directly through the official page.It is mandatory for students to qualify the eligibility criteria before applying for admission.

To prepare for IIIT Dharwa BTech admission you need right approach and preparation strategy to ace JEE Main. A prep plan for the exam is below: 

• Cross-check section-wise weightage & syllabus for all subjects covered in JEE Main
• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible. Shiksha.com is providing FREE Downloadable JEE Main Mock Test Paper with Solutions
• Keep your focus on NCERT books at this point 
• Solve previous year’s JEE question papers there are high chances of getting questions from there

The admission process for BTech at IIIT Dharwad is as mentioned below:

Step-1: Register for JEE Mains Entrance exam and, appear for it

Step-2: Using the JEE Mains Roll no. and password, log in to the JoSAA/ CSAB official website and cross-check all the pre-filled data amd fill in the preferences for Colleges and branches to lock the choice.

Step-3: Candidates will be allotted seats via multiple counselling rounds conducted by JoSAA/ CSAB.

Step-4 The final step includes payment of the acceptance fee and reporting at the allotted college with all the documents required for verification.

IIIT Dharwad admissions are done on entrance-basis. The basic eligibility requires the candidates to pass Class 12 or its equivalent exam with a minimum aggregate of 75%. However,  BTech admissions at IIITD are accepted on the basis of valid score obtained in JEE Main followed by counselling. Only those who meet the cut-off and satisfy all the parameters will be allocated a seat at the university for the BTech programme. With increasing competition and limited amount of seats, it can be quite a task to get into the institute. But, with the right strategy students have a good chance of getting into the institute given they fulfil the admission criteria.

IIIT Dharwad offers courses at UG, PG, and PhD levels. Students need to meet the admission requirements to be eligible. These offered programmes are as below:

• BTech
• MTech by Research
• PhD

Yes, pursuing an BTech course from IIIT Dharwad is a good choice if considering the placement opportunities. The key highlights of IIIT Dharwad placements for the BTech Class of 2024 and 2025 are tabulated below:

Note: The placements are ongoing for the Class of 2025. The above-mentioned placement stats for 2025 may vary once the final placement report is out.

IIIT Dharwad offers full-time BTech across three specialisations with a duration of four years. The specializations are listed below:

• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering

During the BTech placement campaign at IIIT Dharwad in 2023, an average package of INR 11.52 LPA was provided. The maximum package available was INR 35 LPA. During the recruitment drive, 68% of the BTech candidates were placed. Deloitte, Capgemini, Infosys, Wipro, Samsung, TCS, Cognizant, IBM, IndiaMart, Nagarro, and Mindtree were the top IIIT Dharwad recruiters in 2023.

The total seat capacity is 486. This includes 405 regular sanctioned seats and 81 supernumerary seats reserved specifically for female candidates to ensure gender balance.

IIT Dharwad has released its cutoff result based on the JEE Mains exam 2025. For candidates belonging to the General AI category, BTech CSE cutoff 2025 ranged from 34726 to 56863 according to the first and last round cutoff ranks. IIIT Dharwad accepts the JEE Mains exam followed by the CSAB counselling process. Please refer to the table below to know the last and first round closing cutoff ranks for admission to CSE for various courses.

IIIT Dharwad fees is different for each programme. Students have to pay the fees to complete the admission process. The fees is as below:

Note: This is taken from official sources and can change.

Candidates can check the JEE Main 2026 exam date allotted to them on their city intimation slip and JEE Main admit card. Candidates have to download the city intimation slip and admit card from the official website as per the schedule

 Candidates need to submit the following documents at the time of filling IIIT Dharwad application form in online mode:

• Provision Admission Letter (Downloaded from JoSAA website)
• Class 10 and 12 marksheets
• Study and Conduct/ Character certificate (original)
• Scanned copy of the request letter (if the original certificate is unavailable)
•  JEE Main scorecard (original/ downloaded)
• JEE Main Admit Card (original/ downloaded)
• Transfer certificate/ Leaving certificate (original)
• Migration certificate (original)
• Medical certificate as per the JoSAA format (original)
• Institute fee payment receipt generated by SBI Collect
• Undertaking by the student and parents regarding seat confirmation
• Photo Identity Card (Aadhar Card/ Voter’s ID/ Driving License/ Passport)
• Scanned copy of request letter

Tabulated below are the JoSAA last rund closing ranks for IIIT Dharwad cutoff 2023 along with 2022 and 2021 for the General category students, to get clarity on past year trends:

IIIT Dharwad admissions are highly competitive. An average student may get admission in the institute. However, this requires students to get a good score in accepted exam or perform exceptionally well in the selection rounds as per the programme. Students can start preparing well in advance. With right planning, an average student can get admission in IIIT Dharwad.

Yes, IIIT Dharwad does accept GATE scores for admission to its M.Tech programme. Applicants must have a valid GATE score relevant to the discipline of their qualifying degree. In cases where there is no specific GATE paper available for a particular discipline, XE/XL/XH papers of the GATE examination can be considered.