IIIT Trichy MTech Courses & Fees 2025: Eligibility, Selection, Admission Dates, Seats

No, you can not join IIIT Trichy without an entrance. Indian Insitute of Information Technology (IIIT) Trichy admission is entirely entrance-based. The institute accepts JEE Mains for its BTech admission, GATE for the M.Tech course, IIT JAM for the MSc programme. Additionally, PhD admissions are done based on the UGC NET exam. 

The cutoff for IIT Trichy differs according to categories and rounds. For the General AI category, the cutoff ranged from 350 to 427 across various M.Tech specialisations. For the OBC category All India quota, the cutoff score for admission fell between 320 to 410. For both these categories, M.Tech in  Computer Science and Engineering proved to be the toughest for admissions, with the qualifying cutoff score being 410 for OBC and 427 for the General AI category candidates. IIIT Trichy accepts the GATE exam score, followed by the CCMT counselling process for admissions to M.Tech courses. 

The score you would need to achieve to get a seat at IIIT Trichy would depend entirely on which M.Tech specialisation you want. IIIT Trichy offers two course specialisations. M.Tech. in VLSI Systems, cutoff varied from 350 to 460 for the General AI category. For M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, the cutoff score was between 427 and 589. Students aiming for admission to this university should aim to achieve a score well above 450 to increase their chances of getting admission. Please keep in mind that different categories will have different qualifying scores. 

If you belong to the General AI category, your chances of getting a seat at IIIT Trichy are high. The cutoff score ranged from 427 to 589 for M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering and 350 to 460 for M.Tech. in VLSI Systems during the last and first rounds. Students can refer to the table below to know the cutoff score range for both the MTech specialisations offered at IIIT Trichy.