M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 

at IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad

The eligibility criteria for MTech course at IIT Dhanbad is Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent or a Master's degree in Science/Arts/Commerce with at least 60% aggregate or CGPA/CPI of 6.0 in 10 point scale (55% aggregate or 5.5 CGPA for SC/ST). Also, candidates need to clear the entrance exam for IIT Dhanbad MTech admissions. The entrance exams accepted is GATE.

The IIT Dhanbad placement highlights for the MTech Class of 2025 are tabulated below:

Yes, IIT Dhanbad is worth in terms of MTech placements. The key highlights of IIT Dhanbad MTech placement 2025 are presented below:

The sector-wise number of MTech students placed during 2025 placement drive is presented below:

To get admission to M.Tech in IIT Dhanbad, students need to be eligible to apply for the course. The Institute accepts admission based on GATE entrance scores followed by COAP counselling. Students who are graduated from IIT are exempted from the GATE entrance score requirement. Hence, for admission, students need to apply for GATE by visiting the GOAPS website.

The NTA has released the exam dates for the JEE Main 2026 Session 2. Paper 1 (BE/ BTech) will be administered between April 2, 2026 to April 9, 2026. The Session 2 registration will open in the last week of January. The applicants are requested to fill the application form available on the website jeemain.nta.nic.in.

IIT Dhanbad accepts JEE Advanced scores for admission to BTech/Integrated BTech/BS/Integrated BS. The cutoff was released for different categories belonging to the All India quota. The cutoff for the General AI category candidates was closed between the range of 3846 and 16011. Therefore, the highest cutoff rank for admission among the General AI category was 16011, which was admission to Integrated B.Tech. + M.Sc.Tech. in Applied Geology. 

Not getting into IIT Dhanbad or any other top IIT should not be considered an end to a student’s career. While IIT Dhanbad average package is INR 17.53 LPA for its 2025 placements batch, can IIT Dhanbad guarantee the same for each and every student of the batch? The answer is no. 

Students always have an option to go for other good private and government universities and colleges to pursue their BTech degree. Some of these options are as follows:

To get admission to IIT Dhanbad, students must secure a rank as per the cutoff list and according to the category they belong to to avail admission at this institiute. IIT Dhandbad JEE Advanced cutoff 2025 for the General AI category candidates was released for all rounds and courses. 

 As per the cutoff ranks for the General AI category candidates, the overall closing cutoff varied between 3348 for BTech (CSE) and 18368 for Integrated BSc + MSc in Physical Science. Therefore, students seeking admission to the college must have a JEE Advanced rank of at least 18368 or preferably below, if belonging to the All India category. 

Note:The cutoff for other categories, rounds., etc., will diffrer. 

IIT Dhanbad is one of the leading Engineering institutes in India. Placements at this Institute is good as well. The key highlights of IIT Dhanbad placement 2025 are presented below: