M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with Spl in Thermal Engineering 

at IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad MTech cutoff 2024 has been released. As per the GATE COAP Round 1 cutoff 2024, the most competitive course was Computer Science and Engineering with a closing rank of 756 for the General AII India category students. The least competitive course was Chemical Engineering with a closing cutoff of 392.

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the IIT Dhanbad GATE COAP cutoff 2024 for the General AI category students: 

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

IIT Dhanbad is ranked 11 among the top Engineering Institutes in India by NIRF. The Institute offer M.Tech in 16 specialisations including popular ones such as CSE, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc. The highest package offered in 2020 placement is INR 50 LPA.

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 opening and closing rank depends on the category and quota of candidates. For general category under All India, opening rank was 4270 and closing rank was 4710. Cut off are differant when it comes to other categories or female candidates and even domicile of home state. In All India, opening and closing rank for female candidates was 1774 and 9854. Admission to Integrated M.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing in IIT Dhanbad (ISM) is based on the scores obtained in the entrance exam JEE Advanced. Applicants are advised to confirm what category are they applying while checking for cut offs.

The total students placed across the courses during IIT Dhanbad placement 2025 is presented below:

IIT Dhanbad is a well known institute for offering placements to its students. Check out the table below for course-wise placements recorded over the past three years at IIT Dhanbad:

Below is the IIT Dhanbad BTech admission process:

Application:

To get admission in IIT Dhanbad BTech course, candidates have to fill the online application form must and check the eligibility criteria of each course before filling the form. 

Entrance Exam:

Candidates seeking admission need to take JEE Main exam and then JEE Advanced. Aspirants need to qualify both the entrance exams to be considered for JoSAA Counselling.

Counselling & Seat Allotment:

Further, the students who secure the cutoff marks are called for JoSAA Counselling, based on which the seat allotment is carried out.

The placement rate recorded during IIT Dhanbad placements over the past three years is presented below:

You can get into the BTech courses offered by IIT (ISM) Dhanbad through JEE Mains. However, JEE Mains isn't enough. One must clear JEE Advanced to get into any of the IITs. The same applies to the IIT Dhanbad admissions as well. To summarise: 

IIT Dhanbad BTech Admission = Clearing JEE Mains + JEE Advanced + Participating in JoSAA counselling for seat allotment.