Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering 

at IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad admissions are open for PhD. Check below the admission dates:

Candidates must apply for PhD on the official website of IIT Dhanbad. Aspirants must pay an application fees of INR 2,000 for PhD. Candidates can pay the fees via any of the online payment modes. Aspirants must keep the fee receipt with them for future references.

IIT Dhanbad accepts national-level entrance exams like GATE/ UGC NET for providing admission to PhD course. Candidates shortlisted based on the entrance exam score are further called for a personal interview round. Besides, candidates need to pass UG degree with a minimum of 70% aggregate or 7.0 CGPA or Postgraduate with 60% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA in Engineering / Science or any allied area for PhD admission. After selection, aspirants need to come for counselling and document verification. 

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.

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

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. 

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:

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: