Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering 

at IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad

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

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 total tuition fee of the IIT Dhanbad MSc programme ranges from INR 36,000 to INR 54,000. The total course will further be higher as that includes other components such as Institute Admission fee, Hostel admission fee, benevolent fund, identity card, medical examination fee, Alumnus subscription & IIT Alumni fee, institute development fund, convocation charges, caution money and migration fee. Further, this fee is as per unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative.

The best placement rate was recorded for BTech Environmental Engineering, wherein the placement rate was 95.65%. It was followed by BTech CSE and BTech ECE with placement percentage of 89.36% and 89.19%. For BTech Double Major degree, the placement rate in 2025 was 100%.

The placement rate recorded during BTech + MTech placement 2025 was 100%, except Civil Engineering, wherein the placement rate was 50%.

The placement rate recorded during Integrated MTech placements 2025 for Applied Geology, Applied Geophysics and Mathematics & computing branches was 87.5%, 81.82% and 89.29%.

Yes, admission to BTech courses at IIT Dhanbad is only through Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Candidates seeking admission must pass JEE Main, students selected further need to take JEE Advanced. Based on the score secured in JEE Advanced, students are called for JoSAA Counselling. Aspirants are offered seat based on their rank. JoSAA releases a cutoffs round-wise for students. Aspirants securing the cutoff rank or above can take admission by blocking the seat. Aspirants need to pay course fee to confirm their seat in the BTech course of IIT Dhanbad.

According to the reviews and ratings provided by the current students and alumnis of IIT Dhanbad, the BTech CSE course have recieved an overall rating of 4.2 stars out of 5. Quoted below are the statements of verified students of IIT Dhanbad:

• "Our college provides good placements. Around 93-95% of students got placed in our college. The highest salary package offered is 56 LPA."
• "Our college has highly qualified professors. They are Ph.D. holders. They have been educated at foreign universities. The teaching quality is up to the mark."
• "The infrastructure is very good. Our campus has greenery all around. It has Asia's second-the largest library which is fully equipped with air-conditioners and Wi-Fi." 

To get admission to IIT Dhanbad, student must attain the rank as per the cutoff list, and as per the category they belong to. IIT Dhandbad JEE Advanced cutoff 2025 for the General AI category candidates has been released for the third round. As per the cutoff list for the General AI category candidates, the cutoff ranks varied between 3348 and 16143. Therefore, student seeking admission to the college must have a JEE Advanced rank of below 16143 or below. 

To get into ECE at IIT Dhanbad through JEE Advanced exam, candidate must obtain the neccessary rank as per the category they belong to. IIT Dhanbad JEE Advanced cutoff 2024 for the General AI category candidates in the last round was 5982. Notably, ECE was one of the highly competitive specialisations at IIT Dhanbad. For last round closing cutoff ranks for ECE for other reserved and unreserved categories, refer to the table below:

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.