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IIT Dhanbad PhD Courses & Fees 2025: Eligibility, Application Process, Seats

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IIT Dhanbad PhD Eligibility & Highlights 2025

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Total Tuition Fees 1.4L
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  • GATE
  • UGC NET
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  • Graduation score60%
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    Q:   Why choose IIT Dhanbad?
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    Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad is one of the oldest IITs. It offers quality education to the students under the guidance of experts.  IIT Dhanbad has been ranked 21 in the QS WUR Ranking By Subject, and it is ranked 110 in Southern Asia and 424 in Asia by QS World Ranking 2026. The institute also ranked 15th by NIRF in 2025 for Engineering. The institute appoints well trained and expert faculty members. 

    Q:   What are the placements like at IIT Dhanbad?
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    IIT Dhanbad provides good placements to its students. At the start of phase 1 placement drive 2026, more than 300 offers and 200 PPOs were made. In addition, 4 CSE students were offered package of INR 80 LPA. The placement numbers are expected to increase after the end of phase 2 placements 2026.

    Q:   What are the top courses offered by IIT Dhanbad?
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    IIT (ISM), Dhanbad offers various undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes. The courses provided by the institute include BTech, Dual degree (BTech-MTech), MTech, MSc MBA, MSc Tech, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF), and PhD. under 18 departments. Also, for admissions to these courses, candidates need to clear the eligibility criteria. The entrance exams accepted for different courses include JEE Main + JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling, CAT GATE + COAP Counselling, IIT JAM + CCMN counselling, etc.

    Q:   What is the ranking of IIT Dhanbad BTech in 2024?
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    IIT Dhanbad BTech has been ranked 17 by NIRF under the Engineering category. NIRF ranking trends for IIT Dhanbad for its BTech course are showcased in the table below:

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    IIT Dhanbad Admission Dates 2025

    DatesPast Events
    26 Feb '25
    Ph.D. (Part-time) in Electronics Engineering under the Visvesvaraya scheme for Electronics & IT Phase 2 Application last date
    26 Dec '23
    Ph.D. Physical Admission (in Campus) & joining of admitted students
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    Q:   What documents are required for IIT Dhanbad application?
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    The document requirement vary course-wise. Below are some of the common documents required during IIT Dhanbad application process:

    • Scanned photograph and signature
    • UG/ PG all semesters/ year marksheets
    • UP/ PG degree/ provisional certificate
    • Class 12 certificate/ marksheet
    Q:   What is the entrance exam for PhD in IIT Dhanbad?
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    IIT Dhanbad accepts national-level entrance exams like GATEUGC 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. 

    Q:   Does IIT (ISM) Dhanbad accept JEE Mains?
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    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.

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    Q:   Is IIT Dhanbad a good college?
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    Yes, it s a good colleges in the country. In QS World Ranking 2024, IIT Dhanbad is ranked 73rd in Southern Asia and 301-350 in Asia. IIT Dhanbad has been ranked 17 in Engineering category and 42 in the Overall category by NIRF Ranking 2023. Moreover, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The institute is also approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Moreover, the avergae and median package offered during IIT Dhanbad placements 2024 stood at INR 20.79 LPA and INR 15.92 LPA, respectively. Moreover, a total of 547 job offers were made.

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    IIT Dhanbad is one of the eminent institute. The institute has been ranked by the QS World Ranking, NIRF and Times Higher Education. Below mentioned are the IIT (ISM) Dhanbad rankings: 

    Ranking BodyRanks
    QS WUR Ranking 2026 By Subject21
    QS World University Rankings 2026- Southern Asia110
    QS World University Rankings 2026- Asia424
    QS World University Rankings 2026- Sustainability Ranking698
    QS WUR Ranking 2025 By Subject20
    NIRF 2025 Engineering15
    NIRF 2025 Overall35
    NIRF 2025 Management48
    QS World University Rankings 2025- Southern Asia100
    QS World University Rankings 2025- Asia381
    Times Higher Education 2024601–800

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    Kartik Shekhar

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    Answered Yesterday

    IIT (ISM) Dhanbad is known for BTech programmes. The institute offers best BTech branches in: 

    • CSE
    • Environment Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Mining Engineering
    • Petroleum Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering, etc.

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    Anupama Singh

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    IIT ISM Dhanbad is well-know technical univeristy and offers quality edcation under the guidance of experts. The institute is known for its BTech programme across various specialisations like ECE, Mining Engineer, Petroleum Engineering, CSE and others. IIT Dhanbad has decent placements with the high

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    Jagriti Shukla

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    IIT (ISM) Dhanbad is one of the state=of-the-art infrastructure which includes all the necessary facilities. The institute has modern classrooms, library, medical facilities, labs, gym, yoga centrem sports complex, hostel and others. 

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    Liyansha Katariya

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    Answered a week ago

    Yes, you can get into IIT Dhanbad for the MSc and MSc Tech courses with an IIT JAM rank of 500, depending on your category, which round you are applying in, chosen course, etc. 

    IIT Dhanbad cutoff 2026 has been published for round 1 for several All India categories. For the General AI category, 3 co

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