M.S. in Mechanical Engineering 

at IIT Dharwad, Dharwad

To get admission in IIT Dharwad candidates must follow the admission process as per the institution admission guidelines. IIT Dharwad admission is completely entrance-based for all the courses offered by the institute. IIT Dharwad offers BTech and BS-MS (integrated course) at the undergraduate level. At the postgraduate level, the institute offers M.Tech and MSc. Further, IIT Dharwad offers a doctoral-level programme as well. Candidate can follow IIT Dharwad's admissipon procedure as follows:

Step 1: IIT Dharwad Application Programme

IIT Dharwad conducts the application process for admission to its offered courses. However, for a few course candidates are required to complete the entrance exam's registration/application process.

• BTech and BS aspirants must fill out the application form for JEE (Main) via the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) (nta.ac.in). Read more
• MTech candidates are required to register for GATE via the official website of GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) (appsgate.iitd.ac.in). Read more
• For PhD and MS, students are required to apply via the official website of IIT Dharwad. Candidate must register and fill out the application form online.

Step 2: IIT Dharwad Selection Process

Candidates are shortlisted based on their qualifications. Next candidates are required to go through the selection process which requires candidates to go through the course-based entrance exam followed by other selection rounds (if applicable). After the selection rounds are completed, they are required to go through the course-wise counselling process for final seat allocation. For PhD and MS, IIT Dharwad conducts its own written test and personal interview for selection.

Step 3: IIT Dharwad seat allocation

Seat allocation for BTech is conducted by the JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) counseling plays a crucial role in the final selection process, as it facilitates the allocation of seats in the BTech programme at IIT Dharwad. For M.Tech candidates must participate in the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) for seat allocation.

Step 4: IIT Dharwad Final Admission

Once the seats are allocated, applicants who are selected can submit the admission charges and confirm their admission to the relevant course at IIT Bombay. Candidates might have to visit the institute's admission office to verify the documents.

IIT Dharwad has released the category-wise cutoffs for various BTech courses. The JEE Advanced rank is accepted to shortlist candidates for the counselling rounds. A JEE Advanced rank of 7000 under General AI category and 4000 rank under OBC category is a decent rank, however, these ranks are insufficient to secure BTech in CSE programme in 2024. Other than CSE, the top courses for which candidates have the option to get a seat at IIT Dharwad are Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,  Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and Engineering Physics.

IIT Dharwad is a thirs-generation IIT which came into existence in 2016 and was established by the Ministry of Education, Government of India and mentored by IIT Bombay. The institute is ranked under the rank band of 101-150 unfer the Engineering category of NIRF 2024. 

The institute is known to offer BTech as a flagship course along with various opportunities facilitated by the virtue of collaborations and partnerships with nationally and internationally renowned institutions. Dharwad IIT provides a good placement rate along with facilitating several industry oriented projects and scholarships for the students to avail. To conclude, it is worth choosing IIT Dharwad. 

According to media reports, the overall highest package offered during IIT Dharwad placements 2024 stood at INR 52 LPA. Further, the branch-wise highest package offered during IIT Dharwad BTech and MTech placements 2024 is presented below:

BTech Branch	Highest Package (2024)
CSE	INR 52 LPA
EE	INR 36 LPA
ME	INR 16.5 LPA
MTech Branch	Highest Package (2024)
ME	INR 13 LPA

Note: The above-mentioned branch-wise data is sourced from unofficial source, and is updated till May, 2024. (Placements 2024 was ongoing at that time)

The branch-wise the highest, average and median package offered during IIT Dharwad placements 2024 for BTech and M.Tech programs are presented below:

BTech Branch	the highest Package (2024)	Average Package (2024)	Median Package (2024)
CSE	INR 52 LPA	INR 17.41 LPA	INR 12 LPA
EE	INR 36 LPA	INR 13.97 LPA	INR 9 LPA
ME	INR 16.5 LPA	INR 11.2 LPA	INR 10 LPA
MTech Branch	the highest Package (2024)	Average Package (2024)	Median Package (2024)
ME	INR 13 LPA	INR 8.97 LPA	INR 8 LPA

Note: The above-mentioned branch-wise data is sourced from unofficial source, and is updated till May, 2024. (Placements 2024 was ongoing at that time)

The branch-wise the highest package offered during IIT Dharwad placements 2024 is presented below:

BTech Branch	the highest Package (2024)
CSE	INR 52 LPA
EE	INR 36 LPA
ME	INR 16.5 LPA
MTech Branch	the highest Package (2024)
ME	INR 13 LPA

Note: The above-mentioned branch-wise data is sourced from unofficial source, and is updated till May, 2024. (Placements 2024 was ongoing at that time)

According to the NIRF report 2023, a total of 114 B.Tech students were placed during IIT Dharwad placements 2022. The college recorded nearly 71% placement rate during IIT Dharwad placements 2022. However, the median package offered to B.Tech students was INR 7.50 LPA during the placement drive 2022. Also, as per Shiksha review, the highest package offered was INR 40 LPA during the recent placement drive.

The highest, average and median salary trends witnessed during IIT Dharwad placements over the past three years are presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
the highest package	INR 40 LPA	INR 52 LPA	INR 52 LPA
Average package	INR 15.17 LPA	INR 16.41 LPA	INR 12.63 LPA
Median package	INR 12 LPA	INR 16 LPA	INR 10 LPA

Note: The above-mentioned placement data is sourced from media reports, hence may vary.