M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine 

at IIT Dharwad, Dharwad

To get admission to MSc at IIT Dharwad, candidate must have a valid rank in the IIT JAM exam. The cutoff was released for different categories belonging to the All India quota. Among the General AI category candidates, the closing ranks varied between 84 and 794. Given below are the branch-wise cutoff ranks for the General AI category:

Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad offers admission primarily on the basis of the scores obtained in the national level entrance exams including JEE Main, JEE Advanced, KCTE, and GATE. To get admission to IIT Dharwad, candidates must fulfil the course-specific eligibility. Candidates can apply to the desired course online on the institute's website.

IIT Dharwad accepts students for admission based on their percentile in the last qualifying exams. The institute releases a specific percentage that students must secure for admission to the programme. 

Amongst the third-generation IITs, IIT Dharwad has come up as one of the top options for engineering students, mainly because of its location in Karnataka, which helps in easy industry tie-ups with the tech giants of Bangalore and Pune. With the guidance of IIT Bombay, the institute has been able to reap the benefits of a tough academic schedule and academic guidance, leading to a very promising placement session in 2025. Although IIT Bhilai and Jammu have similar infrastructure, the steady improvement of IIT Dharwad in the NIRF 2025 rankings (ranked 77th, entering the top 100 with a 5-star GRIHA-rated green campus) indicates a quicker and more sustainable growth path, making it the best option for a developing research-oriented ecosystem. 

Naturally, older IITs like IIT Kharagpur have a vast alumni network and much higher salary packages, with peaks reaching over INR 2 crore, compared to Dharwad's the highest package of approximately INR 40-52 LPA. However, for an average student, IIT Dharwad provides competitive median salaries around INR 11.62 LPA, which is strong. 

The qualifications for IIT Dharwad's varies as per the course candidates wish to apply for. However, Class 12 pass is the only qualificatipon applicable for all the UG, PG, and PhD cousres. Tabulated below are the qualifications required for IIT Dharwad's programme for admission 2024:

To check out the admission process for other UG & PG courses,  make your course selection here

*This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

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 offers great placements to its students. The course wise placement statistics are yet to be released. The overall placement highlights are given in the table below:

Yes, you can get IIT Dharwad based on a rank of 12K. The IIT Dharwad JEE Advanced cutoff 2025 was released for admission to various BTech course branches and the Integrated BSc course for numerous All India quota students. 

Students who belong to the General AI category can check out the table below to know what specialisations they can avail with a rank of 12K. 

 Note: Other categories will have different cutoffs.