IIT Dharwad MS Courses & Fees 2025: Admission, Eligibility & Selection

IIT Dharwad offers admission to all its courses on the basis of both, merit and entrance scores. IIT Dharwad accepts national-level entrance exams. The college accepts JEE Main, JEE Advanced, KCET, GATE, etc. scores for admission to its courses.

IIT Dharwad conducts the application process in online mode. The step-wise process is provided below:

1. Open the official website and register.
2. Fill in the required details and complete the registration.
3. Fill the detailed application form. In this step, candidates have to provide details of educational qualifications, parents' details, address of communication and permanent address, and exam center preference.
4. Upload scanned images of passport-size photographs and signature.
5. Pay the application fee.
6. The application form will be automatically submitted after the successful payment of application fees.

As the entire application process is conducted online. For admission to IIT Dharwad, candidates must fill out the application form provided via the official website of the institute. However, before the admission form, candidates must appear for the eligible entrance exam such as the JEE Main, JEE Advanced or GATE. Apart from that, candidates must fill in for the counselling process from the organising board. After filling it all, the same set of details will be required to apply for the admission at IIT Dharwad.

IIT Dharwad admissions are entrance based. The final selection is done on the basis of the entrance scores followed by the counselling process. Check the table below to know the selection requirement of IIT Dharwad:

Course Name	Selection Criteria
BTech	JEE Main + JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling
MTech	GATE + COAP Counselling
MS	GATE (For TA Category) and GATE + PI (for PA Category)
PhD	GATE/ NET scores + PI
Executive MTech	Entrance/ screening exam + PI
BSc-MSc Integrated	JEE Main + JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling

IIT Dharwad courses include BTech, BS-MS, MTech, MS, and PhD across several streams. IIT Dharwad course admission is based on entrance. Therefore, candidates must secure a valid score in JEE Main/ JEE Advanced/ GATE along with securing 75% in Class 12.  In addition to this, IIT Dharwad fees include total tuition fees ranging from INR 10K to INR 10 Lakh. The BTech program, which is the most popular course at IIT Dharwad, costs INR 8 lakh, while the MTech course costs INR 20 K. The most affordable course is MSc with tuition fee of INR 12K & the most expensive fee is BSc with tuition fee of INR 10 lakh.

IIT Dharwad offers several courses across streams including engineering, information technology, etc. at the UG, PG, and doctoral levels. The courses offered at Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad Karnataka include:

• BTech
• BSc
• MTech
• MSc
• PhD

The courses are further offered across multiple specialisations.

IIT Dharwad conducts the admission process for all the UG, PG, and PhD courses in online mode. Interested candidates can fill the admission forms through the official website. The admissions to IIT Dharwad are currently closed. Interested candidates can go to the website for updates around the Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad admissions.

IIT Dharwad has signed several MoUs at the national and international levels with other institutes and organisations. The below-mentioned table reflects on some of the IIT Dharwad collaborations:

IIT Dharwad MoUs
Deshpande Startups	Altair Engineering	National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
The University of New Brunswick, Canada	University of Saskatchewan, Canada	Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology
Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru	KIMS Hubballi	Zeus Numerix Pvt Ltd, Pune

Congratulations! After JEE Main, register for JEE Advanced, which is the only way to get into an IIT. This registration usually happens in late April or early May, with the exam itself scheduled for late May. This is a very tight window, so keep a close eye on the official portal right after your Main results are out to ensure you don't miss the deadline.

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:

Course Name	Eligibility Criteria	Selection Criteria
BTech	12 with a minimum of 75% aggregate	BTech/ Main + JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling
MTech	BTech/ BE or equivalent degree in relevant stream with at least 60% aggregate	GATE + COAP Counselling
MS	BTech/ BE or equivalent degree in relevant stream with at least 60% aggregate	GATE (For TA Category) and GATE + PI (for PA Category)
PhD	MTech/ ME or equivalent degree in relevant stream with at least 60% aggregate	GATE/ NET scores + PI
Executive MTech	BE/ BTech or ME/ M.Tech or equivalent degree in relevant stream with at least 60% aggregate	Entrance/ screening exam + PI
BSc-MSc Integrated	Class 12 with a minimum of 75% aggregate	JEE Main + JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling

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.

 Admissions to the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Dharwad for BTech programs are not through direct admission. These are based on national level entrance examinations, such as the JEE Main. In a centralised counselling process carried out by the Joint Staff Assessment Authority, selected candidates take part. The number of seats shall be allocated on the basis of merit, choice selection and seat availability. For certain categories, a limited number of seats may be available.

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IIT Dharwad offers B.Tech, M.Tech, MS M.Sc. And Ph.D. courses at UG, PG and doctoral levels. Admission to the IIT Dharwad courses is based on national-level entrance exam scores. The institute provides Merit-cum-Means Scholarship, free messing and remission of fees. Under Merit-cum-Means Scholarship, 25% students are selected for tuition fee refund and INR 1,000 per month.