M.A. in Society and Culture 

at IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar

Yes, IIT Gandhinagar MA admission takes place through the merit secured in last qualifying exam of graduation. Candidates applying for admission into the programme do not need to apply for any entrance exam. If a candidate has a minimum aggregate of 55% in graduation they are eligible for admission at the university. Therefore, if candidates want to apply for admission they can apply for admission at the university without any entrance exam.

IIT Gandhinagar highest package data is not released by the Institute. According to the data available, branch-wise average and median package offered during BTech and MTech placements 2025 are mentioned below:

After JEE session 2 is completed, only those candidates who are aiming for IITs need to start preparing for JEE Advanced after clearing JEE Main. Those who are above the 98th percentile should start preparing for JEE Advanced as soon as possible. Those below this, between the 95th and 98th percentile, should focus on attempting more mock tests and previous year question papers so that they have a better chance of clearing JEE Advanced

IIT Gandhinagar placements 2025 were good. The consolidated placement report 2025 is not released. As per limited available, the average and median package recorded during BTech CSE placement 2025 was 23.21 LPA and 21.5 LPA. The placement rate recorded in BTech CSE, CL and and ME branch was 86.05%, 73.33% and 79.49%.

BTech CSE average package recorded during IIT Gandhinagar placements 2025 was 23.21 LPA. For Master Degree CSE branch, the average package in 2025 was 16.73 LPA.

Overall average package recorded during IIT Gandhinagar BTech placements 2025 was between 9.62 LPA and 23.88 LPA. For MTech and Dual Degree, it was between 4.8 LPA and 16.73 LPA.

No, candidates seeking admisison must have a valid score in IIT JAM exam and not GATE. GATE is the accepted exam for admission to M.Tech at IIT Gandhinagar. The institute also offers an Early Admit MSc, the eligibility criteria for that is as follows:

• BSc and BTech students from select colleges and NITs, respectively who will graduate in 2022 or have graduated in 2021 and are among the top five rank holders in the departments at the end of their pre-final year and final year are eligible to apply for Early Admit MSc
• BTech students from IITs who will graduate in 2022 or have graduated in 2021 with a CPI/ CGPA of not less than 6.0 at the end of their third and fourth year respectively are also eligible to apply

The overall placement rate recorded during IIT Gandhinagar placements 2024 for UG programmes was 82.39%. In 2023, UG placement rate was 81%.