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 offers good placements annually for its BTech, MTech and MSc courses. IIT Gandhinagar has concluded its UG placements with a 76.22% placement rate. As per the latest report, the overall average package offered to BTech students during IIT Gandhinagar placements 2023 stood at INR 19.60 LPA. The key highlights of IIT Gandhinagar placements for the Class of 2022 and 2023 are tabulated below:

Note: The placement details for 2022 and a few points for 2023 are taken from external and media sources.  

The list of the top Tier 1 Engineering Colleges in India includes IITs, NITs, BITS, BIT, IISc, etc. IIT Gandhinagar definitely comes under the list of top Tier Engineering colleges in India. The accepted entrance exams are JEE Advanced, GATE, JEE Main, and others. Keep an eye on GATE exam date, GATE exam pattern, GATE preparation guidelines, and others. It is one of the eight IITs which were announced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in 2008. Also, IIT Gandhinagar was mentored by the prestigious IIT Bombay in its initial years of inception. It took possession of over 400 acres of land and classes and other activities on the new campus began in July 2015.

As per the latest report, the participating recruiters placed 125 students of the BTech batch 2023 in new-age job roles. However, in 2022, the participating recruiters placed 124 in various sectors. The total number of students placed uring IIT Gandhinagar placements between 2022 and 2023 are tabulated below:

The highest package offered in 2023 at IIT Gandhinagar is yet to be released on the official website. However, the media reports reveals that the Gandhinagar the highest package offered in 2022 placements was INR 62 LPA. The same is tabulated below:

The IIT Gandhinagar CSE average package offered during the 2023 placement drive stood at INR 29.29 LPA. The table below showcases branch-wise IIT Gandhinagar average package offered to BTech students during the 2023 placement drive:

IIT Gandhinagar was established in 2008 and is ranked 18th by NIRF 2023 for Engineering. This prestigious college is also ranked 10th by India Today 2023 under the Engineering category and 9th by India Today 2023 under the Engineering (Government) category.  Also, the institute is one of the best institutes in terms of infrastructure as well. IIT Gandhinagar admission to various courses is based on JEE Main, JEE Advanced, and others. Candidates must known about JEE Main application from filling guidelines, JEE Main exam pattern, JEE Main question papers. The sprawling campus of IIT Gandhinagar is spread across 400 acres of land over the river Sabarmati. The campus of IIT Gandhinagar has three rough divisions: Academic Block, Housing Block and Student Hostels. Its campus is India's first 5-star GRIHA LD campus in order to minimise the negative effect on the environment.

A few of the important Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar) rankings are mentioned below: