M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 

at IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar

The modes of IIT Gandhinagar admission are online and offline. Admission to various courses is based on merit and entrance exam scores. At the undergraduate level, the college offers four-year BTech courses to students in seven specialisations. At the postgraduate level, the college offers two-year MTech, MSc, MA, and various other courses to students. The total fee for various courses like MTech is INR 4 lakh.

Yes, IIT Gandhinagar conducts a Personal Interview round. Candidates can be asked to appear for the institute-level entrance test. In order to apply, all applications must fill the form online. Candidates wanting to apply for more than one specialisation need to submit separate application for each specialisation. After successful submission of form, students receive an application number and a link to download the application form. 

The number of students placed during IIT Gandhinagar M.Tech placements 2025 is presented below:

MTech / Dual Degree Branch	Students Registered 2025	Students Placed 2025
BE	11	1
CL	10	2
CE	26	10
CSE	24	13
EE	17	7
ESS	3	1
ME	15	10
MSE	8	5

Yes, non-GATE candidates must appear for the institute level entrance test. However, all candidates are required to appear for the PI round for final selection. In addition to this, BTech graduates from the IITs with CGPA/ CPI of 8.0 or above (on a scale of 10) are eligible to get admission to M.Tech at IIT Gandhinagar without GATE. Other than GATE or the criteria state above, candidates are required to be a pass in BE/ BTech/ MSc or equivalent in appropriate branches with a minimum of 55% aggregate or 5.5 on a 10-point scale (50% aggregate for SC /ST). 

The median salary for 2022 as per the NIRF report of 2023 stood at INR 11.1 lakh. Additionally, students get a well-built and beautiful infrastructure along with a well-stocked library. With respect to placements, a decreasing trend was observed in the M.Tech placement rate in the last three years. The trend graph below showcases the M.Tech placement rate in the last three years:

The table below showcases the placement rate recorded for M.Tech students over the last three years:

Course	Statistics (2020)	Statistics (2021)	Statistics (2022)
MTech placement rate	63%	61%	57%

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Yes, IIT Gandhinagar offers scholarships for Academic Excellence, scholarships for Excellence in Sports and Games, Scholarships for Financial Aids, along with a few donor scholarships to its students. These are offered to encourage talented students and assist the financially weak section towards better education. Some of the scholarships offered are listed below: Dr. JL Nayyar Scholarship, Professor DV Pai Scholarship, Santosh Rani Tandon Scholarship, MS Sita Jha Memorial Scholarship, Bipin and Rekha Shah Scholarships, Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Scholarship for Excellence in Sports and Games, Scholarship for Excellence in Arts & Culture, Tuition Fee Waiver for Undergraduate/Master Students, TATA Motors Limited - Financial Aid programmes and others.

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:

BTech Branch	Average Package 2025	Median Package 2025
CL	INR 17.52 LPA	INR 14.27 LPA
EE	INR 23.88 LPA	INR 21 LPA
ME	INR 14.55 LPA	INR 14 LPA
MSE	INR 9.62 LPA	INR 10.2 LPA
CE	INR 12.4 LPA	INR 13.65 LPA
CSE	INR 23.21 LPA	INR 21.5 LPA
MTech / Dual Degree Branch	Average Package 2025	Median Package 2025
BE	INR 8 LPA	INR 8 LPA
CL	INR 10.55 LPA	INR 10.55 LPA
CE	INR 7.29 LPA	INR 7.2 LPA
CSE	INR 16.73 LPA	INR 13 LPA
EE	INR 11.79 LPA	INR 10 LPA
ESS	INR 4.8 LPA	INR 4.8 LPA
ME	INR 11.78 LPA	INR 11.48 LPA
MSE	INR 11.9 LPA	INR 14 LPA

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.

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%.