M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 

at IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar

No, a hostel is not compulsory at IIT Gandhinagar for M.Tech students. However, the college's hostel is very good. Currently, the college has eight hostels. The campus hostels are air-conditioned and have well-furnished rooms. The academic area is just a short distance from the hostels. The student hostels are largely Wi-Fi enabled.

The median salary was INR 8.4 lakh. Goldman Sachs and Nutanix are some of the top companies.  

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 placement details for PG courses at IIT Gandinagar is yet to be released. Once it is released, it will be updated here. However, IIT Gandhinagar has concluded its UG placements with a 76.22% placement rate. Check out key highlights of IIT Gandhinagar placements for the BTech Class of 2022 and 2023 in the table below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2023)
Average package	INR 15.34 LPA	INR 19.60 LPA
the highest package	INR 62 LPA	NA
Total students registered	134	164
Total students placed	124	125
Total offers	153	NA
Placement rate	92%	76.22%

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

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:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2023)
Average package	INR 15.34 LPA	INR 19.60 LPA
the highest package	INR 62 LPA	NA
Total students registered	134	164
Total students placed	124	125
Total offers	153	NA
Placement rate	92%	76.22%

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

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:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)
the highest Package	INR 62 LPA

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:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)
Total students participated	134	164
Total students placed	124	125

IIT Gandhinagar admission process is entirely based on the selection of candidates via popular entrance exams such as JEE Advanced and GATE, etc., for courses such as BTech and MTech, respectively. Further, IIT Gandhinagar conducts an institute-level test for the selection MA and PhD courses. Candidates must fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria as per the course requirements and then qualify for the respective entrance exam in order to secure a seat at IIT Gandhinagar. Later on, the final seat allotment is done through counselling process.

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.