IIT Gandhinagar UG, PG, Doctorate Courses 2026

The institute offer two-year MTech across different specialisations. Check out all the specialisations available under MTech at IIT Gandhinagar in the below table:

IIT Gandhinagar MTech Specialisations
Biological Engineering	Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering	Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering	Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering	Earth System Sciences
Artificial Intelligence	Integrated Circuit Design & Technology

Candidates need to pay an application fee (non-refundable) in the online mode only for MSc admission at IIT Gandhinagar. However, they are required to furnish a hard copy of the application form along with a photograph and all the necessary documents in original (testimonials, certificates, publications, work experience, and research/professional experience) at the interview time. Incomplete applications get rejected. Application fees for SC/ST/PwD candidates is INR 150 and for all the other category candidates, the same is INR 300. The details of the IIT-JAM application fee specific to gender/category are given below:

Category	IIT JAM Application Fee for One Test Paper  (in INR)	IIT JAM Application Fee for Two Test Papers  (in INR)
Female (All Categories)/ SC/ ST/ PwD	900	INR 1,250
All Others	1,800	INR 2,500

Students who get the hostel facility have to pay for the hostel charges, which include various one-time and semester-wise payable components such as Mess Fee, Medical Fee, Hostel Amenities Fund, etc. Find below the IIT Gandhinagar hostel fee for top courses:

Course Name	Hostel Fees
MSc*	INR 1.02 lakh
BTech*	INR 1.38 lakh

*The fee structure taken is from the batch 2022.

*The fee structure for all other courses is for the batch of 2022-2023.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

No,  JEE Main 2024 dates for admission to IIT Gandhinagar are not out yet. It is expected that JEE Main 2024 notification will be released in the first week of December. NTA will conduct the JEE Main 2024 exam in two sessions in January and April. The exact date of the exam for both sessions will be announced in the notification. Candidates can check here JEE Main 2024 dates and the schedule of all events of the examination including application form, correction, admit card, exam, answer key, and result here. 

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.

As per the official sources, the total tuition fee for BTech is INR 8 lakh. This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

In order to check out the latest and exact fee break-up students are advised to visit the official website or reach out to the admission office for details. In addition to the tuition fee, however, stduents are also required to pay the JEE Main and JEE Advanced application charges. 

The application fee for JEE Main is as follows:

Courses	Students from India: Gen/ Gen-EWS/ OBC (NCL)	Students from India: SC/ ST/ PwD/ Transgender
BE/ BTech	Boys- INR 1000 Girls- INR 800	INR 500

The application fee for JEE Advanced 2024 is given below:

Indian Nationals	Female Candidates (all categories)	INR 1,450
	SC, ST, and PwD Candidates	INR 1,450
	All other candidates	INR 2,900

IIT Gandhinagar BTech placement 2025 was good. The median package offered and placement rate recorded during BTech placement drive 2025 is mentioned below:

BTech Branch	Median Package 2025	Placement Rate 2025
CL	INR 14.27 LPA	73.33%
EE	INR 21 LPA	72.97%
ME	INR 14 LPA	79.49%
MSE	INR 10.2 LPA	40%
CE	INR 13.65 LPA	47.62%
CSE	INR 21.5 LPA	86.05%

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%

For more details and verified student reviews on the M.Tech programme of IIT Gandhinagar,  check out this link.

IIT Gandhinagar was established in 2008 and is ranked 18 by NIRF 2023 for Engineering.  It also holds a record of offering the highest and average package of INR 62 and INR 15.35 LPA to the students. Hence, it can be considered a good option.

As per information gathered from the official JOSAA website, i.e. josaa.admissions.nic.in/ the total seats for the four-year BTech programme at IIT Gandhinagar are 420. This intake is inclusive of the Gender Neutral and Female-only (including Supernumerary) pools and is inclusive of all student categories, such as Open, Open-PwD, GEN-EWS, GEN-EWS-PwD, SC, SC-PWD, ST and ST-PWD, among others. 

The application fees for JEE Main is written below

• INR 1,000 for Male unreserved, OBC, EWS category candidates
• INR 800 for Female unreserved/OBC/EWS category candidates
• INR 500 for SC/ST/PwD/Transgender category candidates

IIT Gandhinagar conducts the application process online. The step-wise application process is mentioned below:

1. Open the official website and register.
2. Fill in the required info and complete the registration.
3. Fill the detailed application form by providing information around 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 will be automatically submitted after the successful application amount payment.

Above 200 offers were accepted during IIT Gandhinagar placements 2024. As per official data, more than 80% of the offers were made by the Core sector.

PhD at IIT Gandhinagar is available across 13 specialisations which include Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, CSE, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Cognitive Science, Earth Sciences and Humanities & Social Sciences, etc.

IIT Gandhinagar cutoff 2025 has been released for admission to BTech specialisations on the basis of JEE Advanced scores. The cutoff was released category-wise for All India quota students, for the third round. For the General AI category candidates, the cutoff ranks closed at a range of 1872 and 10645. Among the OBC AI category candidates, the ranks closed between 794 and 4654. For candidates belonging to SC AI category, the cutoff ranks closed between 428 and 2858. For more information on category-wise, round-wise, and branch-wise cutoff for IIT Gandhingar, students can check this page.

 

For last year, the closing rank for Integrated M.Tech in Electrical Engineering was 5416 which is very close to this range. This was for General category under All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission. However, the cut offs keep changing year on year, it's advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission at IIT Gandhinagar - Indian Institute of Technology.

To get a good rank for IIT Gandhinagar, students should first qualify JEE Mains followed by JEE Advanced. They should secure a top rank generally between 6000 to 11000 in JEE Advance.

• Check syllabus and high weightage topics
• Solve previous year papers 
• Choose your reference books wisely
• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible
• Revise as much as possible
• Keep your focus on NCERT books at this point

 

Candidates seeking admission to IIT Gandhinagar for the MSc programme must meet the basic eligibility for the course which is a UG degree in any stream. Further, they need to apply for IIT-JAM by visiting the official website of its conducting body. Candidates seeking admission must have a valid score in IIT JAM exam, followed by CCMN counselling.