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- Estd. 1994
IIT Guwahati Admission Dates 2025
IIT Guwahati accepts JEE Main and GATE scores for admission to different programmes. Upcoming events scheduled for IIT Guwahati admission via these exams are tabulated below:
M.E./M.Tech Admissions 2026
- Undergraduate Degree with 60% aggregate
- Accepting Exams: GATE
Dates | Events |
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Nov '25 | Start Date for GATE 2026 Application Form CorrectionTentative |
2 Jan '26 | GATE 2026 Admit Card |
M.Sc. Admissions 2026
- Undergraduate Degree with 60% aggregate
- Accepting Exams: IIT JAM, GATE
Dates | Events |
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5 Jan '26 | IIT JAM 2026 Admit Card |
Commonly asked questions On Admissions
Admission to M.Tech at IITG is entirely based on GATE score. Candidates with a GATE rank between 600 and 800 and a score between 400 and 800 will have a good chance for getting admitted in an MTech course at IITG. However, as the cutoff marks change for every admission year, hence, the number can vary. A relaxation in the required cutoff is given to the candidates belonging to reserved categories.
Candidates seeking admission in an IIT Guwahati MSc course must have a valid bachelor’s degree issued by a recognised university. Admission to the MSc course is based on merit in IIT JAM followed by CCMN counselling. The seat allotment is carried out based on document verification, seat intake, and category of the students, during the counselling. Moreover, the IIT JAM application process is carried out in online mode (jam.iitg.ac.in).
The minimum marks required in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced 2026 will be announced with the JEE Main 2026 final result after session 2 exams. Last year's minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced were:
2025:
- Unreserved (UR): 93.1023262
- Gen-EWS: 80.3830119
- OBC-NCL: 79.4313582
- SC: 61.1526933
- ST: 47.9026465
- UR-PwD: 0.0079349
2024:
- General (UR): 93.2362181
- General (UR) PWD: 0.0018700
- Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 81.3266412
- Other Backward Classes (OBC): 79.6757881
- Scheduled Caste (SC): 60.0923182
- Scheduled Tribe (ST): 46.6975840
2023:
- General (UR): 90.7788642
- OBC-NCL: 73.6114227
- SC: 51.9776027
- ST: 37.2348772
- GEN-EWS: 75.6229025
- General (UR) PWD: 0.0013527
Candidates aiming for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) need to meet these cutoff marks in JEE Mains to be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026.
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IIT Guwahati is the sixth IIT has been ranked 7 under the Engineering category. The institute offers excellent on-campus accommodation for its candidates. IIT Guwahati has modern infrastructure with well-equipped classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other facilities to support learning and research activities. As per students reviews on Shiksha, the faculty members are well-educated and supportive.The institute offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, certificate and doctoral programmes across various streams. IIT Guwahati mechanical department has been given a lot of awards for having a high passing percentage of students. Its placement statistics are also good enough. The average package is around 10 to 15 LPA with top recruiters being TATA, Mahindra, Bajaj, and others.
The course-wise average package for the academic year 2024-25 is out on the official website. The highest average package 2025 stood at INR 28.42 LPA and was made to BDes students. For a detailed analysis of IIT Guwahati average package trends refer to the table below:
Course | Average Package (2023) | Average Package (2024) | Average Package (2025) |
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BDes | INR 25.75 LPA (BTech & BDes) | INR 36.17 LPA | INR 28.42 LPA |
BTech | - | INR 25.75 LPA | INR 25.21 LPA |
MDes | INR 16.51 LPA (MTech & MDes) | INR 21.94 LPA | INR 18.96 LPA |
MTech | - | INR 14.55 LPA | INR 14.17 LPA |
MSR | INR 14.72 LPA | INR 12.90 LPA | INR 9.86 LPA |
MSc | INR 10.86 LPA | INR 11.13 LPA | INR 10.28 LPA |
MBA | N/A | INR 10.08 LPA | INR 11.43 LPA |
MA | INR 7.11 LPA | INR 6.16 LPA | INR 6.59 LPA |
The overall placement rate has been fluctuating over the past three years. For better clarity, the table below presents the IIT Guwahati placement trends:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2023) | Placement Statistics (2024) | Placement Statistics (2025) |
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Highest package | INR 2.4 Cr per annum | INR 2.05 Cr per annum | INR 1.25 Cr per annum |
Placement rate | 78.04% | 71% | 62% |
No. of students registered | 1,425 | 1,584 | 1,606 |
No. of students placed | 1,112 | 1,124 | 1,001 |
Companies participated | 246 | 466 | 260 |
PPOs offered | 215 | 229 | 193 |
The table below showcases the course-wise IIT Guwahati lowest package trends for the past three years:
Course | Lowest Package (2023) | Lowest Package (2024) | Lowest Package (2025) |
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BDes | INR 5.32 LPA (BTech & BDes) | INR 8.16 LPA | INR 10 LPA |
BTech | - | INR 5 LPA | INR 6 LPA |
MDes | INR 4.20 LPA (MTech & MDes) | INR 5.50 LPA | INR 8 LPA |
MTech | - | INR 4.20 LPA | INR 6 LPA |
MSR | INR 7 LPA | INR 5.50 LPA | INR 7 LPA |
MSc | INR 7 LPA | INR 4.20 LPA | INR 6 LPA |
MBA | N/A | INR 7 LPA | INR 7 LPA |
MA | INR 3.60 LPA | INR 5.16 LPA | INR 6 LPA |
The key highlights of IIT Guwahati placements 2024 and 2025 for M.Tech are presented below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2024) | Placement Statistics (2025) |
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the highest package | INR 65.70 LPA | INR 39.35 LPA |
Average Package | INR 14.55 LPA | INR 14.17 LPA |
Median Package | INR 11 LPA | INR 11 LPA |
the lowest Package | INR 4.20 LPA | INR 6 LPA |
Students Placed | 313 | 209 |
IIT Guwahati JEE Advanced cutoff 2025 ranged from 792 to 10727 for various BTech specialisations. This is the cutoff range during the last round for the students belonging to the General AI quota. Please be aware that the cutoff will be different for each category and round. As per the JEE Advanced cutoff 2025, BTech in Computer Science and Engineering was the most popular course among applicants and therefore the most competitive. Therefore, candidates aiming for top branches should secure a rank of 792 or lower to get the best chance of admission at IIT Guwahati.
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, or IIT Guwahati, is a government institute and was established in 1994. It is the 6th IIT established by the Government of India and has been ranked 7th under the Engineering category by the NIRF 2024. The university has also been ranked in the band 334 by the QS World University Rankings 2026.
IIT Guwahati offer M.Tech for the duration of 2 years in various specialisations such as Computer Science and Engineering, Biotechnology, Food Science and Technology, etc. via 11 Departments. IIT Guwahati M.Tech admission is entrance-based. Further, the M.Tech selections are done based on the exam and counselling rounds.
Candidates must secure a valid score in BTech or BE/ MCA/ MSc/ Graduation (AMIETE) with 60% aggregate or 6.0 CPI. The minimum marks requirement is relaxed by lowering 0.5% CPI or 5% aggregate for SC/ST/PwD category candidates. In addition to this, candidates must qualify GATE and COAP counselling.
IT JAM Fifth Admission List 2024 has been released for IIT Roorkee admisison to the MSc courses. As per the IIT Roorkee JAM cutoff 2024, the required score to get into IIT Roorkee for General All India category candidates varied between 52 and 232. Similarly, for the OBC AI category candidates, the required rank lie between 109 and 420.
So, considering the previous year rank, one can easily get a call from IIT Roorkee with a JAM score of 232 under General AI category. Meanwhile, candidates can refer to the table below to check out the IIT Roorkee MSc cutoff 2024 for Round 1:
Course | 2024 |
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M.Sc. in Physics | 232 |
M.Sc. in Chemistry | 221 |
M.Sc. in Applied Geology | 52 |
M.Sc. in Mathematics | 215 |
M.Sc. in Economics | 64 |
The institute doesn't offers any scholarship to its students. Provided, the candidates studying at IIIT Guwahati can avail scholarship benefits offered by some government agencies. The list of scholarships offered by other government agencies is given below:
- National Scholarship Portal
- Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA)
- National Academic Depository (NAD)
- Department of Higher Education, MHRD
The IIT Guwahati CSE average package for BTech and MTech courses stood at INR 36.94 LPA and INR 21.71 LPA, respectively. In addition to this, 90.68% of BTech CSE and 78.57% of MTech CSE students were placed during the 2025 drive. Check the complete IIT Guwahati placement details 2025 for BTech and MTech in CSE:
Particulars | BTech CSE Placement Statistics (2025) | MTech CSE Placement Statistics (2025) |
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Highest package | INR 1.25 crore per annum | INR 39.35 LPA |
Average package | INR 36.94 LPA | INR 21.71 LPA |
the lowest package | INR 6 LPA | INR 7 LPA |
Median package | INR 34.1 LPA | INR 21.75 LPA |
Total students | 118 | 56 |
Students placed | 107 | 44 |
Placement rate | 90.68% | 78.57% |
The university offers placements support to the students. As per the overall report 2024, The the highest package offered was INR 205 LPA. In addition to this, 102 students received packages of INR 50 LPA. However, the the highest stipend offered during IIT Guwahati internships 2023 was INR 1.60 LPA. Moreover, the average package offered to MBA students stood at INR 10.08 LPA.
Some of the top regular recruiters who were part of IIT Guwahati placements in recent years are tabulated below:
IIT Guwahati Top Recruiters | ||
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JP Morgan Chase | PwC | |
Goldman Sachs | Schlumberger | Deloitte |
Uber | Apple | EY |
Microsoft | Qualcomm | KPMG |
Infosys | Ola | Amazon |
Candidates under M.Tech Students (Studentship) category must have valid GATE score in admissible examination paper. They are entitled to receive Financial Assistantship/ Scholarship from IIT Guwahati at the rate of INR 12,400 per month (tenable for a maximum period of 24 months) as per the governing rules subject to satisfactory academic progress and satisfactory performance in assigned teaching assistant duty.
Professor & HOD salary in IIT Guwahati ranges between INR 18.0 lakhs and INR 22.0 lakhs per year. This is an estimate based on salaries received from employees of IIT Guwahati on Ambition Box. Most of the faculty members at IIT Guwahati are PhD holders from the renowned institutions.
IIT Guwahati has a seat intake of 114 for the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) specialisation offered under the BTech programme. This seat intake has been derived from the official website of JoSAA. At the time of counselling, candidates are admitted based on their rank in JEE Advanced and in accordance with the seat intake and the reservation policies.
IIT Guwahati campus offers all the necessary facilities to its students. Some of the campus facilities include state-of-the-art auditorium, conference hall and seminar hall, a fully Wi-Fi campus, hostels facility for boys and girls and libraries, among others.
IIT Guwahati has a seat intake of 33 for MDes, including 13 seats for the General category. The institute reserves 3 seats for the EWS General category and 9 seats for OBC-NCL. For SC and ST, the institute offers 5 and 3 seats, respectively. This seat intake is as per the past years' data and hence is subject to changes. Admission for all these seats are done through a common selection process. Click here for the detailed admission process for MDes course offered at IITG.
Yes, IIT Guwhati offers separate hostel facilities for both boys and girls. There are eleven boys’ hostels and two girls’ hostels for accommodating students with their own individual rooms. The accommodation is single-seater. These hostels are equipped with all modern amenities. Each of these hostels has its own mess, canteen, stationary shop, juice center, pantry, indoor games facilities, gymnasium, music rooms, library, TV room, laundry room among many other facilities with uninterrupted power supply.
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the 6th IIT established by the Government of India and has been ranked 334th in the 'World University' category by the QS World University Rankings 2026. It holds the status of an Institute of Importance like other IITs. Further, the institute has also been
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IIT Guwahati will open the GATE 2026 answer key after the completion of the exam. The GATE answer key 2026 link will be activated on the GOAPS portal. The expected release date is the last week of February. To access the answer key, candidates need to log in using their enrollment ID and password.
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IIT Guwahati has a decent placement record of placements for courses like BTech, MTech, MBA, BDes, etc. Check out the key highlights of IIT Guwahati placements for the Class of 2024 and 2025 in the table below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2024) | Placement Statistics (2025) |
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the highest package | INR 2.05 Cr per annum | INR 1.25 Cr per annum |
Placement rate | 71% | 62% |
No. of students registered | 1,584 | 1,606 |
No. of students placed | 1,124 | 1,001 |
Companies participated | 466 | 260 |
PPOs offered | 229 | 193 |
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No, it is not easy to get admission at IIT Guwahati as the institute conducts its admission process through accepted entrance exams conducted by various authorities. Some of the popular entrance exams accepted by the institute are JEE Main, CAT, GATE, CEED, NET, JEE Advanced, etc. Candidates must ap
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The BTech scholarships at IIT Guwahati have different eligibility criteria. Some of them are merit based scholarships where, the candidates are offered BTech scholarships due totheir high score in either the JEE Advanced exam or their last qualifying exam. Candidates who belong to the SC/ST groups a
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