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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 | 
|---|---|
Oct '25-Nov '25  | Start Date for GATE 2026 Application Form CorrectionOngoing | 
2 Jan '26  | GATE 2026 Admit Card | 
M.Sc. Admissions 2026
- Undergraduate Degree with 60% aggregate
 - Accepting Exams: IIT JAM, GATE
 
| Dates | Events | 
|---|---|
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.
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.
As per official information, the eligibility criteria for BDes at IIT Guwahati course admission 2024 is through UCEED exam conducted by IIT Bombay. A candidate can attempt UCEED for a maximum of two times and that too in consecutive years. However, the candidate should have passed in all subjects in Class 12 or equivalent exam in 2023, or the candidate should be appearing for the qualifying examination for the first time in 2024. This is to recomend that, the candidate need to visit the official website to have a clear understanding of eligibility and selection criteria of IIT Guwahati.
Note: Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.
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Find below the most asked questions related to IIT Guwahati Courses & Fees 2024:
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) | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 key highlights of IIT Guwahati placements 2024 and 2025 for BDes are presented below:
Particulars  | Placement Statistics (2024)  | Placement Statistics (2025)  | 
|---|---|---|
| the highest package | INR 95 LPA | INR 52 LPA | 
| Average Package | INR 36.17 LPA | INR 28.42 LPA | 
| Median Package | INR 30.75 LPA | INR 23.28 LPA | 
| the lowest Package | INR 8.16 LPA | INR 10 LPA | 
| Students Placed | 22 | 26 | 
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.
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.
Some of the top regular recruiters who were part of IIT Guwahati placements in recent years are tabulated below:
| IIT Guwahati Top Recruiters | ||
|---|---|---|
| JP Morgan Chase | PwC | |
| Goldman Sachs | Schlumberger | Deloitte | 
| Uber | Apple | EY | 
| Microsoft | Qualcomm | KPMG | 
| Infosys | Ola | Amazon | 
The key highlights of IIT Guwahati placements 2024 and 2025 for MSc are presented below:
Particulars  | Placement Statistics (2024)  | Placement Statistics (2025)  | 
|---|---|---|
| the highest package | INR 65.70 LPA | INR 51.03 LPA | 
| Average Package | INR 11.13 LPA | INR 10.28 LPA | 
| Median Package | INR 9.75 LPA | INR 8 LPA | 
| the lowest Package | INR 4.20 LPA | INR 6 LPA | 
| Students Placed | 56 | 62 | 
The key highlights of IIT Guwahati placements 2024 and 2025 for MA are presented below:
Particulars  | Placement Statistics (2024)  | Placement Statistics (2025)  | 
|---|---|---|
| the highest package | INR 8 LPA | INR 8 LPA | 
| Average Package | INR 6.16 LPA | INR 6.59 LPA | 
| Median Package | INR 6 LPA | INR 6.5 LPA | 
| the lowest Package | INR 5.16 LPA | INR 6 LPA | 
| Students Placed | 23 | 18 | 
To get admission to BDes course offered by IIT Guwahati, candidates must attain the rank as per the category they belong to. IIT Guwahati UCEED cutoff 2025 has been released for the first and the second round for different categories of students in the AII India quota. In the first round, the cutoff rank for the General AI category candidates was 77. During the Round 2 of admission, the UCEED closing rank stood at 81 for B.Des admission.
The table consists of the category-wise cutoff ranks for IIT Guwahati BDes admission for both Round 1 & Round 2:
| Category | UCEED (Round 1 Closing Rank) | UCEED (Round 2 Closing Rank) | 
|---|---|---|
| General | 77 | 81 | 
| OBC | 44 | 45 | 
| SC | 25 | 27 | 
| ST | 7 | 7 | 
| PWD | 5 | 5 | 
| EWS | 15 | 15 | 
Qualifying marks for JEE Mains 2026, also called qualifying percentile for JEE Mains will be announced by the NTA along with the JEE Main 2026 session 2 result. Candidates must note that qualifying percentile for JEE Mains 2026 is the minimum percentile required to appear in JEE Advanced 2026. For admission to NIT or IIITs, there is no provision of qualifying marks in JEE Mains 2026 and admission is given based on All India Rank in JEE Mains exam. NTA will announce JEE Mains 2026 All India rank in April after session 2 exam results.
IIT Guwahati admissions are done through national-level tests conducted by various authorities for the admission to UG, PG, and PhD level courses. Admission to all the courses is entrance-based, therefore, candidates must appear for the respective entrance exam and qualify for its cutoff. The institute offer admission based on valid scores in JEE Main/ JEE Advanced/ GATE or equivalent to qualify for the admission process.
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.
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.
Candidates who want to enrol at IIT Guwahati MBA course admission must fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria as per the course's requirements. Aspirants need to be graduate with 50% aggregate from a recognised institution. Additionally, the pass certificate and mark sheets have to be presented at the time of admission as proof of eligibility for verification purposes.
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.
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.
To qualify for IIT Guwahati MBA programme CAT is mandatory. Without a valid CAT score interested students cannot apply for MBA at IIT Guwahati. The candidates must visit the official website of CAT to register. The registration process requires to upload required documents. However, to know the MBA application fee at IIT Guwahati can check the points mentioned below:
- All Female Candidates: INR 800
 - All Transgender Candidates: INR 800
 - All SC/ ST/ PwD Candidates : INR 800
 - All Other Candidates : INR 1,600
 
Yes, IIT Guwahati offers scholarships to BDes students. The institute offers Institute Merit Scholarship, Institute Merit-cum-Means (McM) Scholarships, SC-ST Scholarships and others. Apart from this, the institute also offers assistanship to BDes students. Assistantships are provided to regular students (Indian nationals) in the CEED score condition for getting assistantships is exempted for students with BDes degrees from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with minimum CPI of 8.0.
Yes, IIT Guwahati offers scholarships to meritorious students. These scholarships are divided into three categories susch as:
- Institute Scholarships
 - Other Scholarships
 - Assistantships
 
Any one of the IIT Guwahati scholarships can be availed by eligible students. IIT Guwahati offers three types of institute scholarships for its graduate/ postgraduate students.
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 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 are also awarded scholarships if they can prove that they belong tosuch categories.
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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)  | 
|---|---|---|
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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IIT Guwahati has started the GATE 2026 registration process on August 28. The application form facility is open at the GOAPS portal. The deadline has been revised. As per the latest update, candidates who want to apply for GATE can check the dates and submit as per their convenience. The last date t
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