B.Tech. in Materials Engineering 

at IIT Jammu, Jammu

Successfully making it to the list of various ranking agencies at the national level, IIT Jammu ranked at 62 position in the recently released NIRF ranking 2024. Additionally, it also holds a record of offering the highest and average package of INR 53 LPA and INR 18 LPA, respectively, to the students. Other than this, a number of verified alumni and current students of IIT Jammu have mentioned in their college reviews the following statements:

• Everything is provided here, and all the facilities are available in very good condition.
• Placements scenario at our college is good. The highest salary package offered is 64 LPA and the average salary package offered in CSE is 22 LPA.
• Placements provided in our college are above average. More than 83% of students get placed as coders.

Keeping in view the factual data and the student testimonials, IIT Jammu can be considered a decent option for BTech in India.

No, candidates seeking admission to BTech at IIT Jammu must have qualified JEE Main followed by JEE Advanced for admission. Final selection of candidates to IIT Jammu BTech programme is based on their JEE Advanced ranks. The counselling process is managed and regulated by JoSAA. Candidates are allotted seats via multiple rounds of JoSAA Counselling. Final seat allotment is based on the college cutoff and candidate's preference of courses and colleges.

JoSAA Round 6 Seat Allotment for IIT Jammu admission 2022 to BTech course has been released on Oct 16. Candidates can check the JoSAA R6 closing ranks (CRs) along with the R6 CRs of the last two years. Tabulated below are the JoSAA R6 closing ranks for IIT Jammu cutoff 2022, along with 2021 and 2020 for the General category students, to get clarity on past year trends:

Read more:  IIT Jammu Cutoff

IIT Jammu so far has not gotten ranked by NIRF for the Engineering category owing to the fact that it is still too new among all IITs. However, any future rankings received by the institute will be updated here once out. To check the list of top-ranked colleges in India by NIRF 2023,  students can check out this link. 

The right approach and a preparation plan for admission to BTech at IIT Jammu is all that is needed to ace JEE Main. While students who are serious about getting into an IIT start preparing from Class 11, a prep strategy for the exam is mentioned below:

• Choose the reference books wisely
• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible. Shiksha.com is providing FREE Downloadable JEE Main Mock Test Paper (with Solutions). 
• Revise as much as possible
• Cross-check section-wise weightage & syllabus for all subjects covered in JEE Main
• Solve previous year’s JEE question papers there are high chances of getting questions from there
• To secure admission into prestigious institutions such as the IITs, NITs and IIITs, it is essential for the aspirants to have a strong command on the material taught in their class 11 and class 12. Shiksha is offering free NCERT questions and solutions to aid JEE candidates in excelling in these classes. To access the NCERT solutions, click on the below links:

While the short-term goal must be to clear JEE Main, the ultimate objective must be to qualify JEE Advanced exam, check out the NCERT8 strategy for JEE Advanced. 

Pursuing a BTech CSE is course from IIT Jammu is a good choice if considering the placement opportunities. As per the latest report, IIT Jammu CSE average package offered to BTech students in 2024 stood at INR 19 LPA. The key highlights of IIT Jammu placements for the BTech CSE Class of 2024 are tabulated below:

As per the latest report, the highest package offered to the BTech CSE students during IIT Jammu placements 2024 stood at INR 53 LPA. Further, the IIT Jammu CSE average package offered to BTech batch 2024 stood at INR 19 LPA. The key highlights of IIT Jammu placements for the BTech Class of 2024 are presented below:

Students pursuing a course from IIT Jammu are open to scholarships. The institute offers a Merit-cum-Means scholarship to Gen/ OBC-NCL/ EWS category students. The students recieve INR 1,000 per month along with refund of tuition fee under this scholarsip. 

Below are other scholarships available for IIT Jammu students:

As per the latest report, the IIT Jammu CSE average package offered during the 2024 placement drive stood at INR 19 LPA. The branch-wise IIT Jammu average packages offered to BTech students of the batch 2024 are presented below:

The total tuition fee for IIT Jammu is INR 8 lakh. Other than the tuition fee, students have to pay other one-time charges and those who opt for hostel facilities are required to pay an extra amount for it. The one-time payment other than the tution fee that students end up paying is INR 15,880. More details on the fee break-up can be fetched from here. This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change. 

To answer the second question of whether IIT Jammu BTech fee is expensive or not, the fee for all IITs is almost similar to each other. However, it is comparatively less than other top BTech colleges such as BITS where the BTech tuition fee goes up till INR 19 lakh.