M.Tech. in Data and Computational Sciences 

at IIT Jodhpur, Jodhpur

IITJ is ranked 30 among top Engineering institutes as per the NIRF 2022 rankings. The institute has a good placements record. The median package offered to MTech CSE and M.Tech AI students were INR 14 LPA and INR 14.5 LPA, respectively. Some of the top companies that participated in the IIT Jodhpur placements drive were Accenture, Adobe, Amazon, IBM, TCS, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, etc.

The Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) is a registration portal. Candidates who pass GATE exam are required to apply on COAP portal for counselling. Only the students who register successfully on the portal become eligible for admission in an M.Tech course of IIT Jodhpur.

The total tuition fee for the MTech course ranges from INR 52,000 to INR 80,000. It is a full-time course of a two-year duration. IIT Jodhpur MTech course is offered in 12 specialisations. Candidates seeking admission can register on the institute’s official website along with the registration on Common Offer Application Portal (COAP). IIT Jodhpur releases a list of shortlisted students based on GATE scores and invites them for a written exam or interview.

The selection is based on GATE scores followed by COAP Counselling. Candidates shortlisted are invited for written exam or interview round for final selections. Aspirants shall complete the GATE application process  (gate.iitk.ac.in) within the due date to be eligible for admission as there is no other provision for admission. With a valid COAP score, students may have to apply on IITJ website as well.

 Candidates with a BE, BTech, BS, or BDes degree and a GATE or GPAT qualification are eligible for financial aid worth INR 12,400 per month. Even if they do not pass the GATE exam, IIT BTech graduates with a CGPA of 8 or higher are eligible for assistantships. Sponsored category students cannot get an IITJ assistantship, nevertheless. This data is as per past years' records and hence may vary.

A BS student at IIT Jodhpur who have opted for specific specialisation with CGPA of six or more at the end of the seventh semester and who fulfil the minimum credit requirements established by the institute are allowed to switch to the BS plus M.Tech dual degree programme in the chosen specialisation at the beginning of the eighth semester.

Yes, IIT Jodhpur provides placements for its M.Tech AI course. The key highlights of IIT Jodhpur M.Tech AI placements 2023 are presented below:

IIT Jodhpur has released the placement brochure 2024-25 for its Engineering programs. However, the detailed placement report is released for the MBA programme offered by the Institute.

According to the Engineering placement brochure 2024-25, The overall placement rate recorded during IIT Jodhpur BTech placements 2024 was 92%. In addition, BTech branch such as CSE, Mechanical and Electrical branch recorded placement rate of 98%, 97.7% and 96%, respectively in 2024.

According to the MBA placement report 2024, the highest and average package offered during MBA placements 2024 stood at INR 24.81 LPA and INR 11.77 LPA, respectively.

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.

The CAT exam is always conducted on the last Sunday of November every year so the CAT 2024 exam will be conducted on November 24, 2024. Official announcement of the CAT 2024 exam date will be made by the convening IIM on July 30, 2024. The announcement will be made at the iimcat.ac.in website as well as in all the national dailies across India. We at Shiksha have also notify the aspirants through our communication channels. Registrations cum application process for CAT 2024 will begin from the first week of August and end in the third week of September 2024.

Check below CAT exam dates for last five years:

• CAT 2023: November 26
• CAT 2022: November 27
• CAT 2021: November 28
• CAT 2020: November 29 
• CAT 2019: November 24