Integrated B.Tech.(Hons.) in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering + M.Tech. in Communication and Signal Processing 

at IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and IIT Bombay are one of the best colleges in India that provides BTech along with various other programmes to students. They both are among the top-ranked Indian colleges. IIT Bombay is ranked three by NIRF 2023 for Engineering and IIT Kharagpur is ranked fifth by NIRF 2024 for Engineering. One can say that in some areas, one is the best while in some areas, the other college is the best. While both of them have IIT branding attached to them, a student might not be comfortable with one of these locations. Hence, considering the final decision depends on the quality of education, branches one is seeking to get into, location, affordability, and lot of other factors. So the candidates must decide themselves according to their own interests which one is the best.

The course-wise placement details for the Class of 2025 are yet to be released on the official website of IIT Kharagpur. As per the media reports, over 400 recruiters visited the IIT Kharagpur campus for 2025 placements and offered over 1,800 job offers, including 409 PPOs and 25 international offers to the students. The key highlights of IIT Kharagpur placement for the Class of 2025 are tabulated below:

Earlier, a total of 685 BTech students registered for the IIT Kharagpur placement session 2024. Out of these, 546 were successfully placed during IIT Kharagpur BTech placements 2024.

IIT Kharagpur BTech fees is between INR 8 Lacs and INR 10 lakh. However, this fee is been sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative. For the exact fee, students can reach out to the admission office. Other than this, students are required to pay the JEE Main application fee which is INR 625 (for boys) and INR 325 (for girls). For JEE Advanced, the application fee ranges from INR 1,400 to INR 2,800 for different category students. Read more about IIT-KGP BTech fee and other details here. 

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

IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2025 was released for admission to BTech(Hons), BSc courses and their specialisations, as well as for the BArch course for all rounds and categories under the All India quota.

The last round cutoff in 2025 ranged from 466 to 19141 for the General AI category students, wherein BTech (Hons) Computer Science and Engineering was the toughest branch to get admission to. On the other hand, the easiest course for admission was the Bachelor of Architecture.  

Students can refer to the table below to know the last round cutoff ranks for all the available course for the General AI category, sorted from most to least competitive. 

IIT Kharagpur JEE Advanced cutoff 2025 has been released for round 3. The cutoff was released category-wise for students seeking admission to the BTech/Integrated BTech/BSc specialisations at the college. For candidates belonging to the General AI category, the cutoff ranks varied between 450 and 18182. As per the cutoff range, it is possible to get admission to the college at 10,000 rank in JEE Advanced. To check which specialisation is available at this rank, candidates can refer to the table below. The table below consist of round 3 cutoff ranks for the General AI category candidates in some subjects:

The course-wise number of students placed during IIT Kharagpurplacements 2025 is showcased below:

The highest, average, median and the lowest package offered over the past three years during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA placements is presented below:

IIT Kharagpur offers BTech and Integrated BTech courses based on JEE Advanced scores. Based on candidates' scores, the institute released the IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2024 for various categories belonging to the All India quota. As per the last-round, the JEE Advanced cutoff for BTech in Computer Science and Engineering programme stood at 415 for the General AI category candidates. To check category-wise cutoffs, candidates can check out the table below: 

The IIT Kharagpur salary details for 2025 placements have not been released officially. As per the data fetched from multiple media reports, the IIT Kharagpur highest package offered so far during 2025 placements was above INR 2.14 crore per annum. As per official brochure, 1,811 offers were made to the 2025 batch.

The key highlights of VGSOM IIT Kharagpur placements 2025 for MBA programme as compared with previous two years are presented below: