Ph.D. in Science 

at IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur

The different PhD programmes available at IIT KGP campus include:

• Regular with institute assistantship
• Ph.D with individual fellowship (INSPIRE, UGC NET, etc.)
• Sponsored PhD
• PhD through sponsored research projects
• PhD programme (Regular, Sponsored, Working Professionals, CSIR/UGC, INSPIRE Fellowship) 

As per the verified students' reviews on Shkisha, the salary package offered to M.Tech students at IIT Kharagpur ranges between INR 6 Lacs and INR 15 lakh. Companies, such as Samsung, Mastercard, IBM visit the college for recruitment. Officially, the key highlights related to IIT Kharagpur placements 2023 for M.Tech are tabulated below:

The admission of a candidate to the PhD programme of IIT Kharagpur is conducted by the Departmental Academic Committee (Post-Graduate and Research), abbreviated as DAC (PG&R), of the Department/Centre concerned, on the basis of

• Overall Academic Performance
• Written Test (Through offline mode)
• Personal Interview (PI) (Through offline mode)

The academic units shortlist the students for final interview based only on the overall academic performance or based on both overall academic performance and written test/ PI. However, final selection will be based on overall academic performance and performance in written test and final interview only.

However, to be eligible to get into this course, candidates must possess a valid GATE score that is above the cut-off level of students admitted for M.Tech or MCP admission or NET qualification with Assistant Professorship. 

Yes, it is possible to get admission to IIT Kharagpur for MSc+PhD in Mathematics with a rank of 250 in IIT JAM for candidates belonging to the General AI category. Round 4 of the cutoff list has been released and the cutoff rank for admission to MSc+PhD in Mathematics was closed at 254 for candidates belonging to the General AI category. For candidates belonging to the OBC AI category, the cutoff rank was closed at 391. For candidates belonging to the SC AI category, the cutoff was closed at 1014. For more categories such as ST AI and EWS AI category, getting admission to the college with this rank is possible. 

The IIT Kharagpur average package details have not been disclosed yet. However, the 2024 median package is available for the different courses. Take a look at the table below to know the course-wise IIT Kharagpur median package offered during the 2024 placement drive:

NOTE: The above salary details are fetched from the NIRF report 2025.

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 highest salary package offered for this programme during 2020-21 was INR 70 LPA. After that year, the highest salary package offered by the institute for different courses stood close to INR 2.68 crore per annum. For more details on Integrated MSc and its placements or other reviews on this course regarding its placement, faculty and infrastructure, click on this link.

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