Ph.D. in Technology 

at IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur

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 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) 

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. 

Yes, there is the Joint MSc-PhD five-year programme in eight specialisations in IIT Kharagpur. It is a combination of intensive master degree level studies along with doctoral research. This is combined course which is offered to students who are interested in a career in research. One has to pass the IIT JAM exam and then is interviewed to be allowed through.

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

If you get a good score in the JEE Main, you would then have to pass the exam of JEE Advanced for admission into IIT Kharagpur. It is through the JoSAA counseling process that admission is granted based on the rank obtained in the JEE Advanced. For MBA or M.Tech or any other postgraduate degrees, you would have to qualify for tests like GATE or CAT.

Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hall of Residence is the largest hostel in terms of area and facilities. Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence construction completed in 2010 is a modern state-of-the-art hostel. It is a very spacious hostel and has many blocks in it. Apart from LBS Hall of Residence, there are several other hostels on the campus of IIT Kharagpur.

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