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IIT Kharagpur Admission Dates 2025
The admission cycle at IITs starts with the release of the NTA notification for JEE Main. As per official suorces, NTA has released the JEE Main notification for BTech admissions at IIT Kharagpur. As per the notification, the JEE Main Session 1 is scheduled to be held in the last week of Jan 2025. Moreover, NTA is expected to conduct this exam in two shifts. Students can check the below table to know the latest IIT Kharagpur admission dates 2025:
M.E./M.Tech Admissions 2026
- Undergraduate Degree with 60% aggregate
- 10+2 with 75% aggregate
- Accepting Exams: GATE, JEE Main, JEE Advanced
Dates | Events |
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8 Oct '25 - 13 Oct '25 | GATE 2026 Registration with late feesOngoing |
Nov '25 | Start Date for GATE 2026 Application Form CorrectionTentative |
2 Jan '26 | GATE 2026 Admit Card |
MBA/PGDM Admissions 2026
- Undergraduate Degree with 60% aggregate
- Accepting Exams: CAT
Dates | Events |
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5 Nov '25 - 30 Nov '25 | CAT 2025 admit card download |
30 Nov '25 | CAT 2025 exam |
Dec '25 | CAT 2025 result announcementTentative |
Commonly asked questions On Admissions
IIT Kharagpur offers BTech (Hons.) in CSE course based on JEE Advanced scores. Among all the courses, CSE remained the most demanded course over the years. Considering the IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2024, the CSE last-round cutoff stood at 415 for the General AI category candidates. Comparing the 2024 CSE cutoff with previous year, an increase in the CSE cutoff has been seen in 2024. However, the CSE cutoff fallen from 303 in 2022 to 279 in 2023 for the General AI category candidates. Candidates can find below the CSE cutoffs for five years fromt the table below:
CSE Year-Wise Cutoffs ( For General AI quota) | B.Tech. (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering |
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2024 | 415 |
2023 | 279 |
2022 | 303 |
2021 | 285 |
2020 | 293 |
No, IIT Kharagpur is not hard to get for dedicated students. The modes of IIT Kharagpur course admissions are online and offline. Admission to various courses is based on merit and scores of entrance tests. The accepted entrance exams are GATE, JEE Main, JEE Advanced, and others. Candidates must first visit the JEE Main website. Then appear for the JEE Main exam. Then with valid scores apply on the official website of the college.
In order to get into Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur for its five-year BArch programme, students are required to qualify JEE Main (paper-II) followed by JEE Advanced. Aspirants qualifying the JEE Advanced exam need to qualify Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) conducted by IIT Kharagpur for admission to the BArch programme followed by JoSAA Counselling.
In order to apply for BArch at IIT Kharagpur, students are required to apply via JEE Main official website and then via JEE Advanced. The process of applying for JEE Mains 2023 consists of three steps, i.e., registration, form filling & document upload followed by payment of application fees. Read more about JEE Main application form and fee here.
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IIT Kharagpur has been ranked by NIRF 2025 under various categories which include Engineering, Law, overall, and others. Candidates can go through the below table for information on IIT Kharagpur rankings:
Ranking Body | Ranks |
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QS World University Rankings 2025 | 222 |
NIRF 2025 under the Overall category | 6 |
NIRF 2025 under the Engineering category | 5 |
QS World University Rankings 2024 under the Southern Asia category | 5 |
QS World University Rankings: Asia 2024 | 59 |
QS World University Rankings 2024 under the Top Global Universities category | 271 |
IIT Kharagpur offers 15 specialisations under Integrated M.Tech programme and most of these have various sub-specialisations under them. Some of the key specialisations offered by IIT Kharagpur for BTech include Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural & Food Engineering, Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering and Manufacturing Science and Engineering, among others.
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)
At the undergraduate level, IITKGP offers four and five-year BTech, BSc. Five-year BArch and various other courses to students. At the postgraduate level, the IIT Kharagpur offers two and six-year MTech, MSc And various other courses to students. IIT Kharagpur also provides PhD and Continuing Education courses to students. The below table mentions some of the popular courses offered by IIT KGP and their total tuition fee:
Popular Courses at IIT-KGP | Total Fee |
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BTech | INR 8 lakh - INR 10 lakh |
MTech | INR 20,000 - INR 10 lakh |
BArch | INR 10 lakh |
BSc | INR 8 lakh - INR 10 lakh |
LLM | INR 2.8 lakh |
MBA | INR 3 lakh - INR 25 lakh |
E-MBA | INR 6 lakh |
PhD | INR 42,700 |
IIT Kharagpur hostel fee is inclusive of components like room rent, mess charges, electricity, water, etc. The hostel fee for some of the offered courses is as follows:
Course | Hostel Fee* |
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MTech | INR 1,17,760 |
BSc | INR 1,32,000 |
BSc + MSc | INR 1,63,750 |
MSc + PhD | INR 9,35,040 |
*The above-mentioned fee is taken from an unofficial source. Hence, is indicative.
IITKGP offers a four-year BTech programme across 15 specialisations along with a five-year Integrated M.Tech programme across 15 specialisations. Below-mentioned are the IIT Kharagpur BTech specialisations along with their seat intake:
Specialisation | BTech Seat Intake |
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Aerospace Engineering | 44 |
Agricultural and Food Engineering | 48 |
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | 36 |
Chemical Engineering | 79 |
Civil Engineering | 87 |
Computer Science and Engineering | 80 |
Electrical Engineering | 80 |
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | 90 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 44 |
Manufacturing Science and Engineering | 44 |
Mechanical Engineering | 99 |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 62 |
Mining Engineering | 59 |
Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | 46 |
Industrial Systems and Engineering | 43 |
NOTE: In the absence of an official update, the seat intake is sourced from JoSAA counselling 2023.
IIT Kharagpur offers PhD courses to students at the doctoral level with a minimum and maximum duration of three and eight years, respectively. The area of research is available in 19 departments, 12 schools and 12 centres in the areas of Engineering, Technology, Science, Architecture & Regional Planning, Humanities & Social Sciences, Rural Development, Law, Management and Medicine. Offered in regular mode with institute assistantship, individual fellowship, sponsored and for working professionals, admission to PhD programme is recommended by the Departmental Academic Committee based on the overall academic performance of the candidates and written test followed by the interview. Read more here.
For 2023, cut off was 23337 for General category candidates in All India quota for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch. Hons.) at IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology. For female candidates in General category under All India quota, 22928 was the closing rank. BTech cut off varies depending on the category and domicile/quota of the applicant.
IIT Kharagpur offers BTech programme across 15 specialisations which include, CSE, Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, among others. While all BTech branches are popular at IIT KGP, CSE has the most competitive cutoff as per the IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2022. JoSAA Round 6 Seat Allotment for IIT Kharagpur admissions 2022 to BTech course has been released on Oct 16. Candidates can check the JoSAA R6 closing ranks (CRs) on this page and on JoSAA's official website. Tabulated below are the JoSAA R6 closing ranks for IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2022 (for some of the popular specialisations), along with 2021 and 2020 cutoffs for the General category students, to get clarity on past year trends:
Popular Specialisations | JoSAA R6 Closing Ranks: General (All India) 2020 | JoSAA R6 Closing Ranks: General (All India) 2021 | JoSAA R6 Closing Ranks: General (All India) 2022 |
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Computer Science and Engineering | 293 | 285 | 303 |
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | 1137 | 1132 | 1145 |
Electrical Engineering | 1622 | 1620 | 1805 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 2447 | 2281 | 2533 |
Mechanical Engineering | 2579 | 2896 | 3350 |
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The flagship course of VGSOM IIT Kharagpur is the MBA course. MBA at VGSOM IIT Kharagpur is a two-year course that is offered in full-time mode. The VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA has been ranked 14th by the NIRF in their management category. Candidates are advised to visit the official website of VGSOM II
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No, admissions into IIT Kharagpur without the JEE entrance exam is not possible if the candidate wishes to take admission in the BTech course. For other course admissions, IIT Karagpur accepts other entrance exam scores. However, only candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria for the BTech cou
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The answer to this question is both yes and no. Candidates can gain admissions into IIT Kharagpur without the JEE entrance exam however, in every other course other than BTech. Candidates who wish to gain admissions into the Flagship BTech course at IIT Kharagpur must appear for and clear the JEE ex
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No, BTech admissions at IIT Kharagpur accept the scores of the JEE Mains entrance exam to decide a candidate's admission. The exam is followed by the JoSAA counseling to finalise the admission of a candidate. The WBJEE entrance exam is not accepted for any admissions into the IIT Kharagpur courses.
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While the B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) programme at IIT Kharagpur is highly prestigious and academically rigorous, its placement statistics reveal certain limitations compared to private universities like Lovely Professional University (LPU). In the 2024 placement season, IIT Kha
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