IIT Kharagpur UG & PG Courses & Fees 2026

IIT Kharagpur's Vinod Gupta School of Management offers a two-year MBA degree in seven specializations and one micro specialisation. The Vinod Gupta School of Management's (VGSOM) flagship MBA curriculum is a residential programme for recent engineering graduates and those who have earned master's degrees in Science, the field of economics or commerce. The MBA programme has developed into one of the best in the nation, fusing the IITs' strengths in technical education with contemporary management philosophy. A thoughtful combination of lectures, case studies, group projects, and workshops are used as teaching methods. Additionally, the course includes a two-month summer internship in the field, which exposes students to real-world management challenges.

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
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 offers a four-year BSc course along with a five-year Integrated MSc course across six specialisations each. Those willing to pursue a postgraduate integrated course can take admission in BSc-MSc Integrated, criteria and admission process of which is same as that of BSc. Admission to both these programmes is based on JEE Main and JEE Advanced scores followed by JoSAA counselling. Aspirants seeking admission must qualify for both the entrance exams for admission to IIT Kharagpur. Read IIT-KGP BSc course details here. 

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
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.

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) 

Hostels at IIT Kharagpur are furnished with beds, tables, chairs, high-speed LAN ports, fans, lights and adequate electricity ports. The quantity of the aforementioned things may vary depending upon the occupancy of the room whether it’s single room, double sharing or triple occupancy sharing.

Also, some halls (hostel is referred to as hall of residence at IIT Kharagpur and hostellers as boarders) have washing machine facilities and some don’t. Laundry service is available at a reasonable price.

IIT Kharagpur, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati are three similarly-ranked Engineering institutes in India that are closely ranked by the NIRF Ranking Institution. Needless to say, these institutes have outstanding academic and placement achievements. Students look for informed decisions while choosing between the three. In NIRF Engineering ranking 2025, IIT Kharagpur stands at 5th position, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad are ranked at 8th and 7th position, respectively. Thus, indicating a close competition between the three.

IIT Kharagpur outshines IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati for having the largest campus area and being the oldest IIT. IIT Kharagpur came into existence in 1951, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad were established in 1994 and 2008, respectively. Comparing the institutes on academic grounds, IIT Kharagpur (108) offers a larger number of full-time courses than IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati. 

In terms of placements, IIT Guwahati has released the overall statistics for BTech. IIT Kharagpur wins the race with the highest package of INR 2.40 crore per annum. The second slot is taken by IIT Guwahati with the highest package of INR 1.20 crore per annum. Then comes, IIT Hyderabad highest package of INR 90 LPA. The table below represents the IIT Kharagpur highest package comparison with other closely ranked IITs for the BTech placements:

IIT Name	BTech (Highest Package)
IIT Kharagpur	INR 2.40 crore per annum
IIT Guwahati	- INR 1.20 crore per annum (domestic) - INR 72 LPA (international)
IIT Hyderabad	INR 90 LPA

Students looking for more elaborated branch-wise placement information can read the below section comparing IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad. The highest package grabbed by the CE batch 2022 during the IIT Kharagpur phase-I placements was INR 55 LPA. The IIT Hyderabad CE highest package was very close and stood at INR 52 LPA. For other branches, such as CH, CS, EE, and ME, IIT Kharagpur beats IIT Hyderabad in terms of the highest package offered. The table below compares some of the common branches of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad for placements 2022:

BTech Branch	IIT Kharagpur (Highest Package)	IIT Hyderabad (Highest Package)
CE	INR 55 LPA	INR 52 LPA
CH	INR 58.45 LPA	INR 51.03 LPA
CS	INR 160 LPA	INR 90 LPA
EE	INR 60.72 LPA	INR 51.03 LPA
ME	INR 82.69 LPA	INR 47.95 LPA
MS	INR 16 LPA	INR 36 LPA

Now let's compare the branch-wise median packages of the two institutes. CS emerged as the top branch in IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kharagpur with the highest median package of INR 28.48 LPA and INR 29.21 LPA, respectively. For more elaborated details refer to the table below:

BTech Branch	IIT Kharagpur (Median Package)	IIT Hyderabad (Median Package)
CE	INR 15 LPA	INR 11 LPA
CH	INR 16 LPA	INR 18 LPA
CS	INR 29.21 LPA	INR 28.48 LPA
EE	INR 21.28 LPA	INR 23.50 LPA
ME	INR 16 LPA	INR 18.25 LPA
MS	INR 15 LPA	INR 15.84 LPA

 NOTE: The statistics mentioned against IIT Kharagpur are for combined details for BTech and MTech and are for Phase-I placements.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has experienced faculty who are degree, diploma, and PhD holders. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has experienced Professors, Assistant Professors, and also invites visiting faculty. Kharagpur IIT also invites faculty for guest lectures and hence tries to provide an opportunity for postgraduate and undergraduate students to talk with some of the best personalities and therefore learn from them.

The minimum percentage required for admission to IIT Kharagpur is different for different courses. However, IIT Kharagpur admission is completely entrance-based. Students are selected based on various national-level entrance exams like JEE Main, JEE Advanced, GATE, etc. The below table mentions the minimum percentage required by the students in the last qualifying degree to be eligible for some of the popular IIT KGP courses:

Popular Courses	Common Eligibility
BTech (Hons)	Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with at least 75% aggregate
Integrated MTech	Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with at least 75% aggregate
LLM	First class or equivalent LLB/ BL (5 years) LLB/ BL (3 years) from a ny recognised university with Bachelor's degree (not less than 3 years) in Humanities/ Science/ Commerce or equivalent with at least 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA
MBA	Bachelor's degree of minimum 4-year in Engineering/ Technology/ Pharmacy or Master's degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level) with a minimum of 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA (55% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ ST/ PwD)
E-MBA	Bachelor's degree of minimum 4-year in Engineering/ Technology or Master's degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level) with a minimum of 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA (55% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ ST/ PwD)

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. 

Course	JEE Advanced Last Round (Closing Rank) 2025
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering	466
Discontinued (Jun-2025) B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence	953
B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computing	1336
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering	1485
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering	1985
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Instrumentation Engineering	2741
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering	4016
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Industrial Engineering	4329
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Aerospace Engineering	4872
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering	5222
B.Sc. in Economics	6063
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Manufacturing Science and Engineering	6547
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	7708
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Civil Engineering	7774
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering	9224
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture	10074
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Mining Engineering	10765
B.Sc. in Physics	10939
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Agricultural and Food Engineering	11111
B.Sc. in Chemistry	12321
B.Sc. in Exploration Geophysics	12443
B.Sc. in Applied Geology	13685
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch. Hons.)	19141

 

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.

JEE Main session - II exam has gone LIVE. A correct approach accompanied by a well-built preparation strategy is everything a student needs to ace JEE Main 2023. A last-minute preparation tips for the exam is mentioned below:

• Choose your reference books wisely
• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible. Shiksha.com is providing FREE Downloadble JEE Main Mock Test Paper (with Solutions).
• Revise as much as possible
• Cross-check section-wise weightage & syllabus for all subjects covered in JEE Main
• Solve previous year’s JEE question papers there are high chances of getting questions from there
• Keep your focus on NCERT books at this point

While the short-term objective must be to clear JEE Main, the ultimate goal must be to qualify JEE Advanced exam, check out the preparation strategy for JEE Advanced.

Yes, admissions at IIT Kharagpur are possible with 94% as the basic eligibility criteria is pass in Class 12th with a minimum of 75% aggregate. The accepted entrance tests are JEE Main,  JEE Advanced, and others. 

IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee are all premier colleges of India offering BSc courses. Admissions to all these colleges are made based on scores in JEE Mains followed by JEE Advanced. These college can be comapred on the basis of fees, median package and top recruiters. Tabulated below is a comparison on these basis:

College	Fees	Median Package	Top Recruiters
IIT Kharagpur	INR 8 lakhs- 10 lakhs	INR 22 LPA	Cisco, BSNL, Amazon
IIT Bombay	INR 8 lakhs	INR 18.8 LPA	Google, Microsoft, Colgate-Palmolive
IIT Roorkee	INR 10 lakhs	INR 19.6 LPA - 22.5 LPA	Qualcomm, Samsung, Goldman Sachs

Yes, IIT Kharagpur is worth all the hype. IIT Kharagpur West Bengal is ranked 215 by the QS World University Rankings 2026. IIT KGP provide placement opportunities in top companies and sectors. Kharagpur IIT provides various facilities to students such as Advanced VLSI Laboratory, Centre for Railway Research,  and others.

The Science and the HSS Department of IIT Kharagpur started four-year BSc programme admission to which is subject to a valid rank in JEE Advanced exam.  Aspirants seeking IIT Kharagpur BSc and Integrated MSc admission need to qualify for both JEE Main and JEE Advanced exams to get shortlisted. For eligibility, candidates are required to have completed their Class 12 with a minimum of 75% aggregate. Those who would like to earn an MSc degree are given the option to do so at the end of the sixth semester of the BSc programme. Accordingly, the seventh and eighth semesters are planned so that a candidate gets an MSc degree at the end of the tenth semester.