IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology Answered Questions

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:SpecialisationBTech Seat IntakeAerospace Engineering 44Agricultural and Food Engineering 48Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering36Chemical Engineering 79Civil Engineering 87Computer Science and Engineering 80Electrical Engineering 80Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering  90Instrumentation Engineering 44Manufacturing Science and Engineering 44Mechanical Engineering 99Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 62Mining Engineering59Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture 46Industrial Systems and Engineering 43NOTE: In the absence of an official update, the seat intake is sourced from JoSAA counselling 2023.

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:ParticularsMBA Placement Statistics 2022Median SalaryINR 13.5 LPATop recruiters Adobe, Goldman Sachs, Samsung, etc.  

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.

The institute has not released any BArch specific placements data. However, as per the data collated from various sources on the internet, the median package (which at times is considered close to the average salary package) for BArch students at this college is approximately INR 12.62 LPA. This data is for the year 2022.In addition to the package details which are collated from unofficial sources, some of the verified students’ reviews on Shiksha also mentions some leading recruiters, such as Auctus Advisors, Uniworks, Flipkart, etc. as the ones who visit the campus for placement opportunities. Read more about IIT Kharagpur BArch and other course placements data here. 

As per the details collated from various sources on the internet, the average salary of an IIT Kharagpur PhD research scholar in India ranges between INR 3.9 Lacs for someone with an experience between one and six years. However, some of the verified students' reviews on Shiksha tell an entirely different story which is that the 'The highest salary packages offered for PhD at IIT KGP range from about INR 18 LPA to INR 25 LPA'. To know more from the verified PhD students' reviews of IIT Kharagpur on Shiksha, click on this link. 

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 ofOverall Academic PerformanceWritten 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. 

The different PhD programmes available at IIT KGP campus include:Regular with institute assistantshipPh.D with individual fellowship (INSPIRE, UGC NET, etc.)Sponsored PhDPhD through sponsored research projectsPhD programme (Regular, Sponsored, Working Professionals, CSIR/UGC, INSPIRE Fellowship) 

BTech aspirants must fill out the application form for JEE Main through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) i.e., (nta.ac.in). Followed by JEE Main, students are required to register for JEE Advanced. For this, candidates have to first login with their JEE Main 2026 application number and password. Next candidates have to fill in the registration form, upload scanned certificates, and pay the application fee. The photo and signature in the online JEE Advanced application form will be already populated from the JEE Main application form. Also check out Top BTech colleges in India.

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.