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IIT Kharagpur Ranking 2025

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IIT Kharagpur Rankings
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IIT Kharagpur is a highly regarded university and has been ranked by multiple ranking bodies under multiple categories. It's good ranks over the years reflect upon the fact that it is one of the top educational institutes. In the NIRF 2025, IIT Kharagpur ranked in the #6 under the 'Overall' category.

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IIT Kharagpur Ranking Highlights 2025
NIRF Ranking 2025
India Today Ranking 2025
QS World University Rankings Ranking 2025
IIT Kharagpur Course Ranking
IIT Kharagpur Student Reviews

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IIT Kharagpur Ranking Highlights 2025

One of India’s top institutes is IIT Kharagpur. As per the NIRF Ranking 2025, the rank of the institute is #6 under the category Overall, #5 under Engineering, #12 under Management, #6 under Law, and #5 under Research Institutions. At the international level, QS World Rankings 2025 has ranked the institute at #222 position. IIT Kharagpur is top ranked by multiple national & international ranking bodies for its academic offerings and renowned faculty. Its faculty has a proven track record of doing great research. The article mentioned below covers all the necessary details you need if you're interested in the IIT Kharagpur rankings.

Rank publisher & CategoryRank

B.Arch

NIRF, 2025

Best among NIRF ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2025->

B.E. / B.Tech

NIRF, 2025

Best among NIRF ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2025->

MBA/PGDM

NIRF, 2025

#12

2nd Best among NIRF ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2025->

Engineering

India Today, 2025

Best among India Today ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2025->

Law

NIRF, 2025

2nd Best among NIRF ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2025->

Business & Management Studies

NIRF, 2025

Best among NIRF ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2025->

Science

NIRF, 2025

Best among NIRF ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2025->

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Q: Which is better for a BTech in Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur or IIT Bombay?

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.

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Q: Which college among IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee is best for pursuing BSc?

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

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IIT Kharagpur
NIRF Ranking 2025

IIT Kharagpur has been ranked well by the NIRF under the 'Overall' category. Through the years, the NIRF rankings for IIT Kharagpur indicate the institute's strong performance in crucial areas such as the Quality of Education, Conducting Impactful Research, the Expertise of Faculty members, and Overall Institutional Management. These good rankings not only prove the institute's positive reputation but also highlight its excellence across diverse domains, evaluated against the standards established by the NIRF. It has been seen that in the 'Overall' category, the institute's ranks have shown a fluctuating trend when evaluated against the ranking of the prior year. In 2025, IIT Kharagpur's rank is #6, the same as last year's rank in the 'Overall' category by the NIRF ranking.

It has been seen that within the category of 'Engineering', the institute's ranking has fluctuation when compared with the previous year's ranking. In 2025, IIT Kharagpur's rank is #5, the same as last year's rank in the 'Engineering' category by the NIRF ranking.

It is to be noticed that the institute has shown a fluctuating trend in the 'Management' category as compared to the ranking of preceding years. In 2025, IIT Kharagpur climbed 7 ranks to #12 rank in the 'Management' category by the NIRF ranking.

In the 'Law' category, the institute's ranks have ascended when compared with the previous year's ranking. In 2025, IIT Kharagpur climbed 1 rank to #6 rank in the 'Law' category by the NIRF ranking. This is the second consecutive year that the institute has ascended in the rankings.

Explore the IIT Kharagpur latest rankings by other ranking bodies and their categories below:

Category	2023	2024	2025
B.Arch	3	2	3
B.E. / B.Tech	6	5	5
MBA/PGDM	12	19	12
Law	– / –	7	6
Business & Management Studies	– / –	– / –	6
Science	– / –	– / –	5

IIT Kharagpur Ranking
NIRF Ranking Comparison

IIT Kharagpur secured #6 rank in the 'Overall' category of NIRF 2025 rankings. Its status is comparable to top institutions such as IIT Roorkee and AIIMS Delhi. Check out how IIT Kharagpur compares to other top-ranked universities year by year.

IIT Kharagpur vs Other Institutes: NIRF Ranking 2025
College Name	Overall 2025
IIT Kharagpur	6
IIT Delhi	4
IIT Kanpur	5
IIT Roorkee	7
AIIMS Delhi	8

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IIT Roorkee Compare	1
NIT Calicut Compare	2
IIT Kharagpur	3
IIEST Shibpur Compare	4
Jamia Millia Islamia Compare	5
CEPT University Compare	6
NIT Rourkela Compare	7

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India Today Ranking 2025

IIT Kharagpur has been ranked well by the India Today under the 'Technical Universities' category. Through the years, the India Today rankings for IIT Kharagpur indicate the institute's strong performance in important areas such as the Quality of Education, Conducting Impactful Research, the Expertise of Faculty members, and Overall Institutional Management. These good rankings not only prove the institute's good reputation but also highlight its excellence across diverse domains, evaluated against the standards established by the India Today. When evaluated against the ranking of the past years, it has been noticed that in the 'Technical Universities' category, the institute's ranks have shown stability in trend. In 2025, IIT Kharagpur's rank is #4, the same as last year's rank in the 'Technical Universities' category by the India Today ranking.

It has been seen that within the category of 'Engineering (Government)', the institute's ranking has steadiness when compared with the previous year's ranking. In 2025, IIT Kharagpur's rank is #4, the same as last year's rank in the 'Engineering (Government)' category by the India Today ranking.

It is to be noticed that the institute has shown stability in trend in the 'Engineering' category as compared to the ranking of preceding years. In 2025, IIT Kharagpur's rank is #4, the same as last year's rank in the 'Engineering' category by the India Today ranking.

Explore the most recent rankings from other ranking bodies and their respective categories below.

Category	2023	2024	2025
B.E. / B.Tech	4	4	4
Engineering	– / –	– / –	4

IIT Kharagpur Ranking
India Today Ranking Comparison

According to the India Today ranking 2025, IIT Kharagpur received #4 rank in the 'Technical Universities' category. It holds a comparable status to the most prestigious universities such as IIT Roorkee, and IIT Guwahati for India Today rankings under the 'Technical Universities' category. Check out the year-by-year comparison of Tezpur University with other top institutes:

IIT Kharagpur vs Other Institutes: India Today Ranking 2025
College Name	Technical Universities 2025
IIT Kharagpur	4
IIT Kanpur	2
IIT Bombay	3
IIT Roorkee	5
IIT Guwahati	6

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Engineering

College	Ranking
IIT Bombay Compare	1
IIT Delhi Compare	2
IIT Kanpur Compare	3
IIT Kharagpur	4
IIT Guwahati Compare	5
IIT Roorkee Compare	6
BITS Pilani Compare	7

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QS World University Rankings Ranking 2025

Based on the rankings from QS World University Rankings, IIT Kharagpur outperformed numerous other institutes, securing a higher position, indicating that the institute is considered to be doing better in various factors evaluated by the QS World University Rankings system. In the 'Top Global Universities' category, the institute's ranks have improved in comparison with last year's ranking. In 2026, IIT Kharagpur climbed 7 ranks to #215 rank in the 'Top Global Universities' category by the QS Wo

It has been observed that the institute has displayed a decreasing trend in the 'Asia' category as compared to the ranking of preceding years. In 2026, IIT Kharagpur fell 17 ranks to #77 rank in the 'Asia' category by the QS World University Rankings. This is the second consecutive year that the institute has slipped in the rankings.

In the 'Southern Asia' category, the institute's ranks have shown a fluctuation when compared with the previous year's ranking. In 2026, IIT Kharagpur fell 2 ranks to #6 rank in the 'Southern Asia' category by the QS World University Rankings.

Check out the updated rankings and category details from different ranking bodies below.

Category	2024	2025
Science	59	60

IIT Kharagpur Ranking
QS World University Rankings Ranking Comparison

IIT Kharagpur secured #215 rank in the 'Top Global Universities' category of QS World University Rankings 2026 rankings. Its status is comparable to top institutions such as IISc Bangalore and IIT Kanpur. Check out how IIT Kharagpur compares to other top-ranked universities year by year.

IIT Kharagpur vs Other Institutes: QS World University Rankings 2026
College Name	Top Global Universities 2026
IIT Kharagpur	215
IIT Bombay	129
IIT Madras	180
IISc Bangalore	219
IIT Kanpur	222

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Science

College	Ranking
IIT Delhi Compare	44
IIT Madras Compare	56
IIT Kharagpur	60
IISc Bangalore Compare	62
IIT Guwahati Compare	104
JNU Delhi Compare	110
Chandigarh University (CU) Compare	120

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India Today	4	4	4
NIRF	6	5	5

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Top recruiting companies like Schlumberger, Vedanta limited and ONGC visit our college for placements.

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B.Tech. in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering - Batch of 2029

4.0

4Placements4Infrastructure3Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money

A land of opportunities where legacy meets innovation.

Placements: In Biotechnology almost 70 percent of students got placed. The average package is 6 LPA, the highest is near 12 LPA, the lowest normally differs. Serum Institute of India and Cipla do hire at IITKGP. More than 12 percent of students got an internships. Roles offered are Junior Researcher, Research Associate, and Bioprocess Engineer.

Infrastructure: The department being one of the most heavily funded and having state-of-the-art technology in the labs students get to work with reliable and modern instruments and labs. The infrastructure offered for the students in the course of biotechnology is very good and one of the best in the country. The quality of food in hostels is fine not too good not dreadful either. The medical facilities are free for students. There are a lot of grounds for each sport and all the sports and games are taught as part of the course that comes under extra academic activities.

Faculty: Some teachers are very good but some are strict and explain less. The medium of instruction is English for all the courses. The course is somewhat relevant and there are some parts which do feel irrelevant. The semester exams are fairly easy. The curriculum has electives that the student can choose according to their interests.

Other: The campus hosts very big fests with very renowned artists. It is the biggest IIT. The alumni connection is very good with IIT Kharagpur having one of the strongest and most connected Alma Mater across the globe. Encourages job-creator mindset over a job-finder. Extra-curricular activities are included in the course and encourage the student to perform well in fields such as sports, cultural activities, etc. There is a wide range of societies for the students to find like-minded people and grow together.

Reviewed on 19 Jan 2026Read More

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B.Tech. in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering - Batch of 2024

5.0

5Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money

If you want to go ahead with your dream, then it's your best college.

Placements: 100 percent of students got placed in our course. The highest placement package was 78 LPA, and the lowest was 5 LPA. There were top-level recruiting companies like Bajaj, ISRO, Tata, Apple, and many more. 100 percent of students got internships here. The top roles offered from here were assistant manager, product manager, and CEO.

Infrastructure: Wi-Fi was present everywhere. Fully furnished labs, digital classrooms, and a central library were present on the college campus itself. Hostels were of top quality with AC rooms, speed Wi-Fi, clean and green campus, fully styled rooms, and a digital movie theatre.

Faculty: Teachers were really helpful, caring, and took care of us as well as our studies. They always supported students' dreams. Also, they encouraged students to play as much as they can. The course curriculum was relevant, and it made students industry-ready. Semester exams were damped difficult. The pass percentage was 88 percent.

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B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2021

4.6

5Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money

The best part of my life is spent here at IIT Kharagpur.

Placements: In this college, they are providing the best salary packages, and every year, a total of 40 percent of students are placed in these companies. In this college, there are many companies providing internships because it is the very best college in India. The top recruiters are TCS, Accenture, Tata Group, etc.

Infrastructure: This college's infrastructure and quality of things are very high and provide many facilities to the students. In this course, facilities are available like fast Wi-Fi, classrooms, labs, fans, bathrooms, branches, hostels, canteens, etc. In this college, the canteen food is very tasty; it is like homemade food.

Faculty: This college's faculty and curriculum are very good. The teachers are very knowledgeable, and the teaching quality is very good. This course is a total of 4 years in duration, and 5 semester exams are conducted by the college. So they are so helpful.

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B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering - Batch of 2028

4.6

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Mother of all IITs - IIT Kharagpur.

Placements: During the current placement, there were 1000+ offers in just two days. In my department, Mechanical Engineering, about 70% of students get placed. The average placement package is 17-18 LPA, the highest going upto 50-55 LPA. If we talk about the maximum package offered, it sometimes crosses 2 crores.

Infrastructure: State-of-the-art infrastructure is present for all the students. Labs, classes and libraries are best. The hostels can be a little disappointing, the food there is not that good, and it will take time to adjust to the taste of the mess food. But you can always find night canteens and restaurants inside the campus if you want to treat yourself to good food.

Faculty: The professors here are the best in their fields. Every one of them is highly qualified and has studied at the best universities in the world. Well, their approachability and bonding with the students can be debatable, as it depends on the proof of whether he is friendly or not. The curriculum is relevant, after all, it's an IIT. The semester exams are fairly difficult, they test us on all aspects of the subject.

Other: For me, choosing this course was very easy. I was always very interested in physics and mathematics, so mechanical engineering is a department that has the best of both worlds. Talking about the fests of our college, these are the best days of our campus life.

Reviewed on 16 Dec 2025Read More

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Integrated B.Tech. (Hons.) + M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2025

4.8

5Placements4Infrastructure5Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money

Its the top college in India, you have to qualify for this.

Placements: The placements in IITKP are very good, as a lot of companies visit due to the placements. The B.Tech students are available to sit for placements in their 4th year, while the dual degree students are available to sit for placements in their 5th year. In my course, the highest package in general lies around 1.5 crores per annum, and the lowest package lies around 10 to 20 LPA. There are five profiles that students choose during placements. The software development is the one I am choosing, and the companies offer, on average, around 20LPA.

Infrastructure: The hostel facilities in IITKGP are not up to the mark. The hostels are mostly run based on Hall tempo and bonding. The library here is also one of the biggest libraries of all the IITs, and it has a lot of rooms where you can sit and study. It stays open till 12 o'clock. Almost all of the books are available in the library that you want to read, or it has access to the national digital library, and you can read anything that you want. The facilities of technological aspects are also really good.

Faculty: The faculty members here are really approachable moreover, the relationship between the faculty members and the students is very good. The exams are held on a semester basis. There are two main exams for theory, which are mid semester and end semester examinations, where for most of the courses the end semester examination holds a weightage of 50 percent and the mid sem holds about 30 percent. The rest of the 20 percent are on the hands of the professors.

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B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering - Batch of 2029

4.6

5Placements4Infrastructure5Faculty4Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money

An engineering life at IIT Kharagpur is very joyful and good.

Placements: 85 to 90 percent of students got placed in my course. The highest package ranges from 20-24 LPA. The lowest package ranges from 4-5 LPA. The average package ranges from 8-10 LPA. Top recruiting companies for my course are Accenture, TCS, Infosys, etc. 70-77 percent of students got internships. Top roles offered are software engineer, project associate, analyst, etc.

Infrastructure: Many facilities are available in our college. Wi-Fi is very good and useful for our academic career. High-speed Wi-Fi is also available at our central library. Hostel facilities are available and comfortable. Hostel food is satisfactory, but it is not good. There are good games to play, like cricket, carrom, etc.

Faculty: Teachers are very helpful, technically qualified, and knowledgeable. Their teaching quality is very good. They are teaching theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Semester exams are very difficult and tricky. In physics, the weave topic is difficult. I don't know about the pass percentage now.

Other: I chose this course on my own because I'm not interested in coding and in core subjects. Best part of our course is the balance of practical labs and theoretical depth. Events and fests are not very enjoyable.

Reviewed on 2 Dec 2025Read More

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Can I get admission in Kharagpur IIT? My GATE score 423?

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Category	Potential Branches	Admission Chance
General	Interdisciplinary branches (Biomedical, Earth System Science, Aquacultural Engineering)	Moderate
OBC	Chemical, Cryogenic, or Functional Materials	Moderate to High
SC / ST	Core branches (Mechanical, Communication, Structural)	Very High

Sidhartha Singh

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Can I admisson in Kharagpur IIT. My GATE score 423 OBC category?

Answered a week ago

With a GATE score of 423 (OBC), your chances for core branches at IIT Kharagpur are low. However, you may qualify for specialised or interdisciplinary programs.

Potential Options at IIT KGP:

Agricultural Systems: Cutoff ~434.
Chemical/Cryogenic Engineering: Cutoff ~350.
Earth System Science: Cutoff ~389

Sidhartha Singh

Contributor-Level 10

When will the cutoff for 2026 release for IIT Kharagpur?

Answered 4 weeks ago

The IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2026 is expected to be released in June 2026. The students who are waiting for the 2026 cutoff can check the previous years cutoff to get a clear idea. In 2025 the overall BTech cutoff ranged from 466 to 11111 for students belonging to the General AI quota.

Shruti Manchanda

Contributor-Level 10

What is the placement truth at IIT Kharagpur?

Answered 4 weeks ago

The phase 1 of IIT Delhi placement drive 2026 is completed. As per reports, more than 1500 offers were made. In addition, 15 international offers were received during IIT KGP placements 2026. The highest package stood at INR 244 LPA.

Manashjyoti Piplani

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What is the highest package given at the IIT Kharagpur placements?

Answered 4 weeks ago

The IIT Kharagpur placements for the year 2026 are still ongoing. The the highest package in 2026 is INR 2.44 Crore per Annum and. 5 offers above INR 2 Crore per Annum and 16 offers between INR 90 LPA and 200 LPA were made in 2026.

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