IIT Kharagpur IIT Kharagpur Admission 2025: Cutoff, Fees, Eligibility & Selection

The selection of candidates for admission to the MBA programme at VGSoM (IIT Kharagpur) is a two-step procedure. Applicants, who are shortlisted based on the eligibility criteria are called for an online Personal Interview (PI). Final admission to the MBA programme is then offered on the basis of a cumulative score of the application rating (AR), performance score in CAT 2024, and the candidate’s performance in the online PI process. Check out more details on IIT Kharagpur MBA selection process here.

For admission to MBA at VGSOM (IIT Kharagpur), candidates need to qualify CAT followed by group discussion and personal interview round. The minimum CAT percentile required is 90 for general category students. For NC-OBC and SC/ ST/ PwD the minimum CAT percentile required is 80 and 75 respectively.

To be eligible for admission to MBA at VGSOM, candidates must have the following:

• A bachelor’s degree of minimum 4-year duration in Engineering, Technology, Pharmacy, Medicine, or similar streams
• OR a master’s degree in Science/ Economics/ Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor’s level) with 60% aggregate (or CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale) for General and NC-OBC candidates and 55% aggregate (or CGPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale) for SC/ST and PwD category candidates.
• Candidates appearing for the final year of the bachelor’s degree/ equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply

Selection of candidates for admission to MBA at VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur is a two-step process. The applicants are shortlisted based on eligibility criteria and called for an online Personal Interview (PI). Final admission to MBA is offered on the basis of a cumulative score of the Application Rating (AR), performance score in CAT, and the candidate’s performance in the online PI round. PFB the minimum CAT percentile requirement for selection:

Category	Total Percentile
General/EWS	90
NC-OBC	80
SC	75
ST	75
PwD	75

IIT Kharagpur is one of the oldest and reputed institution in the country known for its Engineering education. However, the brand name is also a key factor for candidates while choosing it to pursue higher education in the field of Management, i.e., MBA. To support its reputation, ranking received by VGSOM (B-School of IIT Kharagpur) for MBA over the past three years by NIRF is as follows:

Ranking Body	2021	2022	2023
NIRF	9	14	14

Other than the ranking, the key highlights related to IIT Kharagpur MBA placements 2023 via VGSOM are tabulated below:

Particulars	Statistics
Total students placed	94
the highest salary	INR 43.37 LPA
Average salary	INR 21.04 LPA
Median salary	INR 22.13 LPA
Top recruiters	Accenture, Amazon, Berger, IBM, etc.

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. 

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. 

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.

So as to apply for BArch at IIT Kharagpur, candidates are required to apply via JEE Main. 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.

Step 1: Open the official website (jeemain.nta.nic.in) and click on the ‘Registration for JEE (Main) 2023’ link.

Step 2: Fill out the registration form with the required information followed by clicking on the submit button.

Step 3: Fill out the detailed application form and upload scanned images and documents.

Step 4: Pay the application fees.

The application form is automatically submitted after the successful payment of application fees. Read more details about JEE Main application form and fee here.

Mentioned below is a list of documents required to fill out JEE Main 2023 application form:

Before the JEE Main 2023 registration process, students must keep the following documents and information ready for a smooth application process:

• Valid email id and mobile number
• Academic details related to the Class 10 and Class 12 qualifying exams
• Scanned copy of the category certificate (if applicable)
• Scanned copy of the PwD certificate (if applicable)
• Scanned photograph and signature as per the specification mentioned by the NTA
• Net banking/credit card/debit card/UPI details for application fee payment

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.

The cutoff information for LL.M. at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur varies each year depending on various factors such as the number of applicants, the difficulty level of the exam, and the availability of seats. However, to give you an idea, here are the cutoff ranks for the LL.M. program in 2020: General category: 29 OBC category: 104 SC category: 232 ST category: 304 Please note that these cutoff ranks are subject to change each year and are provided for reference purposes only. Additionally, the selection process for the LL.M. program at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur also involves other factors such as academic qualifications, work experience, and performance in the entrance exam and interview.