IIT Kharagpur Placements 2026: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Companies

The key highlights of IIT KGP placements 2026 are mentioned below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics 2026 (Phase 1)
Highest package	INR 2.44 Crore Per Annum
Total offers	1501
International offers	15
PPOs	457

The list of top recruiters across various sectors. Some of the popular companies are mentioned below:

IIT Kharagpur Top Recruiters
Ford	Tata Steel	Shell
Accenture	American Express	HUL
IBM	Amazon	Goldman Sachs
KPMG	Sony	Barclays

The internship details for 2023 are not disclosed by the institute. However, the companies that were part of IIT Kharagpur internships over the past few years are listed below:

IIT Kharagpur Internships: Top Recruiters
Adobe	Amazon SDE	Bajaj Auto
CarDekho	Cisco	JSW Group
Just Dial	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Mastercard
Nutanix	Salesforce	TCS

According to unofficial online sources, the majority of IIT Kharagpur alumni are placed in the Engineering domain with a 35% share. The other top domains that involve a large share of alumni are Business Development and Research. The infographic below illustrates the domain-wise distribution of alumni:

The highest stipend recorded during IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the 2024-26 batch was INR 4.74 lakh.

The placement trend recorded during IIT Kharagpur MBA placements over the past three years is mentioned below:

Particulars	MBA Placement Statistics 2023	MBA Placement Statistics 2024	MBA Placement Statistics 2025
the highest package	INR 43.37 LPA	INR 37.07 LPA	INR 37.63 LPA
Average package	INR 22.13 LPA	INR 20.83 LPA	INR 22.75 LPA
Median package	INR 21.04 LPA	INR 20.65 LPA	INR 22.15 LPA
Placement rate	100%	100%	100%

IITs are some of the top institutions in the country for Engineering education. However, their undergraduate programme in Architecture is also ranked well by NIRF. As per the NIRF 2025 rankings for Architecture colleges, IIT KGP ranked at the third position. With respect to placements, the institute has not released any BArch specific placements data. However, as per the data collated frmm various sources on the internet, the median package for BArch students at this college is close to INR 12.62 LPA. Additionally, as per the verified students’ reviews on Shiksha, top recruiters, such as Auctus Advisors, Uniworks, Flipkart, etc. visit the campus for placement opportunities. Read more reviews on IIT Kharagpur BArch here.

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.

Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hall of Residence is the largest hostel in terms of area and facilities. Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence construction completed in 2010 is a modern state-of-the-art hostel. It is a very spacious hostel and has many blocks in it. Apart from LBS Hall of Residence, there are several other hostels on the campus of IIT Kharagpur.

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.

According to Shiksha verified reviews, IIT Kharagpur has been rated 4.5 for 'Infrastructure' and 4.6 for 'Value for Money'. The institute has a number of facilities for students. The facilities include a Techno Film Society, one of the largest and the finest technical libraries in Asia, a medical facility, a gym, a bank/ ATM, and others. Also, the college has various halls of residence. The halls of residence are equipped with a kitchen and a mess. Overall the institute provides all the necessary facilities to students.

Note that the IIT graduates having CGPA of 8.0 or above will be eligible for direct admission at IIT Kharagpur without a GATE score 2023. The institute has scrapped the written tests/interviews of shortlisted candidates. The admissions will be conducted on the basis of the GATE 2023 score only.

Yes, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur's Vinod Gupta School of Management offers a two-year MBA degree to students. The modes of IIT Kharagpur admission are online and offline. Admission to various courses including MBA is based on merit and scores of entrance tests. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is ranked 14 by NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) 2023 under the Management category.

IIT Kharagpur BTech fees is between INR 8 lakh. Students also need to pay the JEE Main application fee which is INR 625 (for boys) and INR 325 (for girls). For JEE Advanced, the application fee ranges from INR 1,400 to INR 2,800 for different category students. Read more about IIT-KGP BTech fee and other details here. 

If you get a good score in the JEE Main, you would then have to pass the exam of JEE Advanced for admission into IIT Kharagpur. It is through the JoSAA counseling process that admission is granted based on the rank obtained in the JEE Advanced. For MBA or M.Tech or any other postgraduate degrees, you would have to qualify for tests like GATE or CAT.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur offers undergraduate, postgraduate, Ph.D. and other courses to students. It offers these programmes through 13 Schools, 19 departments, and nine centres of excellence. The courses include B.Arch B.Tech, a five-year Dual Degree, M.Sc. M.Tech / MCP-PhD, MMST, MBA, M.Tech-PhD, and Ph.D. courses. The modes of admission for B.Arch at IIT Kharagpur are online and offline.

There are five halls of residence (hostels) allocated for girls at IIT Kharagpur campus. Here is the list of girls hostel at IIT Kharagpur:

1. Mother Teresa Hall of Residence
2. Sister Nivedita Hall of Residence
3. Rani Laxmibai Hall of Residence
4. SAM Hall of Residence
5. Sarojini Naidu – Indira Gandhi Hall of Residence

Girl's hostels are located near the academic centre, playground, police station and auditorium.

Yes, IIT Kharagpur does offerscholarships to its students. The scholarship type may vary between UG and PG level with different eligibility criterias for students to meet. The below-mentioned table reflects on the various scholarships offered by IIT Kharagpur:

IIT Kharagpur Scholarships
Merit cum Means Scholarship	Free Mess and Pocket Allowance	My Imprint Special Assistance
Incubation Support for Student Enterprises	SGR International Travel Grant	Alumni Scholarships & Awards
Organizational Scholarships & Fellowships	Inspire Scholarship	-

Both IIT Kharagpur and IIT Bombay are among the top institutes to pursue a B.Tech. In computer Science and engineering. Here is a small comparison: 1. Raking: The IIT Bombay has been ranked 3rd by NIRF, whereas the IIT Kharagpur has been ranked 5th in the 2022 rankings. 2. Fees: The course fee is similar at both institutions, at around Rs. 8 Lacs. 3. Infrastructure: Both colleges have decent infrastructure. The campus at IIT Bombay is better and more student-friendly than IIT Kharagpur. 4. Popularity: The CSE branch of IIT B is more popular than IIT K. It is evident in the cut-off ranks of JEE Advanced. The cutoff for IIT B was 63, which was higher than the closing rank of 283 for IIT K. 5. Placement: The placement rate at IIT-B is better than that at IIT-K. Almost 99 percent of CSE graduates were placed at IIT-B in previous batches. IIT-B had the highest placement salary package of any IIT at INR 22.7 LPA (domestic). Therefore, from a placement perspective, the student prefers IIT Bombay over IIT Kharagpur.

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.