M.Tech. in Petroleum Engineering 

at IIT Madras, Adyar

To get admission at IIT Madras for MTech courses, candidate must qualify the GATE exam. The IIT Madras GATE Cutoff 2024 for the General AI candidates was ranged between 492 and 877. Therefore, it is quite likely that at the cutoff of 700-750, candidate can get admission to MTech courses. However, the choice of course would depend on the last-round closing rank of that particular course. 

The IIT Madras the highest package offered to M.Tech students during 2023 placements was INR 54.21 LPA. As per the reports, 32 PPOs were also attracted. The important details related to IIT Madras M.Tech placements are depicted below:

Yes, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras offers a two-year full-time M.Tech course at the postgraduate level. The institute offers 30 MTech specialisations for BE/ BTech graduates across 12 departments. IIT Madras MTech admission will be conducted via the GATE 2025 exam. Candidates seeking admission must register for GATE to get admission to IIT Madras.

For admission to IIT Madras, candidates must pass Class 12 and graduation before applying for the course. As per the minimum eligibility requirements for the course, candidates need a BE/BTech/BArch degree or a master's in Science/Arts with a minimum of 60% aggregate (55% for SC/ST/PwD). Qualifications from exams by recognised professional societies are also accepted. Further, candidates will be selected based on a valid GATE score.

Apart from this, candidates who graduated from IITs with BTech degree and having CGPA of 8.0 (on a scale of 10) and above are eligible to apply for direct admission without GATE score. In addition, it is also crucial that the applicant hold the relevant documents as a proof of eligibility that has to be submitted at the time of registration and documents verification after gettting admission.

A five-year integrated course of BTech + M.Tech is offered at IIT Madras. This course is offered across four specialisations. There are a total of 201 seats available for this Dual degree course. Check the following table to get specialisation-wise seat bifurcation for BTech + M.Tech integrated course offered at IIT Madras:

DOMS IIT Madras cutoff for the Management courses including MBA is based on valid CAT scores. For IIT Madras MBA admission, students must meet both the overall CAT cut off percentile and the sectional cut off. For last three years the overall cutoff for DOMS IIT Madras has been constant at 85.11 percentile. Tabulated below is CAT percentile for DOMS IIT Madras cutoff for General category students for last three years:

The institute has released the 2024 placement report on the official website. However, there are no data points to conclude the placement statistics. The key highlights of IIT Madras placements 2024 are presented below:

Note: The above-mentioned placement data is sourced from media reports and, hence may vary.

No, JEE exams are not mandatory for BSc admissions at IIT Madras. Candidates who wish to take admissions into the BSc course at IIT Madras must appear for IISER entrance examination. The admissions into IIT Madras BSc courses are decided on merit basis where, the scores obtained by candidates in the IISER entrance exam are taken into account to decide the admissions.

The IIT Madras average package has not been released. However, the median salary is out. Comparing the last two-year median package details, an improving trend was recorded in IIT Madras MBA and M.Tech courses. For UG (BTech, DD, IDDD), MS (Science streams), and PhD courses, the median package dropped from 2022 to 2023. Alongside this, the median package for MS (Engineering streams) and MA (Humanities and Social Sciences) has been stagnant over the past two years. For a better understanding, take a look at the below table depicting the IIT Madras placement package comparison for 2022 and 2023:

DOMS IIT Madras CAT cutoff for OBC Category for last year is 70 percentile. Tabulated below is CAT percentile Cutoff (OBC-All India) for DOMS IIT Madras: