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IIT Madras BA Courses & Fees 2025: Eligibility, Admission 2025, Placements

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    If you belong to the General AI category, the highest (most competitive) last round cutoff was 155 for admission to the M.Sc. in Physics course. The lower the cutoff rank, the more competitive the course is for admission, and vice versa. 

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    No, to get admission into IIT Madras MTech course, students have to appear for the GATE exam. This is a part of minimum eligibility criteria for M.Tech course admissions. After clearing the GATE exam, the students are selected on the basis of merit list. The students have to obtain a minimum of 60%

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    Answered a month ago

    IIT Madras MBA admission process 2024 is closed. The admission process for 2026 will start in the month of January 2026. 

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    Nishtha Karan

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    Answered a week ago

    No, IIT Madras is not very expensive but even if students feel that it is, worry not there are scholarships available for students. Some of the top scholarships offered by Chennai IITM are mentioned below:

    Indian Institute of Technology Chennai (Indian Institute of Madras) Scholarships

    Eligibility

    Scholarship Amount/ Benefit

    -Merit-cum-Means/ Free studentship (offered to 25% of admitted students)

    - Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA

    - Renewal of scholarship for students with a minimum GPA of 5.0 in the previous semester

    67% tuition fee exemption

    Notional prize (offered to 7% of admitted students)

    - Rank in JEE

    - Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA

    One time grant of INR 1,000

    SC/ ST scholarship

    - Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA

    - Renewal of scholarship for students with a minimum GPA of 5.0 in the previous semester

    - Free mess charges

    - pocket allowance INR 250 per month

    - over and above tuition fee exemption

    Indian Women's Association at Bonn scholarship

    - Family income up to INR 5 LPA

    - Rank in JEE

    INR 1,250 per month for 12 months for one BTech student only.

    M Sankaraiah and M Saradha (Mithigiri) Scholarship

    Based on the highest CGPA by the end of the fourth semester of BTech/ dual degree electrical engineering

    One time amount of INR 20,000

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    Raj Kumar

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    Answered a week ago

    Direct admissions are possible in IIT Madras for some Diploma programmes. For other programmes such as UG and PG courses, direct admissions are not available. Students will have to appear for the entrance exam for admission to the available programmes. 

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