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IIT Madras B.A. Courses & Fees 2026
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IIT Madras B.A.Highlights 2026
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IIT Madras overall highest package data is not released. The best placement was observed in BTech CS branch with average package of INR 53.2 LPA.
During MBA and Tech MBA placements 2025, the highest package offered was 35.5 LPA and 81 LPA.
IIT Madras conducts an annual fest called Shaastra. It is an annual technical festival organised to celebrate unconstrained thinking and love for the spirit of engineering.
Another cultural festival organised by IIT Madras is Saarang, It is the largest cultural fest in India held every year in the month of January.
The IIT Madras placement procedure is explained in the table below:
| IIT Madras Placement Procedure | |
|---|---|
| Attendance and Punctuality | A student who applies and gets shortlisted for interviews has to go through the entire selection process unless rejected midway by the company. |
| Any student who withdraws deliberately in the middle of a selection process will be disallowed from placement for the rest of the academic year. | |
| Latecomers for GD/ Aptitude Test/ Interview will not be allowed to appear for the selection process. | |
| Discipline | Students should maintain discipline and show ethical behaviour during the entire placement process. |
| Students found cheating or misbehaving in the selection process (Test/ GD/ Interview) will be disallowed to appear for placements in the entire academic year. | |
Identified as an 'Institute of Eminence', the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IITM) was established in 1959 as a public technical and research university. It is the third IIT to be set up by the Government of India and is autonomous in nature. The institute recently launched the country's first online BSc Programme in Programming in Data Science. IITM is also known for its Quality Improvement Programme (QIP), which is sponsored by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).
IIT Madras B.A.Popular courses
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IIT Madras JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 is available in the table below for CSE Round 1 admission across various categories under the All India quota.
| Category | JEE Advanced Cutoff 2026 (Round 1) |
|---|---|
| General | 149 |
| OBC | 94 |
| SC | 55 |
| ST | 27 |
| EWS | 31 |
| PWD | 2 |
Yes, IIT Madras admission is open now. The institute is currently in the middle of admission process for UG & PG programmes. For BTech admission, JoSAA counselling is ongoing.
Identified as an 'Institute of Eminence', the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IITM) was established in 1959 as a public technical and research university. It is the third IIT to be set up by the Government of India and is autonomous in nature. The institute recently launched the country's first online BSc Programme in Programming in Data Science. IITM is also known for its Quality Improvement Programme (QIP), which is sponsored by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).
Yes, there are many other courses for which the selection criteria are different and the prescribed entrance exam is also other than JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced. Below are some of the courses offered at IIT Madras along with their eligibility criteria and entrance exam:
- MTech: IIT Madras offers a two-year full-time M.Tech programme across various specialisations. The institute inducts candidates for the M.Tech programmes based on valid GATE scores followed by the counselling process.
- MBA: For admission to the full-time two year MBA programme at IIT Madras, candidates are required to appear for the CAT exam. Candidates based on their CAT scores will be shortlisted for the Group Discussion & Personal Interview (PI) round.
- MSc: IIT Madras accepts admission to the MSc programme based on a valid score/ rank in the IIT-JAM exam.
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IIT Madras B.A.Curriculum
IIT Madras B.A.Placements 2026
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IIT Madras is one of the leading Engineering Institute in India. The Institute offers good placements to its students. During the placement drive 2025, median package offered to students of BTech branch such as CS, EE and CH was 46 LPA, 22.5 LPA and 17.4 LPA. In MTech, median package recorded in these branch was 24.6 LPA, 22.1 LPA and 15 LPA.
According to unofficial sources, the majority of IIT Madras alumni are working in the Engineering sector with a 37% share. The pie chart below illustrates the detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni:
IIT Madras B.A.Comparison with similar colleges
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| -/- | ₹ 3 L | -/- | |
| ₹ 3 LPA | -/- | -/- | |
| ₹ 4.4 LPA | ₹ 79.32 K - 1.3 L | #6 The Week, 2024 | |
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| ₹ 4.8 LPA | ₹ 3.9 L - 4.08 L | -/- |
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With an 82.121 percentile in JEE Main, getting admission into National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli is highly unlikely through general category quotas, as its cutoffs are usually much higher (often above 98–99 percentile). Even with home state or reserved categories, chances remain ver
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No—if you scored 44 when the cutoff is 45 in JEE Main, you would not qualify for JEE Advanced. Without qualifying JEE Advanced, admission to Indian Institute of Technology Madras is not possible, since IITs admit students only through that route.
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With a 98.5 percentile in JEE Main, you have a strong chance of getting into good NITs, but admission to National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli depends on your category, home state quota, branch preference, and yearly cutoff trends. For highly competitive branches like CSE at NIT Trichy
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I have 98% in my intermediate and 65.5 percentile in JEE Mains. Can I get a seat in IIT Madras?