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IIT Madras PG Diploma Courses & Fees 2025

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  • Estd. 1959

IIT Madras PG Diploma Eligibility & Highlights 2025

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Total Tuition Fees 5L - 6.7L
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Graduation score60%
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Q:   What is the highest package at IIT Madras?
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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.

Q:   Why choose IIT Madras?
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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). 

Q:   Which is the biggest festival of IIT Madras?
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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.

Q:   What are the courses that IIT Madras offers?
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IIT Madras provides UG, PG, and doctoral courses. The courses include BTech, BTech-MTech (Dual Degree), BS-MS (Dual Degree), Integrated MA, MTech, MBA, MSc, MS by Research and PhD. IIT Madras has also started for an 8-week free online course on Data Science.

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Q:   How can I get admission in IIT Madras?
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To seek admission to the BTech programme offered at IIT Madras, candidates need to visit the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and fill out the application form in online mode for JEE Main. For other courses such as MSc, MTech, BS-MS (Dual Degree) etc., candidates must visit the official website of the respective national-level entrance exam conducting bodies and fill out the application form in online mode. IIT Madras admission to most of the courses is entrance-based. 

Q:   How much GATE score is required for IIT Madras?
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Candidates seeking for admission to M.Tech at IIT Madras, candidates must pass graduation with minimum 60% aggregate as the minimum eligibility criteria for General category candidtaes.

In addition to this, candidates must also qualify GATE exam with a valid score. The cutoff may fluctuate every year, as it depends upon multiple factors. As per witnessing the last three years' closing cutoff for M.Tech course at IIT Madras, the highest closing ranks have been between 500 to 800 made for all top specialisations.

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Q:   Can we join IIT Madras without JEE?
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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.
Q:   Does IIT Madras accept CAT score?
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Certainly, IIT Madras accepts CAT results for MBA programme admissions. Specifically, CAT is the sole entrance exam considered for admission to IIT Madras' MBA program. Candidates are evaluated based on their CAT scores as a screening criterion, after which they are shortlisted for the subsequent selection process comprising a group exercise and an in-person interview. The minimum CAT score necessary for admission to the MBA programme at IIT Madras typically falls within the 90th percentile range. However, this percentile requirement varies annually, influenced by factors such as the number of applicants and overall CAT exam performance.

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Answered 2 weeks ago

hi,

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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Vidushi Sharma

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Answered 2 weeks ago

hi,

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.

However, you still have good alternatives. Lovely P

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Vidushi Sharma

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Answered 3 weeks ago

hi,

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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Vidushi Sharma

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Answered 6 years ago

today cse is demanded in comparison to electrical engineerung . cse is rising in scope so pursue cse from iit madras.

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