IIT Madras Placements 2026: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Recruiters

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 offers placements to MA Humanities students. The median package recorded during MA placements 2025 was INR 17.2 LPA.

The highest package offered during IIT Madras MS-PhD placements 2025 was 21.5 LPA. The average and median salary received in 2025 was 20 LPA and 18.5 LPA.

IIT Madras MBA Tech placements are good. During the placement drive 2025, MBA Tech the highest package offered was 81 LPA. The average and median package received was 20 LPA and 15 LPA.

The BSc programme offered at IIT Madras has received good reviews from alumni and students in terms of placements, infrastructure and quality of teaching. According to the verified Shiksha Reviews, students have left the following IIT Madras BSc reviews:

• The exact placement percentage after the fourth year wasn't described, but on average, students received a package of INR 12- INR 15 LPA, with the highest package being INR 80 LPA
• One fest is conducted every year, called Paradox, where all kinds of sports and other events are hosted, in which we participate. The crowd in general is very smart
• The teachers are actually very helpful, well-qualified, and knowledgeable. Most teachers are PhD holders, and their teaching quality is very good
• There are Self study rooms and Libraries. There is Wi-Fi too. There are many seminar halls at our 600 acres campus. There are three messes at our campus. We have a hospital at our campus, all medical needs gets fulfilled through it

No, IIT Madras does not have the provision of direct admission. The institute admits students based on valid HSEE entrance exam scores. 

Indian Institute of Technology has over 550 teaching staff and 1,250 administrative and support staff across all academic departments. Almost all these faculty members are holding PhD degrees in their respective fields. The best-in-class faculty members are all alumni from reputed national and international universities, and hold an immense amount of experience in their sectors. The faculty members include professors, assistant professors, associate professors, among others. 

To get admission in PhD at IIT Madras, students must fulfil the eligibility and selection requirement. To be eligible, students must complete post-graduation in a relevant field with 55% - 60% aggregate, depending on the specialisation. The final selection is on GATE/ UGC - JRF/ NET/ CSIR-JRF/ JEST/ Written Test scores. Students must appear for personal interview after selection on the basis of entrance scores.

No, IIT Madras BTech admission is only based on candidates' performance in JEE Maine exam, followed by the counselling round. JEE Main is also an eligibility test for JEE Advanced, which is conducted for admission to IITs. Candidates who have qualified for JEE Main are only eligible to appear for JEE Advanced entrance test for admission to IIT Madras BTech courses. 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. 

IIT Madras integrated MA course fee is INR 1.65 lakh. 

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, 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.

To apply for admission in PhD at IIT Madras, students must fulfil the eligibility requirement. To be eligible, students must complete post-graduation in a relevant field with 55% - 60% aggregate, depending on the specialisation.

To get in IIT Madras, students have to meet the cutoff. The closing rank usually goes to 150 - 200 for top BTech branches. BTech CSE is the most competitive BTech specialisation. The closing rank for lower branches is around 7433. IIT Madras cutoff 2026 will be out soon for BTech. 

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.

Yes, IIT Madras is worth all the hype. IIT Madras has been ranked 180 by the QS World University Rankings 2026. IIT Madras has been ranked 1st under the Overall category, 2nd under the Research Institutions category, 13th under the Management category,1st under the Innovation category, 1st under the SDG Institutions category, and 1st under the Engineering category by NIRF 2025.

The total seat intake for IIT Madras BTech course is 994. Candidates can check out the IIT Madras specialisation-wise seat intake for a few BTech courses in the table given below: 

IIT Madras offers BTech course in a full-time. BTech is the flagship programme of IIT Madras. The institute has been top ranked by NIRF from the last three years. Find below the ranking trends of IIT Madras BTech course for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025:

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.