IIT Patna - Indian Institute of Technology Answered Questions

IIT Patna provides Merit-cum-Means Scholarship to meritorious and needy students. The scholarship is offered to students based on their merit and annual family income. Students doing a course from IIT Patna can also apply for Central, State, UGC Scheme scholarships. Students must fulfill the criteria to avail the scholarship.

Candidates are offered seat in IIT Patna BTech CSE programme based on their JEE Advanced rank. Looking at the past three-year closing rank, the cutoffs has a declining trend. The closing rank was 2811 in 2023, 3144 in 2024 and 3377 in 2025. 

The IIT Patna MSc admissions are not open to offline mode of applications. This is because candidates need to register for either the GATE or IIT JAM to qualify for MSc admissions at IIT Patna. The registration process for the aforementioned entrance exams can only be done through online mode, in the manner prescribed on the official portal.

IIT Patna MSc students are required to pay a total of INR 4 Lacs towards the insurance charge during the duration of the MSc course. The insurance charge is paid in two annual at INR 2 Lacs per annum. Every installment of the insurance charge must be paid at the beginning of the first and third semesters of the MSc course respectively. 

Candidates need to pass IIT JAM with a good rank to get a seat in the MSc programme of IIT Patna. The seats are offered in the MSc programme via CCMN Counselling. The IIT JAM cutoff is quite competitive for MSc admission at IIT Patna. The closing rank was between 575-699 for MSc in 2025.

The tuition fees at IIT Patna for MSc courses has not been revealed yet. In 2025, the tuition fees for all MSc courses at IIT Patna was INR 60,000. This tuition fees was paid on per semester basis. Every instalment of MSc tuition fees costed INR 15,000. Candidates can expect the MSc tuition fees at IIT Patna to remain similar in the current year as well.  

The tuition fees for BTech courses at IIT Patna is INR 8 Lacs at this point. For integrated BTech courses that have a duration of five years, the tuition fees is INR 10 lakh.Thie BTech tuition fees at IIT Patna is charged on per semester basis. Each instalment for the BTech tuition fee costs INR 1 lakh.

The MSc course with the least amount of competition during IIT Patna admissions was the MSc in Physics course. The cutoff for the aforementioned MSc course stood at 684 during 2025 admissions.This is a noticably lower closing rank compared to the other MSc courses which had a closing rank of 575 and 611. Among the integrated MSc courses, the lowest competition stood for the MSc + PhD in Mathematics course.

The OBC category of students receive the highest number of reserved seats during MSc admissions at IIT Patna. To be eligible for this MSc seat reservation policy, candidates need to present certificates of recognition under the OBC category at the time of admissions. These students get from 2 - 7 reserved seats in the MSc courses at IIT Patna.

No, the UGC NET exam is not mandatory for MSc admissions at IIT Patna. Candidates who wish to apply for MSc admissions at IIT Patna can appear for the GATE or IIT JAM exam to qualify for admissions. UGC NET scores are only accepted for the integrated MSc +PhD courses offered by IIT Patna.