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

IIT Patna highest package recorded during placements 2025 was INR 1.50 Crore per Annum. The highest package in 2024 was INR 144 LPA. 

According to data gathered from unofficial sources, Engineering sector has placed the most number of IIT Patna students. The sector-wise IIT Patna alumni placement statistics are presented below:

Note: The “Others” category includes the sectors of IT, Business Development, Marketing, Media & Communication, Administrative, Finance, Sales, Community & Social Services, HR, Consulting, and Arts & Design.  

The above-mentioned data is gathered from unofficial sources and hence may vary.

The list of top recruiters during IIT Patna placements 2024 is presented below:

Candidates are offered admission in IIT Patna's flagship BTech, BTech Dual degree courses based on JEE Advanced rank. The seats are allotted via JoSAA Counselling. The seats in MTech and MSc programmes is allotted via COAP and IIT JAM Counselling. For admission in PhD, aspirants have to appear for written test conducted by IIT Patna or provide scores in GATE, UGC-NET, CSIR-NET followed by PI round.

IIT Patna has faculty who are master's degree and PhD holders. IIT Patna has 101 teaching faculty. Given below is the information about IIT Patna faculty:

Department of CSE Faculty

• Prof. Jimson Mathew
• Prof. Somanath Tripathy
• Prof. Rajiv Misra

Faculty from Industry

• Ms. Sheetal Maheshwari, KPMG Global Services
• Ms. Shagun Maheshwari, EY Global Services

Visiting Faculty

• Prof. Krishna Kumar, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
• Prof. Ajit Sharma, Wayne State University, USA
• Prof. Smita Singh, Nalanda University
• Prof. Prashant Jha, Kings College, London

With maximum competition with respect to the cutoff trends observed in the past three years, CSE can be considered one of the best BTech branches at Indian Institute of Technology Patna. Followed by this, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science and Electrical and Electronics Engineering seems to be the most competitive branches at IIT Patna. However, students must select a branch depending on their interest.

IIT Patna offers various UG, PG, and PhD courses. The total tuition fees ranges between INR 60,000 and INR 8 lakh. Tabulated below is the list of courses along with their tuition fee:

IIT Patna offers BTech, MTech, MSc, and PhD programmes through its 10 departments. IIT Patna offers four-year BTech programmes at the undergraduate level in 11 specialisations. A two-year MTech programme in 15 specialisations and two-year MSc programmes in three specialisations at the postgraduate level. All 10 departments of IIT Patna also offer a three-year PhD programme. The mode of IIT Patna admission is online. Admission to BTech is based on JEE Main and JEE Advanced scores, followed by JoSSA counseling. Admission to MTech and MSc is subject to GATE and IIT JAM, respectively.

IIT Patna is spread across 501 acres and features modern, sustainable & eco friendly infrastructure. IIT Patna infrastructure includes advanced laboratories, central library, residential spaces, medical center and student activity centers. IIT Patna sports facilities includes badminton court, basketball court, cricket ground, football ground, and volleyball court.

Aspirants seeking admission in sponsored and self-financed MTech do not require GATE score. Aspirants have to appear for written test and personal interview round conducted by IIT Patna for admission.

Candidates need to apply online for JEE Main for BTech admission at IIT Patna. Students need to fill out the form for JEE (Main) through the website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) (nta.ac.in). The application fee for boys is INR 1,000 and INR 800 for girls.

IIT Patna is ranked at 19 in NIRF Rankings 2025 under the 'Engineering' category. Besides, the institute has also been ranked 577 by the QS Ranking 2026 in the 'Asia' category.

Aspirants selected for admission at IIT Patna have to bring documents for verification. Check below common documents required during IIT Patna admissions:

• Class 10 and Class 12 marksheet and certificate
• Graduation marksheet and certificate (if applicable)
• PG marksheet and certificate (if applicable)
• Entrance exam scorecard
• Transfer and Migration Certificate
• Government-Id proof
• Seat allocation or counselling letter
• Passport-size photographs
• Caste or Category Certificate, if applicable

The application fees for JEE Main is written below

• INR 1,000 for Male unreserved, OBC, EWS category candidates
• INR 800 for Female unreserved/OBC/EWS category candidates
• INR 500 for SC/ST/PwD/Transgender category candidates

There are 86 seats available in Computer Science and Engineering specialisation of BTech at Indian Institute of Technology Patna. The seats in CSE are allotted via JoSAA Counselling based on JEE Advanced scores. As per the IIT Patna cutoff data, CSE is the most competitive specialisation with competitive closing rank and limited seats.

In general, students admitted to the particular branch of the undergraduate BTech course must continue studying that branch till completion. However, in special cases the institute may permit a student admitted through JEE to change their branch of study after the first two semesters. Such changes are permitted only for students who have completed all the common credits required in the first two semesters of their studies, in their first attempt, without having had to pass any course requirement in the summer term examination.

IIT Patna reserves seats in BTech admissions for SC, ST, OBC, EWS and PwD categories as per the Government of India rules. OBC-NCL candidates need to produce the latest certificate and self-declaration statement to claim reservation.

Students can ask for refund of BTech fees in case of withdrawal or cancellation of admission. Check below details for IIT Patna fee refund policy:

If admitted candidates leaves institute after the date of registration

IIT Patna is a fast-growing Engineering institute in India. It is not top tier like old IITs. However, it is ranked by various ranking agencies. It was ranked at '19' under 'Engineering' category in NIRF 2025 rankings. Talking about placements, he overall the highest package recorded during the placement drive 2025-26 was INR 1.5 Cr. 

The tuition fees for BTech courses at IIT Patna is INR 8 lakh. Aspirants opting for hostel facility also have to pay a hotel fees. A one-time payment of INR 20,000 is charged at the time of admission. Candidates who are allotted seat have to confirm their seat by paying the course fees.