M.Tech. in Data Science 

at IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

The eligibility criteria for M.Tech programmes at IIT Mandi and IIT Roorkee are similar in many aspects. Both require candidates to have a B.Tech or B.E degree in a relevant field, with a minimum qualifying percentage of 60% or 6.5 CGPA (out of 10) or equivalent for general and OBC candidates, and 55% or 6.0 CGPA (out of 10) or equivalent for SC/ST and PwD candidates. However, there may be slight differences in specific eligibility criteria for different M.Tech programmes offered by each institution. It is recommended to check the official websites of both IIT Mandi and IIT Roorkee to get the detailed eligibility criteria for specific M.Tech programmes.

Students are required to apply for both JEE Main and JEE Advanced for admission to IIT Roorkee BTech. The aspirants must fill out the application form for JEE (Main) through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) (nta.ac.in). The application fee for boys is INR 625 and INR 325 for girls. Followed by JEE Main, students are required to register for JEE Advanced. For this, candidates have to first login with their JEE Main application number and password. Next, candidates have to fill in the registration form, upload scanned certificates, and pay the application fee.

According to media reports, the highest package offered during IIT Roorkee placements 2024 as compared with 2023 and 2022 are presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Highest domestic package	INR 2.15 crore per annum	INR 1.30 crore per annum	NA
Highest international package	INR 2.15 crore per annum	INR 1.06 crore per annum	INR 2.05 Crore per Annum

DOMS IIT Roorkee offers postgraduate and PhD programmes in Management. The institute offers a two-year residential MBA programme in the specialisations including Marketing, Finance, Information Systems, Operations, Human Resource Management, etc.  Candidates scoring above the minimum qualifying CAT cutoff percentile are considered for subsequent selection stages for admission to its flagship MBA programme.

At IIT Roorkee, the minimum aggregate required for its offerd courses ranges between 50% to 75% in Class 12 boards. Hence, you are certainly eligible to apply for the courses provided at the institute. However, admissions to the programmes at IIT Roorkee are done on entrance basis. One can secure a seat at the institute if they have sucessfully cleared the cut-off for the relevant exam and course. The institute accepts valid score obtained in national-level entrance tests such as JEE Main, GATE, JEE Advanced, etc. For further details regarding the eligibility criteria of IIT Roorkee, you can visit the official website of the institute.

IIT Roorkee has 10 boy hostels, 3 girl hostels, and 6 hostels for married candidates. The campus has a new co-ed hostel, Vigyan Kunj. Hostels may accommodate Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, along with doctoral students. All the hostels have basic amenities like a cyber cafe, gym, Wi-Fi, water purifiers, common room, recreation room, mess, TV, laundry services, security and surveillance systems, etc. Students are assigned to hostels by the school administration after their freshman year. The hostels at IIT Roorkee are called Bhawans. Each Bhawan has a mess. Mess administration consists of a staff advisory, a chief advisory, and a student mess secretary. The hostel fee at IIT Roorkee ranges between INR 68,000 and INR 99,000. This annual hostel fee does not include mess charges.

The number of recruiters visited and offers made for top profiles during IIT Roorkee placements 2025 (Phase 1) are presented below:

Profile	Total Recruiters (2025)	Total Offers (2025)
SDE	60	201
Core	37	92
PM / Consulting	32	114
Data Science	21	73
Finance	4	14
Design	3	1
Management	3	18
Quant	2	4
Education	1	4