M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering 

at IIT Tirupati, Chittoor

IIT Tirupati offers MTech for two-years at the PG level. Admission to this programme is subject to a valid GATE score followed by COAP Counselling. The specialisations available under MTech include Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering. These specialisations are also offered across multiple sub-specialisations under these streams. IIT Graduates and GATE qualified candidates can apply for any of the MTech specialisations.

The answer is both yes & no. It is possible to get IIT Tirupati admission without the GATE entrance examination, but in other courses than MTech. A student can enter into IIT Tirupati via JEE Advanced or IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test) for BTech & MSc. So, if the dream is just to enter into IITs, there are various courses one can pursue except for MTech. However, admission to IIT Tirupati for the M.Tech programme is subject to a valid GATE score followed by COAP Counselling. Students must have also completed their undergraduate degree - UG in the relevant stream . 

The IIT Tirupati MTech placement report for the Class of 2025 is yet to be released. Meanwhile, check out the branch-wise IIT Tirupati placement packages offered to the MTech batch 2024 from the table below:

Candidates who wish to apply to the M.Tech programme at IIT Tirupati must have a valid GATE score. The candidates are screened based on their CGPI in BE/BTech and GATE scores during COAP counselling. However, the first criteria is to be eligible for the programme. More details about M.Tech admission at IIT Titupati are as follows:

• Eligibility: A pass in BE/ BTech/ MSc/ AMIE in the relevant stream
• Selection: GATE + COAP Counselling

The branch-wise the highest, average and lowest package offered during IIT Tirupati MTech placements 2024 are presented below:

The modes of Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati admission are online & offline. Admission to various undergraduate, postgraduate, & Ph.D. courses is based on merit & various entrance examination scores. At the undergraduate level, the college offers four-year BTech courses to students. At the postgraduate level, the college offers two-year MSc, MTech, & various other courses to students. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati also provides PhD courses to students & the accepted entrance exams for this course are GATE, UGC NET, CSIR NET, & JEST. 

IIT Tirupati eligibility varies course-wise. Candidates are required to complete a minimum of Class 12 for UG courses and graduation for PG courses. Find below IIT Tirupati course-wise eligibility:

No, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati does not offer direct admission. Aspiring students must have to appear for the national entrance exam for admission. 

• For BTech, candidates must fill out the application form for JEE (Main) through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) (nta.ac.in).  
• For MTech, students must visit the official website of (appsgate.iitd.ac.in) to register online.
• For MSc, candidates need to register for IIT JAM through the official website (iitr.ac.in).

JEE Advanced 2026 result will be out in June 2026.

Candidates can check and download the JEE Advanced 2026 scorecard under their respective login on jeeadv. ac. in. To Download JEE Advanced 2026 scorecard, candidates have to use 7-digit roll number, date of birth in DD/MM/YYYY format, and the 10-digit phone number that they used while registering for JEE (Advanced).

Also, category-wise All India Ranks (AIR) of successful candidates will be available through the JEE Advanced 2026 online portal after the results are declared. Text messages will also be sent to the candidates to their registered mobile numbers.

Only those candidates who will secure minimum marks in JEE Advanced 2026, as prescribed by the IITs will be included in the AIR list for JoSAA counselling and IIT admissions. Allotment of seats will be solely based on the category-wise All India Rank in the JEE Advanced 2026.

Ranked 57 under the Engineering category of NIRF 2025 ranking, Vishakhapatnam IIT is known to be established as Institute of National Importance under the Act of Parliament of India. Established under the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2015 as an autonomous institute, IIT Tirupati or Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati offers BTech as the flagship programme. IIT Tirupati offers placement assistance to students and provides alumni to the society that tend to draw a massive impact within the society.