Certificate in Cyber Security 

at IIIT Kottayam, Kottayam

IIIT Kottayam is a premier institute which is one of the top IIITs in India. The institute comes under national importance under the IIIT PPP Act, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam offers Engineering programmes in various streams such as  Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Cyber Security, and Artificial Intelligence & Data Science. The institute has 83% of placement rate. The highest package offered at IIIT Kottayam placements stood at 45 LPA. 

IIIT Kottayam courses admission are completely entrance exam based. Candidates seeking admission to any of the courses offered at IIIT Kottayam must take the entrance exam specified for that particular course.

For admission to the BTech programme at IIIT Kottayam, candidates must take the JEE-Main exam and should aim to score well in the said exam. Candidates having a valid JEE-Main rank will be shortlisted for the counselling process. IIIT Kottayam admits candidates for the BTech programme through JoSAA.

Also, for admission to the MTech programme at IIIT Kottayam, candidates are required to fill out the application fee through IIIT Kottayam official website by paying the registration fee. Candidates based on their marks in the qualifying examination will have to take the written test and interview conducted by the IIIT Kottayam.

If you belong to the General AI category, a rank of 7000 should easily get you admitted to IIIT Kottayam, as its JEE Mains 2025 ECE cutoff was 35,831 in the first round and 55,182 in the last round. You also have the option to opt for other B.Tech branches, such as B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, with its last round cutoff of 50277, which is more competitive at IIIT Kottayam than ECE. Below is a table detailing the last round closing rank for various categories for BTech ECE 2025. 

IIIT Kottayam CSE placement detail 2025 is not released. However, students can refer the following overall placement statistics of IIIT Kottayam over the past three years:

The key highlights of IIIT Kottayam placements 2025 as compared with previous two years are presented below:

Refer the table below for IIIT Kottayam placement statistics 2025 in comparison to other similar IIITs:

NTA announced JEE Main 2024 dates. NTA coducted the JEE Main 2024 exam in two sessions. JEE Main 2024 exam date session 1 was January 24 to February 1 while the second session was held from April 4 to 15. Candidates can check JEE Main 2024 exam date session 1 and 2 on this page.  JEE Main 2024 application form session 1 was available from November 1 to December 4. For session 2, NTA released application form on February 2.

Candidates willing to take admission to the BTech programme at IIIT Kottayam must fulfil the following requirements:

• The candidate must have passed class 12 with Physics, Chemistry & Maths with a minimum of 75% aggregate.
• Also, candidates must have a valid rank in the JEE-Main exam based on which they can apply for the counselling process through JoSAA.
• Selected candidates will have to report to the admission cell for document verification and fee payment.

The average package for the BTech programme during IIIT Kottayam placements 2023 was INR 14.32 LPA. Also, 100% placement rate was recorded during placements 2023 in which a total of 76 companies participated. In addition to this, the the highest domestic package and the highest international package offered during placements 2023 stood at INR 58.93 LPA and INR 23 LPA, respectively.

As per the cutoff list released by IIIT Kottayam for admission to its flagship BTech programme the closing ranks for BTech in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) for the year 2020, 2021 & 2022 were 605, 579 & 902, respectively. This clearly shows that the closing rank for the CSE branch at IIIT Kottayam has recorded a significant decline. Also, the closing rank for BTech in Electronics & Commmunication Engineering (ECE) recorded an excessive decrease. In addition to this, the closing rank for Computer Science & Engineering (Cyber Security) branch with a slight decrease have been in the same slab.