M.Tech. in Biotechnology 

at NIT Jalandhar, Jalandhar

GATE CCMT R3 was released for admission to the M.Tech courses. Candidates seeking admission to the NIT Jalandhar M.Tech course must secure a rank between 351 and 434 for the General category students. Year-wise Round 3 cutoff ranks are given below for M.Tech specialisations: 

NIT Jalandhar M.Tech admissions are entirely based on a valid GATE score. Candidates are selected as per their rank obtained in the entrance exam score and the final seat allotment is done through CCMT Counselling process. The first preference will be given to GATE rank holders. However,  if the seats remain vacant after admitting GATE qualified candidates, then the students will have to appear for a department-level entrance test to try their chance for admission. 

NIT Jalandhar and NIT Trichy both offer M.Tech in full-time mode. There is no major difference between the tuition fees of both colleges. Find below the tuition fee comparison between NIT Jalandhar and NIT Trichy for MTech: 

Candidates with a valid BE/BTech degree from a recognised university can apply for NIT Jalandhar MTech course. Aspirants must have scored at least 60% aggregate to apply. Aspirants must have the relevant documents for verification.

NIT Jalandhar offers M.Tech course across 16 specialisations. The total seat intake for all M.Tech courses is 494. The lowest seat intake is 14 and the highest is 40 . Find below the speciallisation-wise seat intake for some of the popular NIT Jalandhar M.Tech course:

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change. 

Candidates need to pass Class 12 with at least 60% aggregate to apply for UG courses at NIT Jalandhar. Aspirants have to complete their UG degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate to apply for PG courses.

NIT Jalandhar provides great placements to its students. In 2025 the placement rate recorded was 91.88% and the average package recorded was INR 9.78 LPA. Check out the table below to know more about the NIT Jalandhar placement highlights recorded in 2025:

The minimum eligibility for BTech admission at NIT Jalandhar is passing Class 12 with atleast 50% aggregate. Hence, with 60% in Class 12, the candidate is eligible for applying for admission in BTech at NIT Jalandhar. The selection criteria for the same is JEE Main and JoSAA counselling. Hence, the candidate must aslo clear JEE Main and Register and attend JoSAA counselling to be allotted a seat at the college for BTech on merit basis.

NIT Jalandhar admits students on the basis of merit in both UG and PG programmes. The merit lists are notified in reference to JEE main scores and GATE score for UG and PG resoectively. Students cannot get direct admission into the college. They must clear JEE main/GATE exam in accordance with the selection criteria of their preferred course. applicants must also register and attend the JoSAA/CCMT counselling process before seat allocation by the institution.

NIT Jalandhar has been ranked 55th by NIRF 2025 in the Engineering category. The central government gave this institute the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University). NIT Jalandhar is among the top 10 NITs in India. NIT Jalandhar offers UG, PG, doctoral and Diploma courses. Particularly, it offers BTech, MTech, MSc, MBA, PhD and PG Diploma courses. The mode of education for all the offered courses is full-time. Moreover, the courses are offered in multiple specialisations, including Biotechnology Engineering, Chemistry Civil Engineering, VLSI Design, etc. During NITJ placements, a 80.63% placement rate in 2023 was recorded. The highest package offered during the NIT Jalandhar placements 2023 stood at INR 51 LPA.