M.Tech. in Data Science and Engineering 

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 MTech placement highlights have been released. Refer to the table below to know more about MTech placement highlights:

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 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. 

Yes, the institute has achieved an excellent placement record over the past few years. During NIT Jalandhar placements 2023, 796 offers were made. The following table presents the placement statistics for NIT Jalandhar:

There are various government scholarships available for students at NIT Jalandhar. Some of the popular government scholarships among the students along with their eligibility criteria are tabulated below:

There are several private scholarships available for NIT Jalandhar students. Check below some of them:

• Departmental Scholarship
• Sita Ram Jindal Scholarship
• Foundation for Excellence
• Shraman Scholarship
• SARC Scholarship
• Medhavi Engineering Scholarship

After JEE session 2 is completed, only those candidates who are aiming for IITs need to start preparing for JEE Advanced after clearing JEE Main. Those who are above the 98th percentile should start preparing for JEE Advanced as soon as possible. Those below this, between the 95th and 98th percentile, should focus on attempting more mock tests and previous year question papers so that they have a better chance of clearing JEE Advanced

The highest package offered during NIT Jalandhar placements 2025 stood at INR 52 LPA which was provided to BTech students from branches like ECE, EE, CSE and IT.  The table below presents the highest package:

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.