NIT Jamshedpur Placements 2025: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Companies

According to unofficial online sources, the majority of NIT Jamshedpur alumni are working in the Engineering sector. The other top sectors that involve the majority of alumni are Operations and IT. The detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni is depicted in the below pie chart:

NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Programme and Project Management, Research, Consulting, Arts and Design, Sales, and Marketing.

A large share of 6-months internships were made to the ECE batch. The snip given below elaborates on the branch-wise distribution of NIT Jamshedpur 6-months internships 2024:

Source: Official Brochure

The CSE branch recorded the highest percentage of offers during summer internships 2024. The second in the sequence was the CE branch. The snip showcased below represents the branch-wise offer percentage for NIT Jamshedpur summer internships 2024:

Source: Official Brochure

The NIT Jamshedpur highest package offered to the batch 2025 stood at INR 144  LPA. Tabulated below are the highest package offered between 2023 and 2025 drives:

The reasons to choose NIT Jamshedpur are given below:

• Ranking: NIT Jamshedpur has received 82nd ranking in the NIRF 2025 under the Engineering category.
• NIT Legacy: Being a part of the top NITs in India, NIT Jamshedpur students get multiple job opportunities in top companies. The highest package received by students in 2025 was INR 1.44 Cr. 
• Collaborations: The National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur has signed an MoU with the Netaji Subhash Medical College & Hospital to provide comprehensive Medical services to the faculty members, students, officers, & staff of the college.

For 2022, NIT Jamshedpur BTech (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering cut off was 33843 for the General category candidates in All India quota. For female candidates in general category under All India quota, 53278 was the closing rank. Moreover, the BTech cut off varies depending on the category and domicile/quota of the applicant. For more information related to NIT Jamshedpur Cutoff, Click Here.

The campus is located on the outskirts of Jamshedpur in an area of 340 acres (approx.). The campus has various facilities to offer students a great environment, some of them are:

Hostel: NIT Jamshedpur has 9 boys hostel and 4 girls hostel. All the hostel has amenities like mess, wi-fi internet facility, guest room and common room with television.

Library: NIT Jamshedpur Library subscribes to a sizeable number of technical, scientific & general periodicals journals & newspapers. The central library has also procured JGATE of NIT Library Consortium resources specifically for research purpose.

NIT Jamshedpur campus also includes Gym facilities, Sports, IT Infrastructure, Cafeteria, Auditorium, Wi-Fi, Convenience Store, Banks, ATM, Laboratories, Guest Room, Waiting Room and Transport Facility. The infrastructure is well maintained and is fully enabled with Wi-Fi and has a lush green campus.

NIT Jamshedpur offers a two-year full-time MTech course at the postgraduate level.  National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur offers a total of 19 specialisations under its MTech course. Some of the MTech specialisations are given below: 

• Structural
• Geotechnical 
• Water Resources
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Power Electronics and Drives
• Power Systems, etc.

It is good to pursue MTech course at NIT Jamshedpur. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, provides a two-year full-time MTech programme. For admission, candidates must visit the official website of the institute to submit an online application. Candidates are selected on the basis of GATE exam scores. Aspirants must fulfil the eligibility criteria, i.e., a candidate must have passed and secured at least a 6.5 CGPA or 60% aggregate in graduation. As per placement, there were more than 250 companies that visited during NIT Jamshedpur placements 2023. The overall placement rate stood at 98.87%. The top recruiters were Axis Bank, Deloitte, DE Shaw and Co., Flipkart, ICICI Bank, Genpact, Oracle, etc.

For last year, the closing rank for BTech in Engineering and Computational Mechanics was 25093, which is very close to this range. This was for the General category under the All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut-offs keep changing year on year, it is advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission to NIT Jamshedpur.

 JoSAA Counselling 2022 for NIT Jamshedpur admissions 2022 to BTech course has been concluded after six rounds. NIT Jamshedpur CSE Round 6 closing cutoff was 8988. Tabulated below are the JoSAA R6 closing ranks for NIT Jamshedpur cutoff 2022, along with 2021 and 2020 cutoffs for the General category students, to get clarity on past year trends:

To take admission to the courses offered at NIT Jamshedpur, candidates need to visit the official website of the respective national-level entrance exam conducting bodies and fill out the application form in online mode.

For BTech: Aspirants must fill out the application form for JEE Main/ JEE Main Paper-II through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA).

For MTech: The institute offers MTech in three specialisations. NIT Jamshedpur MTech admissions are based on GATE scores, followed by CCMT.

For MSc: Candidates need to apply to IIT JAM through the official website of the respective conducting body.

In 2024, CSE was the most competitive specialisation. The rank for BTech CSE in Round 5 was 7944. Analysing the NIT Jamshedpur CSE cutoff 2024 with the last two years, BTech in CSE has shown a fluctuating trend in its Round 5 closing ranks.  Looking at the past three-year trend, the rank is ranging between 7944 and 9277. Aspirants securing rank between 7000 and 9000 have a chance of getting admission in the CSE course.

NIT Jamshedpur has 12 departments through which it offers BTech courses at the undergraduate level. At the postgraduate level, the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur offers two-year full-time MTech, MCA and MSc courses. Apart from the UG and PG programmes, NIT Jamshedpur also offers PhD courses covering several specialisations. NIT JSR offers courses in the fields of Engineering, Science, and Computer.

Candidates seeking admission to the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur BTech course must have passed Class 12 (Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and Chemistry/ Biology/ Biotechnology as an optional subject) with a minimum aggregate of 75%. Apart from fulfilling the minimum eligibility requirements, candidates also need to submit valid JEE Main scores. 

Check below docs required to apply for admission at NIT Jamshedpur

• Signed photocopy of marksheet/ gradecard of Class 10, Class 12 and other university examination
• Signed photocopy of certificate/ provisional certificate of the qualifying examination
• Signed photocopy of date of birth
• Recent colour photograph
• Proof of the application processing fee
• Entrance exam scorecard
• Category Certificate (if applicable)

 Given below is the course-wise accepted entrance tests:

• BTech aspiring students can apply for the programme on the official site of JEE Main & then register for JoSAA counselling.
• For the M.Tech programme, the students are required to register on the official site of GATE.
• For MSc admission, students need to apply to IIT JAM through the official site of the respective conducting body.
• For PhD programme, students are required to fill up the application form online using the link provided on the Institute website.

To get admission at NIT Jamshedpur students must score well in entrance tests. 

The admissions to most of the courses at NIT Jamshedpur are based on entrance test scores. The accepted entrance tests are JEE Main, GATE, etc. Students must secure good marks for admissions. 

As it is an entrance examination conducted for the MCA course, Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning, Computer Awareness, General English and Mathematics are compulsory subjects or sections in the NIMCET exam pattern. So, if a candidate is good in mathematics, then it is easy to crack the National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET). Around 25,000 students register for NIMCET each year and approximately 805 seats are offered in 11 NITs across India. For more details regarding NIMCET, click here. 

For 2022 admissions, the cut off was 52952 for General category candidates in All India quota for BTech (Hons) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in NIT Jamshedpur. For the female candidates in general category under All India quota, 69621 was the closing rank BTech cut off varies depending on the category and domicile/quota of the applicant. Read about cutoff of NIT Jamshedpur here.