IIT Kharagpur MTech Admissions 2020

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IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission

IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission 2020: The admission authority extended the last date to submit the application form of MTech admissions in the IIT Kharagpur till May 17. Candidates who will meet the prescribed eligibility criteria will only be allowed for the admission.

For the admission process, candidates are required to register at the COAP portal along with the registration on the IIT Kharagpur official website. IIT Kharagpur MTech admission will be based on the GATE 2020 score. IIT graduates having a CGPA of 8.0 or above will be eligible for direct admission at IIT Kharagpur and do not require a valid GATE score. If required, authorities may conduct an interview or written test. Read the complete article to know more about IIT Kharagpur MTech admission 2020.

Table of contents
  • IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission 2020: Highlights
  • IIT Kharagpur MTech 2020: Important Dates
  • IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission 2020: Eligibility Criteria
  • IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission Form 2020: Application Form
  • IIT Kharagpur MTech 2020 Selection Process
  • IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission 2020: Courses Offered

IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission 2020: Highlights

Particulars

Details

Name of Process

IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission

Conducting Body

IIT Kharagpur

Course level

Postgraduation

Admission process

GATE 2020 score

Total specialisations offered

46

IIT Kharagpur MTech 2020: Important Dates

The admission authority released the important dates for IIT Kharagpur MTech admission 2020 on the official website. Few of the dates were extended due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Interested candidates can the dates of all the events related to IIT Kharagpur MTech admissions.

Event

Dates

Release of online application form

25-Mar-2020

Last week to submit an online application form

17-May-2020 (Extended)

IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission 2020: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must check the eligibility criteria for admission to MTech courses offered by the IIT Kharagpur before filling the application form. All candidates must meet all the conditions and requirements specified by the authorities before admission to the institute.

Particulars

Eligibility Criteria

Admission channel

Candidates seeking admission should have a valid GATE score. GATE scores of 2018/2019/2020 are valid.

Candidates who have completed their graduation from any of the IITs will be eligible for direct admissions without even appearing for GATE. Such candidates should have scored a CGPA or CPI of 8.0 at the undergraduate level.

Qualifying exam

Candidates should have secured at least 60% aggregate or CGPA of 6.5 on a 10 pointer scale in the qualifying examination.

Candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ PwD categories are required to score 55% aggregate or 6 CGPA.

IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission Form 2020: Application Form

Candidates could fill the application form of IIT Kharagpur MTech 2020 admission on the official website. They were required to submit the duly filled application form before May 17 (extended). Candidates were also required to register through COAP.

IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission Form 2020: Steps to fill the Application Form

Registration: Candidates were required to register on the IIT Kharagpur website by entering their email id, password, GATE registration number, date of birth, category and more.

Filling the application form: After registration, candidates’ login credentials were sent on their mail id. Using the credentials, candidates were needed to log in again and enter details such as name, contact number, qualifying degree scores, etc.

Uploading documents: After submitting all the details, upload the following documents in the specified format was the next step.

  • Qualifying degree certificate
  • Passport size photograph
  • Signature
  • Category Certificate (if applicable)
  • Caste Certificate (if applicable)
  • PwD Certificate (if applicable)
  • Certificate showing proof of having Mathematics at 10+2 or degree level (wherever applicable)

Application fee payment: As the last step, candidates were required to pay the application fee for IIT Kharagpur MTech admission 2020.

Category

Fee

GE/OBC Male/Transgender

Rs 500

Female or PwD/SC/ST

Rs 250

Print out of the application form: Finally, after successful payment, candidates must take a print out of the filled application form for future references.

IIT Kharagpur MTech 2020 Selection Process

The authorities will offer admission to candidates on the basis of GATE score. The authorities are also likely to conduct an interview or written test of the candidates along with the GATE score. In such a case, 70% weightage will be given to the GATE score and 30% weightage will be given to the interview/written test.

IIT Kharagpur MTech Admission 2020: Courses Offered

IIT Kharagpur offers MTech course in the following engineering specialisations:

Aerospace Engineering

Exploration Geosciences

Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering

Industrial Engineering and Management

Farm Machinery and Power

Computer Science and Engineering

Land and Water Resource Engineering

Computer Science and Data Processing

Food Processing Engineering

Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Agricultural Biotechnology

Thermal Science and Engineering

Aquacultural Engineering

Mechanical Systems Design

Agricultural Systems and Management

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Mining Engineering

Machine Drives and Power Electronics (MDPE)

Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture

Control System Engineering (CSE)

Solid State Technology

Power and Energy Systems (PES)

Embedded Controls and Software

Instrumentation and Signal Processing (ISP)

Materials Science and Engineering

Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering

Cryogenic Engineering

Transportation Engineering

Earth System Science and Technology

Environmental Engineering and Management

Reliability Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Rubber Technology

Structural Engineering

Wireless Communications and Networks

Railway Engineering

Infrastructure Design and Management

Micro Electronics and VLSI Design

Energy Engineering

RF and Microwave Engineering

Medical Imaging and Informatics

Telecommunication Systems Engineering

Multimedia Information Processing

Visual Information and Embedded Systems Engineering

Water Engineering and Management

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