Ph.D. in Engineering Colleges in Bihar

No, GATE is not a mandatory entrance exam for IIT Patna PhD admissions. To become qualified for IIT Patna course admission to the PhD course, candidates can also appear for the UGC NET as well. 

However, candidates with an appropriate CGPA in their BTech course from a Centrally Funded Technical Institutes can get direct admissions into the IIT Patna PhD course.

The branch-wise median package recorded during NIT Patna BTech and MTech placements 2025 is mentioned below:

NO, direct admissions are not available at Amity University, Patna. Students must appear for the entrance exams. The mode of Amity University Patna course admissions is online. Admissions at Amity University Patna admissions are entrance based. Amity Patna admission for MBA is based on a valid score of entrance exams such as CUET-PG. 

Candidates who fulfil the course-specific eligibility can take direct admission at Gopal Narayan Singh University. Candidates must apply online on the official website of college. Candidates who have qualified in national-level tests (e.g., NET-JRF, GATE, GPAT, SLET) may be considered for direct admission to specific postgraduate or doctoral programs.

IIIT Bhagalpur BTech cutoff 2025 was released for various categories belonging to the All India quota. For the General AI category, the last round closing rank was  80191. In 2024 and 2023, it was 64529 and 60089, respectively. 

This change in the qualifying ranks suggests that the competition for this specialisation has been decreasing over the years. Students should remember that this is the analysis for the General AI category; other categories will have different results.