Food Technology Admission 2025: Registration Fees, Eligibility, Top Institutes/Colleges in India

IITs

B Tech (Hons) in Agricultural and Food Engineering at IIT Kharagpur

• Students must have passed Class 12 from any recognized board with at least 75% in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects.
• Students should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in B.E./B.Tech paper of JEE Main 2025. Qualifying the JEE Advanced exam is also important.
• Students must have been born on or after October 1, 2000. Five years age relaxation is given to SC, ST, & PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1995.

M Tech Food Technology

• Students with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology from educational institutions approved by AICTE/ Government are eligible to apply, given they have scored at least 60% marks or a CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale.
• Students with a B.Tech. Degree from IITs with a CGPA of 8.0 and above can also apply without the GATE score.

NIT Rourkela

B Tech Food Technology

• Students must have passed Class 12 from any recognized board with a minimum of 75% scores in Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology subjects.
• There is no age limit for the candidates.

M Tech Food Technology

• Students must have passed Bachelor's degree with at least 60% marks.Students must secure 6.5 CGPA or 60% for GEN-EWS, whereas 6.0 CGPA or 55% in case of PwD candidates.
• They must have a valid GATE score of the year 2023 / 2024 / 2025.

Other Popular Government Colleges

Diploma in Food Technology

Students must have passed Class 10 or its equivalent with at least 45% marks each in Science and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. They must also have studied English as one of the major subjects.

B Tech Food Technology

• Students must have passed Class 12 with 50 to 75% marks in the Science stream with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational subjects.
• He/She must be a citizen of India.
• Student's lower age limit must be 17 years as of 31.12.2025. Student must have been born on or before 31.12.2008. There is no upper age limit.

M Tech Food Technology

Students must have completed B.E./BTech Food Technology/Chemical Engineering/Biochemical Engineering or a related degree with at least 50 to 60% marks in graduation.

PhD in Food Technology

Students must hold a master’s degree in Food Technology or a related field with at least 55% marks and clear relevant entrance tests.

Popular Private Colleges

Diploma in Food Technology

Students must have passed Class 10 or its equivalent with at least 45 to 55% marks each in Science and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. They must also have studied English as one of the major subjects.

B Tech Food Technology

• Students must have passed Class 12 in the Science stream with at least 50 to 60% in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics/Biology subjects.
• Several colleges also offer merit-based admissions, considering the Class 12 board exam marks. In this case, students have to appear for the GD or PI rounds as well after result declaration.

M Tech Food Technology

• Students needto have scored 55 to 60% marks in qualifying degree (Food Engineering/Dairy Technology/Chemical Engineering) and appear for the online entrance test conducted at the national/college level.

PhD in Food Technology

Students must hold a master’s degree in Food Technology or a related field with at least 60% marks and clear relevant entrance tests.

• Bachelor's degree in Food Technology or a related field with a minimum percentage requirement of 55 percent.
• Most institutions require entrance exams like GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) or state-level and institute-specific exams.

Prepare for relevant entrance exams. Several private colleges also give admission to students based on Class 12 board exam scores.

Some colleges may also take interviews, especially for merit-based BTech/MTech admissions.

JEE Main 2026

JEE Main 2026 Exam Date Session 1- January 2026 (Tentative)

JEE Main 2026 Exam Date Session 2- April 2026 (Tentative)

JEE Main Exam Date 2026

MHT CET 2026

MHTCET Exam Date 2026

CUET 2025

13 May'25 - 03 Jun'25 (Result is out)

CUET Exam Date 2025

TS EAMCET 2026

TS EAMCET Exam Date 2026

KEAM 2026

KEAM Exam Date 2026

GATE 2026

February 2026 (Tentative)

GATE Exam Date 2026

JEE Main Syllabus

Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are the three courses covered in the JEE Main syllabus. Both theoretical and practical component are included in physics. Physical, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry are all types of chemistry. The subjects covered in Mathematics are from Classes 11 and 12.

MHT CET Syllabus

MHT CET exam is of 300 marks which consists of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology of 100 marks each. It gives 20% weightage to the syllabus of Class 11 whereas 80% weightage to Class 12th syllabus. Therefore, its syllabus is slightly different from JEE Main with respect to the weightage of both exams. 

GATE Syllabus

The syllabus for GATE varies across various disciplines and topics such as Verbal Ability and Numerical Ability are the common topics for all papers. Moreover, the syllabus for various specialisations is of graduation-level and candidates ability to solve reasoning and numerical questions are also tested through this examination.

KEAM Syllabus

The entrance examination consists of subjects such as Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of Class 11 and 12 level. KEAM question paper carries a total of 120 objective-type questions.

Jadavpur University BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 15,630 - 20,840 

Tezpur University BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 1.2 lakh

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 2.1 lakh

HBTU Kanpur BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 3 lakh

Banaras Hindu University BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 3.2 lakh

ICT Mumbai BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 3.48 lakh

NIT Rourkela BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 5 lakh

NIFTEM BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 6.06 lakh

Jamia Hamdard BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 7 lakh

IIT Kharagpur BTech Food Technology Admission

INR 8 lakh - 10 lakh

Jadavpur University MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 9,600

IIT Kharagpur MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 20,000

Tezpur University MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 40,000

JNTU MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 60,000

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 62,000

ICT Mumbai MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 1.11 lakh – 1.98 lakh

IIT Guwahati MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 1.14 lakh

NIT Rourkela MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 1.4 lakh

NIFTEM MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 1.53 lakh

Integral University MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 1.23 lakh

Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 2.23 lakh

Amity University, Mumbai MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 2.68 lakh

Amity University, Noida MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 3.04 lakh

SRM IST MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 3.2 lakh

LPU MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 3.2 lakh

Shoolini University MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 3.82 lakh

Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology, and Research MTech Food Technology Admission

INR 4 lakh

IIT Kharagpur Placements

INR 21.28 LPA

IIT Guwahati Placements

INR 9 LPA

NIT Rourkela Placements

INR 7.5 LPA - 10 LPA

ICT, Mumbai Placements

INR 7 LPA - 8 LPA

NIFTEM, Sonepat Placements

INR 6 LPA- 7 LPA

Jadavpur University Placements

INR 9.02 LPA - 10 LPA

Chandigarh University Placements

INR 2.7 LPA - 7.5 LPA

Amity University, Noida Placements

INR 4.2 LPA - 5.5 LPA