IIT Dhanbad (IIT-ISM): Cutoff, Placement, Fees, Admission 2026, Ranking, Courses

IIT ISM Dhanabad is one of the best option to pursue Engineering courses and offers quality education to the students. The institute has been ranked 17 under Enginnering category by the NIRF 2023. IIT Dhanbad Jharkhand is a prestigious institution known for its strong programs in mining, petroleum engineering, and applied sciences. The institute offers good placements to the students. The average package offered stood at INR 16.45 LPA. Apart from engineering institute also offers various course in different streams such as Science, Management, and others.

MBA is one of the popular courses of IIT ISM Dhanbad after BTech. Below-mentioned are some of the pointers that might help students know about the MBA course of IIT Dhanbad:

Ranking: If we consider the rankings, IIT Dhanbad MBA is ranked at 48 under the 'Management' Category of NIRF Rankings 2025. 

Placement: Looking at the placements of IIT Dhanbad, the placement rate was 80.39% for MBA. Overall, the highest package was INR 50 LPA.

Fees: The total tuition fee for IIT Dhanbad MBA was INR 3 Lacs as per an unofficial source. The fee is less than many IIM ranked below IIT Dhanbad under the 'Management' Category.

IIT Dhanbad provides good placements to its students. At the start of phase 1 placement drive 2026, more than 300 offers and 200 PPOs were made. In addition, 4 CSE students were offered package of INR 80 LPA. The placement numbers are expected to increase after the end of phase 2 placements 2026.

The placement rate recorded during IIT Dhanbad MTech placements 2025 was 70.78%. In Integrated MTech, placement percentage recorded was 90.54%.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad, formerly known as Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad, is one of the premier engineering institutes in India. The institute has a strong reputation among recruiters, and many reputed companies across different sectors visit the campus for recruitment. Some of the top recruiters of IIT Dhanbad are: Microsoft Google Amazon IBM Infosys Wipro Tata Steel Vedanta Reliance Industries Limited Larsen & Toubro Apart from these, many other top companies across different sectors like Oil & Gas, Mining, IT, and Manufacturing, also visit the campus for recruitment. The institutes placement cell provides students with ample opportunities to interact with recruiters through various activities like guest lectures, industry visits, and networking events. Overall, IIT Dhanbad has a good reputation among recruiters, and the institute provides students with ample opportunities to secure job opportunities in reputed companies.

The below table compares the IIT ISM Dhanbad placement details 2023 with BITS Pilani: 

Institute Name	the highest Package (2023)	Average Package (2023)
IIT Dhanbad	INR 56 LPA	INR 16.98 LPA
BITS Pilani	INR 60.75 LPA	INR 30.37 LPA

IIT Dhanbad has been palced on 17th position by NIRF in the year 2023.  As per the NIRF 2023 reports available on the official website. Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad students have recieved a total of 1,154 job offers, distributed among the 1,082 students placed. The average package of IIT Dhanbad stood at INR 16.98 LPA and the the highest package offered was INR 56 LPA. In addition to this 11 international offers were made. Apart from this, the verified alumni and currents students have given the following feedbacks on Shiksha IIT Dhanbad Reviews Page:

• "Course curriculum is great as I am talking about my course that is MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING. We have highly experienced and highly researched professors."
• "Around 100% of students got placed in this course. The highest salary package offered was 55 LPA. The lowest salary package offered was 12 LPA. The average salary package offered was 20 LPA. Top recruiting companies are Google, Flipkart, Amazon, Alexa, Samsung, Microsoft, etc. Almost 90-95% of students got internships at Google, Microsoft, Samsung, etc. Top roles offered are software engineer, web developer, and designer."
• "The infrastructure of our college is excellent. Wi-Fi facility is available in our college and hostels. Our college has Asia's second-the largest library."
• "Professors are highly qualified. They are flexible toward students' requirements and potential."

More than 200 companies made full-time offers and 62 companies offered PPOs during IIT Dhanbad placement 2025. Above 250 companies visited the campus during the placement drive 2025. 

The overall average package recorded during IIT Dhanbad placments 2025 was INR 17.49 LPA. In BTech, BTech Double Major and BTech+MTech courses, average package recorded was 19.68 LPA, 30.81 LPA and 22.17 LPA. 

In MTech, MBA and MSc, average salary received was 10.87 LPA, 10.48 LPA and 7.46 LPA.

The companies that were part of recent years’ drives is available on the official website. Some of the renowned names are mentioned in the table below:

IIT Dhanbad Placements: Top Recruiters
Google	Amazon	Oracle
Atlassian	Goldman Sachs	Morgan Stanley
Tata Steel Ltd.	Newzera Tech Labs Pvt. Ltd.	Texas Instruments
Indian Oil Corporation	ONGC	Zomato

IITISM Dhanbad has signed various MoUs (Lols) with different universities across the globe. Below mentioned are the IIT Dhanbad collaborations: 

IIT Dhanbad Collaborating Institute
Institute of Geonics	Boise State University	National United University Mioli, Taiwan
Oakland University	Ecole Centrale de Nantes	Jashore University of Science & Technology
Conventry University	Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava	University of Tunis & National High Engineering School of Tunis (ENSIT)

A total of 1687 students registered and 1327 students participated during IIT Dhanbad placement drive 2025. 1085 students were placed. The overall placement rate recorded was 81.76%. 

Yes, placements at IIT Dhanbad are good. During the placement drive 2025, 100% placement was recorded in BTech Double Major course. BTech and MTech placement rate in 2025 was 84.34% and 70.78%. In MBA and MSc courses, placememt percentage recorded was 75.93% and 88%.

ISM Dhanbad has a total of 18 department. Some of the names include, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Environmental Science & Engineering, Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering, Humanities & Social Science, Management Studies, Mechanical Engineering, etc.

IIT Dhanbad accepts national-level entrance exams like GATE/ UGC NET for providing admission to PhD course. Candidates shortlisted based on the entrance exam score are further called for a personal interview round. Besides, candidates need to pass UG degree with a minimum of 70% aggregate or 7.0 CGPA or Postgraduate with 60% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA in Engineering / Science or any allied area for PhD admission. After selection, aspirants need to come for counselling and document verification. 

The document requirement vary course-wise. Below are some of the common documents required during IIT Dhanbad application process:

• Scanned photograph and signature
• UG/ PG all semesters/ year marksheets
• UP/ PG degree/ provisional certificate
• Class 12 certificate/ marksheet

IIT Dhanbad accepts JEE Advanced scores for admission to BTech/Integrated BTech/BS/Integrated BS. The cutoff was released for different categories belonging to the All India quota. The cutoff for the General AI category candidates was closed between the range of 3846 and 16011. Therefore, the highest cutoff rank for admission among the General AI category was 16011, which was admission to Integrated B.Tech. + M.Sc.Tech. in Applied Geology. 

Yes, admission to BTech courses at IIT Dhanbad is only through Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Candidates seeking admission must pass JEE Main, students selected further need to take JEE Advanced. Based on the score secured in JEE Advanced, students are called for JoSAA Counselling. Aspirants are offered seat based on their rank. JoSAA releases a cutoffs round-wise for students. Aspirants securing the cutoff rank or above can take admission by blocking the seat. Aspirants need to pay course fee to confirm their seat in the BTech course of IIT Dhanbad.

To get into ECE at IIT Dhanbad through JEE Advanced exam, candidate must obtain the neccessary rank as per the category they belong to. IIT Dhanbad JEE Advanced cutoff 2024 for the General AI category candidates in the last round was 5982. Notably, ECE was one of the highly competitive specialisations at IIT Dhanbad. For last round closing cutoff ranks for ECE for other reserved and unreserved categories, refer to the table below:

Category (All India quota)	Last Round Closing Rank
General	5982
OBC	2102
SC	1214
ST	673
EWS	880