IIT Patna: Admission 2027, Cutoff, Courses, Fees, Placements, Rankings

The cutoff trend for BTech at IIT Patna has been decreasing in the recent years. In 2025, the closing rank for BTech under general category for all India quota was 16510. In 2026, it decreased to 17179.

With maximum competition with respect to the cutoff trends observed in the past three years, CSE can be considered one of the best BTech branches at Indian Institute of Technology Patna. Followed by this, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science and Electrical and Electronics Engineering seems to be the most competitive branches at IIT Patna. However, students must select a branch depending on their interest.

IIT Patna offers various UG, PG, and PhD courses. The total tuition fees ranges between INR 60,000 and INR 8 lakh. Tabulated below is the list of courses along with their tuition fee:

No, candidates cannot get admission in IIT Patna BTech without JEE scores. The seats are allotted to aspirants in preferred BTech branch based on their JEE Advanced scores via JoSAA Counselling.  

There are 86 seats available in Computer Science and Engineering specialisation of BTech at Indian Institute of Technology Patna. The seats in CSE are allotted via JoSAA Counselling based on JEE Advanced scores. As per the IIT Patna cutoff data, CSE is the most competitive specialisation with competitive closing rank and limited seats.

IIT Patna reserves seats in BTech admissions for SC, ST, OBC, EWS and PwD categories as per the Government of India rules. OBC-NCL candidates need to produce the latest certificate and self-declaration statement to claim reservation.

Aspirants have to apply for GATE and on the institute's website for M.Tech at IIT Patna. The application fees for M.Tech is INR 1,000 and INR 500 for female (INR 500 for SC/ ST/ PwD category). For sponsored, self-financed and part-time category, application fees is INR 1,000.

For admission to the PhD programme at IIT Patna, candidates must satisfy one 
of the following criteria: 

• MTech/ME in Engineering/Technology, with minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology in a relevant branch with 
  minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks.
• Master’s degree in Science in a relevant area with minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks.

Candidates must have qualified GATE not older than 5 years from the last date of submission of application / NET qualification. Eligibility criteria will be relaxed by 5% or 0.5 CPI for SC/ ST applicants. 

IIT Patna is a fast-growing Engineering institute in India. It is not top tier like old IITs. However, it is ranked by various ranking agencies. It was ranked at '19' under 'Engineering' category in NIRF 2025 rankings. Talking about placements, he overall the highest package recorded during the placement drive 2025-26 was INR 1.3 Cr. 

Candidates need to pass IIT JAM with a good rank to get a seat in the MSc programme of IIT Patna. The seats are offered in the MSc programme via CCMN Counselling. The IIT JAM cutoff is quite competitive for MSc admission at IIT Patna. The IIT JAM closing rank was between 721-747 for MSc in 2026 for General AI category.

Candidates opting for MSc - PhD dual degree through JAM may not need GATE/NET qualification for pursuing PhD program subject to fulfilment of minimum eligiblity conditions at the end of MSc 4th semester.

The tuition fees for BTech courses at IIT Patna is INR 8 lakh. Aspirants opting for hostel facility also have to pay a hotel fees. A one-time payment of INR 20,000 is charged at the time of admission. Candidates who are allotted seat have to confirm their seat by paying the course fees.

Indian Institute of Technology Patna offer various BTech specialisations through JEE Advanced exam scores. Among all the courses offered by IIT Patna, BTech in AI and DS was one of the most popular course. The category-wise cutoff for the same course is given in the table below:

IIT Patna JAM cutoff 2026 has been released for admission to the MSc course across multiple specialisations. The closing rank ranged between 721 and 747. MSc Physics was the most competitive specialisation with a closing rank of 721. 

In general, students admitted to the particular branch of the undergraduate BTech course must continue studying that branch till completion. However, in special cases the institute may permit a student admitted through JEE to change their branch of study after the first two semesters. Such changes are permitted only for students who have completed all the common credits required in the first two semesters of their studies, in their first attempt, without having had to pass any course requirement in the summer term examination.