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Admission criteria to IIT Mandi is both, merit and entrance based and is different for all UG and PG programmes. To get into UG programmes, the eligibility criteria is the minimum aggregate in Class 12 or equivalent, along with entrance exams. Similarly, the eligibility criteria to get into PG programmes is graduation in any discipline (this may vary from course to course), along with entrance exams for a few courses.

IIT Mandi BTech tuition fee costs around INR 8.1 L. This fee is exclusive of other components such as examination fee, application fee, hostel fee, security deposit, etc. This fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change.

The highest package offered to BTech students at IIT Mandi stood at INR 21.64 LPA. While, the highest package offered to MBA students stood at INR 39 LPA during the IIT Mandi 2025 placements. In addition to this, recruiters like Infosys, Amazon, Microsoft, HCL, IBM, TCS, ICICI Bank, etc. participated in the 2025 placement drive at IIT Mandi.

IIT Mandi tuition fee costs around INR 40,000 – INR 8.1 L. This fee is exclusive of other components such as examination fee, application fee, hostel fee, security deposit, etc. This fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change. Hence, it is not moderately expensive, and not very costly.

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi offers admission primarily on the basis of the scores obtained in the national level entrance exams including JEE Main, JEE Advanced, CAT, IIT JAM, GATE, UGC NET, and CSIR NET. To get admission to IIT Mandi, candidates must fulfil the course-specific eligibility. Candidates can apply to the desired course online on the institute's website.

If the seat allotment is done in JoSAA counselling for BTech in IIT Mandi, then the fee is not refunded whether the candidate joins the course or not. It is refundable in cases where student joins the course after paying remaining fee and leaves on or before registration date and applies for a fee refund.

IIT Mandi Data Science and Engineering course syllabus include different elective courses. These are divided into suggestive baskets, which includes Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Networks and Distributed Computing, Neuroscience, and Statistics and Optimization. 

Some of the available tentative electives are:

• Deep learning
• Linear algebra
• Time series
• Numerical analysis
• Computer networks, etc.

There are 11 core courses for BTech Computer Science and Engineering course of IIT Mandi. The total credits for discipline core is 33. Mentioned below are the core topics:

• Applied Database Practicum
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Computer Organisation
• Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• Information and Database Systems
• Computer Organisation Laboratory
• Introduction to Computing and Distributed Processes
• Large Application Practicum
• System Practicum
• Paradigms of Programming

IIT Mandi offers merit-cum-means scholarship to BTech students of different categories. The criteria is bifurcated for General, SC/ ST, and OBC category candidates. Students wanting to avail scholarship benefits need to meet the prescribed criteria. The criteria for MCM scholarship for General/ OBC candidates is mentined below:

• CGPA need to be 6 or more
• Credited earned should not be less than 18 times of semesters registered for 
• SGPA should be 6 or more 
• Students need to pass all previous examinations and there should be no backlogs
• Candidate should not have been penalised for unfair means

IIT Mandi BTech registrations start with the release of JEE Main application forms. The registrations for JEE session one goes on from Oct till Nov, a year prior to the admission session. While the registrations for session two are carried out in February. Candidates who pass JEE Mains need to apply for JEE Advanced.