Colleges in Kharagpur

No, BTech admissions at IIT Kharagpur accept the scores of the JEE Mains entrance exam to decide a candidate's admission. The exam is followed by the JoSAA counseling to finalise the admission of a candidate. The WBJEE entrance exam is not accepted for any admissions into the IIT Kharagpur courses.

No, admissions into IIT Kharagpur without the JEE entrance exam is not possible if the candidate wishes to take admission in the BTech course. For other course admissions, IIT Karagpur accepts other entrance exam scores. However, only candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria for the BTech course on top of scoring a valid JEE score will be granted admissions into the IIT Kharagpur BTech course. 

The top recruiters that participated during the placement drive are presented below:

VGSOM selection criteria is mainly entrance-based and requires students to appear for the personal interview or written test. The table below mentions course-wise selection criteria of the institute:

No, you can't get admission in IIT Kharagpur with JEE Mains and 12th score.

To get admission in IIT Kharagpur you need give JEE Advanced exam and pass with good rank.

Branch  Opening rank

Computer Science  226

Electronics& Electrical.        670

Electrical.                               1300

Mechanical engineering.      2160

Chemical engineering.         3905

Civil engineering.                   4472

Aerospace engineering.        2716

This is the cutoff for general category.

The key highlights of IIT KGP placements 2026 are mentioned below:

IIT Kharagpur placement details for the MSc Class of 2026 have not been released on the official website yet. Earlier, a total of 227 MSc students registered for the IIT Kharagpur placement session 2024, of which 143 were successfully placed.