Dharwad

While clearing JEE Main is a huge achievement, it's actually just the first hurdle for IITs. JEE Main acts as a qualifying test that allows the top 2.5 Lacs candidates to sit for JEE Advanced. To get into IIT Dharwad, your final seat allocation will be based strictly on your JEE Advanced rank. JEE Main scores are used for admissions to NITs and IIITs, but for any IIT, Advanced is the key.

IIT Dharwad is moderately costly, with a total BTech tuition fee of INR 832000 for the entire course (four years). The total cost including hostel, mess, development, and other charges is INR 1139500. The fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change with the change in the admission year. Please refer to the official portal before applying for the course.

Naturally, older IITs like IIT Kharagpur have a vast alumni network and much higher salary packages, with peaks reaching over INR 2 crore, compared to Dharwad's the highest package of approximately INR 40-52 LPA. However, for an average student, IIT Dharwad provides competitive median salaries around INR 11.62 LPA, which is strong. 

In BTech branches at IIT Dharwad, seats are distributed across multiple disciplines. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Mechanical Engineering with 62 seats each. Other branches like Electronics and Communication have 42 seats and Electrical and Mathematics and Computing, Engineering Physics, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering, each with 28 seats.

The total seat capacity for the BTech programme is 385, that includes seats for reserved category as well as Female-Only supernumerary seats designed to improve gender diversity on campus. The exact number may vary slightly based on final JoSAA 2026 seat matrix updates.

IIIT Dharwad offers courses at UG, PG, and PhD levels. Students need to meet the admission requirements to be eligible. These offered programmes are as below:

• BTech
• MTech by Research
• PhD

IIIT Dharwad shortlists students on both merit and entrance basis. The institute considers national-level exam - JEE Main for flagship BTech programme. The selection process is as below:

• IIIT Dharwad BTech selection process - JEE Main + JoSAA/ CSAB
• IIIT Dharwad PhD selection process - Screening Test + Interview

IIIT Dharwad BTech course is offered to selective students. The intake is differnt for each specialisation. Students can check below to know about the intake:

Note: This is taken from official sources and can change.