IIT Guwahati - Indian Institute of Technology

IIT Kharagpur, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati are three similarly-ranked Engineering institutes in India that are closely ranked by the NIRF Ranking Institution. Needless to say, these institutes have outstanding academic and placement achievements. Students look for informed decisions while choosing between the three. In NIRF Engineering ranking 2025, IIT Kharagpur stands at 5th position, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad are ranked at 8th and 7th position, respectively. Thus, indicating a close competition between the three.

IIT Kharagpur outshines IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati for having the largest campus area and being the oldest IIT. IIT Kharagpur came into existence in 1951, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad were established in 1994 and 2008, respectively. Comparing the institutes on academic grounds, IIT Kharagpur (108) offers a larger number of full-time courses than IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati. 

In terms of placements, IIT Guwahati has released the overall statistics for BTech. IIT Kharagpur wins the race with the highest package of INR 2.40 crore per annum. The second slot is taken by IIT Guwahati with the highest package of INR 1.20 crore per annum. Then comes, IIT Hyderabad highest package of INR 90 LPA. The table below represents the IIT Kharagpur highest package comparison with other closely ranked IITs for the BTech placements:

Students looking for more elaborated branch-wise placement information can read the below section comparing IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad. The highest package grabbed by the CE batch 2022 during the IIT Kharagpur phase-I placements was INR 55 LPA. The IIT Hyderabad CE highest package was very close and stood at INR 52 LPA. For other branches, such as CH, CS, EE, and ME, IIT Kharagpur beats IIT Hyderabad in terms of the highest package offered. The table below compares some of the common branches of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad for placements 2022:

Now let's compare the branch-wise median packages of the two institutes. CS emerged as the top branch in IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kharagpur with the highest median package of INR 28.48 LPA and INR 29.21 LPA, respectively. For more elaborated details refer to the table below:

 NOTE: The statistics mentioned against IIT Kharagpur are for combined details for BTech and MTech and are for Phase-I placements.

Students looking for the right course in the right college are majorly concerned about the placements they are going to receive after the course completion. In NIRF Engineering ranking 2023, IIT Guwahati is ranked at 7 and IIT Hyderabad is at 8th position. Students looking for rank-based IIT selection, find these two institutes comparative with each other. Of all the branches CSE stands out in terms of placements and hence is the most preferred among students. 

Comparing the BTech CSE placements of these colleges, IIT Guwahati recorded a higher placement percentage (95.88%) during the 2022 drive, whereas, the IIT Hyderabad placement rate stood at 79.37%. Thus, indicating that IIT Guwahati has higher placement chances for BTech CSE students. Take a look at the table below representing the comparative analysis of IIT Hyderabad CSE placements with IIT Guwahati CSE placements for the academic year 2021-22:

For M.Tech CSE, IIT Guwahati stands out with a 100% placement rate, which is way higher than IIT Hyderabad standing at 24%. Tabulated below is the comparison between IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati placements 2022 for M.Tech CSE: