IIT Guwahati - Indian Institute of Technology

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has a total of 11 departments through which it offers multiple UG and PG courses. The departments present at IIT Guwahati are enlisted below:

• Biosciences & Bioengineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Design
• Electronics & Electrical Engineering
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Physics

Yes, IIT Guwahati has released GATE exam admit card 2026. The link to download GATE hall ticket is available at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates must keep their enrollment ID and password to download admission ticket of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.

1. Python
2. Statistics & Probablity
3. Machine Learning
4. Power BI
5. SQL
6. Tableau
7. Excel
8. Deep Learning
9. Natural language Processing
10. Generative AI etc.

GATE 2026 answer key link has been activated . Authorities has also released response sheet and question paper along answer key. Candidates can download GATE answer key using enrollment ID and password.

IIT Guwahati has started the GATE 2026 registration process on August 28. The application form facility is open at the GOAPS portal. The deadline has been revised. As per the latest update, candidates who want to apply for GATE can check the dates and submit as per their convenience. The last date to submit the application form without late fees is October 6 (revised) and till October 9 with late fees. 

No, it is not easy to get admission at IIT Guwahati as the institute conducts its admission process through accepted entrance exams conducted by various authorities. Some of the popular entrance exams accepted by the institute are JEE Main, CAT, GATE, CEED, NET, JEE Advanced, etc. Candidates must appear for the respective entrance exam and qualify for its cutoff.

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the 6th IIT established by the Government of India and has been ranked 334th in the 'World University' category by the QS World University Rankings 2026. It holds the status of an Institute of Importance like other IITs. Further, the institute has also been ranked 8 by the NIRF Ranking 2025 in the Engineering category.

IIT Guwahati has a decent placement record of placements for courses like BTech, MTech, MBA, BDes, etc. Check out the key highlights of IIT Guwahati placements for the Class of 2024 and 2025 in the table below:

The BTech scholarships at IIT Guwahati have different eligibility criteria. Some of them are merit based scholarships where, the candidates are offered BTech scholarships due totheir high score in either the JEE Advanced exam or their last qualifying exam. Candidates who belong to the SC/ST groups are also awarded scholarships if they can prove that they belong tosuch categories.

The OBC AI category students need to attain a rank of at least 4389 according to the last round of IIT Guwahati BTech cutoff 2026. Students can check the table below to know the IIT Guwahati branch-wise cutoff 2026 for the last round. The ranks given below are the highest ranks acceptable for each branch.