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a month agoContributor-Level 10
The average package recorded during IIT Madras M.Tech placements 2025 for branch such as CS and EE was 29 LPA and 24.4 LPA.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
Median package received during IIT Madras MTech placements 2025 for branch such as CS and EE was 24.6 LPA and 22.1 LPA. In AE, BT, CH and CE branch, it was between 8 LPA and 18 LPA.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
Average package received during IIT Madras BTech placements 2025 for CS, EE and CH branch was 53.2 LPA, 28.8 LPA and 18.8 LPA. In CE, ME and AE branch, it was between 16.9 LPA and 17.5 LPA.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
In past year, IIT Madras student got INR 4.3 crore job offer from Wall Street trading firm Jane Street. Placement statistics are flexible, hence changes from time to time. The below is the average package received by BTech students in 2025:
BTech Department | Average Package (2025) |
|---|---|
AE | INR 17.1 LPA |
CH | INR 18.8 LPA |
CE | INR 17.5 LPA |
CS | INR 53.2 LPA |
EE | INR 28.8 LPA |
ME | INR 16.9 LPA |
MM | INR 18.4 LPA |
OE | INR 16.5 LPA |
PH | INR 34.1 LPA |
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
The Indian Institute of Madras is spread across 617 acres of land. IIT Madras has developed a low-cost chip device. This device is meant to detect the antibiotic resistance in just 3 hours. There are several technical fests arranged in this college, such as Shaastra, Saarang, etc. The Centre for Innovation (CFI) has 12 clubs & 4 competition teams. The members represent the college internationally in various competitions.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
IIT Madras standing at no. 1 position reflects the placements and infrastructural facilities available at the college. IIT Madras Data Science course is quite renowned. Under this course, students are taught ML Foundations, Computer Vision, LLMs, Big Data, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, & others. More than 36,000 students have enrolled in Data Science IIT Madras.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
Madras IIT admissions are considered a little tough as it is one of the top IITs present in India. For the IIT Madras BTech departments like EE, CS & CH, the average package noticed was 28.8 LPA, 53.2 LPA, 17.5 LPA. The college recorded decent placement statistics.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, IIT Madras is known as a tier 1 college. IIT Madras is known as an 'Institute of Eminence'. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Chennai IIT Madras or IITM) was established in 1959 as a public technical & research university. It is the third IIT to be set up by the Government of India & is autonomous in nature. Chennai IIT Campus, through its various departments, offers various full-time/ part-time/ online courses at postgrduate, undergrdauate, & doctoral levels across the Engineering, Science, Humanities, Management, and various other streams. The available flagship programmes are BTech
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
No, to get admission into IIT Madras MTech course, students have to appear for the GATE exam. This is a part of minimum eligibility criteria for M.Tech course admissions. After clearing the GATE exam, the students are selected on the basis of merit list. The students have to obtain a minimum of 60% in their UG course to be eligiblr for admisison.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
No, IIT Madras is not very expensive but even if students feel that it is, worry not there are scholarships available for students. Some of the top scholarships offered by Chennai IITM are mentioned below:
Indian Institute of Technology Chennai (Indian Institute of Madras) Scholarships | Eligibility | Scholarship Amount/ Benefit |
|---|---|---|
-Merit-cum-Means/ Free studentship (offered to 25% of admitted students) | - Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA - Renewal of scholarship for students with a minimum GPA of 5.0 in the previous semester | 67% tuition fee exemption |
Notional prize (offered to 7% of admitted students) | - Rank in JEE - Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA | One time grant of INR 1,000 |
SC/ ST scholarship | - Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA - Renewal of scholarship for students with a minimum GPA of 5.0 in the previous semester | - Free mess charges - pocket allowance INR 250 per month - over and above tuition fee exemption |
Indian Women's Association at Bonn scholarship | - Family income up to INR 5 LPA - Rank in JEE | INR 1,250 per month for 12 months for one BTech student only. |
M Sankaraiah and M Saradha (Mithigiri) Scholarship | Based on the highest CGPA by the end of the fourth semester of BTech/ dual degree electrical engineering | One time amount of INR 20,000 |
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