IIT Madras - Indian Institute of Technology

Direct admissions are possible in IIT Madras for some Diploma programmes. For other programmes such as UG and PG courses, direct admissions are not available. Students will have to appear for the entrance exam for admission to the available programmes. 

Indian Institute of Technology Chennai gives various UG, PG & other courses through its multiple departments. These courses are provided across Engineering & various other streams. Below table shows the list of IIT Madras in Chennai departments in detail:

IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) aims to build a knowledge & innovation ecosystem. IIT Madras has been ranked 180 by the QS World University Rankings 2026. The below is the international ranking:

IIT Madras is a government college which was established in as an 'Institute of Eminence'. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Chennai IIT Madras or IITM) was established in 1959. Being a government college, the fee for various courses is not very high.  

Students who wish to get admission to the IIT Madras after Class 12th must apply for the entrance exams and appear for the entrance test. The mode of IIT Chennai course admissions is online. IIT Madras admission to various programmes is done through national-level entrance exams, including JEE Main/ JEE Advanced,  IIT JAM and GATE, etc.

If you belong to the General AI category, the highest (most competitive) last round cutoff was 155 for admission to the M.Sc. in Physics course. The lower the cutoff rank, the more competitive the course is for admission, and vice versa. 

IISER does not conduct the counselling or admission process for IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras through the IAT scores. These institutes conduct their own counselling or admission process. IISER counselling process is conducted only for seven IISER institutes located across India.

At IIT Madras, students are offered several scholarships. These are offered only to eligible students. Some of the schemes include:

• Institute Merit-cum-Means Scholarship
• Institute free studentship
• Institute Notional Prize
• Institute SC/ ST Scholarship
• Girish Ready Scholarship
• Indian Women Association at Bonn Scholarship
• Dr K Vasanth Rau Scholarship
• Sri V Ranga Raju Memorial Scholarship
• Aditya Birla Scholarship 
• Minsitry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GOI Central Sector Scholarship for SC students
• MHRD Scholarships for single girl child

IIT Madras course fee vary depending on the programme. The institute charges components including tuition fees, lab fees, caution desposit, and more. The fees for some of the popular IIT Madras programmes is as below:

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