IIT Madras - Indian Institute of Technology

IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) aims to build a knowledge & innovation ecosystem. IIT Madras has been ranked 170 by the QS World University Rankings 2027. 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.

IIT Madras cutoff 2026 was released for round 1 for admission to the MS course based on the IIT JAM entrance examination. 

Based on round 1 for the General AI category, the highest cutoff (most competitive) course was for the M.Sc. in Physics course, with the cutoff being 157. To know the most competitive course and its cutoff for other categories, students can refer to the table below. 

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.

Yes, COAP registration is mandatory for IIT Madras admissions done on the basis of GATE exam. The institute accepts GATE + COAP for both M.Tech and MA admissions. Any student choosing to register via GATE score at the institute must register on COAP portal as well.

At IIT Madras, students are mainly selected on an entrance basis only. For courses, such as BTech and MTech, students also need to participate in the counselling process. Check below the IIT Madras selection criteria for popular courses:

• BTech = JEE Mains + JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling
• MTech = GATE + COAP
• MSc = IIT JAM
• MBA = CAT + Interview