IIT Mandi - Indian Institute of Technology

Yes, students can get admission in IIT Mandi with a rank of 10000 in JEE Advanced. But at this rank, admission to the top specialisations, such as CSE would not be possible. Students can get admission in Mechanical Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Physics, and more. Interested students can go through the past year cutoff records to know more.

Yes, students can get admission in IIT Mandi without JEE exam. But this is not applicable for the flagship BTech programme. For BTech admission at any IIT, students have to appear for JEE Main + Advanced exams. However, for the other programmes, such as MBA, MTech, BSc, etc., other exams are accepted. 

Students have to meet the IIT Mandi course eligibility to get admission in the institute. The selection process is entrance-based. The common minimum eligibility is as below:

• IIT Mandi UG eligibility - Class 12 with relevant subjects + minimum of 75% aggregate
• IIT Mandi PG eligibility - UG degree in relevant field
• IIT Mandi PhD eligibility - PG degree in relevant field 

No, IIT Mandi does not offer direct admissions. Students have to clear the admission requirements to get admission. The institute offers seats through entrance + counselling basis only. Students can check the eligibility online.

To get admission in IIT Mandi, students have to check the eligibility first. Eligible students can then apply online. The institute selects students on an entrance basis. Students have to submit entrance test scores and participate in counselling process to get a seat. The selected students have to report for verification and pay the admission fees.

IIT Mandi admission 2026 is concluded and classes are also commenced for a few courses. The GATE 2027 registration have started and will end on Sep 27, 2026.

If the seat allotment is done in JoSAA counselling for BTech in IIT Mandi, then the fee is not refunded whether the candidate joins the course or not. It is refundable in cases where student joins the course after paying remaining fee and leaves on or before registration date and applies for a fee refund.

IIT Mandi Data Science and Engineering course syllabus include different elective courses. These are divided into suggestive baskets, which includes Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Networks and Distributed Computing, Neuroscience, and Statistics and Optimization. 

Some of the available tentative electives are:

• Deep learning
• Linear algebra
• Time series
• Numerical analysis
• Computer networks, etc.

There are 11 core courses for BTech Computer Science and Engineering course of IIT Mandi. The total credits for discipline core is 33. Mentioned below are the core topics:

• Applied Database Practicum
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Computer Organisation
• Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• Information and Database Systems
• Computer Organisation Laboratory
• Introduction to Computing and Distributed Processes
• Large Application Practicum
• System Practicum
• Paradigms of Programming

IIT Mandi offers merit-cum-means scholarship to BTech students of different categories. The criteria is bifurcated for General, SC/ ST, and OBC category candidates. Students wanting to avail scholarship benefits need to meet the prescribed criteria. The criteria for MCM scholarship for General/ OBC candidates is mentined below:

• CGPA need to be 6 or more
• Credited earned should not be less than 18 times of semesters registered for 
• SGPA should be 6 or more 
• Students need to pass all previous examinations and there should be no backlogs
• Candidate should not have been penalised for unfair means