IIT Palakkad - Indian Institute of Technology

No, MSc at IIT Palakkad is not very costly. The total tuition fee of MSc at IIT Palakkad is INR 12,000. Candidates need to pay the course fee to confirm their seat. This number is taken from the official sources. It can change.

Yes, IIT Palakkad offers a 4-year BTech specialisation in Mechanical Engineering. Though the college does not offer EEE it also offers Electrical Engineering. Students who qualify for these course through JEE Mains can get admission through the counselling process.

Among the different branches at IIT Palakkad, the CSE specialisation had the strongest placements with average packages of INR 17.45 LPA in 2025.

Yes, you could get into IIT Palakkad for the MSc course admission, with a cutoff rank of 700 if you belong to the OBC category under the All India quota. 

For this category, the IIT Palakkad cutoff 2026 was published for round 1. The first round cutoff varied between 759 and 1019. Students can refer to the table below to know which courses can be availed with a rank of 700.

Note: The cutoff for other categories will vary. 

IIT Palakkad cutoff 2026 was released for round 1 regarding MSc course admission. The cutoff was published for various All India quota categories. 

For the General AI category, the first round cutoff ranged from 614 to 665. To know the IIT Palakkad category-wise cutoff 2026, students can refer to the table below. 

Below mentioned are some of the scholarships to the B.Tech students at IIT Palakkad:

IIT Palakkad offers PG courses such as MSc and M.Tech in different specialisations. Check the below eligibility for PG programmes at IIT Palakkad:

IIT Palakkad takes admission into the BTech programme primarily based on the score and rank of JEE Main and JEE Advance. But, only the candidates who score at least 75% in Class 12 are eligible to sppear for JEE Advance. Hence, Candidates with 68% in Class 12 cannot take admission in BTech at IIT Palakkad.

Getting admission into IIT Palakkad is quite competitive. The college accepts score of national-level entrance exam followed by respective counselling. Check below the entrance exam required for respective courses:

• BTech: JEE Main and Advance 
• MTech: GATE 
• MSc: IIT JAM 

No, you cannot take direct admisison at IIT Palakkad. The college accepts valid score and rank of national-level entrance exam followed by counselling. Applicants need to appear for JEE Main and JEE Advance for taking admission in BTech programme at IIT Palakkad. For MSc, students need to qualify IIT JAM and admission to M.Tech requires GATE scores.

The students must fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria for admissions into M.Tech course. They must have a valid GATE exam score. Also, they must be Indian nationals. In courses where GATE exam is not considered, students must have one of these:
1. Four- year UG degree in Engineering/Technology in Computer Science and Engineering 
2. A four-year UG degree in BE/Btech or MSc in Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics along with GATE qualification in DA/CS/EC/EE.