IIT Patna - Indian Institute of Technology

Yes, IIT Patna offers good placements to its MTech students. IIT Patna offers good placements in MTech program. MTech highest package 2026 is not released as of now, however, the average package recorded during phase 1 placements 2026 was 16.2 LPA.

Earlier, according to the placement brochure 2024-25, the average package offered during IIT Patna placements 2024 MTech program stood at around INR 15 LPA. The MTech placement rate in 2024 was 61.01%. MTech average package offered in 2023 and 2022 stood at INR 15.77 and INR 14.99 LPA, respectively.

At the end of Phase 1 placement 2025-26, IIT Patna BTech placement rate recorded was 54.34%. The overall placement rate recorded during IIT Patna BTech placements 2024 was 77.92%. The branch-wise students registered and students placed during IIT Patna BTech placements 2024 is presented below:

Note: Placement drive 2024 was ongoing at the time the page was updated.

Yes, IIT Patna provides good placements in BTech course. At the end of phase 1 placement 2025-26, BTech highest and average package was INR 117 LPA and 25.82 LPA. Overall 90 companies visited the campus and more than 390 offers were made during the placement drive 2026.

At the end of Phase 1 placements 2025-26, the average package recorded during BTech and MTech placements was 25.82 LPA and 16.2 LPA.

Earlier, the course-wise average package offered during IT Patna placements 2024 is presented below:

Note: The average package might vary slightly as the data labels were not present on the graphs of the placement brochure 2024-25.

Earlier, the course-wise average salary trends witnessed during IIT Patna placements over the past three years is presented below:

According to media reports, highest package recorded during IIT Patna placements 2025-26 (phase 1) was INR 1.17 Crore per Annum. The highest package in 2024 was INR 144 LPA. 

The highest package offered during IIT Patna BTech CSE placements 2025 was INR 85 LPA. The average package recorded for CSE branch during the placement drive 2024-25 was 31.71 LPA.

Indian Institute of Technology Patna is one of recognised and esteemed institute of the country. The institute has been ranked by multiple ranking bodies. Some of the rankings are:

• 11th by India Today 2023 in Engineering (Government) category
• 13th by India Today 2023 in Engineering category
• 26th by The Week 2023 in University (Technical) category
• 41st by NIRF 2023 in Engineering category
• 106th by QS World University Rankings 2024 in Southern Asia category

IIT Jodpur and IIT Patna MSc admissions are based on IIT JAM followed by the JAM Counselling. In order to be eligible for the MSc at IITs candidates must meet the JAM cutoff. The closing ranks for IIT JAM cutoff The final IIT Jodhpur and IIT Patna. Tabulated below are the closing ranks for last three years for IIT Jodpur and IIT Patna for MSc Physics: 

Candidates who wish to apply to the M.Tech programme must have a valid GATE score. Students are screened based on their CGPI in BE/BTech and GATE scores during COAP counselling. However, candidates who have completed their BTech from IITs with a CGPA of 8.0 and above can apply without GATE scores. These applications are reviewed by the respective department (s). Hence, the answer to this question is - yes, it is possible to get into IIT Patna without GATE for MTech.