IIT Patna - Indian Institute of Technology

If you just want to grab a seat in IIT Patna then your OBC rank has to be in 2800-3200 OBC NCL rank while General rank would be around 12000. If you want to get top branches like CSE, ECE, then you will have to be in Top 500 of your category rank.

No, IIT Patna does not offer direct admission to the MSc programme. Students planning to seek admission to IIT Patna MSc programmes must apply for a Joint Admission Test, known as IIT JAM.

IIT JAM is a national-level entrance examination conducted to provide admissions in MSc and other related postgraduate courses provided across IITs. Interested candidates can apply for JAM 2025 using the JAM Online Application Processing System, or JOAPS, only.

Interested candidates must submit the application forms before the deadline at the JOAPS website, which is accessible on the IIT Patna website.

IIT Delhi MSc fee is around INR 60,000. The fee includes various components, such as tuition fee, security deposit, Insurance and Student Distress Fund, etc. While the tuition fee is payable in semester-wise instalments, other fee components, such as the refundable security deposit are payable once at admission. 

NOTE: The mentioned fee information is sourced from the official website of the institute/sanctioning body. It is still subject to change and hence, is indicative.

Candidates applying to a MSc course in IIT Patna must fulfil the required eligibility criteria. Thus, aspirant must hold a valid bachelor's degree in a relevant stream for at least two years (four semesters) and a minimum aggregate between 55% and 80% or 5.5 CGPA out of 10.

For MSc cognitive science/economic courses, the accepted degrees are BA/BSc/BCom/BTech/BE/BStat/BMath or equivalent. The total course fee for MSc course is around INR 60,000. 

IIT Pune offers a total of 301 seats for its M.Tech cousre. The seats are further, spred across the offered specialisations. The Indian Institute of Technology Patna seat allotment is carried out as per the state and All-India quota. 

MTech course at IIT Patna various subjects related to mathematical background, networking, principles of advanced programming, and many more. M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering has the below subjects in the first semesters:

• Foundations of Computer Systems
• Probability Statistics and Stochastic Processes
• Computer Systems Lab-1

IIT Patna M.Tech dates are inclusive of GATE 2026 exam dates. The registration window is now closed for GATE 2026, and the exam is scheduled for the month of Feb.

IIT Patna accepts GATE score for admission to M.Tech course. Candidates must have a BE/ BTech/ BSc/ Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Planning/ MSc/ MCA/ MBBS/ MPharm/ BPharma/ BDS/ degree recognised equivalent to BE/ BTech with a minimum of 60% aggregate (55% aggregate for SC/ ST/ PwD category). For M.Tech General-All India, cut offs for GATE 2024 closed off at score 600 for M.Tech in Chemical Engineering and 750 for Computer Science and Engineering. Similarly, for M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, the GATE score closed off on 650.