Vellore

Dear student, Vellore Institute of Technology is a private deemed university with rank 9 under the "Engineering" category (NIRF). It offers a 5-year integrated postgraduate programme (M.Tech. In software engineering). As of now, there is no entrance exam-based criteria for this particular course. To be eligible, you must have passed the Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the State or Central Board of Secondary Education.

Yes, you have got a decent rank but it would not be sufficient to fetch you an integrated M.Tech seat in software engineering under category 1 at Vellore campus of VIT. You can possibly get it in second category but chances of it are slim as seats are limited and the mentioned course is most common choice in integrated programme. The best possible options are:
Integrated CSE at Vellore (1 or 2), Integrated CSE with specialisation in Data Science at Vellore (Category 1 most probably else in second category), Integrated CSE at Chennai (category 1), Integrated CSE with specialisation in business system at Chennai (Category 1).

The integrated M.Tech in CSE in VIT Vellore may require a rank of under 1500 in the VITEEE to be eligible for getting a seat at the Vellore Institute Of Technology. Anything above the rank is considered to be less chance of getting placed in the Integrated M.Tech in VIT Vellore.

Candidate should have passed his/her higher secondary with minimum of 60% aggregate. And to pursue Masters degree one should have cleared his/her UG or Integrated course from a well recognised University with minimum of 60% aggregate.

Yes, you have got a decent rank but it would not be sufficient to fetch you an integrated M. Tech seat in software engineering under category 1 at Vellore campus of VIT.

The last cutoff for M.Sc data Science is 90 percentile. However consider your reservation before applying you may get the college depending upon your reservation.

As per unofficial sources, Engineering is a popular domain among the alumni of VIT Vellore with approximately 24.2% associated with it. Other popular fields with which the former students of the institute are associated include Information Technology, Operations and Education with 20.3%, 13% and 11%, respectively. For more information refer to the below infographic:

A total of 868 recruiters visited the VIT Vellore campus for 2025 placements. The total number of recruiters visited between 2023 and 2025 are tabulated below:

The VIT Vellore highest package offered during the 2025 placement drive stood at INR 1 Cr per annum LPA. Earlier, the highest packages offered to the batch 2024 was INR 88 LPA. Gong back to 2023 placements, it was NR 1.02 Cr per annum.