IISc Bangalore Placements 2026: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Companies

The highest package at IISc Bangalore placements has been fluctuating through the years. Check the table below to know more:

Yes, IISc Bangalore offers great internship opportunities to its students. Check out the table below to know the highest stipend and average stipend provided to students in 2024:

The pre-registration generally commences from July or August onwards. Thereafter the registration process starts in the OCCaP portal. The institute announces the job opening on the portal in September. The IISc placement schedule is tabulated below for reference:

According to unofficial online sources, the majority of IISc Bangalore alumni are placed in the Engineering sector with a 35% share. The other top sectors that involve the majority of alumni are Research and Education.

The placement packages recorded during IISc Bangalore placements are given in the table below:

 IISc Bangalore has not released its full placement report for 2025. Check out the table below to know about the placement highlights released:

No, aspirants do require GATE for admission in MTech programme of IISc Bangalore. The weightage miht differ with MTech specialisation. For MTech Aerospace, Computer Science, Civil, etc. 100% weightage is given to GATE. For Bioengineering, Electrical, Electronics, etc. 70% GATE and 50% interview round. 70% weightage is given to GATE and 30% to written test conducted by the institute for MTech in AI, Chemical, Computational & Data Sciences.

The total tuition course fee for BTech at IISC Bangalore is INR 8 lakh. The total course fee includes various other components like Gymkhana fee, Library deposit, other academic fee, Statutory deposit, and Students emergency fund. The tution fee for SC/ST/PwD students is fully waived. Annual tuition fee can be paid in three installments. The BTech course at IISc Banglore is offered in 4 specialisations, out of which 3 specialisations are newly launched. 

Several foundations have collaborated with IISc Bangalore to provide financial support to needy students in the form of scholarships for BSc as follows-

Yes, a student can apply for more than one course based on their qualifications but must fill out appropriate online forms for the same. There is a link that the students will get in their interface ‘Apply for another program’ this link can be used to fill out the application form for another programme. Any other mode of application for multiple programmes might not be accepted. The same can be confirmed from the admission office of IISc Bangalore.

Total BSc seat intake at IISc Bangalore is 125. Total seats are distributed among the following categories:

While admission to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore) is highly competitive one can gain admission with consistent effort and preparation for JEE Main/ JEE Advance/ GATE/ COAP/ IIT JAM/ IISER Aptitude Test/ KVPY/ CEED exams.

After admission though the curriculum is advanced the faculty and course material is of high quality and allow students to rapidly learn and build a foundation in their course with hard work of course.

In short, one does not have to be extremely intelligent for admission or to understand the courses at IISc Bangalore. 

The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc) is ranked 1st and 2nd under the Universities & Overall categories, respectively of NIRF 2025. As such it is clearly a great institute with reviews mentioning pros such as:

• Infrastructure: The institute features advanced classrooms which resemble seminar halls and the campus is equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi (100 MB/PS). While Labs and also advanced whereas the  JRD Tata library is large and comprehensive. (Soumyadip Bank- M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences - Batch of 2026)
• Placements: Though the institute focuses more on research and advancement to PhD than placements as such though even new courses such as MSc Chemical Sciences had an average package of INR 8 LPA while internships included offers from various educational institutes such as IITs and IISERs (Soumyadip Bank- M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences - Batch of 2026)
• Faculty: The faculty at IISc Bangalore are very approachable with the style of teaching being the Socratic style of discussion while the curriculum is equipped with rigour to build the readiness of students to pursue a career in Science. (Aaitijhya Goswami - B.Sc. (Research) in Physics - Batch of 2029)

The above information is taken from verified Shiksha Reviews

IISc Bangalore has been ranked 1 and 2 by the NIRF 2023 Rankings under the 'University' and 'Overall' categories, respectively. The NIRF ranking is better than most of the IITs. Also during IISc placements 2023, the highest package offered was INR 85 LPA and the average package offered was INR 28 LPA. Moreover, IISc Bangalore is the only institute that considers the scores of JEE Advanced for admission to its B.Tech course except all the IITs.

IISc Banglore GATE COAP cutoff 2026 was declared for admission to the M.Tech course for various All India categories up to Round 1. For the General AI category, the round 1 cutoff ranged from 480 to 800, wherein M.Tech. in Instrumentation Systems and M.Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI Design were the easiest and the hardest MTech course for admission. 

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Yes, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has launched 3 new BTech specialisations for the recent 2026-2027 batch year. These specialisations are offered in full-time mode only for a duration of 4-years spread in 8 semesters. These new BTech specialisations include: 

• Aerospace Engineering
• Mechanics and Computing
• Materials Science Engineering 

Yes, for admission to some of the programmes IISc Bangalore is way tougher than IITs. Also, the quality of education, research & development quality at IISc Bangalore has very high standards. IISc Bangalore has produced some of the most eminent personalities and has a very high registered patent record.

For getting admission to any of the courses offered at IISc Bangalore, candidates are required to take the entrance exams specified by the university and candidates having valid scores/ percentile will be selected for further admission process.

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has been ranked by NIRF 2025 under various categories which include University, overall, and others. Candidates can go through the below table for information on IISc Bangalore rankings: 

Yes, IISc Bangalore offers Joint M.Tech course in Semiconductor Technology with Taiwanese Universities. The selection for GATE qualified candidates is 100% based on GATE scores. For students from CFTIs, selection is based on CAM (Career Analysis Marks).

IISER is a compulsory entrance test to get into IISER Pune. IISER 2027 entrance exam will be conducted in computer-based test mode. The duration of the entrance exam is three hours, from 9 AM to 12 noon.