IISc Bangalore Placements 2025: 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:

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

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

The IISc Bangalore cutoff 2026 for the M.Tech courses at the postgraduate level has been released for last round. The IISc Bangalore cutoff 2026 ranged between 600 and 800 for general AI students. Among all the MTech courses, M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, AI, Bioengineering is the most competitive for admission with a rank of 600. The M.Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI Design is the most sought after course with a rank of 800. 

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.

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.

The minimum GATE score to get an admission to MTech course at IISC Bangalore course-wise is tabulated below: 

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 admission in MSc Life Science programme based on GATE scores. However, it is not compulsory. Aspirants with JAM scores can also get admission in BSc Life Science. For all other MSc specialisations, GATE is not required. 

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).

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.

No, IISc Bangalore does not offer direct admission in BSc. Candidates need to fulfill eligibility criteria and clear the IISc cutoff of JEE (Advance) to get admission. Otherwise, they need to take IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) and clear the cutoff according to their category for admission.

The answer to this question depends on the course you are applying at IISC.

For Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programme, aspirants are offered admission based on JEE Main score. Hoewever, for BSc programme admission,  JEE is not compulsory. Candidates with a valid score in IISER Aptitude Test can also get admission. For other courses such as MTech, MSc and PhD, JEE Main is not required for admission at Indian Institute of Science (IISC).

If you belong to the General AI category, the JEE Advanced cutoff rank required for B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing was 856. Similarly, for B.Sc. (Research) specialisations, the cutoff rank required for admission in 2025 was 2263. 

IISC Bangalore cutoff 2024 has been released for admission to the MTech programmes. For the General AII India category candidates, the round 1 closing rank ranged between 350 and 665, among which Mechanical Engineering is the most competitive specialisation. For OBC category, the round 1closing rank is 624 for the same specialisation. 

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the IISC Bangalore GATE COAP cutoff 2024 for Round 1: