Verified 26 Apr 2026GITAM University — Fees, Placements & Admission 2026
GITAM (Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management) is a multi-campus Deemed-to-be University headquartered at Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It was founded in 1980 by Dr. M.V.V.S.…
GITAM fees
Application process · mgmt quota
- 1Call principal's office on
+917975193033for current seat availability and exact per-branch fee. - 2Submit application form + Class 12 marksheet + KCET or COMEDK rank card. NRI quota requires NRI sponsor docs.
- 3Counsellor confirms seat availability and locks the branch. Payment via DD, NEFT or pay-order to the institution account.
- 4Pay year-1 tuition + ₹20K college-level other fee. Hostel + transport billed separately. Original docs deposited at admission.
GITAM placements
GITAM University Visakhapatnam (with extensions in Hyderabad and Bengaluru) records placement rates of 82-88% across the BTech batch, with the CSE branch consistently at 90-94%. Average package for 2024 CSE settled at INR 8-9.5 LPA with median INR 7 LPA; ECE/EE averaged INR 6.5-7
Programmes & intake
Computer Science and Engineering
Information Science and Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
Civil Engineering
Biotechnology
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
GITAM admissions
GITAM University admits BTech students through GAT (GITAM Admission Test — internal entrance), JEE Main, AP EAMCET (for Visakhapatnam) and TS EAMCET (for Hyderabad). For 2024, GAT cutoff for CSE 2026-27: 65+ percentile. JEE Main cutoffs: CSE 90-92 percentile General, ECE 85-88, M
Hostel
GITAM offers fully residential campus models — Visakhapatnam (main), Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The Visakhapatnam campus has 14 hostel blocks (8 boys, 6 girls) accommodating 5,500+ students. Hyderabad campus has 6 hostel blocks; Bengaluru has 4. AC twin-sharing rooms cost INR 1.55 lakh per academic year (rent + amenities + electricity); non-AC twin-sharing INR 95,000-1.10 lakh; single-occupancy AC (limited, mostly final-year) INR 2.10 lakh/year. Mess fee separate at INR 60,000-72,000/year covering 4 daily meals. Mess offers Andhra-Telugu, North Indian, South Indian, Continental, and a separate J
Scholarships
GITAM offers a structured Merit Scholarship that waives 25-100% of tuition for top JEE Main / GAT / EAMCET scorers — JEE Main top 5,000 AIR get 100% tuition waiver; ranks 5,001-15,000 get 75%; ranks 15,001-30,000 get 50%; ranks 30,001-50,000 get 25%. The GITAM Founders Scholarship supports 50 students annually with 50-100% tuition waiver based on financial need (family income under INR 4 lakh) plus academic merit (12th >85%). Andhra Pradesh State Government Post-Matric Scholarship is available for SC/ST/OBC/EBC students through the AP scholarship portal — covering INR 30,000-1.5 lakh annually.
Infrastructure
GITAM Visakhapatnam (main campus) operates from a 110-acre integrated coastal campus, while the Hyderabad campus is 60 acres and the Bengaluru campus is 50 acres. The Engineering campus at Visakhapatnam features 18 academic blocks housing CSE, ECE, IT, Mechanical, Civil, EEE, Che
Research
GITAM drives focused research across IoT, smart cities, AI/ML, marine engineering (Visakhapatnam coastal advantage), petroleum engineering, biotechnology, computational biology, sustainable energy and structural engineering. The institute houses the Centre for Marine Robotics, the Andhra Pradesh State Drone Research Centre, the Centre for Excellence in IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems, the Solar Energy Research Lab, the Biomedical Devices Innovation Lab, and the Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Faculty publish 350-400 SCI/Scopus papers annually with research grants from DST,
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Alumni
GITAM engineering alumni network spans 35,000+ graduates with strong density in IT services, BFSI, automotive, energy and entrepreneurship. Notable alumni include Pratyush Sridhar (founder, RentSher), Naveen Sankar (Senior Director, Cognizant), Krishna Vavilala (former CEO, Tata Communications), Praveen Yarra (Senior Engineer, Microsoft Hyderabad), Suresh Vadakkesveeran (Director, IBM India), Anuradha Doddi (founder, AssistantPro), and several senior leaders at Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, Amazon, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cyient, GE Energy and Mahindra Group. The GITAM Alumni Association operates ded
Verification & sources
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