IIIT Agartala — Fees, Placements & Admission 2026

B.Tech tuition at IIIT Agartala follows the Ministry of Education IIIT-PPP standard schedule, currently in the range of Rs 90,000 to Rs 1.1 lakh per semester, or approximately Rs 1.8 lakh to Rs 2.2 lakh per academic year depending on the category of admission and MoE revisions. Students should consult the official fee circular on iiitagartala.ac.in for the exact breakup.

Hostel accommodation and mess charges at IIIT Agartala typically total between Rs 60,000 and Rs 80,000 per year, covering room rent, mess, electricity and basic amenities at the temporary NIT Agartala hosted campus. Exact charges vary by residential block and academic session and are notified by the institute at the start of each year.

IIIT Agartala provides full tuition-fee waivers to SC, ST and PwD students as per Government of India policy, and offers income-based tuition remissions to general, OBC and EWS candidates whose family income falls below notified thresholds. Additional support is available through central scholarship schemes such as the National Scholarship Portal and bank education-loan interest-subsidy programmes.

Admission to B.Tech at IIIT Agartala is through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main conducted by the National Testing Agency, followed by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling and supplementary CSAB special rounds. Candidates must register on the JoSAA portal, submit a common preference list and accept a seat through the official counselling process.

Applicants must have passed 10+2 with Physics, Mathematics and one of Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Computer Science or a Technical Vocational Subject, with at least 75% aggregate marks (65% for SC/ST/PwD) or a rank within the top 20 percentile of their Class XII board, and must qualify in JEE Main for JoSAA/CSAB counselling.

IIIT Agartala was established in 2018 under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, in partnership with the Government of Tripura and industry partners. It is an Institute of National Importance under the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017.

IIIT Agartala currently operates from a temporary campus hosted at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala in Jirania, which also serves as its mentor institute. Its permanent campus is being developed on land allocated by the Government of Tripura at Bodhjungnagar in West Tripura District, Tripura 799015.

IIIT Agartala offers undergraduate B.Tech programmes in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), with a strong emphasis on information technology, software systems, embedded systems, signal processing, networks, cybersecurity and emerging areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science.