IIIT Kalyani — Fees, Placements & Admission 2026

IIIT Kalyani follows the Ministry of Education (MoE) fee structure applicable to Public-Private Partnership IIITs. General, OBC, and EWS category students typically pay approximately Rs 90,000 to Rs 1.10 lakh per semester (Rs 1.8-2.2 lakh per year) as tuition, subject to periodic MoE revision. SC, ST, and PwD category students receive a full tuition fee waiver. Students from families with annual income below Rs 1 lakh receive a full waiver, while those with family income between Rs 1-5 lakh receive a two-thirds waiver under the Government of India fee remission scheme applicable to IIITs.

Hostel accommodation and mess charges at IIIT Kalyani are billed separately from tuition. Combined hostel rent, electricity, mess advance, establishment charges, and caution deposit typically total Rs 60,000 to Rs 80,000 per year for residential students. Boys and girls hostels are provided with furnished rooms, dining halls, Wi-Fi, laundry, and recreation facilities. Most B.Tech students stay on campus since the institute runs a fully residential programme with an in-house mess.

Beyond the statutory SC/ST/PwD and income-based waivers, IIIT Kalyani students can apply for Merit-cum-Means (MCM) scholarships, Institute Free Studentship, and central government scholarship schemes such as National Scholarship Portal awards. State-level West Bengal scholarship schemes, Coal India endowment scholarships (as part of the industry partnership), and project-based research stipends provide additional financial support. Undergraduate summer research fellowships and teaching/research assistantships are available for qualifying students.

B.Tech admission at IIIT Kalyani is exclusively through JEE Main scores via the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling and the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) supplementary rounds — the centralised process for all 20 PPP-IIITs, 31 NITs, and GFTIs. Candidates appear for JEE Main, secure a valid All-India Rank, then participate in JoSAA choice filling and seat allocation. Branch and category preferences along with home-state/other-state quota under the 50:50 formula determine final seat allocation.

Candidates must have passed class 12 (or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. They must score either 75% aggregate in class 12 (65% for SC/ST/PwD) or be among the top 20 percentile of their qualifying board. Candidates must qualify JEE Main within the stipulated age limit. There is no separate entrance examination beyond JEE Main. Foreign nationals apply through the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) scheme applicable to participating IIITs.

IIIT Kalyani was established in 2014 under the Public-Private Partnership model of the Ministry of Education (formerly MHRD), Government of India, jointly with the Government of West Bengal and Coal India Limited as industry partner. It was formally accorded Institute of National Importance status through the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017. It is an autonomous institution governed by its own Board of Governors with IIT Kharagpur serving as mentor institute during the set-up phase.

IIIT Kalyani is located at Kalyani, Nadia District, West Bengal 741235, approximately 50 km north of Kolkata along National Highway 12. Academic operations began in 2014 from a temporary campus inside the Kalyani Government Engineering College (KGEC). The permanent campus is being developed at the Webel IT Park, Kalyani, with dedicated academic blocks, laboratories, hostels, and faculty residences being progressively commissioned. The location offers a calm small-town environment with easy access to the Kolkata metropolitan IT hub.

IIIT Kalyani offers four-year B.Tech programmes in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Information Technology (IT). The curriculum is designed in close consultation with IIT Kharagpur and covers core computer science subjects with industry-aligned electives in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and software engineering. Capstone projects, industry internships, and research-fellowship opportunities are integral to the programme structure.