IIIT Lucknow — Fees, Placements & Admission 2026

B.Tech tuition fee at IIIT Lucknow for 2026-27 is approximately Rs 2.5-2.8 lakh per year, in line with the standardised Ministry of Education tuition for centrally funded IIITs. SC, ST and PwD candidates receive full or partial tuition waivers, and economically weaker candidates with parental income below the notified threshold receive remissions under the central-government IIIT fee-remission scheme.

B.Tech admission to IIIT Lucknow is exclusively through JEE Main score with seat allocation managed via the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling. Candidates register for JEE Main, secure a valid score, register on the JoSAA portal, fill choice list across NITs/IIITs/GFTIs including IIIT Lucknow with desired branches, accept the allotted seat by paying the seat-acceptance fee, and complete physical reporting at the institute.

IIIT Lucknow was established in 2015 by the Ministry of Education (formerly MHRD), Government of India, in collaboration with the Government of Uttar Pradesh. It was formally accorded Institute of National Importance status through the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020, which expanded the original IIIT Act, 2014.

JEE Main cutoffs for IIIT Lucknow vary by branch, category and quota and are determined annually through JoSAA counselling rounds. Computer Science tends to close at the highest percentile cutoffs, followed by IT and AI/ML; IT-Cyber Security and IT-Business Analytics also have competitive cutoffs. Final cutoffs are published on josaa.nic.in and iiitl.ac.in after each round.

Yes. IIIT Lucknow offers central-government IIIT scholarships including SC, ST and PwD tuition waivers, MCM scholarships for economically weaker students, merit scholarships for top JEE Main rankers, and donor-funded scholarships across various branches. The institute also facilitates education loans through nationalised banks under the Vidya Lakshmi portal.

Candidates must have passed Class XII (or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects, securing at least 75 percent aggregate (65 percent for SC/ST/PwD) or being in the top 20 percentile of the respective Board, and a valid JEE Main rank within the qualifying band notified for the relevant year. Reservation policy follows central-government norms.

IIIT Lucknow permanent campus is being developed at Chak Ganjaria, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226002, on a sprawling site of approximately 100 acres allocated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The fully residential campus features modern academic blocks, a central library, computing and AI laboratories, hostel blocks, faculty residences, sports infrastructure and a technology business incubator.

Hostel accommodation at IIIT Lucknow is charged at approximately Rs 35,000-50,000 per year covering room rent, mess, electricity and maintenance. Boys and girls hostels are separate and fully residential. Hostel and mess charges are notified each academic year on the official website along with the institute fee schedule.