B Tech Biochemical Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
Reviewed 30 Apr 2026IIT BHU · VaranasiIndian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi — IIT (BHU) Varanasi Fees
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi — IIT (BHU) Varanasi is an autonomous college in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University)…
Overview
About IIT BHU
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi — IIT (BHU) Varanasi is an autonomous college in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi — IIT (BHU) Varanasi offers 16 programmes at undergraduate level. These include B Tech Biochemical Engineering, B Tech Bioengineering, B Tech Ceramic Engineering, B Tech Chemical Engineering and B Tech Civil Engineering, among others. IIT (BHU) Varanasi runs a substantial on-campus hostel system on the broader BHU campus (the IIT-BHU campus is part of the 1,300-acre BHU campus). First-year B.Tech students typically get double-occupancy rooms with single rooms from the second year by seniority. Annual hostel and mess fees for 2025-26 are heavily subsidised — typically ₹35,000-55,000 per academic year inclusive of mess. Research spans every major engineering and applied science discipline with particular strengths in Pharmaceutical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering — uniquely strong programmes within the IIT system. The campus extends over about 1300 acres. IIT (BHU) Varanasi's IIT campus is part of the broader 1,300-acre BHU (Banaras Hindu University) campus in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh — among India's most historic and culturally significant academic environments.
Courses & costs
IIT BHU fees
Each amount is shown with the academic year and applicant category stated by its source.
| Programme | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| B Tech Biochemical EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech BioengineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Ceramic EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Chemical EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Civil EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Computer Science And EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Electrical EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Electronics EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Engineering PhysicsTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Industrial ChemistryTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Materials Science And TechnologyTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Mathematics And ComputingTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Mechanical EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Metallurgical EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Mining EngineeringTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| B Tech Pharmaceutical Engineering And TechnologyTuition | 2025-26 | ₹2,00,000per year |
| 4-Year B.TechRegistration · GEN/OBC/EWS; family income > Rs. 5.00 lakh · one-time Source | 2025-26 | ₹5,750one-time |
| All programmesAll Indian students; refundable deposits Source | ₹9,000 | |
| TuitionTuition Source | ₹1,06,350total course | |
| Other chargesOther charges · Indian nationals Source | ₹500per year | |
| HostelHostel Source | ₹300 | |
| 4-Year B.Tech.Registration · GEN/OBC/EWS; family income > Rs. 5.00 lakh · one-time Source | 2025-26 | ₹5,750one-time |
Placements · 2023-24
IIT BHU placements
IIT BHU placements 2023-24: ₹29.33L average CTC. Recruiters include Sprinklr, Accenture Japan Ltd., Oracle, Uber.
₹29.33LAvg CTC
IIT (BHU) Varanasi — formerly Banaras Engineering College and Indian Institute of Technology since 2012 — posts strong placement outcomes across its broad engineering portfolio.
Recruiter network
SprinklrAccenture Japan Ltd.OracleUberRakutenQualcommDeloitte IndiaGoogleHindustan UnileverJPMorgan ChaseOLAMicrosoftMastercard
Campus
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Programmes · intake
Programmes & intake
B Tech Bioengineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Ceramic Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Chemical Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Civil Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Computer Science And Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Electrical Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Electronics Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Engineering Physics
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Industrial Chemistry
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Materials Science And Technology
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Mathematics And Computing
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Mechanical Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Metallurgical Engineering
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B Tech Mining Engineering
₹2LAnnual · /yr
B Tech Pharmaceutical Engineering And Technology
₹2LAnnual · /yr
Recognition & affiliations
Faculty & teaching
Cutoffs
IIT BHU JEE Advanced cutoffs
IIT BHU cutoffs for JEE Advanced 2024. branch-wise opening and closing ranks are listed below. CSE GM Round 6 closing rank is 4,500.
JEE Advanced2024
BranchCategoryRoundOpeningClosing
CSEGMRound 62,7004,500
Admissions · collected information
IIT BHU admissions
Admission details are not available yet. Check the college’s current admission notice for application requirements.
Hostel · campus
IIT BHU hostel
IIT BHU hostel details are listed in this section. IIT (BHU) Varanasi runs a substantial on-campus hostel system on the broader BHU campus (the IIT-BHU campus is part of the 1,300-acre BHU campus). 14 hostels including Vivekananda.
IIT (BHU) Varanasi runs a substantial on-campus hostel system on the broader BHU campus (the IIT-BHU campus is part of the 1,300-acre BHU campus). 14 hostels including Vivekananda Bhavan, Ramanujan Bhavan, Aryabhatta Bhavan, Limbdi House and several others house students by gender and academic year. First-year B.Tech students typically get double-occupancy rooms with single rooms from the second year by seniority. Annual hostel and mess fees for 2025-26 are heavily subsidised — typically ₹35,000-55,000 per academic year inclusive of mess.
Scholarships
Scholarships
IIT (BHU) Varanasi runs comprehensive financial aid. SC/ST students receive full tuition waivers plus Central Government Post-matric Scholarship covering hostel and mess. Students from families with annual income below ₹1 lakh receive 100% tuition remission; those between ₹1-5 lakh receive 67% remission. Defence wards qualify for PM Scholarship Scheme. Merit-cum-Means scholarship covers ₹1,000 per month plus tuition for top 25% of low-income students. AICTE Pragati for girl students and AICTE Saksham for differently-abled students are accepted.
Infrastructure & facilities
Labs, library, sports, hostels & campus facilities
IIT (BHU) Varanasi's IIT campus is part of the broader 1,300-acre BHU (Banaras Hindu University) campus in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh — among India's most historic and culturally significant academic environments.
1300 ac
Campus area
Campus facilities
Boys HostelGirls HostelWiFi CampusLibrarySports ComplexCafeteriaMedical CentreLabsPlacement CellGym
Research & rankings
Centres, patents, grants & MoU partners
Research spans every major engineering and applied science discipline with particular strengths in Pharmaceutical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering — uniquely strong programmes within the IIT system.
Notable alumni
Distinguished graduates, rank holders & events
IIT (BHU) Varanasi alumni — given the institute's heritage stretching back to Banaras Engineering College in 1919 — include some of India's most senior engineering, infrastructure and policy leaders. Notable alumni include senior leaders at Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Tata Group, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Reliance, L&T, Coal India, ONGC, BHEL, NTPC and many Indian and global corporations. Many alumni have served as senior IAS, IES, IRS officers and in state and central government technical positions.
Same city
Other Engineering Colleges in Varanasi
Admissions reading
Helpful guides for your admission
Planning your application to IIT BHU? These guides break down the fees, counselling rounds and quota routes step by step.
From the sources
Contact — sourced details
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From the sources
More details
| Name | Banaras Hindu University Source |
|---|---|
| Institution type | University parent Source |
| Same campus | Yes Source |
| Recognition code type | Other Source |
| Recognition code | IR-E-U-0701 Source |
| Recognition code type | NIRF id Source |
| NIRF rank | 10 Source |
| Ranking year | 2025 Source |
| Ranking category | Engineering Source |
| Name | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi Source |
| Institution type | Central Source |
| Affiliation status | Self Source |
| Opens month | March 2026 Source |
| Closes month | April 2026 Source |
| Centralised portal | Yes Source |
| Programme code | BTECH Source |
| Name | Ceramic Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) Source |
| Study level | UG Source |
| Eligibility | 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and JEE Advanced qualification Source |
| Intake year | 2026 Source |
| Stated cycle | 2026-27 Source |
| Awarding body | Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi Source |
| Approving body | IIT ACT Source |
| Duration in years | 4 Source |
FAQ
IIT BHU FAQs
When was IIT (BHU) Varanasi established as an IIT?
IIT (BHU) Varanasi was upgraded to a fully-fledged Indian Institute of Technology on 29 June 2012 by an Act of Parliament amending the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961. However, engineering education on this campus dates back to 1919 when the Banaras Engineering College (BENCO) was founded at Banaras Hindu University; BENCO and the Mining and Metallurgical Engineering College were later merged into the Institute of Technology, BHU (IT-BHU) in 1971, which was then converted to IIT status in 2012 — giving the institute more than a century of continuous engineering education heritage.
Where is IIT (BHU) Varanasi located?
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi — IIT (BHU) Varanasi is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
What is the NIRF ranking of IIT (BHU) Varanasi in 2025?
Within the IIT system it sits among the top-tier IITs after the older second-generation IITs, and in the Engineering sub-ranking it is consistently a top-10 institution in India, comparable in standing with IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore and IIT Guwahati in the same rank band.
What postgraduate programmes are offered at IIT (BHU) Varanasi?
IIT (BHU) Varanasi offers M.Tech in most engineering disciplines (admission through GATE), M.Pharm in pharmaceutical sciences (admission through GPAT), integrated dual-degree IDD (B.Tech + M.Tech / Integrated Master of Technology), M.Sc. in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics via the IIT-JAM examination, and a full Ph.D. programme across every engineering and science department. The institute also runs research programmes through its four interdisciplinary schools in Biomedical, Biochemical and Materials Science and Technology.
Who is the Director of IIT (BHU) Varanasi?
IIT (BHU) Varanasi is headed by Director Prof. Amit Patra, an electrical-engineering professor and academic leader who obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur and served for several years as Deputy Director of IIT Kharagpur before taking charge at IIT (BHU). He has also held additional charge as Director of IIT Kharagpur during recent transitions. His specialisation is in control systems and power electronics, and under his leadership IIT (BHU) continues to expand its research output, interdisciplinary schools and industry linkages.
How did IIT (BHU) Varanasi place students in 2025-26?
During the 2025-26 placement season, IIT (BHU) Varanasi recorded 1,005 placements with the highest domestic package touching Rs 1.67 crore per annum and the overall average package standing at approximately Rs 29.33 lakh per annum. In addition, 280 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) were rolled out to students based on their summer internships, and the institute secured 443 internship offers during the season. Core recruiters span software and product engineering, analytics, finance, FMCG, core engineering and public-sector undertakings, with strong traction from IT services, investment banks and research labs.
What makes the IIT (BHU) Varanasi campus different from other IITs?
IIT (BHU) Varanasi is the only IIT located inside an older and larger host university campus — the 1,300-acre Banaras Hindu University. This gives students access to a much wider academic and cultural ecosystem than any other IIT, including the BHU Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Institute of Medical Sciences and a host of research centres under BHU. The campus is inside one of the world's holiest and most historic cities, on the bank of the Ganga, which gives students a unique cultural environment while still offering modern IIT-grade engineering facilities, hostels, laboratories and computing infrastructure.
Sources
Verification & sources
This page cites 20 source links. Each source is linked beside the facts it supports.
- iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — IIT (BHU) RTI Manual
- iitbhu.ac.in — IIT (BHU) Administration / People
- iitbhu.ac.in — IIT (BHU) official homepage
- nirfindia.org — NIRF India Rankings 2025 Engineering
- iitbhu.ac.in — PG Admissions | IIT(BHU) Varanasi
- pgadmission.iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — Information Brochure for Admission to M.Tech., M.Pharm. and Ph.D. Programmes 2026-27
- josaa.admissions.nic.in — JoSAA 2026 seat matrix / IIT(BHU) profile
- pgadmission.iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — IIT(BHU) M.Tech programme details 2026-27
- iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — IIT(BHU) Fee Structure 2025-26
- iitbhu.ac.in — DOAA Fee Structure
- iitbhu.ac.in — DOAA Scholarship
- iitbhu.ac.in — Fresher Important Instructions
- iitbhu.ac.in — JIC — Joint Initiative Cell
- nirfindia.org · pdf — NIRF 2025 Engineering institution data: IIT (BHU) Varanasi
- placement.iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — IIT (BHU) Placement Brochure 2023-24
- placement.iitbhu.ac.in — IIT (BHU) TPC Calendar 2023-24
- iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — IIT (BHU) Alma Communiqué, June 2024
- iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — UG Ordinances
- iitbhu.ac.in · pdf — Annual Report 2024-25
- josaa.nic.in — regulator
Reviewed by
Amrit Ashu
Lead Admission Counsellor. RV College of Engineering 2017 graduate, guiding students for admissions in Bangalore since 2017. Every figure on this page is checked against the official disclosures and sources linked beside it; admissions-office conversations are not used as citations.