Information Science and Engineering
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Verified 30 Apr 2026IIT BHU · VaranasiIndian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi — IIT (BHU) Varanasi — Fees, Placements & Admission 2026
The Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi, commonly known as IIT (BHU) Varanasi, traces its history to 1919 when it was founded as the Banaras Engineering College —…
NAAC Institute of National ImportanceNIRF 10
ISE · Annual tuition
₹2L/year
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₹2L
ISE · Annual tuition
Fees · 2026-27
IIT BHU fees
IIT BHU fees: ISE · Annual tuition is ₹2L. Use the rows below to compare quota-wise and branch-wise amounts in one place.
Jee · fee by branch
| Branch | Fee |
|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) (CSE AIML) Annual fee · 4-yr ₹8,00,000 | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) (CSE DS) Annual fee · 4-yr ₹8,00,000 | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| Information Science and Engineering (ISE) Annual fee · 4-yr ₹8,00,000 | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
Placements · 2023-24
IIT BHU placements
IIT BHU placements 2023-24: ₹29.33L average CTC, 1.67 LPA highest CTC.
₹29.33LAvg CTC
1.67 LPAHighest CTC
IIT (BHU) Varanasi — formerly Banaras Engineering College and Indian Institute of Technology since 2012 — posts strong placement outcomes across its broad engineering portfolio.
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Programmes · intake
Programmes & intake
Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
₹2LAnnual · /yr
Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
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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 · 2026-27
IIT BHU admissions
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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
IIT (BHU) Varanasi consistently ranks among the top 10 in NIRF Engineering. 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.
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?
IIT (BHU) Varanasi is located inside the 1,300-acre Banaras Hindu University main campus at Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, on the southern fringe of Varanasi city and on the bank of the Ganga. The BHU campus is one of the oldest and largest residential university campuses in Asia, founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, so IIT (BHU) students live inside a heritage campus that blends modern IIT infrastructure with the wider Banaras Hindu University ecosystem including the Institute of Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science.
What is the NIRF ranking of IIT (BHU) Varanasi in 2025?
In NIRF 2025, IIT (BHU) Varanasi is ranked number 31 in the Overall category, number 10 in the Engineering category and number 22 in the Research Institutions category. 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.
How do I get admission into the B.Tech programmes at IIT (BHU) Varanasi?
B.Tech admission at IIT (BHU) Varanasi is entirely through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced route. Candidates must first clear JEE Main and qualify for JEE Advanced; the final seat allocation is done centrally through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling, which allocates seats across all IITs including IIT (BHU) in the common pool. IIT (BHU) does not accept any other entrance test for its regular four-year B.Tech programmes, nor does it maintain a management-quota or direct-admission route.
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.
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