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DhanbadEst. 1926

IIT Dhanbad (ISM) Fees 2026-27, Courses & Admission

IIT Dhanbad (ISM) is a government college in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. IIT Dhanbad (ISM) offers 15 programmes at undergraduate level. These include B Tech Chemical Engineering, B Tech Civil Engineering, B…

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Placement · 2024-25
Overview

About IIT Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad (ISM) is a government college in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. IIT Dhanbad (ISM) offers 15 programmes at undergraduate level. These include B Tech Chemical Engineering, B Tech Civil Engineering, B Tech Computer Science And Engineering, B Tech Electrical Engineering and B Tech Electronics And Communication Engineering, among others. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad runs an extensive on-campus hostel system on its 393-acre Sardar Patel Nagar campus. First-year B.Tech students typically get triple-occupancy rooms with double rooms from the second year and single rooms from the third 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 Mining Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Geological Engineering and Geophysical Engineering — uniquely positioned within the IIT system as the only IIT with these specialised programmes (especially Petroleum and Mining at undergraduate level). The campus extends over about 393 acres. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad's 393-acre Sardar Patel Nagar campus in Dhanbad, Jharkhand combines heritage British-era buildings (the institute traces back to Indian School of Mines, 1926) with modern academic and residential blocks.

Courses & costs

IIT Dhanbad fees

Each amount is shown with the academic year and applicant category stated by its source.

Fees
ProgrammeYearAmount
B Tech Chemical EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Civil EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Computer Science And EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Electrical EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Electronics And Communication EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Engineering PhysicsTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Environmental EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Geological EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Geophysical TechnologyTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Mathematics And ComputingTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Mechanical EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Mineral And Metallurgical EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Mining EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Mining Machinery EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
B Tech Petroleum EngineeringTuition2025-26₹2,00,000per year
Other chargesOther charges · All categories Source₹41,400one-time
Application feeApplication fee Source₹5,000
TuitionTuition Source₹65,900total course
All programmes Source₹1,65,900
All programmes Source₹3,65,900
All programmesGeneral/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS; family income ₹1.00 lakh to ₹5.00 lakh Source₹33,333
NRI quota
ProgrammeYearAmount
All programmesGEN/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS (incl. OCI/PIO) Source₹1,00,000
All programmesForeign Nationals Source₹3,00,000
Placements · 2024-25

IIT Dhanbad placements

College-wide placements for 2024: a highest package of 84 LPA and an average package of 19.73 LPA.Source: placement source

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₹84L · 2024College-wide

₹84L · College-wide · 2024

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad — formerly Indian School of Mines, the second-oldest IIT after IIT Roorkee with heritage from 1926 — posts strong placement outcomes particularly in core engineering, mining and petroleum sectors.

Year-on-year placement rate
2023-2488%
2024-25 · All reported programmes80%
Branch-wise packages
B.Tech (Double Major) · B.Tech (Double Major)median ₹25.25L · avg ₹30.81L · 13 placed placement source
B.Tech + M.Tech · B.Tech + M.Techmedian ₹16.59L · avg ₹22.17L · 10 placed placement source
Integrated M.Tech · Integrated M.Techmedian ₹26.58L · avg ₹28.65L · 66 placed placement source
Recruiter network
MicrosoftGoogleAmazonFlipkartIBMTCSMorgan StanleyTata SteelL&T
Programmes · intake

Programmes & intake

B Tech Chemical Engineering

CHE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Civil Engineering

CE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Computer Science And Engineering

CSE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Electrical Engineering

BEE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Electronics And Communication Engineering

ECE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Engineering Physics

BEP4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Environmental Engineering

BEE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Geological Engineering

BGE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Geophysical Technology

BGT4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Mathematics And Computing

BMAC4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Mechanical Engineering

ME4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Mineral And Metallurgical Engineering

BMAME4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Mining Engineering

BME4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Mining Machinery Engineering

BMME4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

B Tech Petroleum Engineering

BPE4 yr
₹2LAnnual · /yr

Recognition & affiliations

India Rankings 2025: Engineering

Regulator
NIRF ranking record
Stated session
2025

Institute statutory and identity information

Regulator
State govt permission
Stated session
Current

The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2016

Regulator
INI ACT
Stated session
2016 (Act year; no 2026-27 academic session stated)

Faculty & teaching

Name
Prof. Sukumar Mishra
Note 1
Cutoffs

IIT Dhanbad JEE Advanced cutoffs

IIT Dhanbad cutoffs for JEE Advanced 2024. branch-wise opening and closing ranks are listed below. CSE GM Round 6 closing rank is 6,500.

JEE Advanced2024
BranchCategoryRoundOpeningClosing
CSEGMRound 64,2006,500
Admissions · collected information

IIT Dhanbad admissions

Admission details are not available yet. Check the college’s current admission notice for application requirements.

Hostel · campus

IIT Dhanbad hostel

IIT Dhanbad hostel details are listed in this section. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad runs an extensive on-campus hostel system on its 393-acre Sardar Patel Nagar campus. 12+ hostels including Diamond, Emerald, Jasper, Opal, Pearl, Topaz, Garnet.

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad runs an extensive on-campus hostel system on its 393-acre Sardar Patel Nagar campus. 12+ hostels including Diamond, Emerald, Jasper, Opal, Pearl, Topaz, Garnet, Coral and others house students by gender and academic year. First-year B.Tech students typically get triple-occupancy rooms with double rooms from the second year and single rooms from the third 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 (ISM) Dhanbad 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 (ISM) Dhanbad's 393-acre Sardar Patel Nagar campus in Dhanbad, Jharkhand combines heritage British-era buildings (the institute traces back to Indian School of Mines, 1926) with modern academic and residential blocks.

393 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 Mining Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Geological Engineering and Geophysical Engineering — uniquely positioned within the IIT system as the only IIT with these specialised programmes (especially Petroleum and Mining at undergraduate level).

Notable alumni

Distinguished graduates, rank holders & events

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad alumni include some of India's most senior mining, petroleum, energy and infrastructure leaders. Notable alumni include senior leadership at ONGC, Oil India, Coal India, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil, Reliance Petroleum, NTPC, BHEL, Tata Steel, Vedanta and many global oil-and-gas companies. The institute's heritage as Indian School of Mines (1926) gives it 95+ years of alumni — the deepest mining and petroleum alumni network in India.

Same state

Other Engineering Colleges in Jharkhand

Admissions reading

Helpful guides for your admission

Planning your application to IIT Dhanbad? These guides break down the fees, counselling rounds and quota routes step by step.

Reach the college

IIT Dhanbad contact details

AddressFinal list of Shortlisted and Not Shortlisted applicants for the post of Chief Medical Officer (Specialist) (PL- 12) and Medical Officer (PL-10) against advertisement no. 411002
From the sources

More details

Official nameIndian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad Source
Institution typeInstitute of national importance Source
Established1926 Source
Recognition code typeNIRF id Source
Recognition codeIR-E-U-0205 Source
NIRF rank15 Source
Ranking year2025 Source
Ranking categoryEngineering Source
NameIndian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad Source
Institution typeCentral Source
Affiliation statusSelf Source
Reservation noteThe official 2026 seat matrix separates Gender Neutral and Female Only seats; no additional quota share is asserted here. Source
Centralised portalYes Source
Programme codeBTECH Source
NameChemical Engineering Source
Study levelUG Source
EligibilityJEE Advanced qualified Source
Intake year2026 Source
Stated cycle2026-27 Source
Awarding bodyIndian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad Source
Approving bodyIIT ACT Source
Duration in years4 Source
SpecialisationCHEM Source
Approval statusApproved Source
FAQ

IIT Dhanbad FAQs

What is the B.Tech tuition fee at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad for 2026?
B.Tech tuition fee at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad for 2026-27 is approximately Rs 2 lakh per year, in line with the standardised Ministry of Education tuition for all 23 IITs. SC, ST and PwD candidates receive full tuition waivers, and economically weaker candidates with parental income below the notified threshold receive partial or full remissions under the central-government IIT fee-remission scheme.
How can I get admission to IIT (ISM) Dhanbad B.Tech?
Admission to IIT (ISM) Dhanbad B.Tech is exclusively through JEE Advanced score with seat allocation managed via the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling. Candidates must qualify JEE Main, then appear for JEE Advanced and secure a valid All-India Rank within the qualifying band, register on the JoSAA portal, fill choice list including IIT (ISM) Dhanbad with desired branches, accept the allotted seat by paying the seat-acceptance fee, and complete physical reporting at the institute.
When was IIT (ISM) Dhanbad established?
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad was originally founded in 1926 as the Indian School of Mines (ISM) by the British Indian Government, inaugurated on 9 December 1926 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India. It was conferred deemed-to-be university status in 1967 and converted into a full-fledged Indian Institute of Technology in 2016 through the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2016, gaining Institute of National Importance status.
What is the JEE Advanced cutoff for IIT (ISM) Dhanbad?
JEE Advanced cutoffs for IIT (ISM) Dhanbad vary by branch and category and are determined annually through JoSAA counselling rounds. Computer Science and Mathematics & Computing tend to close at the highest All-India Ranks, followed by ECE and EE; core mining, petroleum, mineral and mining-machinery engineering branches have somewhat broader cutoffs. Final cutoffs are published on josaa.nic.in and iitism.ac.in after each round.
Are scholarships and fee waivers available at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad?
Yes. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad offers central-government IIT fee remissions including full tuition waivers for SC, ST and PwD candidates, partial and full remissions for economically weaker students under the income-based MCM and Inspire schemes, merit-cum-means scholarships, institute-level free messing, and a wide range of donor and alumni-funded scholarships. Education loans are facilitated through nationalised banks under the Vidya Lakshmi portal.
What is the eligibility for IIT (ISM) Dhanbad B.Tech?
Candidates must have passed Class XII (or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects, securing the minimum aggregate prescribed by JAB/JoSAA for the relevant year, qualified JEE Main and obtained a valid JEE Advanced rank within the qualifying band. Reservation policy follows central-government norms for SC, ST, OBC-NCL, EWS, PwD and female-only supernumerary seats.
Where is IIT (ISM) Dhanbad located?
IIT Dhanbad (ISM) is located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
What is the hostel and mess fee at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad?
Hostel accommodation at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad is charged at approximately Rs 30,000-40,000 per year covering room rent, mess charges, electricity and maintenance. SC, ST and economically weaker students receive partial or full remissions on hostel and mess fees as per central-government IIT policy. Final hostel and mess charges are notified each academic year on the official website.
Sources

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Last reviewed: 30 Apr 2026.

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.

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