Reviewed 30 Apr 2026IIT Dharwad · DharwadIIT Dharwad - Indian Institute of Technology — Fees, Placements & Admission 2025
IIT Dharwad (Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad), located in Karnataka's Dharwad city, is one of the third-generation IITs established in 2016 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.…
IIT Dharwad fees
IIT Dharwad fees: BCABE · Annual is ₹2L. Use the rows below to compare quota-wise and branch-wise amounts in one place.
| Branch | Fee |
|---|---|
| B Tech Chemical And Biochemical Engineering (BCABE) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| B Tech Civil And Infrastructure Engineering (BCAIE) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| B Tech Computer Science And Engineering (CSE) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| B Tech Electrical And Electronics Engineering (EEE) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| B Tech Electronics And Communication Engineering (ECE) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| B Tech Engineering Physics (BEP) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| B Tech Mathematics And Computing (BMAC) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
| B Tech Mechanical Engineering (ME) Annual · annual | ₹2,00,000 /yr |
IIT Dharwad placements
IIT Dharwad placements 2023-24: ₹14.65L average CTC, 38.5 LPA highest CTC.
Recent batches have seen the highest international offer above USD 150,000 and the highest domestic offer around ₹1 crore, with average packages around ₹17-20 LPA.
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Programmes & intake
B Tech Civil And Infrastructure Engineering
B Tech Computer Science And Engineering
B Tech Electrical And Electronics Engineering
B Tech Electronics And Communication Engineering
B Tech Engineering Physics
B Tech Mathematics And Computing
B Tech Mechanical Engineering
IIT Dharwad admissions
IIT Dharwad hostel
IIT Dharwad hostel details are listed in this section. IIT Dharwad runs an extensive on-campus hostel system on its 470-acre campus. First-year B.Tech students typically get double-occupancy rooms with single rooms from the second.
IIT Dharwad runs an extensive on-campus hostel system on its 470-acre 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 ₹40,000-65,000 per academic year inclusive of mess. Mess service includes vegetarian, non-vegetarian and Jain options across multiple mess centres with student-elected mess secretaries; menus combine North Indian, South Indian (Karnataka), Continental rotations.
Scholarships
IIT Dharwad 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. KVPY and INSPIRE fellows continue receiving fellowships.
Infrastructure & facilities
Labs, library, sports, hostels & campus facilities
IIT Dharwad 470-acre campus is among India newer second-generation IIT campuses. Branch-specific facilities span Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mathematics, Physics,…
Research & rankings
Centres, patents, grants & MoU partners
IIT Dharwad spans every major engineering and applied science discipline with strengths in Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Materials Science and AI-ML. The institute hosts research centres for Renewable Energy, Sustainable Engineering and Innovation. The institute files 30+ patents annually with publications in Nature, IEEE Transactions, ACM, Springer, Elsevier and ACS venues. Major funding from DST, AICTE, MeitY, DBT, ISRO, DRDO, Karnataka State Council and several international agencies.
Notable alumni
Distinguished graduates, rank holders & events
IIT Dharwad alumni — given the institute very young age (established 2016) — include early-career engineering, product, research and entrepreneurship professionals across Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Adobe, Walmart Global Tech and Indian deep-tech and SaaS startups. Many alumni have proceeded to PhD programmes at MIT, Stanford, CMU, ETH Zurich, Cambridge, Oxford and Tokyo Tech. The IIT Dharwad Alumni Association runs growing chapters in Dharwad-Hubli, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, the Bay Area, Boston, Singapore and Tokyo.
Helpful guides for your admission
Planning your application to IIT Dharwad? These guides break down the fees, counselling rounds and quota routes step by step.
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Verification & sources
Fee and admission figures here are counsellor-verified; we are progressively adding official-document citations. Please reconfirm any figure with us on WhatsApp before you pay.
Amrit Ashu
Lead Admission Counsellor. RV College of Engineering 2017 graduate, guiding students for admissions in Bangalore since 2017. Page-level facts are checked against the linked official disclosures and source packets shown below; admissions-office discussions are not used as citations.
