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Verified 26 Apr 2026Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), Kharagpur — Fees, Placements & Admission 2026
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), founded in 1951 in Kharagpur, West Bengal, is India's first IIT and one of the country's most historically significant engineering…
NAAC Institute of National ImportanceNIRF 6
₹2L
ISE · Annual tuition
Facts
CollegeAndFees fact summary
- College
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), Kharagpur
- Short name
- IIT Kharagpur
- City
- Kharagpur
- Page type
- College profile
- Admission year
- 2026-27
- Main routes
- KCET, JEE Main, JEE Advanced
- Primary fee shown
- Published fee rows
- Fee label
- See fee table
- Seat status
- Verify through the official route
- Last reviewed
- 26 Apr 2026
- Source status
- Counsellor verification required
- Canonical URL
- /colleges/iit-kharagpur
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Fees · 2026-27
IIT Kharagpur fees
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 Kharagpur placements
₹22LAvg CTC
244 LPAHighest CTC
IIT Kharagpur — the oldest IIT and India's largest engineering campus — posts strong placement outcomes across its broad range of departments.
Programmes · intake
Programmes & intake
Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
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Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
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Cutoffs
IIT Kharagpur JEE Advanced cutoffs
JEE Advanced2,024
BranchCategoryRoundOpeningClosing
CSEGMRound 6235313
ECEGMRound 69501,740
Admissions · 2026-27
IIT Kharagpur admissions
KEA (KCET)JEE Main
Hostel · campus
Hostel
IIT Kharagpur runs the largest on-campus hostel system among IITs on its 2,100-acre West Bengal campus — 22 halls of residence (named after rivers and other Indian heritage themes) housing 12,000+ students by gender and academic year. First-year B.Tech students typically get double or triple-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. Each hall is largely self-governing with elected presidents, secretaries, mess secretaries and event managers.
Scholarships
Scholarships
IIT Kharagpur runs comprehensive financial aid. SC/ST students receive full tuition waivers plus Central Government Post-matric Scholarship. 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
Infrastructure
IIT Kharagpur's 2,100-acre campus in West Bengal — India's first IIT — is the largest IIT campus by area. Branch-specific facilities span 19 academic departments and 13 schools/centres including Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace,…
2100 ac
Campus area
Campus facilities
Boys HostelGirls HostelWiFi CampusLibrarySports ComplexCafeteriaMedical CentreLabsPlacement CellGym
Research
Research
IIT Kharagpur consistently ranks among the top 5 in NIRF Engineering. Research spans every major engineering, science, management and law discipline given the institute's unusually broad academic scope. The institute hosts the Vinod Gupta School of Management, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (IITKGP is the only IIT with a Law School), the Centre for Educational Technology, Centre for Cryogenic Engineering, Centre for Theoretical Studies, Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and many discipline-specific centres.
Gallery
Gallery
Alumni
Alumni
IIT Kharagpur alumni include Sundar Pichai (CEO, Alphabet/Google — IITKGP metallurgical engineering), Arvind Krishna (current IBM CEO — IIT Kanpur, but IITKGP also produces senior tech leaders), Suhas Patil (Cirrus Logic founder), Pranav Mistry (former Samsung research president), Vinod Gupta (founder of InfoUSA and the Vinod Gupta School of Management at IITKGP), and many founders of Indian and global startups across SaaS, fintech, deep-tech and consumer-tech.
FAQ
IIT Kharagpur FAQs
When was IIT Kharagpur established and what is its institutional status?
IIT Kharagpur was established on 18 August 1951 — making it the first and oldest of the Indian Institutes of Technology — on the recommendation of the Sarkar Committee (1945) appointed by the Government of India. It is an Institute of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, and is a central-government-funded autonomous institute under the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
Where is the IIT Kharagpur campus located and how large is it?
The IIT Kharagpur campus is located at Hijli, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, on the Howrah-Chennai Grand Chord rail line about 120 kilometres south-west of Kolkata. The 2,100-acre (about 8.5 square kilometre) residential campus is the largest contiguous campus among all IITs and includes over 20 halls of residence, an institute hospital, a central library and extensive academic, research and sports facilities.
What is the historical significance of the Hijli Shaheed Bhawan on campus?
The original classrooms, laboratories and administrative office of IIT Kharagpur were housed in the historic Hijli Detention Camp building, now renamed Shaheed Bhawan, where Indian freedom-fighters were imprisoned during the British colonial period. The building houses the Nehru Museum of Science and Technology today and makes IIT Kharagpur the only IIT whose first building is a heritage-grade freedom-struggle monument.
Who is the current Director of IIT Kharagpur?
The current Director of IIT Kharagpur is Prof. Suman Chakraborty, a renowned mechanical engineer working at the interface of microfluidics, thermal sciences and affordable diagnostic technologies including the Swasthya, Covirap and COVIHOME device platforms. He was formally appointed as Director of IIT Kharagpur on 19 June 2025 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
What are the NIRF and QS rankings of IIT Kharagpur?
In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025, IIT Kharagpur holds Rank 6 Overall, Rank 5 in Engineering and Rank 5 in Research Institutions. In the QS World University Rankings 2026, IIT Kharagpur is placed at Rank 215 globally — an improvement of seven places from Rank 222 in QS 2025 — reflecting the institute's rising research and graduate-employability profile.
How does one get admitted to the B.Tech and Dual Degree programmes at IIT Kharagpur?
B.Tech and five-year Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) admissions at IIT Kharagpur are done through the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced). Candidates first qualify JEE Main conducted by NTA and then write JEE Advanced conducted jointly by the IITs. Final seat allotment across branches and categories is handled by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) based on the All India Rank, branch preferences and the IIT Kharagpur cut-offs.
What are the Vinod Gupta School of Management and Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law?
The Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) was established at IIT Kharagpur in 1993 with support from Vinod Gupta, founder of Infogroup, and made IIT Kharagpur the first IIT to offer an MBA programme. The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law made IIT Kharagpur the first IIT to offer an LL.B. programme, focusing on technology, patent and IP law for engineers and scientists.
What postgraduate programmes are offered at IIT Kharagpur?
IIT Kharagpur offers M.Tech, M.Sc., M.B.A. (VGSOM), LL.B. (Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law), M.C.P. (City Planning), M.H.R.M., M.Des. and Ph.D. programmes across nineteen departments and thirteen schools. Admission is through GATE (M.Tech / M.C.P. / Ph.D.), JAM (M.Sc.), CAT (VGSOM MBA), an institute admission test (LL.B.) and GATE / UGC-NET / institute tests for Ph.D. across departments and schools.
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