IIT Dhanbad vs. Other Top IITs: Which One to Choose?

About IIT Dhanbad

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, discovered  in the year 1926 is a public engineering university, the third oldest in terms of setup in year after IIT Roorkee, and IIT BHU. The Institute is located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, which is the mineral capital of India. Because of its pioneering in the field of mineral and mining exploration By the Govt. of India. The institute became autonomous in 1967, and the NIRF placed the institute in 17th place basically in the engineering category in 2023.

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad offers a variety of courses ranging from Engineering, Management, Science, design and Humanities, however, BTech still remains the flagship course of the institute and admissions are done through JEE Advanced scores. As per the latest current year data, the institute witnessed the average and median packages of INR 16.45 LPA, and INR 12.50 LPA independently with a total of 860 students getting placed. The most distinguished recruiters of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad are Accenture, Samsung, Flipkart, many more In 2023, the overall BTech cutoff for the institute stood at 2862-17181 ranks. And also IIT (ISM) Dhanbad takes GATE, IIT JAM, CAT scores for MTech, MSc, MBA.

IIT Dhanbad Highlights

Category	Statistics
Established Year	1926
Campus Area	393 acres
CSE Cutoff	2862-3258 rank
Total No. Of Courses	71
Accepted Entrance Exams	JEE Advanced, GATE, IIT JAM, CAT, etc.
Placement Percentage	76.57%
No. of Students Placed	1108
Median Package Offered	INR 12.50 LPA
Average Package Offered	INR 16.45 LPA
Recruiters	Axis Bank, American Express, Samsung, etc.
NIRF Ranking	17th under Engineering

IIT Dhanbad Upcoming Application Dates 2024

Important Events

Events	Dates
CAT 2024 Registration Date	Ongoing Aug 01, 2024 - Sep 13, 2024
GATE 2025 Registration Date	Ongoing Aug 28, 2024 - Sep 26, 2024
On or before Date of Graduation Certificate produced [For appearing candidates only] (MA)	Sep 30, 2024
IIT JAM Registration Timeline	Ongoing Sep 03, 2024 - Oct 11, 2024
CAT 2024 Admit Card Date	Nov 05, 2024
CAT 2024 Exam Date	Nov 24, 2024
IIT JAM Correction Window	Ongoing Sep 03, 2024 - Oct 11, 2024
CAT 2024 Registration Date	Ongoing Aug 01, 2024 - Sep 13, 2024
GATE 2025 Admit Card Date	Tentative Jan 04, 2025
IIT JAM Admit Card Date	Tentative Jan 08, 2025
CAT 2024 Result Date	Tentative Jan 10, 2025

IIT Dhanbad Courses and Fees

IT Dhanbad grants admission to a number of courses in many UG and PG courses via many national level exams. To get into IIT Dhanbad superliner B.Tech Program, one must first qualify the JEE Advanced with a good rank and then go through JoSAA counseling. Besides that, IIT Dhanbad offers admissions into PG courses like M.Tech, M.Sc., MBA, EMBA, and so on. Students have to score well in the nationals that is IIT JAM/ GATE CAT and then go through the PI round to get into these courses.

Course	Eligibility	Selection Criteria	Fee
BTech	Passed 10+2 in the PCM stream with a minimum of 50% marks	JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling	?2.4 Lakhs (1st Year Fees)
BTech+MTech	Passed Class 12 with 60% aggregate marks (55% for SC/ST/PWD)	JEE Advanced + JoSAA Counselling	?2.4 Lakhs (1st Year Fees)
MTech	Graduation in a relevant subject (B.E./ B.Tech) with at least 6.5 CGPA (on 10 point scale) or 60% marks from a recognized Institute	GATE Score + COAP Counselling followed by Written Test and/or Interview	?91,250 (1st Year Fees)
MSc	Bachelor’s degree in respective discipline with minimum 55% aggregate marks	Bachelor’s degree in respective discipline with minimum 55% aggregate marks  IIT JAM	?56,250 (1st Year Fees)
MBA	Graduation with at least 60% marks CAT + Group	Discussion + Interview Round	?1.9 Lakhs (1st Year Fees)
PhD	Post graduation with at least 60% (55% for SC/ST/PH) marks in aggregate	GATE/ NET/CAT/GMAT score based + Interview	?68,50 (1st Year Fees)

IIT Dhanbad current year Admission

Admissions are open for IIT Dhanbad executive mtech ma and phd 2024. The institute admits to its UG, PG and research programmes through national level entrance exams. In the case of its main course that is BTech, IIT Dhanbad takes JEE Advanced scores and JoSAA counselling. With the first-year fee of INR 2.4 Lakhs, the institute offers a total of 910 seats including all the categories of students. The overall cutoff for the IIT Dhanbad BTech program ranged from 3258 to 16151 ranks.

At PG level IIT Dhanbad also offers MTech, MSc and MBA. And the scores from GATE, IIT JAM, CAT are considered for entering these courses. But for MA admission, the Institute conducts a Written test and a Personal Interview for the same. Besides that, IIT Dhanbad offers a PhD program, where the selection process involves a written entrance exam and a PI round. Plus they have to have a gate/ceed/ugc/csir scores to be able to get in this major.

IIT Dhanbad Placements current year Report

IIT Dhanbad placements current year report is not released yet. Students can check the previous year’s statistics to know more about IIT Dhanbad job placements:

Particulars	Placements Statistics 2023	Courses	No. of Students	No. of Placed Students	Placement Percentage
Total Number of Students	1447	B.Tech	774	662	85.53%
No. of Students Placed	1108	M.Tech	322	215	66.77%
Placement Percentage	76.57%	M.Sc	106	61	57.55%
No. of International Offers	15+	M.Sc Tech	93	43	46.24%
No. of Offers Received 1200+	1200+	MBA	67	55	82.09%
IIT Dhanbad Highest Package	INR 83 LPA	Integrated M.Tech	64	52	81.25%
IIT Dhanbad Average Package	INR 17.01 LPA	-----	-----	-----	-----
No. of Recruiters	300+	-----	-----	-----	-----
Top Recruiters	Axis Bank, Oracle, American Express, Samsung, HCL, Flipkart, IBM	-----	-----	-----	-----

IIT Dhanbad Hostel For Female

Fee: ?3,000

Hostel fee structure:-

Hostel Admission Fee – 500

Hostel seat rent – 3000

Hostel Management Fund – 500

Water Charges – 300

Electricity and maintainance Charges – Rs 1500

The students will be required to pay additional Mess charges – Rs 18000 per semester

IIT Dhanbad Hostel For Male

Fee: ?3,000

Hostel fee structure:-

Hostel Admission Fee – 500

Hostel seat rent – 3000

Hostel Management Fund – 500

Water Charges – 300

Electricity and maintainance Charges – Rs 1500

The students will be required to pay additional Mess charges – Rs 18000 per semester