

IIT Patna Admission 2025: JoSAA Seat Allocation Rounds, Counselling, Eligibility, Selection Criteria & Exam Dates
IIT Patna BTech Admission 2025 has been started for the academic year 2024-25. The admissions are based on the JEE Advanced cutoff and the counselling process is carried out by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Candidates who wish to get admitted to the seats allocated to them must lock their seats before the last date.
Latest Update
- The IIT JAM 2025 results have been officially declared. Candidates can now check their results by visiting the official website: jam2025.iitd.ac.in.
JoSAA Counselling Round-wise Seat Allotment 2024 (Check here)
The Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna) provides a wide range of courses in undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs across a variety of fields, including engineering, management, basic sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
IIT Patna's most popular program is B.Tech, which offers 11 different programs for undergraduate students through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSSA). To be eligible for B.Tech. admission, students must have a Higher Secondary Certificate degree with at least 75% marks and a good score on the JEE Advanced exam. After the exam, there is a separate counseling process to allocate seats to students based on their scores and preferences. In the academic year 2021-2022, IIT Patna admitted 1476 students for undergraduate programs, including 1107 males and 369 females.
Students from the Open/OBC/EWS categories must pay INR 1,00,000 per semester for B.Tech. tuition. Tuition fees are waived for SC/ST/PH students. Additionally, students from families with incomes below INR 1 lakh are eligible for a full tuition waiver, while students from families with incomes between INR 1 lakh and INR 5 lakh are eligible for a 2/3 tuition waiver.
To be admitted to any of the 40 courses offered at IIT Patna, students must take a national-level entrance exam (JEE Advanced, GATE, IIT-JAM, UGC, or CSIR) and participate in a centralized counseling process (JoSSA, COAP, or CCMT).
IIT Patna B.Tech Admission 2025: JoSAA Cutoff
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority has yet to release the JoSAA Rounds opening and closing ranks for NITs, IIITs, and IITs. For now, candidates can download the previous year PDF to check the closing ranks for all courses of IIT Patna:
JoSAA Rounds |
Opening and Closing Ranks for IITs |
Round 1 |
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Round 2 |
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Round 3 |
JoSAA Round 3 Opening and Closing Ranks |
IIT Patna B.Tech Admission 2025 Dates
IIT Patna offers four-year bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and other fields. Applicants must take the JEE Advanced exam and participate in JoSSA counseling to be admitted. The following are the dates for JoSAA counselling 2025 for the BTech programme at IIT Patna.
Event |
Date |
JoSAA Counselling 2025 Registration/ Choice Filling Starts |
June 2025 |
Display of Mock Seat Allocation-1 |
June 2025 |
Display of Mock Seat Allocation- 2 |
June 2025 |
JoSAA Counselling 2025 Registration/ Choice Filling Ends |
June 2025 |
Seat Allocation Round 1 |
June 2025 |
Seat Allocation Round 2 |
June 2025 |
Seat Allocation Round 3 |
July 2025 |
Seat Allocation Round 4 |
July 2025 |
Seat Allocation Round 5 (Final Round) |
July 2025 |
For NIT + System |
July 2025
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To be eligible to take the JEE Advanced exam, you must rank among the top 250,000 scorers on the B.E./B.Tech. paper of the JEE Main exam, regardless of your category. The top 250,000 candidates from each category will be selected based on their performance on the B.E./B.Tech. paper. Seats will be allocated to candidates from different categories based on the following percentages:
- 10% for GEN-EWS (General Economically Weaker Section)
- 27% for OBC-NCL (Other Backward Classes - Non Creamy Layer)
- 15% for SC (Scheduled Castes)
- 7.5% for ST (Scheduled Tribes)
- 40.5% OPEN
Within each category, 5% of seats are reserved for PWD (Persons with Disabilities) candidates.
IIT Patna Admission 2025
A detailed list of the selection criteria and number of seats available for each course is provided below.
Courses |
Selection Criteria |
Seats |
B.Tech. |
JEE Advanced score |
603 |
B.Tech. + MBA Dual Degree |
JOSAA counselling |
15 |
M.Tech. |
GATE score |
251 |
M.Sc. |
IIT JAM |
30 |
Ph.D. |
GATE/CSIR/UGC/DST-NET/NBHM |
-/- |
IIT Patna Integrated B.Tech. and MBA Admission 2025
IIT Patna M.Tech Admission 2025
IIT Patna M.Sc Admission 2025
IIT Patna Ph.D. Admission 2025
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What are the eligibility criteria for admission to the B.Tech program at IIT Patna?
To be admitted to the B.Tech. program at IIT Patna, applicants must have a high school diploma (HSC) with a minimum of 75% marks and a JEE Advanced scorecard. Seats will then be allocated through JoSSA Counseling.
What are the eligibility criteria for admission to the M.Tech program at IIT Patna?
To be admitted to the M.Tech. program at IIT Patna, applicants must have a bachelor's degree in engineering (B.E./B.Tech.) or a master's degree in science (M.Sc.) and a valid GATE score. Seats will then be assigned through CCMT Counseling.
What is the tuition fee for the B.Tech program at IIT Patna?
The tuition fee for the B.Tech. program at IIT Patna is INR 100,000 per semester for General, Economically Weaker Section (EWS), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) category candidates.
What is the tuition fee for the M.Tech program at IIT Patna?
Students in the General, Economically Weaker Section (EWS), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories pay a tuition fee of INR 20,000 per semester for the M.Tech. program at IIT Patna. Students in the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories are exempt from paying tuition fees.
What are the selection criteria for the Ph.D. program at IIT Patna?
To be admitted to the Ph.D. program at IIT Patna, applicants must have a valid score on a national-level exam such as the GATE, UGC, DST, CSIR-NET, or NBHM. Applicants who have not qualified for any of these exams may take the institute's entrance exam and interview.
Does IIT Patna offer an MBA program?
Yes, in addition to its core engineering programs, IIT Patna also offers a two-year master's degree in management. To be admitted to this program, applicants must have a bachelor's degree and a valid CAT score.
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