IIT Patna Admission 2024: Eligibility, Selection Criteria & Exam Dates

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). A detailed list of the selection criteria and number of seats available for each course is provided below.

IIT Patna B.Tech Admission 2024

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 the upcoming JEE Advanced exam:

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.

The table below shows the category-wise distribution of top 2,50,000 JEE MAIN candidates:

IIT Patna Integrated B.Tech. and MBA Admission 2024

IIT Patna offers a five-year integrated B.Tech. and MBA Dual Degree program in collaboration with other IITs and NITIE. Students can join the program after completing either seven or eight semesters of their B.Tech. degree. The program offers specializations in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Financial Reporting & Analysis, and others.

IIT Patna M.Tech Admission 2024

IIT Patna offers two-year master's degrees in Electrical Engineering, Chemical and Bio-Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and other fields, both full-time and regular. To be admitted to any of these programs, applicants must pass the GATE exam. Registration for the GATE 2024 exam, which will be held next year, is now open.

IIT Patna M.Sc Admission 2024

IIT Patna offers a two-year master's degree in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Admission is based on the IIT JAM score. Registration for the upcoming IIT JAM exam is now open.

IIT Patna Ph.D. Admission 2024

IIT Patna offers a PhD program in both part-time and full-time modes. All applicants must have a GATE score, except for those with a bachelor's degree (M.E./M.Tech./M.Phil./equivalent) and a CGPA of 8.0 or higher.

Applicants who receive fellowships from government-funded agencies such as CSIR/UGC/DST-NET/NBHM are also eligible to apply for the PhD program.