NIT Durgapur: Admission 2025, Placements, Cutoffs and Courses

The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (NIT Durgapur) is a public technical institute located in West Bengal, India. The institute was established in 1960. NIT Durgapur has been recognized by AICTE and has received accreditations from the NBA. NIT Durgapur is ranked #44 in the engineering category  and 93rd overall rank by NIRF Ranking 2024.

The flagship course offered by NIT Durgapur is B.Tech. NIT Durgapur B.Tech admission mandates a Higher Secondary Certificate degree (10+2) with a minimum of 75% marks. Seats are then allocated based on the JEE Main score followed by a separate counselling process through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSSA). Candidates can visit the official website and check the necessary details: https://josaa.nic.in/.For admission to B.Tech programs, the selection criteria for international students will be DASA UG. NIT Durgapur B.Tech tuition fee is INR 62,500 per semester. The total number of students admitted by NIT Durgapur for the academic year 2021-2022 in the UG program was 3236 (2562 males and 674 females). 

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is the most competitive specialization in B.Tech programs at NIT Durgapur. NIT Durgapur CSE opening and closing rank for Open-gender neutral category in round 6 as per JoSSA is 2023 is 3070 and 12851 for the home state and 6848 and 10070 for the other states.

In terms of placements, NIT Durgapur highest package placement in 2023 was 70 LPA .The average CTC as per the placement statistics 2023 was INR 13.64 LPA. Top recruiters in this whole process included Microsoft, Caterpillar, Morgan Stanley, etc.

NIT Durgapur Highlights

NIT Durgapur Ranking 2025

• NIT Durgapur has secured the 44th position for its engineering courses and 93d rank in overall category in the NIRF 2024 rankings.
• As per IIRF rankings, NIT Durgapur B.Tech ranking is 42nd out of 170 colleges in India in 2023.
• NIT Durgapur’s overall ranking by US News is 1805 out of 2000 colleges in International in 2022.
  

NIT Durgapur Courses & Fees 2025

NIT Durgapur offers a varied range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in disciplines like engineering, biotechnology, chemistry, humanities, and social sciences. A course-wise detailed list of eligibility, selection criteria, and tuition fees is mentioned below: 

NIT Durgapur Admission 2025

NIT Durgapur admission in undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs require a national-level entrance score (JEE Main/GATE/UGC/CSIR-NET/IIT JAM) followed by a counseling process (JoSSA/CCMT/CSAB). 

JEE Mains 2025 registrations for JEE Main 2025 session 2 are live, the last date for application is 24 February 2025.

NIT Durgapur B.Tech Admission 2025

NIT Durgapur offers a four-year undergraduate program in disciplines like Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, etc. Candidates require an HSC degree with 75% marks along with a JEE Main scorecard. 

JEE Mains 2025 registrations for JEE Main 2025 session 2 are live, the last date for application is 24 February 2025.The exam will take place from 17th April, 2025.

NIT Durgapur M.Tech Admission 2025

NIT Durgapur offers a two-year postgraduate degree in disciplines like Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, IT, Electronic and Communication Engineering, etc. Candidates require a bachelor’s degree with 60% (GEN/EWS/OBC) and 55% marks (SC/ST/PwD). 

GATE 2025 registrations have closed, and candidates can expect admit cards by January 2025. The GATE 2025 exam is scheduled for 1st, 2nd, 15th and 16th February 2025.

NIT Durgapur M.Sc Admission 2025

NIT Durgapur offers a two-year masters degree in chemistry, physics, maths, life sciences, etc. and an integrated five-year M.Sc program in Chemistry. The selection criteria for this program is IIT JAM. Candidates require a bachelor’s degree with 60% (GEN/EWS/OBC) and 55% marks (SC/ST/PwD).  Commencement of the IIT JAM online application process has already started from the 5th of September. 

NIT Durgapur MBA Admission 2025

NIT Durgapur also offers a two-year MBA/PGDM program based on national-level exams like CAT, XAT, MAT, and CMAT. Candidates require a bachelor’s degree with 60% (GEN/EWS/OBC) and 55% marks (SC/ST/PwD). 

NIT Durgapur Ph.D. Admission 2025

NIT Durgapur offers doctoral degrees in full-time mode. Candidates require a master’s degree with 60% (GEN/EWS/OBC) and 55% marks (SC/ST/PwD).  Shortlisted candidates' admission is usually based on the institute’s entrance tests followed by a personal interview. However, candidates who have qualified for GATE/UGC-NET/DST/CSIR-NET are exempted from the entrance test, but they need to appear for the interview. 

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NIT Durgapur Cutoffs 2025

NTA has released the official cutoffs for 2024 for JEE Main. GATE CCMT 2024 Cutoffs have also been released on the official website. Candidates will be called for an interview as per their ranking.

NIT Durgapur B.Tech Cutoffs 2025

The JEE Main cutoff for admission in different disciplines in B.Tech. program for 2024 for Round 5 has been released by the NTA. NIT Durgapur CSE opening and closing rank as per JoSSA for 2024 in the  table given below:

NIT Durgapur M.Tech Cutoffs 2025

GATE Cutoff for NIT Durgapur round 1 for the year 2024 is as follows: 

GATE CCMT cutoff has been released for the academic year 2023. 

NIT Durgapur Placement 2025

The official NIT Durgapurplacement report for 2024 has been released on the official website. Earlier in the academic year 2022-23, the average package was INR 13.64 LPA. Top recruiters included Microsoft, Caterpillar, Morgan Stanley, etc.

NIT Durgapur UG Placement 2025

The median package offered by NIT Durgapur to UG students for the academic year 2021-22 was INR 8.1 LPA. The placement was bagged by 579 students.

NIT Durgapur UG (5-year program ) Placement 2025

NIT Durgapur offered a median package of INR 7.1 LPA to postgraduate students in the academic year 2022-23. A total of only three students were placed. 

NIT Durgapur PG Placement 2025

The median package offered by NIT Durgapur to postgraduate students for the year 2021-22 is INR 6.5 LPA. A total of 37 students were placed. 

NIT Durgapur Scholarships 

NIT Durgapur offers scholarships to its meritorious candidates based on their merit, institutional performance, and family income. Below is a tabulated list of a few scholarships offered by the institute: