IIT Kharagpur MTech admissions are based on GATE Score followed by COAP counselling. The registrations for GATE 2024 are over and the admit card for the exam will be released on January 03, 2023. 

IIT Kharagpur offers an MTech program in 64 different specialisations for 2 years. For the year 2023, IIT Kharagpur is the coordinating institute for COAP. IIT Kharagpur has undertaken a total 10 rounds of COAP counselling 2023. 

IIT Kharagpur MTech admission 2024 is based on valid GATE scores and COAP counselling. However, candidates having IIT BTech degrees with a minimum 8.0 CGPA are free from taking the GATE exam. Besides this, IIT Kharagpur also grants admission to sponsored students with 2 years of working experience for its MTech program. To apply for the IIT Kharagpur MTech course, candidates must visit the institute’s official website only after qualifying the GATE examination. 

IIT Kharagpur MTech Important Dates 2024

Events Dates
GATE Registration Starts from August 24, 2023 Aug 30, 2023 Delayed
GATE 2023 Application Deadline (Without Late Fees) October 12, 2023
GATE 2023 Application Deadine (With Late Fees) October 20, 2023
Modifications in GATE 2024 Application November 07 - November 11, 2023
Availablity of GATE Admit Cards for Download January 03, 2023
GATE Exam Date (Tentative) February 3,4,10, & 11, 2024

IIT Kharagpur MTech Eligibility 

  • Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/M.Sc or equivalent professional degrees (AMIE etc.) with minimum aggregate marks of 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwD).
  • Final year students who are awaiting their results can also apply.
  • The students must have a valid score in GATE.

The candidates for MTech courses are selected based on either GATE Score only or GATE Score (70 % weightage) and a personal interview (30 % weightage) for some of the specializations. The personal interview is conducted at IIT Kharagpur only. Candidates who qualify GATE exam have to appear for COAP (Common Offer Acceptance Portal).

For candidates, who apply without GATE scores, IIT Kharagpur gives direct admission in the following manner:

  • IIT BTech degrees: Graduates with 8.0 CGPA in BTech from an IIT are eligible to apply without GATE scores.
  • Sponsored candidates: Candidates who are working in any organization and have 2 years of working experience can apply for the program. The candidate must submit a No Objection certificate from the organization.

IIT Kharagpur Admission 2024: How to Apply?

Candidates need to apply for GATE exam and then they have to apply for MTech course at institute’s portal. The steps to apply are as follows:

  • Visit the Official Website of GATE.
  • Fill the Application form with all required details.
  • Submit the scanned documents along with the required Application fee
  • Print the confirmation page for future reference.
  • After qualifying GATE, visit the official website of IIT Kharagpur
  • Register using a valid email, phone number, GATE registration number, and GATE score
  • After successful registration, the candidates can log in to fill in the application form
  • Upload the required documents, and pay the application fee online only
  • Submit and take a printout of the filled-in form.

Documents Required:

  • Marksheet of class X, XII, Graduation
  • Caste certificate
  • Proof of having maths in 10+2
  • Scanned photograph and scanned signature.

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IIT Kharagpur GATE 2024 Qualifying Cutoff (Expected)

GATE 2024 qualifying cutoff is the minimum mark required to register for the COAP 2023 counselling. There is a difference between the admission cutoff of the institute and minimum cutoff required for participation in the admission process/ counselling. Given below are the minimum cutoff marks that a candidate must score to qualify the GATE examination and register for the corresponding counselling process.

IIT Kharagpur offers accepts GATE Scores of the Candidates for admission to IIT Kharagpur M.Tech Program. Candidates can check the past year M.Tech Cutoff for IIT Kharagpur in the table below. .

Courses 2023 Cutoff By Marks
M.Tech Microelectronics and VLSI Design 733
M.Tech Computer Science and Engineering 694
M.Tech Computer Science and Data Processing 692
M.Tech Industrial Engineering & Management 683
M.Tech Embedded Controls and Software 668

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GATE 2024 COAP Registration Process

After passing the GATE entrance exam, candidates are to register for the COAP counseling process to secure their admission into IITs, NITs, and other participating institutes. COAP provides a common platform for the registered candidates to make the most preferred choice for admission into an MTech Program in the participating Institutes. 

Eligibility Criteria to Register for COAP 2024

  1. The candidate must be a citizen of India.
  2. Candidates should have a valid GATE score from 2024/2023/2022/2021.

GATE 2024 COAP Step by Step Registration Process:

The candidates can successfully apply for GATE COAP 2024 by simply following the below:

Step 1: Visit the official website of COAP @ coap.iitd.ac. and click on the registration link.

Step 2: Fill in details such as their GATE Registration Number, GATE Paper Code, GATE score, date of birth.

Step 3: Click on the “Validate” icon and enter the registered email id and mobile number.

Step 4:Click on the “Submit to Register” button.

Step 5: After the registration is successfully done for COAP 2024, the candidates will obtain a Login ID and Password for COAP Login. The same will be sent via Email and SMS.

Step 6: The COAP registration will only be considered as complete only if the candidates log in using the Login ID and Password and verify the registration details.

Step 7: After the completion of the above-given steps, the candidate can access the information on offers made from the participating Institutes.

Step 8: In the end, the admission offer will be uploaded at COAP website and will be tagged with COAP registration number (same as GATE registration number without subject code).

Details Required to Enter in COAP Registration

The following are the details that have to be filled by the candidate at the time of registration.

  • Candidate’s name
  • Candidate mobile number
  • Email ID
  • Gate score
  • GATE registration number
  • GATE paper code
  • Date of Birth
  • Scorecard of GATE
  • List of IITs and IISc in which you wish to apply for
  • A valid Email ID
  • An active Mobile Number

IIT Kharagpur MTech Course Details

IIT KGP offers MTech course for a duration of 2 years in 64 specializations. Some of the major specializations are listed below:

Aerospace Engineering Food Process Engineering
Land and Water Resources Engineering Aquacultural Engineering
Agricultural Biotechnology Biotechnology and Biochemical Engg
Embedded Controls and Software Geotechnical Engineering
Hydraulic and Water Resources Engg Power and Energy Systems
Structural Engineering Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Information Technology Railway Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering Microelectronics and VLSI Design

IIT Kharagpur MTech Syllabus

Given below is the syllabus of top 3 specializations of MTech

Chemical Engineering

The core subjects in Chemical Engineering are:

Advanced Fluid dynamics Advanced Mass Transfer
Advanced Heat Transfer Process Dynamics and Control
Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Chemical Engineering -

The Electives offered in MTech are:

Optimization Techniques in Process Design Process Modelling and Simulation Industrial Pollution Control Petroleum Refinery Engineering
Advanced Thermodynamics Multiphase Flow Reservoir Engineering Green Technology
Transport Processes in Physiological Systems CFD Applications in Chemical Processes Microscale Energy Transport Polymer Engineering
Energy Conservation in Process Industries Chemical Engineering Principles in Polymer Processing Advances in Biochemical Engineering  Real Time Intelligent Process Systems
Novel Separation Processes Petrochemical Technology Chemical Reactor Analysis Combustion Engineering
Mineral Beneficiation Reactor Stability and Control Computer Process Control Fluidization Engineering
Project Engineering and Management Hazard Analysis and Risk Management in Chemical Industry Flow of Complex Mixtures Manufacturing and Characterization of Polymer Matrix Composites
Storage and Handling of Materials Hazardous Waste Treatment and Management - -

Civil Engineering

MTech in Civil Engineering is further offered in 6 minor specializations as mentioned below:

Minor Specialization Subjects
Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering

Free Surface Flow

Applied Hydrology 

Advanced Hydraulic structures 

Viscous Fluid Flow 

Geohydraulics

Geoinformatics for Land and Water Resources

Advanced Computational Hydraulics

Hydraulics of Sediment Transport

Turbulent Fluid Flow

Integrated Watershed Management

Hydropower Engineering

River Engineering.
Transportation Engineering

Pavement Materials

Analysis and Design of Pavements

Pavement Construction

Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation 

Geometric design of streets and highways

Transportation System Planning

Transportation Economics

Transit Planning and Operation

Traffic Engineering

Design and Planning of Airports

Analysis of Transportation systems
Environmental Engineering and Management

Water Supply Systems

Wastewater Management

Industrial Water Pollution Control

Solid Waste Management

Air Quality Management

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Management

Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology

Advanced Water and Waste Water Treatment

Hazardous Waste Management

 Environmental hydraulics
Geotechnical Engineering

Soil Exploration-planning and methods

Characterization of soils

Basic Geo Mechanics

Applied Soil Mechanics 

Foundation Engineering

Soil Structure Interaction

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Rock mechanics and Tunnelling

Computational Geomechanics

Behaviour of Unsaturated Soil 

Ground Improvement

Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

Optimization
Structural Engineering

Advanced Structural Analysis

Elasticity

Plasticity and Visco-elasticity

Elastic Stability

Reinforced Concrete Structures

Metal Structures

Pre-stressed Concrete

Composite Structures

High-rise Structures

Random Vibration and Earthquake Resistant Structures

Shell Structures 

Probabilistic Design

Optimization

Offshore Structures

Computational Mechanics

Finite Element Analysis

Construction Management and Planning
Railway Engineering Railway Engineering: comprising rolling stock, power systems, signalling, control and communication systems, railway asset management 
Railway Civil Works: comprising bridges, tunnels, track, embankments, rail stations 
General Engineering: comprising design and analysis subjects in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering

Computer Science & Engineering

The course content of CSE is as follows:

Algorithm Design and Analysis Seminar I and II
Foundations of Computing Science Comprehensive Viva Voce
High Performance Computer Architecture Project
Computing Lab I 7 Elective courses
Computing Lab II -

A few of the electives offered in CSE are tabulated below:

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Speech and Natural Language Processing Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Advanced Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision Cryptography and Network Security Hardware Security Foundations of Cryptography
Advanced Graph Theory
 		 Computational Complexity Computational Number Theory Computational Geometry
Distributed Systems Database Engineering Object Oriented Systems Object Oriented Systems
Fault Tolerant Systems, Performance Evaluation and Reliability of Information Systems Embedded Systems Testing and Verification of Circuits
 		 VLSI System Design
Advances in Digital and Mixed Signal Testing CAD for VLSI Design Algorithms for Bioinformatics Computational Biophysics: Algorithms to Applications

Check detailed MTech Syllabus here for other specializations.

IIT Kharagpur MTech Seat Matrix

IIT Kharagpur offers MTech programs in various specialisations. Each of the courses has a specific seat intake. Given below is the table of the IIT Kharagpur MTech seat matrix as per the courses offered by the institute:

Courses Seats Offered
MTech Microelectronics and VLSI Design 54
MTech Computer Science and Engineering 84
MTech Industrial Engineering and Management 32
MTech Biotechnology  29
MTech Biomedical Engineering  20
MTech Chemical Engineering  93
MTech Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture 25
MTech Aquaculture Engineering 14
MTech Earth System Science and Technology 38
MTech Materials Science and Engineering 38
MTech Wireless Communications and Networks 24
MTech Renewable Energy Technolgies 24
MTech Land and Water Resources Engineering 22
MTech Agricultural Systems and Management 24
MTech Exploration Geosciences 29
MTech Thermal and Fluids Engineering  41
MTech Transportation Engineering  25
MTech Functional Materials and Devices 32
MTech Manufacturing Science and Engineering 32
MTech Control System Engineering 22
MTech Instrumentation and Integrated Electronics 22

IIT Kharagpur MTech Fees 2023-24

IIT Kharagpur MTech fees for semester 1 includes tuition fee, one-time payment, insurance, etc. Below highlighted is the detailed fee structure of the IIT Kharagpur MTech program:

Particulars Amount per semester
Non-refundable (only 1st semester) INR 6,700
Refundable (caution money)  (only 1st semester) INR 6,000
Placement service  (only 1st semester) INR 1,500
Insurance (yearly) INR 2,500
Student brotherhood fund (yearly) INR 200
Tuition fee (GEN/ OBC/ EWS) (Each semester) INR 5,000
Tuition Fee (SC/ ST/ PWD) (Each semester) -
Hostel overhead  (Each semester) INR 880
Hostel Establishment Charge (Each semester) INR 18,300
Mess Advance (Each semester) INR 14,000

Note: Fee structure and amount are subject to change from time to time; the non-refundable fee has a tuition component of Rs 5,000.00 per semester which is waived in case of SC/ST/PwD category students.

IIT Kharagpur MTech Placements

Given below is a brief description of IIT Kharagpur MTech placements 2021:

Components Placement Statistics
Highest Salary Package INR 43.75 LPA
Median Salary Package INR 13.22 LPA
No. of offers received 162
Students registered for placements 583
Placement percentage 21.56%
Top recruiters Qualcomm, EXL, HUL, Microsoft, Google, Uber, Intel, Amrican Express.

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FAQs

Ques. Do I have to appear for Interview round for selection to IIT Kharagpur MTech course?

Ans. The interview round is conducted for some of the specializations offered in MTech course such as Electrical Engineering and Energy Science Engineering. If you want to opt for any of these specializations then you have to appear for the Interview round otherwise a valid GATE score is the only requirement.

Ques. Is it compulsory to sit for the GATE exam to take admission in IIT KGP MTech?

Ans. Yes, it is mandatory to sit for the GATE examination for taking admission to the M. Tech course. But this does not confirm the admission of the candidates. He/ she must have a GATE score above the cutoff

Ques. What facilities are offered to IIT Kharagpur MTech students?

Ans. IIT Kharagpur has a Stduent Activity Center, known as Technlogy Students’s Gymkhana. It is a hub of various extra curricukar and co-curricular activities which includes Sports & Games, Social & Cultural,  Techno Management and Events & Festivals.

Ques. I have passed with Bachelors of Planning, what specialization should I opt for MTech at IIT KGP?

Ans. A candidate passing with Bachelor of Planning can choose Architecture Engineering as his/ her Masters of Technology specialization. It is a great field to be pursued as a career.