Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Entrance exams: JEE Advanced

• B.Tech./B.Arch./Dual Degree/BS, first semester 2025-26 (tuition Rs 1,00,000 per semester for UR/EWS/OBC-NCL with family income above Rs 5 lakh; tentative total incl. hostel and mess)₹1.6 lakh for first semester
• MBA 2025-27, tuition only (Rs 2,50,000 x 4 semesters; other fees, hostel and Rs 1,00,000 international immersion are extra)₹10.0 lakh for 2 years

Hostel: Residential halls; per semester the 2025 UG guidelines list Hall Establishment Rs 22,140, Hostel Overhead Rs 1,070, Hall Budget Rs 1,000 and Mess Rs 14,500.

Higher on the chart = better rank.

• B.Tech. (Hons.)UG · 4 years · Intake: July/August (through JEE Advanced)
• Dual Degree (B.Tech. + M.Tech.)UG · 5 years · Intake: July/August (through JEE Advanced)
• B.Arch. (Hons.)UG · 5 years · Intake: July/August (through JEE Advanced)
• 4-Year BSUG · 4 years · Intake: July/August (through JEE Advanced)
• Integrated M.Sc.UG · 5 years
• MBA (Vinod Gupta School of Management)PG · 2 years

Median salary for 2024-25 4-year UG graduates was Rs 20,65,556 (NIRF 2026 submitted data).

Kharagpur is a railway town in West Bengal; students live on the large self-contained campus, which the institute describes as a township of over 15,000 inhabitants.

• Did you know? IIT Kharagpur started life in the Hijli Detention Camp, a former British-era prison for freedom fighters; the institute calls itself one of the very few institutions in the world that began in a prison house.
• Did you know? When the first session began in August 1951 there were 224 freshers and 42 teachers.
• Did you know? The campus layout was designed under the guidance of Swiss architect Dr. Werner M. Moser, and Pandit Nehru laid the foundation stone of the new building in March 1952.