Indian institute of Technology Kharagpur
The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up by Hon’ble Sir Jogendra Singh, Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, Department of Education, Health and Agriculture to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development in India
| Motto | योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् |
|---|---|
| Established in | 1951 |
| Chairman | Sanjiv Goenka |
| Director | Prof. Sriman Kumar |
| Address | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur, India – 721302 |
Mission
The Institute aligns all its activities to serve national interest and seeks
- To provide broad-based education, helping students hone their professional skills and acquire the best-in-class capabilities in their respective disciplines
- To draw the best expertise in science, technology, management and law so as to equip students with the skills to visualize, synthesize and execute projects in these fields
- To imbibe a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in its students
- To undertake sponsored research and provide consultancy services in industrial, educational and socially relevant areas
Vision
- To be a centre of excellence in education and research, producing global leaders in science, technology and management
- To be a hub of knowledge creation that priorities the frontier areas of national and global importance
- To improve the life of every citizen of the country
Campus
- Kharagpur can be reached in about 2 hours by train from Howrah railway station of Kolkat he Institute is about 10 minutes drive (5 km) from the Kharagpur railway station a or 3 hours by car from Kolkata Airport.
- Winter (October to February) is moderate (10 to 25 C) in Kharagpur. Summer (March to June) is hot (25 to 40 C) and sometimes humid. Rains are normally confined to the months of June to September.
- Students are accommodated in 20 Halls of Residence and the staff is provided with quaters All the Halls of Residence and Guest houses have regular catering facilities.
Program
Academic programs
- B.Tech. (15 programs)
- B.Arch, Dual Degree (35 programs)
- MBA, MHRM, LLB, MMST, MCP, M.Sc/ M.Tech/ MS (67 programs)
- Ph.D programs
Niche field of interest for Undergraduates
- Nano Science & Technology
- Energy Science
- Bio-energy
- Intellectual Property Law
- Financial Engineerin
Specialty
- Aerospace Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Architecture and Regional Engineering
- Math and Computing
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Ocean Engineering and Naval Engineering
- Geology and Geophysics
- Electrical Engineering
- Mining
Placement
- More than 1275 offers were bagged from 192 companies
- An average CTC of above 30 Lacs
- IIT Kharagpur also bagged 23 international job offers from countries such as Japan, Germany, Taiwan and USA
- Top recruiters included Google, Flipkart, JP Morgan, Apple, EXL Services, Quantiphi Analytics, etc.
GATE Cutoff For IIT Kharagpur 2017
| Program – Specialization | Major Round | Minor Round |
| Aerospace Engineering – AE | General – 565 OBC – 526 SC – 252 ST -268 |
General – 796 OBC – 757 SC – 597 ST -504 PWD – 321 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering – Farm Machinery and Power (AG 1) | General – 678 OBC – 523 SC – 332 ST – 333 |
General – 768 OBC – 725 PWD – 405 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering – Land and Water Resources Engineering (AG 2) | General – 624 OBC – 427 SC – 220 ST -356 |
OBC – 628 PWD – 313 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering – Food Processing Engineering (AG 3) | General – 564 OBC – 398 SC – 291 ST -350 |
General – 695 OBC – 672 SC – 572 ST – 334 PWD -280 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering – Agricultural Biotechnology (AG 4) | General – 652 OBC – 551 SC – 378 ST -361 |
General – 459 OBC – 459 SC – 453 PWD -343 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering – Agricultural Systems and Management (AG 6) | General – 416 OBC – 345 SC – 202 ST -232 |
General – 459 SC – 208 |
| Architecture – City Planning (AR) | General – 657 OBC – 517 SC – 406 ST -241 |
PWD – 390 |
| Advanced technology development Centre – Embedded controls and Software (AT) | General – 767.9 OBC – 719.8 SC – 555.8 ST -385.4 |
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| Biotechnology – Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering (BT) | General – 661 OBC – 573 SC – 471 ST -286 |
General – 606 OBC – 472 SC – 373 ST -545 PWD – 428 |
| Civil Engineering – Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering (CE 1) | General – 723
OBC – 651 |
PWD – 334 |
| Civil Engineering – Transportation Engineering (CE 2) | General – 748 OBC – 675 SC – 540 ST -469 |
PWD – 457 |
| Civil Engineering – Environmental Engineering and Management (CE 3) | General – 730 OBC – 658 SC – 482 ST -461 |
General – 581 |
| Civil Engineering – Geotechnical Engineering (CE 4) | General – 749 OBC – 666 SC – 578 ST -489 |
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| Civil Engineering – Structural Engineering (CE 5) | General – 795 OBC – 689 SC – 582 ST – 525 |
PWD – 406 |
| Chemical Engineering (CH) | General – 582 OBC – 517 SC – 345 ST -335 |
PWD – 341 |
| Earth Systems Science and Technology (CL) | General – 671 OBC – 620 SC – 458 ST -331 |
General – 361 OBC – 339 PWD – 252 |
| Cryogenic Engineering (CR) | General – 768.9 OBC – 686.6 SC – 544.9 ST -366.2 |
PWD – 397.6 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (CS) | General –791 OBC – 681 SC – 590 ST -418 |
PWD – 476 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication – Micro electronics and VLSI Design (EC 2) | General –785 OBC – 726 SC – 475 ST – 291 |
PWD – 352 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication – RF and Microwave Engineering (EC 3) | General – 727 OBC – 630 SC – 446 ST -289 |
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| Electronics and Electrical Communication – Telecommunication Systems Engineering (EC 4) | General – 733 OBC – 645 SC – 463 ST -308 |
PWD – 379 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication – Visual Information and Embedded Systems Engineering (EC 5) | General –737 OBC – 660 SC – 463 ST – 299 |
PWD – 456 |
| Electrical Engineering – Machine Drive and Power Electronics (EE 1) | General – 776.8 OBC – 593.4 SC – 405.9 ST -399.5 |
PWD – 290.1 |
| Electrical Engineering – Control System Engineering (EE 2) | General –763.7 OBC – 636.7 SC – 506.8 ST -366.7 |
General – 747.8 OBC – 615.7 SC – 477.8 PWD – 216.5 |
| Electrical Engineering – Power and Energy Systems (EE3) | General –746.5 OBC – 591.9 SC – 407.9 ST -426.8 |
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| Electrical Engineering – Instrumentation and Signal Processing (EE 4) | General –776.4 OBC – 700.8 SC – 416.1 ST -373.7 |
General – 720.6 OBC – 675.2 SC – 504.1 PWD – 283 |
| Energy Sciences and Engineering (ES) | General –781 OBC – 750 SC – 558 ST -493 |
PWD – 270 |
| Multimedia Information Processing (ET) | General – 774 OBC – 677 SC – 549 ST -423 |
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| Geology and Geophysics – Exploration of Geosciences (GG 1) | General – 481 OBC – 396 SC – 232 ST -232 |
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| Wireless Communication & Network (GS) | General – 801.3 OBC – 719.6 SC – 627.2 ST – 523.4 |
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| Infrastructural Design and Management (ID) | General – 716 OBC – 649 SC – 506 ST -620 |
General – 772 OBC – 715 SC – 539 ST – 434 PWD – 323 |
| Industrial Engineering and Management (IM) | General – 803 OBC – 754 SC – 597 ST – 480 |
General – 765 OBC – 671 SC – 508 ST – 416 PWD – 385 |
| Computer Science and Data processing (MA) | General – 428 OBC – 357 SC – 247 ST – 372 |
General – 732 OBC – 584 SC – 472 ST – 316 PWD – 294 |
| Mechanical Engineering – Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ME 1) | General – 804 OBC – 761 SC – 602 ST – 490 |
General – 780 OBC – 682 SC – 686 PWD – 345 |
| Mechanical Engineering – Thermal Science and Engineering (ME 2) | General – 810 OBC – 768 SC – 603 ST -508 |
PWD – 356
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| Mechanical Engineering – Mechanical Systems Enginering (ME 3) | General – 814 OBC – 779 SC – 626 ST -482 |
General – 581 OBC – 570 SC – 243 PWD – 293 |
| Mining Engineering (MN) | General – 606.2 OBC – 518.1 SC – 401.9 ST -491.2 |
General – 525.7 |
| Material Science and Engineering (MS) | General – 432 OBC – 340 SC – 264 |
General – 583 OBC – 504 SC – 328 ST – 315 PWD – 281 |
| Metallurgical and Material Engineering (MT) | General – 470 OBC – 392 SC – 252 ST -191 |
General – 434 SC – 241 PWD – 195 |
| Ocean Engineering and Naval Archetecture (OE) | General – 772 OBC – 736 SC – 511 ST – 355 |
General -402
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| Physics – Functional Materials and Devices (PH 1) | General – 448 OBC – 316 SC – 255 ST – 316 |
General – 375 |
| Quality and reliability Engineering (RE) | General – 769 OBC – 729 SC – 525 ST -436 |
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| Railway Enginering (RR) | General – 738 OBC – 661 SC – 545 |
General – 789 OBC – 750 ST – 500 |
| Rubber Technology (RT) | General – 692.6 OBC – 604.8 SC – 455.3 |
General – 637.9 OBC – 398 SC – 451.7 ST – 256.5 |
| Biomedical Engineering (SM) | General – 648.9 OBC – 556.1 SC – 631.1 ST -417.5 |
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| Water Engineering and Management (WM) | General – 517 OBC – 410 SC – 208 ST – 249 |
General – 715 OBC- 644 SC- 480 |
GATE cutoffs 2019
| Department | Specialization | GATE Cutoff Scores |
| Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering | General – 674 OBC – 592 SC – 385 ST – 254 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Farm Machinery and Power | General – 770 OBC – 630 SC – 390 ST – 412 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Land and Water Resources Engineering | General – 680 OBC –557 SC – 390 ST –423 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Food Process Engineering | General –692 OBC –557 SC – 289 ST –328 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Agricultural Biotechnology | General – 582 OBC –464 SC – 346 ST –203 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Agricultural Systems and Management | General – 501 OBC –434 SC – 267 ST – 323 |
| Architecture and Regional Planning | City Planning | General – 728 OBC –585 SC – 461 ST – 369 |
| Advanced Technology Development Centre | Embedded Controls and Software | General – 799 OBC –746 SC – 548 ST – 446 |
| Biotechnology | Biotechnology and Biochemical Engg | General – 670 OBC – 577 SC – 444 ST – 470 |
| Civil Engineering | Hydraulic and Water Resources Engg | General – 667 OBC –604 SC – 511 ST –474 |
| Civil Engineering | Transportation Engineering | General – 742 OBC –719 SC – 548 ST –473 |
| Civil Engineering | Environmental Engg, and Management | General – 663 OBC –612 SC – 506 ST –467 |
| Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | General – 726 OBC –683 SC – 553 ST –478 |
| Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering | General – 778 OBC –711 SC – 622 ST – 519 |
| Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering | General – 568 OBC –447 SC – 375 ST –308 |
| Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) | Earth System Science and Technology | General – 656 OBC –544 SC – 435 ST – 331 |
| Cryogenic Engineering | Cryogenic Engineering | General – 737 OBC – 667 SC – 502 ST – 286 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | Computer Science and Engineering | General – 781 OBC – 703 SC – 537 ST – 433 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg | Microelectronics and VLSI Design | General – 818 OBC – 749 SC – 576 ST – 576 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg | RF and Microwave Engineering | General – 718 OBC – 676 SC – 511 ST – 400 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg | Telecommunication Systems Engg | General – 741 OBC – 680 SC – 530 ST – 426 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg | Visual Information and Embedded Systems Engineering | General – 757 OBC – 699 SC – 507 ST – 496 |
| Electrical Engineering | Machine Drives and Power Electronics | General – 779.7 OBC – 664.5 SC – 598.5 ST – 362.1 |
| Electrical Engineering | Control System Engineering | General – 769.8 OBC – 677.6 SC – 564.2 ST – 416.9 |
| Electrical Engineering | Power and Energy Systems | General – 744.8 OBC – 629.7 SC – 518.9 ST –421 |
| Electrical Engineering | Instrumentation and Signal Processing
|
General – 749.3 OBC – 650.4 SC – 521.7 ST –361.5 |
| Energy Science and Engineering | Energy Science and Engineering | General – 764 OBC – 711 SC – 564 ST –375 |
| Centre For Educational Technology | Multimedia Information Processing | General – 740 OBC – 676 SC – 529 ST –380 |
| Geology and Geophysics | Exploration Geosciences
|
General – 600 OBC – 482 SC – 310 ST – 229 |
| G.S Sanyal School of Telecommunication | Wireless Communications and Networks | General – 734 OBC – 691 SC – 549 ST – 472 |
| Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Mngt. | Infrastructure Design and management | General – 703 OBC – 593 SC – 502 ST –447 |
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | Industrial Engineering & Management | General – 790 OBC – 734 SC – 575 ST – 487 |
| Mathematics | Computer Science and Data Processing | General – 635 OBC – 493 SC – 316 ST –302 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing Science and Engg. | General – 775 OBC – 735 SC – 575 ST –449 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Thermal Science and Engineering | General – 786 OBC – 746 SC – 600 ST –586 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Systems Design | General – 805 OBC – 573 SC – 582 ST –480 |
| Mining Engineering | Geomechanics for Mineral and Energy Resources | General – 654 OBC – 559 SC – 509 ST – – |
| Mining Engineering | Safety, Health and Environment | General – 559 OBC – 409 SC – 425 ST – – |
| Materials Science Centre | Materials Science and Engineering | General – 439 OBC – 320 SC – 237 ST – – |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | General – 506 OBC – 417 SC – 353 ST –105 |
| Ocean Engg and Naval Architecture | Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | General – 732 OBC – 688 SC – 481 ST –286 |
| Physics | Functional Materials and Devices | General – 427 OBC – 312 SC – 209 ST –214 |
| Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability | Quality and Reliability Engineering | General – 744 OBC – 710 SC – 516 ST –381 |
| Civil Engineering | Railway Engineering
|
General – 663 OBC – 607 SC – 509 ST – – |
| Rubber Technology | Rubber Technology | General – 504 OBC – 398 SC – 325 ST – – |
| School of Medical Science and Technology | Biomedical Engineering | General – 725 OBC – 664 SC – 507 ST –370 |
| School of Water Resources | Water Engineering and Management | General – 608 OBC – 518 SC – 272 ST –261 |
IIT Kharagpur GATE 2016 cutoffs
| Department | Specialization | CutOff |
| Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering | General – 620 OBC – 576 SC – 326 ST –306 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Farm Machinery and Power | General – 484 OBC – 495 SC – 133 ST – 350 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Land and Water Resource Engineering | General – 495 OBC – 402 SC – 113 ST –247 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Food Processing Engineering | General – 484 OBC – 412 SC – 144 ST –422 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Aquacultural Engineering | General – 371 OBC – 278 SC – 92 ST – 242 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Agricultural Systems and Management | General – 402 OBC – 381 SC – 102 ST –185 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | City Planning (Interview) | General – 645 OBC – 425 SC – 376 ST –217 |
| Advanced Technology Development Centre | Embedded Controls and Software (Interview) | General – 772 OBC – 723 SC – 600 ST –557 |
| Biotechnology | Biotechnology and BioChemical Engineering (Interview) | General – 699 OBC – 499 SC – 372 ST –372 |
| Civil Engineering | Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering | General – 677 OBC – 605 SC – 511 ST –348 |
| Civil Engineering | Transportation Engineering | General – 710 OBC – 689 SC – 526 ST –413 |
| Civil Engineering | Environmental Engineering and Management
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General – 685 OBC – 611 SC – 518 ST – 360 |
| Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | General – 707 OBC – 669 SC – 368 ST –386 |
| Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering | General – 740 OBC – 751 SC – 585 ST –441 |
| Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering | General – 518 OBC – 448 SC – 361 ST – 204 |
| Centre for Oceans Rivers Atmosphere and Land Sciences | Earth System Science and Technology | General – 655 OBC – 573 SC – 523 ST –144 |
| Cryogenic Engineering Centre | Cryogenic Engineering | General – 763 OBC – 685 SC – 514 ST –394 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | Computer Science and Engineering | General – 800 OBC – 720 SC – 536 ST –397 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | Micro Electronics and VLSI Design | General – 789 OBC – 773 SC – 599 ST –456 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | RF and Microwave Engineering | General – 737 OBC – 652 SC – 487 ST –355 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | Telecommunication Systems Engineering | General – 746 OBC – 702 SC – 503 ST –416 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | Visual Information and Embedded Systems Engineering | General – 742 OBC – 682 SC – 491 ST –416 |
| Electrical Engineering | Machine Drives and Power Electronics (MDPE) | General – 831 OBC – 769 SC – 617 ST –412 |
| Electrical Engineering | Control System Engineering (CSE) | General –802 OBC – 741 SC – 532 ST –446 |
| Electrical Engineering | Power and Energy Systems (PES) | General –790 OBC – 730 SC – 547 ST –592 |
| Electrical Engineering | Instrumentation and Signal Processing (ISP) | General –768 OBC – 687 SC – 530 ST –393 |
| School of Energy Science and Engineering | Energy Science and Engineering | General – 769 OBC – 715 SC – 546 ST –430 |
| Centre for Educational Technology | Multimedia Information Processing | General – 769 OBC – 673 SC – 526 ST – 392 |
| Geology and GeoPhysics | Exploration Geosciences | General – 449 OBC – 376 SC – 273 ST – 300 |
| Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management | Infrastructure Design and Management | General – 688 OBC – 622 SC – 478 ST –363 |
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | Industrial Engineering and Management | General – 779 OBC – 730 SC – 558 ST –487 |
| Mathematics | Computer Science and Data Processing | General – 469 OBC – 385 SC – 200 ST – |
| Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing Science and Engineering | General – 780 OBC – 727 SC – 564 ST –455 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Thermal Science and Engineering | General – 792 OBC – 734 SC – 597 ST –555 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Systems Design | General – 795 OBC – 731 SC – 574 ST –446 |
| Mining Engineering | Mining Engineering | General – 572 OBC – 483 SC – 276 ST –329 |
| Materials Science Centre | Materials Science and Engineering | General – 506 OBC – 342 SC – 256 ST – |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | General – 511 OBC – 473 SC – 313 ST –217 |
| Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | General – 651 OBC – 578 SC – 410 ST –312 |
| Physics | Solid State Technology | General – 481 OBC – 388 SC – 249 ST – |
| Reliability Engineering Centre | Reliability Engineering | General – 761 OBC – 688 SC – 520 ST –380 |
| Civil Engineering | Railway Engineering | General – 710 OBC – 651 SC – 515 ST – |
| Rubber Technology Centre | Rubber Technology (Interview) | General – 566 OBC – 481 SC – 382.9 ST – |
| School of Medical Science and Technology | Medical Imaging and Informatics (Interview) | General – 720 OBC – 655 SC – 563 ST –393 |
| School of Water Resources | Water Engineering and Management | General – 446 OBC – 340 SC – 123 ST –154 |
| Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering | General – 787 OBC – 727 SC – 558 ST –422 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Farm Machinery and Power | General – 759 OBC – SC – ST – |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Land and Water Resource Engineering | General – 666 OBC – 600 SC – ST – |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Food Processing Engineering | General – 752 OBC – 692 SC – 429 ST –330 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Agricultural Biotechnology | General – 450 OBC – 365 SC – 391 ST – 372 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Aquacultural Engineering | General – 501 OBC – 405 SC – 378 ST – |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Agricultural Systems and Management | General – 391 OBC – SC – 254 ST – |
| Biotechnology | Biotechnology and BioChemical Engineering (Interview) | General – 620 OBC – 640 SC – 411 ST –385 |
| Civil Engineering | Environmental Engineering and Management | General – 514 OBC – 444 SC – ST – |
| Centre for Oceans Rivers Atmosphere and Land Sciences | Earth System Science and Technology | General – 474 OBC – 356 SC – 381 ST – |
| Electrical Engineering | Control System Engineering (CSE) | General – 764 OBC – 746 SC – 539 ST – |
| Electrical Engineering | Instrumentation and Signal Processing (ISP) | General – 784 OBC – 723 SC – 581 ST – |
| Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management | Infrastructure Design and Management | General – 753 OBC – 695 SC – 532 ST –372 |
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | Industrial Engineering and Management | General – 765 OBC – 734 SC – 520 ST –376 |
| Mathematics | Computer Science and Data Processing | General – 753 OBC – 674 SC – 465 ST –291 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing Science and Engineering | General – 771 OBC – 681 SC – 616 ST – |
| Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Systems Design | General – 680 OBC – 593 SC – 477 ST – |
| Mining Engineering | Mining Engineering | General – 573 OBC – 578 SC – 433 ST –283 |
| Materials Science Centre | Materials Science and Engineering | General – 428 OBC – 392 SC – 304 ST – |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | General – 505 OBC – 433 SC – 242 ST – |
| Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | General – 588 OBC – 438 SC – 273 ST – |
| Reliability Engineering Centre | Reliability Engineering | General – 464 OBC – SC – 283 ST – |
| Civil Engineering | Railway Engineering | General – 776 OBC – 723 SC – ST –415 |
| Rubber Technology Centre | Rubber Technology (Interview) | General – 659 OBC – 557 SC – 286 ST –240 |
| School of Medical Science and Technology | Medical Imaging and Informatics (Interview) | General – 547 OBC – SC – 601.2 ST – |
| School of Water Resources | Water Engineering and Management | General – 685 OBC – 602 SC – 508 ST – |