IIT BHU vs IIT Delhi: Courses, Seats, Cutoffs, Fees, Placements and Research (2026)
IIT Delhi leads on sponsored research by 376% (₹410.54 crore vs ₹86.32 crore, FY 2024-25). IIT Delhi earned 30% more from consultancy (₹49.60 crore vs ₹38.27 crore, FY 2024-25). IIT Delhi has 65% more faculty (675 vs 409, NIRF 2026).
Last updated: 14 Oct 2026.
Who should pick which (our analysis)
IIT BHU
Our analysis: IIT BHU suits you if you want a large intake and rare branches you won't find at most IITs. Examples are Ceramic Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Mining Engineering and Biochemical Engineering. It also offers a 5-year B.Arch. Its biggest branches are Mechanical (190 seats) and Chemical (170).At a glance
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| Point | IIT BHU | IIT Delhi | Source (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established (year) | 1919 | Not published | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Location (city, state) | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | New Delhi, Delhi | JoSAA 2026 institute profile home.iitd.ac.in |
| Official website | iitbhu.ac.in | home.iitd.ac.in | iitbhu.ac.in |
| NIRF Overall rank | 31 | 4 | NIRF 2025 |
| NIRF Engineering rank | 10 | 2 | NIRF 2025 |
| B.Tech tuition per semester | ₹1,00,000 | ₹1,00,000 | 2026-27 2025-26 |
| First-semester academic fees | Not published | ₹1,31,000 | 2025-26 |
| Fee waiver notes | SC, ST and PwD: semester fee ₹6,050 (no tuition). Family income ₹1–5 lakh: one-third tuition (semester fee ₹39,683); below ₹1 lakh: tuition exempted (₹6,350). | SC, ST and PwD: no tuition. Family income ₹1–5 lakh: one-third tuition (₹33,333); below ₹1 lakh: nil. ₹1,00,000 applies above ₹5 lakh. | 2026-27 2025-26 |
| Hostel / mess fee | Mess advance ₹16,500 every semester, on top of the semester fee | ₹8,600 institute residence fee (in first-semester fees); mess charges not published in the fee structure | 2026-27 2025-26 |
| Total JoSAA seats | 1,589 | 1,249 | JoSAA 2026 |
| UG 4-year median salary | ₹18 lakh | ₹20 lakh | 2024-25 |
| UG 4-year placed / graduated | 1,079 placed of 1,106 graduates | 818 placed of 986 graduates | 2024-25 |
| UG 5-year (dual) median salary | Not published | ₹30 lakh | 2024-25 |
| PG 2-year median salary | ₹9.2 lakh | ₹19.25 lakh | 2024-25 |
| PG 2-year placed | 233 | 641 | 2024-25 |
| UG 4-year went for higher studies | 26 | 73 | 2024-25 |
| Total UG 4-year students | Not published | 4,388 | 2024-25 |
| Faculty count | 409 | 675 | NIRF 2026 |
| Full-time PhD students | 1,355 | 2,954 | 2024-25 |
| Full-time PhDs graduated | Not published | 489 | 2024-25 |
| Sponsored research received | ₹86.32 crore | ₹410.54 crore | FY 2024-25 |
| Consultancy received | ₹38.27 crore | ₹49.60 crore | FY 2024-25 |
How IIT BHU and IIT Delhi differ
- IIT Delhi leads on sponsored research by 376% (₹410.54 crore vs ₹86.32 crore, FY 2024-25).
- IIT Delhi earned 30% more from consultancy (₹49.60 crore vs ₹38.27 crore, FY 2024-25).
- IIT Delhi has 65% more faculty (675 vs 409, NIRF 2026).
- IIT Delhi enrols 2.2 times as much PhD scholars (2,954 vs 1,355, 2024-25).
- IIT BHU admits 27% more students through JoSAA (1,589 vs 1,249, JoSAA 2026).
- IIT Delhi reported a ₹2.00 lakh higher 4-year UG median salary (₹20 lakh vs ₹18 lakh).
- Tuition is identical at ₹1,00,000 a semester.
- IIT Delhi ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Overall (4 vs 31).
- IIT Delhi ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Engineering (2 vs 10).
- IIT BHU has more 4-year B.Tech CSE seats (155 vs 99).
- Only IIT BHU offers Ceramic Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Electronics Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering among these two.
- Only IIT Delhi offers Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation), Energy Engineering, Industrial / Production Engineering, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering among these two.
Worked out from the official numbers above.
Courses and seats
IIT BHU
- B.Tech (4 years)
- B.Arch (5 years)
IIT Delhi
- B.Tech (4 years)
- Dual degree B.Tech + M.Tech (5 years)
- B.S. Chemistry
- B.Tech Design
- Abu Dhabi campus B.Tech (4 branches)
- M.Tech, M.Sc, MBA, M.Des and PhD
Seats per branch
| Branch | IIT BHU | IIT Delhi |
|---|---|---|
| Ceramic Engineering | 75 | Not offered |
| Chemical Engineering | 170 | 75 |
| Civil Engineering | 160 | 110 |
| Industrial Chemistry | 24 | Not offered |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 155 | 99 |
| Electrical Engineering | 150 | 110 |
| Electronics Engineering | 155 | Not offered |
| Engineering Physics | 40 | 63 |
| Mathematics and Computing | 65 | 89 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 190 | 85 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 110 | Not offered |
| Biochemical Engineering | 25 | Not offered |
| Materials Science and Technology | 28 | 40 |
| Mining Engineering | 120 | Not offered |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology | 75 | Not offered |
| Biomedical Engineering | 21 | Not offered |
| Architecture (5-year Bachelor of Architecture) | 26 | Not offered |
| CSE, 5-year dual degree | Not offered | 37 |
| Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation) | Not offered | 54 |
| Chemical Engineering, dual degree | Not offered | 46 |
| Energy Engineering | Not offered | 40 |
| Mathematics and Computing, dual degree | Not offered | 33 |
| Industrial / Production Engineering | Not offered | 83 |
| Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | Not offered | 60 |
| Textile Technology | Not offered | 85 |
| Engineering and Computational Mechanics | Not offered | 40 |
| B.S. Chemistry | Not offered | 40 |
| B.Tech Design | Not offered | 20 |
| Abu Dhabi campus (4 branches) | Not offered | 40 |
Source: JoSAA 2026 · JoSAA 2026
8 branches appear at both IIT BHU and IIT Delhi. Seat matrix, explained →
JoSAA cutoffs: opening and closing ranks
OPEN closing ranks, 2024–2026. Lower is harder.
| Branch | IIT BHU | IIT Delhi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| Abu Dhabi Campus - Chemical Engineering | – | – | – | – | 5712 | 6145 |
| Abu Dhabi Campus - Computer Science and Engineering | – | – | – | – | 1761 | 1788 |
| Abu Dhabi Campus - Electrical Engineering | – | – | – | – | – | 3436 |
| Abu Dhabi Campus - Energy Engineering | – | – | – | – | 5590 | 4465 |
| Architecture (5-yr) | 22390 | 20792 | 28480 | – | – | – |
| Biochemical Engineering | – | 13255 | 13511 | – | – | – |
| Biochemical Engineering with M.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology (5-yr) | 12761 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bioengineering | – | 12759 | – | – | – | – |
| Bioengineering with M.Tech in Biomedical Technology (5-yr) | 14001 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Biomedical Engineering | – | – | 13196 | – | – | – |
| Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | – | – | – | 4849 | 4999 | 4990 |
| Ceramic Engineering | 12154 | 13064 | 14562 | – | – | – |
| Ceramic Engineering (5-yr) | 13931 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering | 7757 | 8381 | 9512 | 2221 | 2548 | 2724 |
| Chemical Engineering (5-yr) | – | – | – | 3646 | 3454 | 3968 |
| Chemistry | – | – | – | – | 8528 | 8823 |
| Civil Engineering | 9339 | 10278 | 12331 | 4169 | 4302 | 4901 |
| Civil Engineering (5-yr) | 10583 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 1071 | 1489 | 1439 | 116 | 126 | 128 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (5-yr) | 1510 | – | – | 204 | 186 | 212 |
| Design | – | – | – | – | 12217 | 12730 |
| Electrical Engineering | 3608 | 3537 | 3879 | 625 | 605 | 612 |
| Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation) | – | – | – | 810 | 823 | 823 |
| Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Power Electronics (5-yr) | 4619 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Electronics Engineering | 2826 | 2635 | 2809 | – | – | – |
| Energy Engineering | – | – | – | 2707 | 2668 | 2965 |
| Engineering and Computational Mechanics | – | – | – | 1194 | 1103 | 1107 |
| Engineering Physics | – | 8441 | 7798 | 2560 | 2565 | 2435 |
| Engineering Physics (5-yr) | 7764 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Industrial Chemistry | – | 12721 | 12340 | – | – | – |
| Industrial Chemistry (5-yr) | 12317 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Materials Engineering | 12524 | 10851 | 9905 | 3797 | 3736 | 3706 |
| Mathematics and Computing | – | 1924 | 1923 | 332 | 323 | 338 |
| Mathematics and Computing (5-yr) | 2154 | – | – | 417 | 355 | 403 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 6596 | 7286 | 8010 | 1782 | 1862 | 2205 |
| Mechanical Engineering (5-yr) | 7497 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 10740 | 11398 | 12952 | – | – | – |
| Metallurgical Engineering (5-yr) | 11530 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mining Engineering | 12876 | 14243 | 15019 | – | – | – |
| Mining Engineering (5-yr) | 14557 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology | 13562 | 14447 | 15894 | – | – | – |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology (5-yr) | 14463 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | – | – | – | 3089 | 3223 | 3402 |
| Textile Technology | – | – | – | 6102 | 5733 | 6580 |
All categories and seat pools
| Institute | Branch | Category | Seats | Year | Round | Opening | Closing |
|---|
Source: josaa.nic.in, final rounds.
M.Tech (GATE) cutoffs
No verified GATE cutoffs yet. How M.Tech admission works →
CSE OPEN closing ranks: IIT BHU 1,439 (2026), IIT Delhi 128 (2026). Cutoff trends, explained →
Fees
Fee waiver notes: IIT BHU: SC, ST and PwD: semester fee ₹6,050 (no tuition). Family income ₹1–5 lakh: one-third tuition (semester fee ₹39,683); below ₹1 lakh: tuition exempted (₹6,350).. IIT Delhi: SC, ST and PwD: no tuition. Family income ₹1–5 lakh: one-third tuition (₹33,333); below ₹1 lakh: nil. ₹1,00,000 applies above ₹5 lakh..
Hostel / mess fee: IIT BHU: Mess advance ₹16,500 every semester, on top of the semester fee. IIT Delhi: ₹8,600 institute residence fee (in first-semester fees); mess charges not published in the fee structure.
Research, labs and projects
Notable labs / facilities
IIT BHU
- PARAM Shivay supercomputer (833 TeraFLOPS peak)
- Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF)
josaa.admissions.nic.in (JoSAA 2026 institute profile)
IIT Delhi
- Central Research Facility (CRF): open to users inside and outside IIT Delhi with online booking; FESEM, single-crystal XRD, micro-Raman, AFM
- New CRF building and workshop at the Sonipat campus
crf.iitd.ac.in (2026)
For industry consultancy, IIT Delhi earns the most of the two. What sponsored research means →
IIT BHU: what these numbers mean
The semester fee is ₹1,06,350, and you add a mess advance of ₹16,500 each semester. SC, ST and PwD students pay ₹6,050 a semester instead. If your family income is ₹1–5 lakh, you pay one-third of the tuition, so the semester fee is ₹39,683. NIRF 2026 data reports 1,079 of 1,106 four-year graduates placed in 2024-25, at a median of ₹18 lakh. That is the highest placement count in this batch. Sponsored research was ₹86.32 crore and consultancy ₹38.27 crore in FY 2024-25. The PARAM Shivay supercomputer (833 TeraFLOPS peak) and a Central Instrumentation Facility are on campus. The campus sits inside BHU, so you also get the life and culture of a large university town.How to choose
- Check your rank against the cutoff table first. CSE OPEN closing ranks: IIT BHU 1,439 (2026), IIT Delhi 128 (2026).
- 8 branches appear at both IIT BHU and IIT Delhi. Compare the branch you want, not just the name.
- IIT BHU is in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; IIT Delhi is in New Delhi, Delhi. Think about distance from home.
FAQ
Which is better, IIT BHU or IIT Delhi?
Neither is clearly better on paper: IIT BHU ranks 31 and IIT Delhi ranks 4 overall (NIRF 2025). Compare the branch you can get.
Is the B.Tech fee the same at IIT BHU and IIT Delhi?
Yes: ₹1,00,000 tuition per semester at both.
Which has better placements, IIT BHU or IIT Delhi?
By median pay, IIT Delhi leads (₹20 lakh against ₹18 lakh).
How many CSE seats do IIT BHU and IIT Delhi have?
IIT BHU: 155. IIT Delhi: 99.
Which does more research, IIT BHU or IIT Delhi?
IIT Delhi, by sponsored research money: ₹410.54 crore vs ₹86.32 crore.
Sources
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › InstProfile
- iitbhu.ac.in
- nirfindia.org › OverallRanking
- nirfindia.org › EngineeringRanking
- iitbhu.ac.in › nirf_2026_overall_report.pdf
- home.iitd.ac.in
- academics.iitd.ac.in › Fee-Structure_2025-26_UG-Entry-S…
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › InstProfile
- home.iitd.ac.in › NIRF_2026_Overall_Indian Institute of…
- crf.iitd.ac.in
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › openingclosingrankarchieve
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › CurrentORCR
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