IIT BHU vs IIT Kharagpur: Courses, Seats, Cutoffs, Fees, Placements and Research (2026)
IIT Kharagpur leads on sponsored research by 88% (₹162.10 crore, FY 2023-24 vs ₹86.32 crore, FY 2024-25; different data years). IIT Kharagpur earned 21% more from consultancy (₹46.15 crore, FY 2023-24 vs ₹38.27 crore, FY 2024-25; different data years). IIT Kharagpur has 2.2 times as much faculty (895, NIRF 2025 vs 409, NIRF 2026; different data years).
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 Kharagpur | Source (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established (year) | 1919 | 1951 | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Location (city, state) | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | Kharagpur, West Bengal | JoSAA 2026 institute profile josaa.admissions.nic.in |
| Official website | iitbhu.ac.in | iitkgp.ac.in | iitbhu.ac.in |
| NIRF Overall rank | 31 | 6 | NIRF 2025 |
| NIRF Engineering rank | 10 | 5 | NIRF 2025 |
| B.Tech tuition per semester | ₹1,00,000 | ₹1,00,000 | 2026-27 2026-27 (tentative) |
| 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 below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333. | 2026-27 2026-27 (tentative) |
| Hostel / mess fee | Mess advance ₹16,500 every semester, on top of the semester fee | Per semester: hall establishment ₹24,354 + mess ₹14,500 + hostel overhead ₹1,177 | 2026-27 2026-27 (tentative) |
| Total JoSAA seats | 1,589 | 1,949 | JoSAA 2026 |
| UG 4-year median salary | ₹18 lakh | ₹19.76 lakh | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year placed / graduated | 1,079 placed of 1,106 graduates | 517 placed of 668 graduates | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 5-year (dual) median salary | Not published | ₹20 lakh | 2023-24 |
| PG 2-year median salary | ₹9.2 lakh | ₹14 lakh | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| PG 2-year placed | 233 | 679 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year went for higher studies | 26 | 83 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| Total UG 4-year students | Not published | 4,096 | 2023-24 |
| Faculty count | 409 | 895 | NIRF 2026 NIRF 2025 |
| Full-time PhD students | 1,355 | 3,635 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| Full-time PhDs graduated | Not published | 519 | 2023-24 |
| Sponsored research received | ₹86.32 crore | ₹162.10 crore | FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 |
| Consultancy received | ₹38.27 crore | ₹46.15 crore | FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 |
How IIT BHU and IIT Kharagpur differ
- IIT Kharagpur leads on sponsored research by 88% (₹162.10 crore, FY 2023-24 vs ₹86.32 crore, FY 2024-25; different data years).
- IIT Kharagpur earned 21% more from consultancy (₹46.15 crore, FY 2023-24 vs ₹38.27 crore, FY 2024-25; different data years).
- IIT Kharagpur has 2.2 times as much faculty (895, NIRF 2025 vs 409, NIRF 2026; different data years).
- IIT Kharagpur enrols 2.7 times as much PhD scholars (3,635, 2023-24 vs 1,355, 2024-25; different data years).
- IIT Kharagpur admits 23% more students through JoSAA (1,949 vs 1,589, JoSAA 2026).
- The latest published 4-year UG median salary is ₹18 lakh at IIT BHU (2024-25) and ₹19.76 lakh at IIT Kharagpur (2023-24). The years differ, so compare with care.
- Tuition is identical at ₹1,00,000 a semester.
- IIT Kharagpur ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Overall (6 vs 31).
- IIT Kharagpur ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Engineering (5 vs 10).
- IIT BHU has more 4-year B.Tech CSE seats (155 vs 140).
- Only IIT BHU offers Ceramic Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Electronics Engineering, Engineering Physics among these two.
- Only IIT Kharagpur offers Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural and Food Engineering, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Communication 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 Kharagpur
- B.Tech (4 years)
- B.S. (4 years)
- B.Arch (5 years)
Seats per branch
| Branch | IIT BHU | IIT Kharagpur |
|---|---|---|
| Ceramic Engineering | 75 | Not offered |
| Chemical Engineering | 170 | 115 |
| Civil Engineering | 160 | 119 |
| Industrial Chemistry | 24 | Not offered |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 155 | 140 |
| Electrical Engineering | 150 | 113 |
| Electronics Engineering | 155 | Not offered |
| Engineering Physics | 40 | Not offered |
| Mathematics and Computing | 65 | Not offered |
| Mechanical Engineering | 190 | 172 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 110 | Not offered |
| Biochemical Engineering | 25 | Not offered |
| Materials Science and Technology | 28 | 93 |
| Mining Engineering | 120 | 113 |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology | 75 | Not offered |
| Biomedical Engineering | 21 | 30 |
| Architecture (5-year Bachelor of Architecture) | 26 | Not offered |
| Aerospace Engineering | Not offered | 70 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | Not offered | 93 |
| Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | Not offered | 70 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | Not offered | 150 |
| Instrumentation Engineering | Not offered | 44 |
| Manufacturing Science and Engineering | Not offered | 66 |
| Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | Not offered | 80 |
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | Not offered | 72 |
| Artificial Intelligence | Not offered | 50 |
| B.S. Chemistry | Not offered | 45 |
| B.S. Economics | Not offered | 59 |
| B.S. Physics | Not offered | 49 |
| B.S. Mathematics and Computing | Not offered | 69 |
| B.S. Applied Geology | Not offered | 52 |
| B.S. Exploration Geophysics | Not offered | 45 |
| B.Arch (5 years) | Not offered | 40 |
Source: JoSAA 2026 · JoSAA 2026
8 branches appear at both IIT BHU and IIT Kharagpur. About JoSAA seat numbers →
JoSAA cutoffs: opening and closing ranks
OPEN closing ranks, 2024–2026. Lower is harder.
| Branch | IIT BHU | IIT Kharagpur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| Aerospace Engineering | – | – | – | 4745 | 4872 | 5297 |
| Agricultural and Food Engineering | – | – | – | 10770 | 11111 | 12603 |
| Applied Geology | – | – | – | 12893 | 13685 | 15872 |
| Architecture (5-yr) | 22390 | 20792 | 28480 | 20427 | 19141 | 24582 |
| Artificial Intelligence | – | – | – | 898 | 953 | 1043 |
| 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 | – | – | 10089 |
| Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | – | – | – | 7972 | 9224 | 10683 |
| Ceramic Engineering | 12154 | 13064 | 14562 | – | – | – |
| Ceramic Engineering (5-yr) | 13931 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering | 7757 | 8381 | 9512 | 4848 | 5222 | 5803 |
| Chemistry | – | – | – | 12488 | 12321 | 14760 |
| Civil Engineering | 9339 | 10278 | 12331 | 6992 | 7774 | 8816 |
| Civil Engineering (5-yr) | 10583 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 1071 | 1489 | 1439 | 415 | 466 | 509 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (5-yr) | 1510 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Economics | – | – | – | 5263 | 6063 | 6450 |
| Electrical Engineering | 3608 | 3537 | 3879 | 2016 | 1985 | 2190 |
| Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Power Electronics (5-yr) | 4619 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | – | – | – | 1448 | 1485 | 1660 |
| Electronics Engineering | 2826 | 2635 | 2809 | – | – | – |
| Engineering Physics | – | 8441 | 7798 | – | – | – |
| Engineering Physics (5-yr) | 7764 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Exploration Geophysics | – | – | – | 12413 | 12443 | 14923 |
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | – | – | – | 4364 | 4329 | 4699 |
| Industrial Chemistry | – | 12721 | 12340 | – | – | – |
| Industrial Chemistry (5-yr) | 12317 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Instrumentation Engineering | – | – | – | 2481 | 2741 | 2600 |
| Manufacturing Science and Engineering | – | – | – | 6067 | 6547 | 6984 |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 12524 | 10851 | 9905 | 7104 | 7708 | 8502 |
| Mathematics and Computing | – | 1924 | 1923 | 1329 | 1336 | 1428 |
| Mathematics and Computing (5-yr) | 2154 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mechanical Engineering | 6596 | 7286 | 8010 | 3613 | 4016 | 4588 |
| Mechanical Engineering (5-yr) | 7497 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 10740 | 11398 | 12952 | – | – | – |
| Metallurgical Engineering (5-yr) | 11530 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mining Engineering | 12876 | 14243 | 15019 | 10218 | 10765 | 11962 |
| Mining Engineering (5-yr) | 14557 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | – | – | – | 9098 | 10074 | 11219 |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology | 13562 | 14447 | 15894 | – | – | – |
| Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology (5-yr) | 14463 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Physics | – | – | – | 9672 | 10939 | 9572 |
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 Kharagpur 509 (2026). How to read cutoffs →
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 Kharagpur: SC, ST and PwD: no tuition. Family income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333..
Hostel / mess fee: IIT BHU: Mess advance ₹16,500 every semester, on top of the semester fee. IIT Kharagpur: Per semester: hall establishment ₹24,354 + mess ₹14,500 + hostel overhead ₹1,177.
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 Kharagpur
- Central Research Facility (CRF), open to outside organisations
- Central Library, one of the largest technical libraries in Asia
josaa.admissions.nic.in (JoSAA 2026 institute profile)
For industry consultancy, IIT Kharagpur earns the most of the two. Sponsored vs consultancy →
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 Kharagpur 509 (2026).
- 8 branches appear at both IIT BHU and IIT Kharagpur. Compare the branch you want, not just the name.
- IIT BHU is in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; IIT Kharagpur is in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Think about distance from home.
FAQ
Which is better, IIT BHU or IIT Kharagpur?
Neither is clearly better on paper: IIT BHU ranks 31 and IIT Kharagpur ranks 6 overall (NIRF 2025). Compare the branch you can get.
Is the B.Tech fee the same at IIT BHU and IIT Kharagpur?
Yes: ₹1,00,000 tuition per semester at both.
Which has better placements, IIT BHU or IIT Kharagpur?
By median pay, IIT Kharagpur leads (₹19.76 lakh against ₹18 lakh).
How many CSE seats do IIT BHU and IIT Kharagpur have?
IIT BHU: 155. IIT Kharagpur: 140.
Which does more research, IIT BHU or IIT Kharagpur?
IIT Kharagpur, by sponsored research money: ₹162.10 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
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › InstProfile
- iitkgp.ac.in
- nirfindia.org › IR-O-U-0573.pdf
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › openingclosingrankarchieve
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › CurrentORCR
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