IIT Bombay vs IIT Jodhpur: Courses, Seats, Cutoffs, Fees, Placements and Research (2026)
IIT Bombay received 15.3 times as much sponsored research funding (₹798.84 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹52.29 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years). IIT Bombay leads on industry consultancy by 614% (₹157.20 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹22.03 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years). IIT Bombay has a 215% larger faculty (909, NIRF 2026 vs 289, NIRF 2025; different data years).
Last updated: 14 Oct 2026.
Who should pick which (our analysis)
IIT Jodhpur
Our analysis: IIT Jodhpur suits you if you want a large CS and AI intake: 90 seats in CSE and 90 in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. It also offers Aerospace Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Bio Engineering and Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. B.S. programmes cover Mathematics and Computing, Engineering Physics and Engineering Chemistry.At a glance
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| Point | IIT Bombay | IIT Jodhpur | Source (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established (year) | Not published | 2008 | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Location (city, state) | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Jodhpur (Karwad, NH 62), Rajasthan | iitb.ac.in JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Campus area | Not published | 852 acres | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Official website | iitb.ac.in | iitj.ac.in | iitb.ac.in |
| NIRF Overall rank | 3 | 66 | NIRF 2025 |
| NIRF Engineering rank | 3 | 27 | NIRF 2025 |
| B.Tech tuition per semester | ₹1,00,000 | ₹1,00,000 | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| First-semester academic fees | ₹1,28,250 | Not published | 2025-26 |
| Fee waiver notes | SC, ST and PwD students pay no tuition. | SC, ST and PwD: no tuition. Family income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333 per semester. | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Hostel / mess fee | ₹19,400 hostel fee (first semester) + ₹22,500 mess advance | Semester fee ₹27,250 (hosteller) + mess advance ₹21,500 per semester | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Total JoSAA seats | 1,363 | 750 | JoSAA 2026 |
| UG 4-year median salary | ₹20.21 lakh | ₹12 lakh | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year placed / graduated | 730 placed of 1,017 graduates | 322 placed of 418 graduates | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| PG 2-year median salary | ₹18 lakh | ₹9 lakh | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| PG 2-year placed | 779 | 224 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year went for higher studies | 287 | 94 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| Total UG 4-year students | 5,698 | Not published | 2024-25 |
| Faculty count | 909 | 289 | NIRF 2026 NIRF 2025 |
| Full-time PhD students | 3,365 | 788 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| Full-time PhDs graduated | 470 | Not published | 2024-25 |
| Sponsored research received | ₹798.84 crore | ₹52.29 crore | FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 |
| Consultancy received | ₹157.20 crore | ₹22.03 crore | FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 |
How IIT Bombay and IIT Jodhpur differ
- IIT Bombay received 15.3 times as much sponsored research funding (₹798.84 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹52.29 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years).
- IIT Bombay leads on industry consultancy by 614% (₹157.20 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹22.03 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years).
- IIT Bombay has a 215% larger faculty (909, NIRF 2026 vs 289, NIRF 2025; different data years).
- IIT Bombay runs a 327% bigger PhD programme (3,365, 2024-25 vs 788, 2023-24; different data years).
- IIT Bombay offers 82% more JoSAA seats (1,363 vs 750, JoSAA 2026).
- The latest published 4-year UG median salary is ₹20.21 lakh at IIT Bombay (2024-25) and ₹12 lakh at IIT Jodhpur (2023-24). The years differ, so compare with care.
- Both charge the same B.Tech tuition: ₹1,00,000 per semester.
- IIT Bombay ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Overall (3 vs 66).
- IIT Bombay ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Engineering (3 vs 27).
- IIT Bombay has more 4-year B.Tech CSE seats (199 vs 90).
- Only IIT Bombay offers Civil Engineering, Engineering Physics, Energy Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research among these two.
- Only IIT Jodhpur offers Electronics Engineering, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Bio Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science among these two.
Worked out from the official numbers above.
Courses and seats
IIT Bombay
- B.Tech (4 years)
- B.Tech + M.Tech dual degree (5 years)
- B.Des
- B.S. (4 years)
- M.Tech, M.Sc, MBA, M.Des and PhD
IIT Jodhpur
- B.Tech (4 years)
- B.S. (4 years)
Seats per branch
| Branch | IIT Bombay | IIT Jodhpur |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 199 | 90 |
| Electrical Engineering | 112 | 60 |
| Electrical Engineering, 5-year dual degree | 91 | Not offered |
| Mechanical Engineering | 203 | 90 |
| Civil Engineering | 146 | Not offered |
| Chemical Engineering | 125 | 50 |
| Engineering Physics | 58 | Not offered |
| Aerospace Engineering | 73 | 50 |
| Metallurgical / Materials Engineering | 105 | 50 |
| Energy Engineering | 47 | Not offered |
| Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | 40 | Not offered |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | 46 | Not offered |
| B.S. Chemistry | 35 | Not offered |
| B.S. Economics | 40 | Not offered |
| B.S. Mathematics | 18 | Not offered |
| B.S. Applied Geophysics | 25 | Not offered |
| Electronics Engineering | Not offered | 60 |
| Civil and Infrastructure Engineering | Not offered | 60 |
| Bio Engineering | Not offered | 50 |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | Not offered | 90 |
| B.S. Mathematics and Computing | Not offered | 40 |
| B.S. Engineering Physics | Not offered | 30 |
| B.S. Engineering Chemistry | Not offered | 30 |
Source: JoSAA 2026 · JoSAA 2026
They have 6 branch names in common. Seat matrix, explained →
JoSAA cutoffs: opening and closing ranks
OPEN closing ranks, 2024–2026. Lower is harder.
| Branch | IIT Bombay | IIT Jodhpur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 2394 | 2361 | 2638 | – | – | 10981 |
| Applied Geophysics | – | 8343 | 7301 | – | – | – |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | – | – | – | 4182 | 4212 | 5082 |
| Bio Engineering | – | – | – | 14666 | 15278 | 17195 |
| BS in Mathematics | 1191 | 1067 | 1042 | – | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering | 2545 | 2464 | 2833 | 11036 | 11626 | 13579 |
| Chemistry | 7430 | 7228 | 7838 | – | – | – |
| Chemistry with Specialization | – | – | – | 16381 | 18310 | – |
| Civil and Infrastructure Engineering | – | – | – | 13316 | 14301 | 15583 |
| Civil Engineering | 4046 | 4250 | 4417 | – | – | – |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 68 | 66 | 67 | 3061 | 2918 | 3755 |
| Economics | 2408 | 2372 | 2272 | – | – | – |
| Electrical Engineering | 496 | 433 | 411 | 6346 | 6824 | 7713 |
| Electrical Engineering (5-yr) | 973 | 841 | 844 | – | – | – |
| Electronics Engineering | – | – | – | – | 6228 | 6110 |
| Energy Engineering | 2689 | 2584 | 2605 | – | – | – |
| Engineering Chemistry | – | – | – | – | – | 18643 |
| Engineering Physics | 1719 | 1539 | 1575 | – | – | 13969 |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | 4718 | 4777 | 5473 | – | – | – |
| Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | 1726 | 1273 | 834 | – | – | – |
| Materials Engineering | 4193 | 4345 | 3995 | 13339 | 15034 | 15534 |
| Mathematics and Computing | – | – | – | – | – | 5718 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1685 | 1834 | 1900 | 9488 | 9569 | 10844 |
| Physics with Specialization | – | – | – | 14641 | 15185 | – |
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 Bombay 67 (2026), IIT Jodhpur 3,755 (2026). Cutoff trends, explained →
Fees
Fee waiver notes: IIT Bombay: SC, ST and PwD students pay no tuition.. IIT Jodhpur: SC, ST and PwD: no tuition. Family income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333 per semester..
Hostel / mess fee: IIT Bombay: ₹19,400 hostel fee (first semester) + ₹22,500 mess advance. IIT Jodhpur: Semester fee ₹27,250 (hosteller) + mess advance ₹21,500 per semester.
Research, labs and projects
Notable labs / facilities
IIT Bombay
- Centre for Sophisticated Instruments and Facilities (CSIF): instruments in eight groups incl. microscopy, spectroscopy, fabrication and biological analysis
- Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF), set up in 1976 with DST support: 600 MHz NMR, 300 kV HR-TEM, FEG-SEM, ToF-SIMS, SAXS
saif.iitb.ac.in (2026)
IIT Jodhpur
- Central Research Facility (CRF)
- Rishab Centre for Research and Innovation in Clean Energy (RCRIC)
iitj.ac.in (2026)
For industry consultancy, IIT Bombay earns the most of the two. What sponsored research means →
IIT Jodhpur: what these numbers mean
Tuition depends on family income. It is ₹1,00,000 a semester above ₹5 lakh and ₹33,333 between ₹1 lakh and ₹5 lakh. It is nil below ₹1 lakh and for SC, ST and PwD students. A hosteller's semester fee is ₹27,250, plus a mess advance of ₹21,500. The latest data we could verify is the NIRF 2025 file on nirfindia.org. It shows 322 of 418 four-year graduates of 2023-24 placed, at a median of ₹12 lakh, and 94 went for higher studies. Sponsored research was ₹52.29 crore and consultancy ₹22.03 crore in FY 2023-24. The Central Research Facility provides shared instruments. The Rishab Centre for Research and Innovation works on clean energy. The NIRF list names 289 faculty and 788 full-time PhD scholars.How to choose
- Rank first, name second. CSE OPEN closing ranks: IIT Bombay 67 (2026), IIT Jodhpur 3,755 (2026).
- They have 6 branch names in common. Shortlist by branch before institute.
- IIT Bombay is in Mumbai, Maharashtra; IIT Jodhpur is in Jodhpur (Karwad, NH 62), Rajasthan. Weigh travel and living costs.
FAQ
Which is better, IIT Bombay or IIT Jodhpur?
On NIRF 2025 Overall, IIT Bombay is #3 and IIT Jodhpur is #66. Your branch matters more than this gap.
Is the B.Tech fee the same at IIT Bombay and IIT Jodhpur?
Both charge ₹1,00,000 per semester.
Which has better placements, IIT Bombay or IIT Jodhpur?
IIT Bombay has the higher UG median: ₹20.21 lakh vs ₹12 lakh (NIRF).
How many CSE seats do IIT Bombay and IIT Jodhpur have?
IIT Bombay: 199. IIT Jodhpur: 90.
Which does more research, IIT Bombay or IIT Jodhpur?
Sponsored research: IIT Bombay ₹798.84 crore, IIT Jodhpur ₹52.29 crore.
Sources
- iitb.ac.in
- nirfindia.org › OverallRanking
- nirfindia.org › EngineeringRanking
- acad.iitb.ac.in › Fee Circular for UG New Entrants 2025…
- acad.iitb.ac.in › ug-new-entrants-fees
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › InstProfile
- iitb.ac.in › NIRF_IITBombay_2026_Overall_Category.pdf
- saif.iitb.ac.in › facility
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › InstProfile
- iitj.ac.in
- nirfindia.org › IR-O-U-0395.pdf
- iitj.ac.in › crf
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › openingclosingrankarchieve
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › CurrentORCR
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