IIT Bombay vs IIT Mandi: Courses, Seats, Cutoffs, Fees, Placements and Research (2026)
IIT Bombay leads on sponsored research by 2589% (₹798.84 crore vs ₹29.71 crore, FY 2024-25). IIT Bombay earned 43.2 times as much from consultancy (₹157.20 crore vs ₹3.64 crore, FY 2024-25). IIT Bombay has 4.0 times as much faculty (909 vs 226, NIRF 2026).
Last updated: 14 Oct 2026.
Who should pick which (our analysis)
IIT Mandi
Our analysis: IIT Mandi suits you if you want new-age branches and a hill campus. It offers Quantum Science and Engineering, Microelectronics & VLSI, Data Science and AI, Chemical and Agricultural Engineering with Data Analytics, General Engineering, and a B.S. in Chemical Sciences. Most of these have 30 seats each, so cutoffs can move a lot from year to year.At a glance
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| Point | IIT Bombay | IIT Mandi | Source (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established (year) | Not published | 2009 | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Location (city, state) | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mandi (Kamand), Himachal Pradesh | iitb.ac.in JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Official website | iitb.ac.in | iitmandi.ac.in | iitb.ac.in |
| NIRF Overall rank | 3 | 58 | NIRF 2025 |
| NIRF Engineering rank | 3 | 26 | NIRF 2025 |
| B.Tech tuition per semester | ₹1,00,000 | ₹1,00,000 | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| First-semester academic fees | ₹1,28,250 | ₹1,55,434 | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Fee waiver notes | SC, ST and PwD students pay no tuition. | Students exempted from tuition (as per the institute rules linked on the fee page) pay ₹1,000 instead of ₹1,01,000 per semester; first-semester total ₹55,434 for them. | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Hostel / mess fee | ₹19,400 hostel fee (first semester) + ₹22,500 mess advance | Per semester: hostel charges ₹14,800 (about 10% annual increase; AC extra) + mess advance ₹16,884 | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Total JoSAA seats | 1,363 | 640 | JoSAA 2026 |
| UG 4-year median salary | ₹20.21 lakh | ₹17 lakh | 2024-25 |
| UG 4-year placed / graduated | 730 placed of 1,017 graduates | 211 placed of 272 graduates | 2024-25 |
| PG 2-year median salary | ₹18 lakh | ₹7.05 lakh | 2024-25 |
| PG 2-year placed | 779 | 127 | 2024-25 |
| UG 4-year went for higher studies | 287 | 61 | 2024-25 |
| Total UG 4-year students | 5,698 | Not published | 2024-25 |
| Faculty count | 909 | 226 | NIRF 2026 |
| Full-time PhD students | 3,365 | 915 | 2024-25 |
| Full-time PhDs graduated | 470 | Not published | 2024-25 |
| Sponsored research received | ₹798.84 crore | ₹29.71 crore | FY 2024-25 |
| Consultancy received | ₹157.20 crore | ₹3.64 crore | FY 2024-25 |
How IIT Bombay and IIT Mandi differ
- IIT Bombay leads on sponsored research by 2589% (₹798.84 crore vs ₹29.71 crore, FY 2024-25).
- IIT Bombay earned 43.2 times as much from consultancy (₹157.20 crore vs ₹3.64 crore, FY 2024-25).
- IIT Bombay has 4.0 times as much faculty (909 vs 226, NIRF 2026).
- IIT Bombay enrols 3.7 times as much PhD scholars (3,365 vs 915, 2024-25).
- IIT Bombay admits 2.1 times as much students through JoSAA (1,363 vs 640, JoSAA 2026).
- IIT Bombay reported a ₹3.21 lakh higher 4-year UG median salary (₹20.21 lakh vs ₹17 lakh).
- Tuition is identical at ₹1,00,000 a semester.
- IIT Bombay ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Overall (3 vs 58).
- IIT Bombay ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Engineering (3 vs 26).
- IIT Bombay has more 4-year B.Tech CSE seats (199 vs 90).
- Only IIT Bombay offers Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Energy Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research among these two.
- Only IIT Mandi offers General Engineering, Microelectronics & VLSI, Mathematics and Computing, Bio Engineering 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 Mandi
- B.Tech (4 years)
- B.S. (4 years)
Seats per branch
| Branch | IIT Bombay | IIT Mandi |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 199 | 90 |
| Electrical Engineering | 112 | 70 |
| Electrical Engineering, 5-year dual degree | 91 | Not offered |
| Mechanical Engineering | 203 | 60 |
| Civil Engineering | 146 | 50 |
| Chemical Engineering | 125 | Not offered |
| Engineering Physics | 58 | 30 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 73 | Not offered |
| Metallurgical / Materials Engineering | 105 | 30 |
| 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 |
| General Engineering | Not offered | 30 |
| Microelectronics & VLSI | Not offered | 30 |
| Mathematics and Computing | Not offered | 40 |
| Bio Engineering | Not offered | 30 |
| Quantum Science and Engineering | Not offered | 30 |
| Chemical Engineering with Data Analytics | Not offered | 30 |
| Agricultural Engineering with Data Analytics | Not offered | 30 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | Not offered | 60 |
| B.S. Chemical Sciences | Not offered | 30 |
Source: JoSAA 2026 · JoSAA 2026
6 branches appear at both IIT Bombay and IIT Mandi. About JoSAA seat numbers →
JoSAA cutoffs: opening and closing ranks
OPEN closing ranks, 2024–2026. Lower is harder.
| Branch | IIT Bombay | IIT Mandi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 2394 | 2361 | 2638 | – | – | – |
| Agricultural Engineering with Data Analytics | – | – | – | – | – | 16689 |
| Applied Geophysics | – | 8343 | 7301 | – | – | – |
| B.Tech in General Engineering | – | – | – | 10842 | 11034 | 9733 |
| B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing | – | – | – | 4089 | 4285 | 5251 |
| B.Tech in Microelectronics & VLSI | – | – | – | 6643 | 6166 | 6316 |
| Bio Engineering | – | – | – | 14239 | 14879 | 16526 |
| BS in Chemical Sciences | – | – | – | 16430 | 17491 | 18835 |
| BS in Mathematics | 1191 | 1067 | 1042 | – | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering | 2545 | 2464 | 2833 | – | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering with Data Analytics | – | – | – | – | – | 12307 |
| Chemistry | 7430 | 7228 | 7838 | – | – | – |
| Civil Engineering | 4046 | 4250 | 4417 | 12562 | 14274 | 15702 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 68 | 66 | 67 | 3118 | 3123 | 3762 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | – | – | – | – | 3928 | 4916 |
| Data Science and Engineering | – | – | – | 3918 | – | – |
| Economics | 2408 | 2372 | 2272 | – | – | – |
| Electrical Engineering | 496 | 433 | 411 | 6909 | 7590 | 7947 |
| Electrical Engineering (5-yr) | 973 | 841 | 844 | – | – | – |
| Energy Engineering | 2689 | 2584 | 2605 | – | – | – |
| Engineering Physics | 1719 | 1539 | 1575 | 10475 | 12110 | 11744 |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | 4718 | 4777 | 5473 | – | – | – |
| Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | 1726 | 1273 | 834 | – | – | – |
| B.Tech in Materials Science and Engineering | 4193 | 4345 | 3995 | 14440 | 14368 | 13925 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1685 | 1834 | 1900 | 9734 | 10267 | 11085 |
| Quantum Science and Engineering | – | – | – | – | – | 7351 |
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 Mandi 3,762 (2026). How to read cutoffs →
Fees
Fee waiver notes: IIT Bombay: SC, ST and PwD students pay no tuition.. IIT Mandi: Students exempted from tuition (as per the institute rules linked on the fee page) pay ₹1,000 instead of ₹1,01,000 per semester; first-semester total ₹55,434 for them..
Hostel / mess fee: IIT Bombay: ₹19,400 hostel fee (first semester) + ₹22,500 mess advance. IIT Mandi: Per semester: hostel charges ₹14,800 (about 10% annual increase; AC extra) + mess advance ₹16,884.
The first-semester bill is higher at IIT Mandi than at IIT Bombay by ₹27,184. How fee waivers work →
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 Mandi
- Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC)
- PARAM Himalaya supercomputing facility
- NVIDIA DGX H200 GPU facility (8× H200 GPUs)
- Quantum technologies centre (CQST)
josaa.admissions.nic.in (JoSAA 2026 institute profile)
For industry consultancy, IIT Bombay earns the most of the two. Sponsored vs consultancy →
IIT Mandi: what these numbers mean
Each semester costs ₹1,01,000. Students exempt from tuition pay ₹1,000 instead. The first-semester total is ₹1,55,434 including hostel (₹14,800) and mess advance (₹16,884). Hostel charges rise about 10% a year, and air conditioning is extra. NIRF 2026 data shows 211 of 272 four-year graduates placed in 2024-25, at a median of ₹17 lakh. 61 went for higher studies. Sponsored research was ₹29.71 crore in FY 2024-25. Computing is a highlight: the PARAM Himalaya supercomputer, an HPC cluster and an NVIDIA DGX H200 system with eight H200 GPUs. There is also the Advanced Materials Research Centre and a quantum technologies centre (CQST). The NIRF list names 226 faculty and 915 full-time PhD scholars.How to choose
- Check your rank against the cutoff table first. CSE OPEN closing ranks: IIT Bombay 67 (2026), IIT Mandi 3,762 (2026).
- 6 branches appear at both IIT Bombay and IIT Mandi. Compare the branch you want, not just the name.
- The first-semester bill is higher at IIT Mandi than at IIT Bombay by ₹27,184. How fee waivers work →
- IIT Bombay is in Mumbai, Maharashtra; IIT Mandi is in Mandi (Kamand), Himachal Pradesh. Think about distance from home.
FAQ
Which is better, IIT Bombay or IIT Mandi?
Neither is clearly better on paper: IIT Bombay ranks 3 and IIT Mandi ranks 58 overall (NIRF 2025). Compare the branch you can get.
Is the B.Tech fee the same at IIT Bombay and IIT Mandi?
Yes: ₹1,00,000 tuition per semester at both.
Which has better placements, IIT Bombay or IIT Mandi?
By median pay, IIT Bombay leads (₹20.21 lakh against ₹17 lakh).
How many CSE seats do IIT Bombay and IIT Mandi have?
IIT Bombay: 199. IIT Mandi: 90.
Which does more research, IIT Bombay or IIT Mandi?
IIT Bombay, by sponsored research money: ₹798.84 crore vs ₹29.71 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
- iitmandi.ac.in
- academics.iitmandi.ac.in › fees
- iitmandi.ac.in › Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Mandi20…
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › openingclosingrankarchieve
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › CurrentORCR
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