IIT Delhi vs IIT Jammu: Courses, Seats, Cutoffs, Fees, Placements and Research (2026)
IIT Delhi attracts 8.9 times as much research funding (₹410.54 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹46.19 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years). IIT Delhi does 9.9 times as much consultancy business (₹49.60 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹5.02 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years). IIT Delhi employs 4.9 times as much faculty (675, NIRF 2026 vs 138, NIRF 2025; different data years).
Last updated: 14 Oct 2026.
Who should pick which (our analysis)
IIT Jammu
Our analysis: IIT Jammu suits you if you want a newer IIT with flexible add-ons. Its nine B.Tech branches include Unified Engineering and Materials and Metallurgical Engineering. It offers minors such as Nuclear Engineering, and dual-degree tracks with IIM Jammu and IIM Mumbai. 20% of UG seats are for the IIT Jammu–IIM Jammu dual-degree programme.At a glance
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| Point | IIT Delhi | IIT Jammu | Source (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established (year) | Not published | 2016 | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Location (city, state) | New Delhi, Delhi | Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir | home.iitd.ac.in JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Campus area | Not published | 400 acres | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Official website | home.iitd.ac.in | iitjammu.ac.in | home.iitd.ac.in |
| NIRF Overall rank | 4 | Not published | NIRF 2025 |
| NIRF Engineering rank | 2 | 56 | NIRF 2025 |
| B.Tech tuition per semester | ₹1,00,000 | ₹1,00,000 | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| First-semester academic fees | ₹1,31,000 | ₹1,53,870 | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Fee waiver notes | 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. | SC, ST and PH: no tuition. Parental income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333 per semester. | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Hostel / mess fee | ₹8,600 institute residence fee (in first-semester fees); mess charges not published in the fee structure | Semester fee (incl. establishment, maintenance and hostel tariff) ₹33,240 shared or ₹38,710 single room; mess charges notified separately | 2025-26 2026-27 |
| Total JoSAA seats | 1,249 | 380 | JoSAA 2026 |
| UG 4-year median salary | ₹20 lakh | ₹11.7 lakh | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year placed / graduated | 818 placed of 986 graduates | 113 placed of 178 graduates | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 5-year (dual) median salary | ₹30 lakh | Not published | 2024-25 |
| PG 2-year median salary | ₹19.25 lakh | ₹9.15 lakh | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| PG 2-year placed | 641 | 48 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year went for higher studies | 73 | 19 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| Total UG 4-year students | 4,388 | Not published | 2024-25 |
| Faculty count | 675 | 138 | NIRF 2026 NIRF 2025 |
| Full-time PhD students | 2,954 | 208 | 2024-25 2023-24 |
| Full-time PhDs graduated | 489 | Not published | 2024-25 |
| Sponsored research received | ₹410.54 crore | ₹46.19 crore | FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 |
| Consultancy received | ₹49.60 crore | ₹5.02 crore | FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 |
How IIT Delhi and IIT Jammu differ
- IIT Delhi attracts 8.9 times as much research funding (₹410.54 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹46.19 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years).
- IIT Delhi does 9.9 times as much consultancy business (₹49.60 crore, FY 2024-25 vs ₹5.02 crore, FY 2023-24; different data years).
- IIT Delhi employs 4.9 times as much faculty (675, NIRF 2026 vs 138, NIRF 2025; different data years).
- IIT Delhi has 14.2 times as much full-time PhD students (2,954, 2024-25 vs 208, 2023-24; different data years).
- IIT Delhi has a 229% bigger JoSAA intake (1,249 vs 380, JoSAA 2026).
- The latest published 4-year UG median salary is ₹20 lakh at IIT Delhi (2024-25) and ₹11.7 lakh at IIT Jammu (2023-24). The years differ, so compare with care.
- Same tuition at both: ₹1,00,000 per semester.
- IIT Delhi ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Engineering (2 vs 56).
- IIT Delhi has more 4-year B.Tech CSE seats (99 vs 50).
- Only IIT Delhi offers Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation), Energy Engineering, Industrial / Production Engineering, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering among these two.
- Only IIT Jammu offers Unified Engineering among these two.
Worked out from the official numbers above.
Courses and seats
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
IIT Jammu
- B.Tech (4 years)
Seats per branch
| Branch | IIT Delhi | IIT Jammu |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 99 | 50 |
| CSE, 5-year dual degree | 37 | Not offered |
| Electrical Engineering | 110 | 40 |
| Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation) | 54 | Not offered |
| Mechanical Engineering | 85 | 40 |
| Civil Engineering | 110 | 40 |
| Chemical Engineering | 75 | 40 |
| Chemical Engineering, dual degree | 46 | Not offered |
| Engineering Physics | 63 | 35 |
| Materials Engineering | 40 | 40 |
| Energy Engineering | 40 | Not offered |
| Mathematics and Computing | 89 | 50 |
| Mathematics and Computing, dual degree | 33 | Not offered |
| Industrial / Production Engineering | 83 | Not offered |
| Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | 60 | Not offered |
| Textile Technology | 85 | Not offered |
| Engineering and Computational Mechanics | 40 | Not offered |
| B.S. Chemistry | 40 | Not offered |
| B.Tech Design | 20 | Not offered |
| Abu Dhabi campus (4 branches) | 40 | Not offered |
| Unified Engineering | Not offered | 45 |
Source: JoSAA 2026 · JoSAA 2026
IIT Delhi and IIT Jammu share 8 branch names; the rest are offered by only one of them. How seats are counted →
JoSAA cutoffs: opening and closing ranks
OPEN closing ranks, 2024–2026. Lower is harder.
| Branch | IIT Delhi | IIT Jammu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | – | – |
| Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | 4849 | 4999 | 4990 | – | – | – |
| Chemical Engineering | 2221 | 2548 | 2724 | 15048 | 16284 | 17411 |
| Chemical Engineering (5-yr) | 3646 | 3454 | 3968 | – | – | – |
| Chemistry | – | 8528 | 8823 | – | – | – |
| Civil Engineering | 4169 | 4302 | 4901 | 15583 | 17263 | 18245 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 116 | 126 | 128 | 6310 | 6651 | 7218 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (5-yr) | 204 | 186 | 212 | – | – | – |
| Design | – | 12217 | 12730 | – | – | – |
| Electrical Engineering | 625 | 605 | 612 | 10005 | 11399 | 11188 |
| Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation) | 810 | 823 | 823 | – | – | – |
| Energy Engineering | 2707 | 2668 | 2965 | – | – | – |
| Engineering and Computational Mechanics | 1194 | 1103 | 1107 | – | – | – |
| Engineering Physics | 2560 | 2565 | 2435 | – | 15917 | 15070 |
| Materials Engineering | 3797 | 3736 | 3706 | 16439 | 18156 | 18637 |
| Mathematics and Computing | 332 | 323 | 338 | 7956 | 8559 | 8786 |
| Mathematics and Computing (5-yr) | 417 | 355 | 403 | – | – | – |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1782 | 1862 | 2205 | 12483 | 14453 | 14123 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | 3089 | 3223 | 3402 | – | – | – |
| Textile Technology | 6102 | 5733 | 6580 | – | – | – |
| Unified Engineering | – | – | – | – | – | 15636 |
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 Delhi 128 (2026), IIT Jammu 7,218 (2026). Opening and closing ranks explained →
Fees
Fee waiver notes: 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.. IIT Jammu: SC, ST and PH: no tuition. Parental income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333 per semester..
Hostel / mess fee: IIT Delhi: ₹8,600 institute residence fee (in first-semester fees); mess charges not published in the fee structure. IIT Jammu: Semester fee (incl. establishment, maintenance and hostel tariff) ₹33,240 shared or ₹38,710 single room; mess charges notified separately.
The first-semester bill is higher at IIT Jammu than at IIT Delhi by ₹22,870. Who pays less tuition →
Research, labs and projects
Notable labs / facilities
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)
IIT Jammu
- 'Agastya' high-performance computing facility
- 'Saptarshi' Central Instrumentation Facility
josaa.admissions.nic.in (JoSAA 2026 institute profile)
For industry consultancy, IIT Delhi earns the most of the two. Research money, explained →
IIT Jammu: what these numbers mean
Tuition is ₹1,00,000 a semester if your family earns above ₹5 lakh. It is ₹33,333 between ₹1 lakh and ₹5 lakh, and nil below ₹1 lakh or for SC, ST and PH students. The first-semester total is ₹1,53,870 in a shared room or ₹1,59,340 in a single room. Mess is charged separately. The latest data we could verify is the NIRF 2025 file on nirfindia.org, because the 2026 link on the IIT Jammu site did not open. It shows 113 of 178 four-year graduates of 2023-24 placed, at a median of ₹11.7 lakh. Sponsored research was ₹46.19 crore in FY 2023-24. The 'Agastya' high-performance computing facility and the 'Saptarshi' Central Instrumentation Facility are on campus. The NIRF list names 138 faculty and 208 full-time PhD scholars.How to choose
- Start with the cutoffs: can your rank reach the branch you want? CSE OPEN closing ranks: IIT Delhi 128 (2026), IIT Jammu 7,218 (2026).
- IIT Delhi and IIT Jammu share 8 branch names; the rest are offered by only one of them. Look for your branch in both lists.
- The first-semester bill is higher at IIT Jammu than at IIT Delhi by ₹22,870. Who pays less tuition →
- IIT Delhi is in New Delhi, Delhi; IIT Jammu is in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. City and cost of living count too.
FAQ
Is the B.Tech fee the same at IIT Delhi and IIT Jammu?
Yes: ₹1,00,000 tuition per semester at both.
Which has better placements, IIT Delhi or IIT Jammu?
By median pay, IIT Delhi leads (₹20 lakh against ₹11.7 lakh).
How many CSE seats do IIT Delhi and IIT Jammu have?
IIT Delhi: 99. IIT Jammu: 50.
Which does more research, IIT Delhi or IIT Jammu?
IIT Delhi, by sponsored research money: ₹410.54 crore vs ₹46.19 crore.
Sources
- home.iitd.ac.in
- nirfindia.org › OverallRanking
- nirfindia.org › EngineeringRanking
- 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 › InstProfile
- iitjammu.ac.in
- iitjammu.ac.in › B Tech 2026_Short 2026-27.pdf
- nirfindia.org › IR-E-U-0906.pdf
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › openingclosingrankarchieve
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › CurrentORCR
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