IIT Jammu vs IIT Kharagpur: Courses, Seats, Cutoffs, Fees, Placements and Research (2026)
IIT Kharagpur attracts 3.5 times as much research funding (₹162.10 crore vs ₹46.19 crore, FY 2023-24). IIT Kharagpur does 9.2 times as much consultancy business (₹46.15 crore vs ₹5.02 crore, FY 2023-24). IIT Kharagpur employs 6.5 times as much faculty (895 vs 138, NIRF 2025).
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 Jammu | IIT Kharagpur | Source (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established (year) | 2016 | 1951 | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Location (city, state) | Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir | Kharagpur, West Bengal | JoSAA 2026 institute profile josaa.admissions.nic.in |
| Campus area | 400 acres | Not published | JoSAA 2026 institute profile |
| Official website | iitjammu.ac.in | iitkgp.ac.in | iitjammu.ac.in |
| NIRF Overall rank | Not published | 6 | NIRF 2025 |
| NIRF Engineering rank | 56 | 5 | NIRF 2025 |
| B.Tech tuition per semester | ₹1,00,000 | ₹1,00,000 | 2026-27 2026-27 (tentative) |
| First-semester academic fees | ₹1,53,870 | Not published | 2026-27 |
| Fee waiver notes | SC, ST and PH: no tuition. Parental income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333 per semester. | 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 | Semester fee (incl. establishment, maintenance and hostel tariff) ₹33,240 shared or ₹38,710 single room; mess charges notified separately | Per semester: hall establishment ₹24,354 + mess ₹14,500 + hostel overhead ₹1,177 | 2026-27 2026-27 (tentative) |
| Total JoSAA seats | 380 | 1,949 | JoSAA 2026 |
| UG 4-year median salary | ₹11.7 lakh | ₹19.76 lakh | 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year placed / graduated | 113 placed of 178 graduates | 517 placed of 668 graduates | 2023-24 |
| UG 5-year (dual) median salary | Not published | ₹20 lakh | 2023-24 |
| PG 2-year median salary | ₹9.15 lakh | ₹14 lakh | 2023-24 |
| PG 2-year placed | 48 | 679 | 2023-24 |
| UG 4-year went for higher studies | 19 | 83 | 2023-24 |
| Total UG 4-year students | Not published | 4,096 | 2023-24 |
| Faculty count | 138 | 895 | NIRF 2025 |
| Full-time PhD students | 208 | 3,635 | 2023-24 |
| Full-time PhDs graduated | Not published | 519 | 2023-24 |
| Sponsored research received | ₹46.19 crore | ₹162.10 crore | FY 2023-24 |
| Consultancy received | ₹5.02 crore | ₹46.15 crore | FY 2023-24 |
How IIT Jammu and IIT Kharagpur differ
- IIT Kharagpur attracts 3.5 times as much research funding (₹162.10 crore vs ₹46.19 crore, FY 2023-24).
- IIT Kharagpur does 9.2 times as much consultancy business (₹46.15 crore vs ₹5.02 crore, FY 2023-24).
- IIT Kharagpur employs 6.5 times as much faculty (895 vs 138, NIRF 2025).
- IIT Kharagpur has 17.5 times as much full-time PhD students (3,635 vs 208, 2023-24).
- IIT Kharagpur has a 413% bigger JoSAA intake (1,949 vs 380, JoSAA 2026).
- IIT Kharagpur reported a ₹8.06 lakh higher 4-year UG median salary (₹19.76 lakh vs ₹11.7 lakh).
- Same tuition at both: ₹1,00,000 per semester.
- IIT Kharagpur ranks higher in NIRF 2025 Engineering (5 vs 56).
- IIT Kharagpur has more 4-year B.Tech CSE seats (140 vs 50).
- Only IIT Jammu offers Engineering Physics, Mathematics and Computing, Unified Engineering 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 Jammu
- B.Tech (4 years)
IIT Kharagpur
- B.Tech (4 years)
- B.S. (4 years)
- B.Arch (5 years)
Seats per branch
| Branch | IIT Jammu | IIT Kharagpur |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | 40 | 115 |
| Civil Engineering | 40 | 119 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 50 | 140 |
| Electrical Engineering | 40 | 113 |
| Engineering Physics | 35 | Not offered |
| Mathematics and Computing | 50 | Not offered |
| Mechanical Engineering | 40 | 172 |
| Unified Engineering | 45 | Not offered |
| Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | 40 | 93 |
| 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 |
| Mining Engineering | Not offered | 113 |
| Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | Not offered | 80 |
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | Not offered | 72 |
| Artificial Intelligence | Not offered | 50 |
| Biomedical Engineering | Not offered | 30 |
| 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
IIT Jammu and IIT Kharagpur share 6 branch names; the rest are offered by only one of them. What seat counts tell you →
JoSAA cutoffs: opening and closing ranks
OPEN closing ranks, 2024–2026. Lower is harder.
| Branch | IIT Jammu | 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) | – | – | – | 20427 | 19141 | 24582 |
| Artificial Intelligence | – | – | – | 898 | 953 | 1043 |
| Biomedical Engineering | – | – | – | – | – | 10089 |
| Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | – | – | – | 7972 | 9224 | 10683 |
| Chemical Engineering | 15048 | 16284 | 17411 | 4848 | 5222 | 5803 |
| Chemistry | – | – | – | 12488 | 12321 | 14760 |
| Civil Engineering | 15583 | 17263 | 18245 | 6992 | 7774 | 8816 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 6310 | 6651 | 7218 | 415 | 466 | 509 |
| Economics | – | – | – | 5263 | 6063 | 6450 |
| Electrical Engineering | 10005 | 11399 | 11188 | 2016 | 1985 | 2190 |
| Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | – | – | – | 1448 | 1485 | 1660 |
| Engineering Physics | – | 15917 | 15070 | – | – | – |
| Exploration Geophysics | – | – | – | 12413 | 12443 | 14923 |
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | – | – | – | 4364 | 4329 | 4699 |
| Instrumentation Engineering | – | – | – | 2481 | 2741 | 2600 |
| Manufacturing Science and Engineering | – | – | – | 6067 | 6547 | 6984 |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 16439 | 18156 | 18637 | 7104 | 7708 | 8502 |
| Mathematics and Computing | 7956 | 8559 | 8786 | 1329 | 1336 | 1428 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 12483 | 14453 | 14123 | 3613 | 4016 | 4588 |
| Mining Engineering | – | – | – | 10218 | 10765 | 11962 |
| Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | – | – | – | 9098 | 10074 | 11219 |
| Physics | – | – | – | 9672 | 10939 | 9572 |
| 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 Jammu 7,218 (2026), IIT Kharagpur 509 (2026). What a closing rank means →
Fees
Fee waiver notes: IIT Jammu: SC, ST and PH: no tuition. Parental income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333 per semester.. IIT Kharagpur: SC, ST and PwD: no tuition. Family income below ₹1 lakh: no tuition; ₹1–5 lakh: ₹33,333..
Hostel / mess fee: IIT Jammu: Semester fee (incl. establishment, maintenance and hostel tariff) ₹33,240 shared or ₹38,710 single room; mess charges notified separately. IIT Kharagpur: Per semester: hall establishment ₹24,354 + mess ₹14,500 + hostel overhead ₹1,177.
Research, labs and projects
Notable labs / facilities
IIT Jammu
- 'Agastya' high-performance computing facility
- 'Saptarshi' Central Instrumentation Facility
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. Why research funding matters →
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 Jammu 7,218 (2026), IIT Kharagpur 509 (2026).
- IIT Jammu and IIT Kharagpur share 6 branch names; the rest are offered by only one of them. Look for your branch in both lists.
- IIT Jammu is in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir; IIT Kharagpur is in Kharagpur, West Bengal. City and cost of living count too.
FAQ
Is the B.Tech fee the same at IIT Jammu and IIT Kharagpur?
Yes: ₹1,00,000 tuition per semester at both.
Which has better placements, IIT Jammu or IIT Kharagpur?
By median pay, IIT Kharagpur leads (₹19.76 lakh against ₹11.7 lakh).
How many CSE seats do IIT Jammu and IIT Kharagpur have?
IIT Jammu: 50. IIT Kharagpur: 140.
Which does more research, IIT Jammu or IIT Kharagpur?
IIT Kharagpur, by sponsored research money: ₹162.10 crore vs ₹46.19 crore.
Sources
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › InstProfile
- iitjammu.ac.in
- nirfindia.org › EngineeringRanking
- iitjammu.ac.in › B Tech 2026_Short 2026-27.pdf
- nirfindia.org › IR-E-U-0906.pdf
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › InstProfile
- iitkgp.ac.in
- nirfindia.org › OverallRanking
- nirfindia.org › IR-O-U-0573.pdf
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › openingclosingrankarchieve
- josaa.admissions.nic.in › CurrentORCR
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