- IIT Kharagpur (Kharagpur)
- IIT Bombay (Mumbai)
- IIT Madras (Chennai)
- IIT Kanpur (Kanpur)
- IIT Delhi (New Delhi)
- IIT Guwahati (Guwahati)
- IIT Roorkie (Roorkie)
Apart from these 7, according to the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2010, 9 more institutes have been added to the list. These are -
- IIT Ropar (Rupnagar)
- IIT Bhubaneswar (Bhubaneswar)
- IIT Gandhinagar (Gandhinagar)
- IIT Hyderabad (Hyderabad)
- IIT Patna (Patna)
- IIT Rajasthan (Rajasthan)
- IIT Mandi (Mandi)
- IIT Indore (Indore)
- IT-BHU (Varanasi) - this 9th one is under administration of Banaras Hindu University.
The IITs offer engineering programs in courses as follows:
- Biological Science & Bioengineering
- Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace
- Physics
- Electronics
- Textile Technology
- Computer Science
- Civil
- Mathematics and Computing
- Chemical
- Electrical
- Computer Applications
- Applied Mechanics
- Process Engineering and Design
- Engineering Physics
- Biotechnology
- Production and Industrial
Exams Required for Admission in IIT
1. For Undergraduate Courses
Applicants looking to pursue an undergraduate course (B.Tech) in IIT need to qualify in IIT-JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) after completion of 10+2 examination. Students appearing in the higher secondary or an equivalent examination with 60% in aggregate (for general candidates) and 55% (for SC, ST and PD candidates) can appear for the entrance examination, generally held in April or May every year. Admission to a program is granted on the basis of their ranking in the qualifying examination. Applicants need to specify any two IIT centers as preference in their application form. Application forms are available from the first week of November. A student can apply online or offline for the IIT-JEE examination.
2. For Postgraduate Courses
For admission to a postgraduate course (M.Tech) an applicant needs to qualify in GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering). IITs also offer other postgraduate degrees like M.S. (engineering), M.Sc (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), and MBA. Admissions to these courses are done through qualifying examinations like CAT (Common Admission Test), CEED (Common Entrance Examination for Design) and JAM (Joint Admission to M.Sc).
3. For Doctoral Program
Admission to a doctoral program (PhD) is mainly offered, based on personal interview, though a candidate may also have to appear for a written examination.
Eligibility Criteria to Get Admission in IIT
The eligibility criteria for gaining admission to an IIT are mentioned as below:
- GE and OBC candidates need to score a minimum of 60% in the qualifying examination. For SC, ST and PD candidates, the minimum qualifying score is 55%.
- Admission is offered after the verification of original documents and certificates.
- An applicant can apply only twice for JEE in consecutive years.
- Applicants for B.Tech programs should not be over 25 years of age (for SC/ST candidates age bar is 30 years).
Some of the information/supporting documents required at the time of application are:
- Completion year of 10th standard
- Date of birth
- Nationality
- Gender
University Updates
- In order to help the young brains beat tension during the entrance examination, the Joint Admission Board of IIT has declared that from 2012 candidates need to score a minimum of 10% in each subject and 35% in aggregate to find their names in the common rank list. For OBC students, the minimum score required for each subject is 9% and aggregate is 31.5%. SC/ST candidates need a minimum score of 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate.
- The council of IITs has proposed a pan-India entrance examination instead of IIT-JEE to start from 2013. The council has also proposed to give an increased weightage to class XII marks.
