IIT Dhanbad: Fees, Admission 2026, Courses, Placements, Ranking, Cutoff

IIT ISM Dhanabad is one of the best option to pursue Engineering courses and offers quality education to the students. The institute has been ranked 17 under Enginnering category by the NIRF 2023. IIT Dhanbad Jharkhand is a prestigious institution known for its strong programs in mining, petroleum engineering, and applied sciences. The institute offers good placements to the students. The average package offered stood at INR 16.45 LPA. Apart from engineering institute also offers various course in different streams such as Science, Management, and others.

MBA is one of the popular courses of IIT ISM Dhanbad after BTech. Below-mentioned are some of the pointers that might help students know about the MBA course of IIT Dhanbad:

Ranking: If we consider the rankings, IIT Dhanbad MBA is ranked at 48 under the 'Management' Category of NIRF Rankings 2025. 

Placement: Looking at the placements of IIT Dhanbad, the placement rate was 80.39% for MBA. Overall, the highest package was INR 50 LPA.

Fees: The total tuition fee for IIT Dhanbad MBA was INR 3 Lacs as per an unofficial source. The fee is less than many IIM ranked below IIT Dhanbad under the 'Management' Category.

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad faculty include educators with excellent educational background. They are pass outs from reputed institutions. The faculty members also contribute in research work in the respective area of specialisation. Details about some of the IIT Dhanbad faculty members are mentioned in the following table:

Faculty Name	Department & Designation
Dr. A. Samanta	Chemical Engineering | Associate Professor
Bandita Barman	Civil Engineering | Assitant Professor
Anand Rajagopal	Applied Geology | Associate Professor
Dr. Ayan Das	Computer Science and Engineering | Assitant Professor
Anirban Ghoshal	Electrical Engineering | Assitant Professor

IIT Dhanbad provides good placements to its students. At the start of phase 1 placement drive 2026, more than 300 offers and 200 PPOs were made. In addition, 4 CSE students were offered package of INR 80 LPA. The placement numbers are expected to increase after the end of phase 2 placements 2026.

The placement rate recorded during IIT Dhanbad MTech placements 2025 was 70.78%. In Integrated MTech, placement percentage recorded was 90.54%.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad, formerly known as Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad, is one of the premier engineering institutes in India. The institute has a strong reputation among recruiters, and many reputed companies across different sectors visit the campus for recruitment. Some of the top recruiters of IIT Dhanbad are: Microsoft Google Amazon IBM Infosys Wipro Tata Steel Vedanta Reliance Industries Limited Larsen & Toubro Apart from these, many other top companies across different sectors like Oil & Gas, Mining, IT, and Manufacturing, also visit the campus for recruitment. The institutes placement cell provides students with ample opportunities to interact with recruiters through various activities like guest lectures, industry visits, and networking events. Overall, IIT Dhanbad has a good reputation among recruiters, and the institute provides students with ample opportunities to secure job opportunities in reputed companies.

The below table compares the IIT ISM Dhanbad placement details 2023 with BITS Pilani: 

Institute Name	the highest Package (2023)	Average Package (2023)
IIT Dhanbad	INR 56 LPA	INR 16.98 LPA
BITS Pilani	INR 60.75 LPA	INR 30.37 LPA

Core Engineering sector made the most number of offers, i.e. 15 during IIT Dhanbad MBA placements 2025. It was followed by BFSI, IT and Education sectors with 14, 10 and 2 offers.

IIT Dhanbad has shared a list of the recruiters who participated during the recent placement drive. Some of the top recruiters are listed in the table below:

IIT Dhanbad Placements: Top Recruiters
Google	Amazon	Oracle
Atlassian	Goldman Sachs	Morgan Stanley
Tata Steel Ltd.	Newzera Tech Labs Pvt. Ltd.	Texas Instruments
Indian Oil Corporation	ONGC	Zomato

The average package received during IIT Dhanbad MBA placements 2025 was INR 10.48 LPA.

IITISM Dhanbad has signed various MoUs (Lols) with different universities across the globe. Below mentioned are the IIT Dhanbad collaborations: 

IIT Dhanbad Collaborating Institute
Institute of Geonics	Boise State University	National United University Mioli, Taiwan
Oakland University	Ecole Centrale de Nantes	Jashore University of Science & Technology
Conventry University	Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava	University of Tunis & National High Engineering School of Tunis (ENSIT)

ISM Dhanbad has a total of 18 department. Some of the names include, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Environmental Science & Engineering, Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering, Humanities & Social Science, Management Studies, Mechanical Engineering, etc.

Yes, placements at IIT Dhanbad are good. During the placement drive 2025, 100% placement was recorded in BTech Double Major course. BTech and MTech placement rate in 2025 was 84.34% and 70.78%. In MBA and MSc courses, placememt percentage recorded was 75.93% and 88%.

Candidates seeking admission to IIT Dhanbad BTech must appear for JEE Mains followed by JEE Advance examination. To be eligible for IIT Dhanbad BTech candidates are required to meet the eligibility criteria for JEE Mains. 

Find below the JEE Main and JEE Advance eligibility criteria for admission to IIT Dhanbad BTech:

Entrance Examination	Eligibility
JEE Main 2024	Passed class 12 in 2022/2023 or appearing in 2024 from any recognised board with a minimum 75% marks and Physics, Mathematics, and any one subject among Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational Subject as compulsory subject. Candidates having passed any exam equivalent to class 12 are also eligible to apply
JEE Advance 2024	Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in BE/BTech Paper of JEE (Main) 2024. Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1999. Five years of age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1994.

 

Candidates who have passed UG degree in relevan subjects in Arts/ Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Engineering/ Technology/ Science/ Commerce/ Management with at least 60% aggregate or CGPA/ CPI of 6.0 (55% aggregate or CGPA/ CPI of 5.0 for SC/ ST/ PwD candidates) can apply for MA programme at IIT Dhanbad.

The NTA has released the exam dates for the JEE Main 2026 Session 2. Paper 1 (BE/ BTech) will be administered between April 2, 2026 to April 9, 2026. The Session 2 registration will open in the last week of January. The applicants are requested to fill the application form available on the website jeemain.nta.nic.in.

IISc Bangalore conducted the GATE 2024 exam on February 3, 4, 10, and 11, 2024. The GATE 2024 application form was released on 24th August 2024 on the official website at gate.iisc.ac.in. The organising institute for GATE 2024 was IISc Bangalore. The exam was conducted online as a computer-based test for 29 papers. Candidates had to solve 65 questions in 180 minutes (3 hours). The GATE 2024 syllabus is based on General Aptitude and Core Discipline, carrying a weightage of 15% and 85% respectively. Check more about GATE 2024 exam here.

If you belong to the General AI quota, you must target to secure a cutoff score of up to 700 and above to get admission in top MTech branches. In 2025, the GATE last round cutoff ranged between 211 and 717. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the last round cutoff scores for all the MTech specialisations offered at IIT Dhanbad. The below cutoff data is for the General AI quota: 

Course	GATE COAP Last Round Cutoff 2025
M.Tech. in Earthquake Science and Engineering	211
M.Tech. in Mineral Engineering	226
M.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering	231
M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering	242
M.Tech. in Petroleum Engineering	268
M.Tech. in Water Resources Engineering	301
M.Tech. in Fuel Mineral and Metallurgical Engineering	351
M.Tech. in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	378
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with Spl in Manufacturing Engineering	390
M.Tech. in Environmental Science and Engineering	404
M.Tech. in Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering	416
M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (Optical Communication & Integrated Photonics) (OC)	416
M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering	422
M.Tech. in Pharmaceutical Science and Engineering	435
M.Tech. in Geomatics	438
M.Tech. in Data Analytics	455
M.Tech. in Power System Engineering	464
M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management	470
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with Spl in Thermal Engineering	483
M.Tech. in Mining Engineering	486
M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (Communication & Signal Processing) (SP)	498
M.Tech. in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives	500
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design)	501
M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design)	534
M.Tech. in Civil Engineering	570
M.tech. in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science	697
M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering	717

 

The document requirement vary course-wise. Below are some of the common documents required during IIT Dhanbad application process:

• Scanned photograph and signature
• UG/ PG all semesters/ year marksheets
• UP/ PG degree/ provisional certificate
• Class 12 certificate/ marksheet

Yes, it hard to get admission at IIT Dhanbad. The institute offers admission based on entrance exams. The entrance exams accepted include CAT, JEE Main, JEE Advanced, GATE, and IIT JAM. It is mandatory for students to qualify the eligibility criteria. The institute releases the cutoff list for each course to get admission.