Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering 

at IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad provides PhD course in various specialisations. The eligibility criteria for PhD admissions is that candidate should have passed graduation with at least 70% aggregate or 7 CGPA. The aspirants with a valid postgraduate degree with at least 60% aggregate or 6 CGPA in Engineering/Science or any allied areasThe entrance exams accepted for IIT Dhanbad PhD admissions include GATE, UGC NET, and CAT. Additionally, the total fee is around INR 1.4 lakh.

IIT Dhanbad admissions are open for PhD. Check below the admission dates:

IIT Dhanbad accepts national-level entrance exams like GATE/ UGC NET for providing admission to PhD course. Candidates shortlisted based on the entrance exam score are further called for a personal interview round. Besides, candidates need to pass UG degree with a minimum of 70% aggregate or 7.0 CGPA or Postgraduate with 60% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA in Engineering / Science or any allied area for PhD admission. After selection, aspirants need to come for counselling and document verification. 

Below is the IIT Dhanbad BTech admission process:

Application:

To get admission in IIT Dhanbad BTech course, candidates have to fill the online application form must and check the eligibility criteria of each course before filling the form. 

Entrance Exam:

Candidates seeking admission need to take JEE Main exam and then JEE Advanced. Aspirants need to qualify both the entrance exams to be considered for JoSAA Counselling.

Counselling & Seat Allotment:

Further, the students who secure the cutoff marks are called for JoSAA Counselling, based on which the seat allotment is carried out.

IIT Dhanbad is one of the leading Engineering institutes in India. Placements at this Institute is good as well. The key highlights of IIT Dhanbad placement 2025 are presented below:

The total students placed across the courses during IIT Dhanbad placement 2025 is presented below:

The best placement rate was recorded for BTech Environmental Engineering, wherein the placement rate was 95.65%. It was followed by BTech CSE and BTech ECE with placement percentage of 89.36% and 89.19%. For BTech Double Major degree, the placement rate in 2025 was 100%.

The placement rate recorded during BTech + MTech placement 2025 was 100%, except Civil Engineering, wherein the placement rate was 50%.

The placement rate recorded during Integrated MTech placements 2025 for Applied Geology, Applied Geophysics and Mathematics & computing branches was 87.5%, 81.82% and 89.29%.

To get CSE at IIT Dhanbad, candidate must have a valid rank in JEE Advanced as per the respective category. The cutoff was released for different categories belonging to the All India quota. As per the cutoff released for the General AI category candidates, the last round closing rank for CSE was 159. 

The table given below consists of the last round closing ranks for CSE for different categories:

Yes, it s a good colleges in the country. In QS World Ranking 2024, IIT Dhanbad is ranked 73rd in Southern Asia and 301-350 in Asia. IIT Dhanbad has been ranked 17 in Engineering category and 42 in the Overall category by NIRF Ranking 2023. Moreover, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The institute is also approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Moreover, the avergae and median package offered during IIT Dhanbad placements 2024 stood at INR 20.79 LPA and INR 15.92 LPA, respectively. Moreover, a total of 547 job offers were made.

IIT Dhanbad offers undergradute, postgrdaute, and PhD courses to the students. The fee structurefor the programmes has been discussed below: