B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 

at DTU, Rohini

Usually, the cutoff for DTU stays around 90, even for the reserved categories. Therefore, getting into B.Tech courses at DTU is difficult with a JEE Main percentile score of 90 or below. The cutoff also goes high and low every year, depending on the following factors:

• Number of aspirants registered
• The difficulty level of the exam
• Total number of seats available
• Total number of applications received for a particular program
• Category under which admission is sought

Therefore, it is very difficult to predict the exact cutoff and give an exact answer to this question. Students can, however, use this college predictor created by Shiksha to know the college they can get with their JEE Main score. 

Usually, the cutoff for DTU stays around 90, even for the reserved categories. Therefore, getting into B.Tech courses at DTU is difficult with a JEE Main percentile score of 90 or below. The cutoff also goes high and low every year, depending on the following factors: Number of aspirants registered, The difficulty level of the exam, Total number of seats available, total number of applications received for a particular program, and the category under which admission is sought. Therefore, it is very difficult to predict the exact cutoff and give an exact answer to this question.

Delhi Technological University offers a four-year BTech programme across 14 specialisations along with two BTech Evening programmes to the students. The duration of the BTech evening programme is also four years. The specialisations available under the regular BTech course includes CSE, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Engineering Physics, Mathematics and Computing specialisations, among others. Additionally, the specialisations available under BTech (Evening) course include Civil and Electrical Engineering. Students seeking admission must have a valid score in the JEE Main entrance exam. However, the final admission process is conducted via Joint Admission Counselling (JAC) Delhi. While for BTech (Evening), admission is completely based on merit scores obtained by the students in Class 12. Read more on BTech colleges in Delhi NCR. 

The total tuition fee for the full-time BTech programme ranges between INR 6.06 and INR 6.42 lakh while the students who get into this college via Lateral Entry are required to pay a tuition fee of INR 2.97 lakh. Additionally, the total tuition fee for BTech (Evening) programme is INR 4 lakh. This structure of DTU fees for BTech, however, is sourced from unofficial sources. Hence is indicative. For the exact fee, students can reach out to the admission office or visit the official website for details. Additionally, for all BTech courses, aspirants are also required to pay a registration cum counselling fee of INR 1,500 on the official website of JAC Delhi which is non-refundable. When a student receives an admission offer, they are required to pay the admission fee charges (which are adjusted in the total fee) to confirm their seat.

The selection criteria for BTech at DTU clearly states that having a JEE Mains rank is the minimum requirement for final seat allotment. Therefore, it is suggested to get qualifying scores at JEE Mains for admission at DTU. Additionally, students are also required to go through the JAC counselling process to get a seat at Delhi Technological University. After the result of JEE Main, JAC counselling for seat allotment is usually conducted in four rounds. However, there are additional spot rounds conducted for vacant seats (if available). 

Delhi Technological University JAC Delhi cutoff 2024 is released for admisison to the BTech courses. The closing cutoff ranged between 8336 and, 54432. Candidates with a 40000 rank have the opportunity to enroll in Delhi Technological University for certain BTech specialisations.  

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the specialisations available for admission up to 40000 rank in JAC Delhi at DTU:

Course	2024
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering	50194
B.Tech. in Production and Industrial Engineering	47199
B.Tech. in Environmental Engineering	53310
B.Tech. in Biotechnology	54432
B.Tech. in Software Engineering	14845
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering	42504

 

The lowest or least competitive rank to get into DTU (Delhi Technological University) varies depending on the course and the category of the candidate. For instance, as per DTU JEE Main cutoff 2024, the lowest rank was 17367 for BTech in Biotechnology for General Category candidates. However, ranks for other categories may be different.  

DTU cutoff ranks for different courses and categories may vary every year based on various factors like the difficulty level of the exam, the number of applicants, and reservation policies. 

Important: Predict your admission chances here with JEE Main 2024 College Predictor 

For last year, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering was 4008 which is very close to this range. This was for general category under All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut offs keep changing year on year, it is advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission in DTU - Delhi Technological University.

DTU ranked 29 under the 'Engineering' category by the NIRF 2023. There are many IITs ranked before DTU under the same category. Also, it competes against the top-notch NITs and second-phase IITs in several specialisations of BTech. Hence, it is safe to say that DTU is as good as an IIT or an NIT in northern India. In fact, The Times Rankings 2022 ranked DTU number 1 in the Delhi NCR region for 'Engineering' category.

DTU BTech students are placed in top companies like Samsung, Microsoft, Zomato, and others. Also the BTech fee is not very high. To clear JEE Main, candidates must study according to the JEE Main syllabus and appear for as many JEE Main mock tests as possible. 

There is no comparison of IITs with DTU owing to the brand name IITs have for being India's best government Engineering colleges. However, as per the 2023 NIRF ranking released for Engineering colleges, DTU is closely completing with some IITs. A comparison of the similarly ranked Engineering colleges on the basis of multiple components, such as fee and median package are tabulated below:

Engineering Institute	NIRF Ranking 2023	BTech Fee	BTech Median Salary
DTU	29	INR 2.97 Lacs - INR 6.42 lakh	INR 11 LPA
IIT Jodhpur	30	INR 8 lakh	INR 12 LPA
IIT Mandi	33	INR 8 Lacs - INR 10 lakh	INR 18 LPA - INR 21 LPA

NOTE: The placement and fee data mentioned in the above table are sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, it is indicative.