IIT Bombay Placements 2026: Average Package, Highest Package, Top Recruiters

The number of students placed during IIT Bombay placements 2024 for Civil, Mechanical, CSE and Chemical departments is presented below:

Departments	Students Registered (2024)	Students Placed (2024)	Students Placed (2024)
Chemical Engineering	190	160	119
Civil Engineering	177	146	113
Computer Science Engineering	275	254	220
Mechanical Engineering	308	260	229

A declining trend was witnessed in the highest domestic package offered over the past two years during IIT Bombay placements, which is presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)
the highest domestic package	INR 1.8 crore per annum	INR 1.68 crore per annum

Engineering sector has placed most no. of IIT Bombay alumni. The sector-wise IIT Bombay alumni placement statistics are presented below:

Note:  The “Others” category includes the sectors of Arts and Design, Consulting, Finance, Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Media and Communication, Entrepreneurship and Administrative. The above-mentioned alumni data is gathered from online sources and hence may vary.

The key highlights of IIT Bombay placements 2024 as compared with 2023 and 2022 are presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Highest domestic package	INR 180 LPA	INR 168 LPA	NA
Highest international package	INR 210 LPA	INR 367 LPA	NA
Average package	INR 21.5 LPA	INR 21.82 LPA	INR 23.5 LPA
Median package	NA	INR 16.66 LPA	INR 17.92 LPA
Placement rate	89%	82%	74.53%
Registered students	2055	2174	2414
Participated students	1612	1845	1979
Students placed	1441	1516	1475
Offers accepted	1441	1516	1475
Offers made	1878	1788	1650
Total recruiters	332	324	364
Offers above 1 CPA	NA	16	22
PPOs accepted	201	194	258
International offers accepted	66	65	78

Package-wise offers made at IIT Bombay during the placement drive 2024 is presented here:

Range of gross salary (in INR) (Lakhs per annum)	Number of Offers (2024)	Number of Companies (2024)
Above 20	558	123
Between 16.75 to 20	230	70
Between 14 to 16.75	227	60
Between 12 to 14	93	29
Between 10 to 12	161	46
Between 8 to 10	128	43
Between 6 to 8	68	25
Between 4 to 6	10	7

IIT Bombay is one of the top Engineering institute in the country. It is ranked by various bodies. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has ranked IIT Bombay, #3 in the "Engineering" category. BTech is the flagship programme of the institute. Moreover, the institute also offers MBA programme. IIT Bombay is also well-known for its Management course. It has secured #10 position in the NIRF 2024 rankings in the Management category.

The HSS department at IITBombay is introducing the Master of Arts by Research (MA. Res) with precisely this emphasis. The faculty members in the department represent diverse areas of expertise and have considerable experience teaching with an emphasis on research skills while accommodating disciplinary crossovers with ease. This is especially important since many of the concerns of the Humanities and Social Sciences requireamulti-disciplinary approach. Our students have been successful both in working at the interfaces of different areas and in transcending traditional disciplinary boundaries in their work. The programme combines course work to build student competence in specific areas, research training, and researchmodules for independent work. Students are expected to carry out a successful programme of research within the duration of the programme. The internal structure of the programme is designed to be quite different from course intensive postgraduate programmes and allows for relative flexibility interms of student backgrounds and prior training

The minimum marks required in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced 2026 will be announced with the JEE Main 2026 final result after session 2 exams. Last year's minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced were:

2025:

• Unreserved (UR): 93.1023262
• Gen-EWS: 80.3830119
• OBC-NCL: 79.4313582
• SC: 61.1526933
• ST: 47.9026465
• UR-PwD: 0.0079349

2024:

• General (UR): 93.2362181
• General (UR) PWD: 0.0018700
• Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 81.3266412
• Other Backward Classes (OBC): 79.6757881
• Scheduled Caste (SC): 60.0923182
• Scheduled Tribe (ST): 46.6975840

2023:

• General (UR): 90.7788642
• OBC-NCL: 73.6114227
• SC: 51.9776027
• ST: 37.2348772
• GEN-EWS: 75.6229025
• General (UR) PWD: 0.0013527

Candidates aiming for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) need to meet these cutoff marks in JEE Mains to be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026.

The institute offers Merit-cum-Means Scholarship to a maximum of 25% of the sanctioned intake of UG and MSc students. Facilities of Free Messing is also available to SC/ ST students under which they get an exemption from paying the tuition fees. In addition, the Office of the Dean Alumni & Corporate Relations manages the Named scholarship endowed by the alumni of the Institute and other wellwishers. In order to avail of any of the offered scholarships, candidates must meet the eligibility conditions set for the respective scholarships. For more information about the offered scholarships, click here.

IIT Bombay admissions are entrance-based. Candidates must also fulfil the requirements specified by the institute. The eligibility criteria varies course-wise at IIT Bombay. Check below the eligibility of top IIT Bombay courses:

Course Name	Common Eligibility
BTech	Class 12 with a minimum of 75% aggregate in PCM
BS	Class 12 with a minimum of 75% aggregate in PCM
MBA	Bachelor’s degree or a Master’s degree with at least 60% marks (55% in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category)
MTech	Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate (55% aggregate for SC/ ST/ PwD category)
PhD	Bachelor or Masters or equivalent degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate (55% aggregate for SC/ ST/ PwD category)

Candidates need to qualify CAT to get admission in MBA. Find below the minimum percentile cutoff score to be considered for selecting candidates for IIT Bombay admission for MBA:

Category	Quant	VARC	DILR	Overall
General / EWS	75	75	75	90
NC-OBC	67.5	67.5	67.5	81
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	50	50	50	60
PWD	50	50	50	60

All the IIT aspirants have to sit for JEE Main and afterward, JEE Advanced. Only the top 2, 24,000 scores in JEE Main will become eligible to sit for JEE Advanced. The candidates must have secured at least 75% marks or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th Class Examination conducted by respective boards. The Admissions into IIT Bombay is done through JoSAA on the basis of JEE Advanced scores.

IIT Bombay admission to BDes course includes various steps. Starting with registration to entrance exam, counselling and seat allotment. Before jumping to application, candidates must also check their eligibility. Any candidate who have completed Class 12 can apply for BDes course. 

Step 1: Registration

Candidates need to apply online for BDes course with an application fee of INR 3,800 for open and INR 1,900 for reserved category. The common application form will be available through the IIT Bombay Admissions Portal. 

Step 2: Selection

The selection to BDes course is based on UCEED rank. A merit list is prepared based on UCEED rank of the candidates.

Step 3: Counselling

Once shortlisted, candidates need to register for counselling. The seat are alloted based on the UCEED rank of the candidates. Aspirants must pay the fee to confirm their seat in the institute.

Yes, GATE score is required to get admission to IIT Bombay course. However, aspirants who have not qualified GATE can also get admission based on written test conducted by the institute. The shortlisted candidates are further called for a personal interview round. In order to be eligible to apply for the course, an aspirant must have a BE/ BTech/ BSc/ Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Planning/ MSc/ MCA/ MBBS/ MPharm/ BPharm/ BDS/ degree recognised equivalent to BE/ BTech with a minimum of 60% aggregate (55% aggregate for SC/ ST/ PwD category) earned through Associate Membership Examinations conducted by recognised professional bodies to apply for MTech course.

Candidates can select MTech college based on different parameters. With fee and placements package, the course return on investment can be calculated. Given below is the comparison of the top-ranked IITs for their MTech programme based on several parameters including fees and ranking:

MTech Institutes	NIRF Ranking 2025	Total Tuition Fee
IIT BHU	10	INR 40,000
IIT Bombay	3	INR 2.7 lakh

Yes, IIT Bombay offers Merit-cum-Means Scholarship to UG students. It is awarded to a maximum of 25% of sanctioned intake. For Dual degree, it is available only up to fourth year. 

Merit Criterion: For new entrants of BDes their UCEED Rank, will be the criterion. In subsequent years, the criterion will be their academic performance during the preceding academic year.

Means Criterion: The parental income is the basis for the ‘means' criterion of the scholarship. At present,  students with parents annual gross income from all sources for the previous Financial year does not exceed INR 5 Lacs are eligible to apply for Merit­ cum­ Means Scholarship. 

Admission to the institute after Class 12 is open for BTech, BS and BDes courses. After completing Class 12, candidates must qualify JEE Main, JEE Advanced followed by the JoSAA Counselling for BTech and BS courses. For BDes, UCEED score is required for admission.

IIT Bombay accepts GATE score for admission to MTech course. Candidates must have a BE/ BTech/ BSc/ Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Planning/ MSc/ MCA/ MBBS/ MPharm/ BPharma/ BDS/ degree recognised equivalent to BE/ BTech with a minimum of 60% aggregate (55% aggregate for SC/ ST/ PwD category). For MTech General-All India, cut offs for GATE 2024 closed off at score 600 for MTech in Chemical Engineering and 750 for Computer Science and Engineering. Similarly, for MTech in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, the GATE score closed off on 650. 

No, it’s not compulsory for regular scholars to stay in the hostel for studying at IIT Bombay. Also, not every student gets a hostel facility. However, students who get enrolled in summer and winter internships have to stay in a hostel during the tenure of their internship. Interns who get the hostel are required to complete the formalities such as registration, payment of internship fees, etc., with the academic office of the institute.

Opening and Closing rank depends on the category and quota of candidates. For general category under All India, closing rank was 1191 in 2024. Cut off are differant when it comes to other categories or female candidates and even domicile of home state. In All India, opening and closing rank for female candidates was 3895 and 3895. Admission to B.S. in Mathematics in IIT Bombay - Indian Institute of Technology is based on the scores obtained in the entrance exam JEE. Applicants are advised to confirm what category are they applying while checking for cut offs.