IIT Kharagpur (IIT KGP) - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpur is a central government institute in Kharagpur, West Bengal, and it is the first of the IITs. The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 makes it an Institution of National Importance. UGC notified it as an Institution of Eminence on 20 February 2020. Prof. Suman Chakraborty is the Director, and Mr T V Narendran chairs the Board of Governors. The institute completed 75 years on 18 August 2026. The video below is the official Know Your IIT film from the IIT Kharagpur channel.

What Is IIT Kharagpur Famous for?

IIT Kharagpur is known for its range of programmes and for research. It offers engineering, architecture, science, management, law and medical science technology on one campus. In financial year 2024-25 IIT Kharagpur received Rs 490.98 crore from 1,325 sponsored research projects. It earned Rs 36.75 crore from 665 consultancy projects and graduated 295 Ph.D. scholars. In calendar year 2024 it was granted 180 patents. These figures come from its NIRF 2026 data. IIT Kharagpur ranked 3rd in NIRF 2025 Architecture and 4th in NIRF 2025 Innovation. Its cultural festival, Spring Fest, has run since 1960.

Who Should Choose IIT Kharagpur, and Who Should Check Twice?

IIT Kharagpur suits you if you want a large residential campus and a wide choice of branches. It has 24 UG programmes, from computer science to mining, geology and architecture. It also suits PG students who want management, law or policy next to engineering at IIT Kharagpur. The four-year B.Tech has a double major and a dual-degree option after year 2 or 3.

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IIT Kharagpur highlights: founded in 1951, a 2,200-acre campus, 24 UG programmes and 20 halls of residence. The table lists the main IIT Kharagpur highlights with the year of each figure, so you can compare IIT Kharagpur details at a glance. IIT Kharagpur details such as intake, fees and ranks change every year. Check the year before you compare IIT Kharagpur with another institute.

How Many Students Study at IIT Kharagpur?

IIT Kharagpur reported 15,060 students in its NIRF 2026 data. The sanctioned intake for 2024-25 was 1,879 four-year UG seats and 1,917 two-year PG seats.

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IIT Kharagpur courses run from the four-year B.Tech to the Ph.D. The B.Tech tuition fee is Rs 1,00,000 a semester before waivers. The courses in IIT Kharagpur fall into three levels, and the IIT Kharagpur fees depend on the level and your family income. JoSAA 2026 listed 24 UG programmes: 17 B.Tech, 6 B.S. and one five-year B.Arch. The PG list is longer, with M.Tech, MCP, M.Arch, M.Sc., MBA, MHRM, MMST, MPPLG, LLB and LLM. The IIT Kharagpur courses list below groups them by level. The courses in IIT Kharagpur at each level differ in entry route, and the IIT Kharagpur courses page has the full list.

How Much Do You Pay in the First Semester at IIT Kharagpur?

A hosteller pays about Rs 1.6 lakh in the first semester at the full tuition rate. Hall, mess and other charges come to about Rs 61,000 of that, and they apply in every income band. General, EWS and OBC-NCL families with income above Rs 5 lakh pay the full Rs 1,00,000 tuition. Families with income from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh pay Rs 33,335. Families below Rs 1 lakh and all SC, ST and PwD students pay no tuition fee. These are the tentative 2026-27 figures. They are the base for IIT Kharagpur fees 2027 until the new notice appears.

The IIT Kharagpur fees structure and the IIT Kharagpur fees 2027 table are on the fees page. IIT Kharagpur fees details for hostel, mess and refunds are there too, and the IIT Kharagpur fees stay the same for every branch.

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IIT Kharagpur admission 2027 for B.Tech will follow the same route as 2026: JEE Main, JEE Advanced and JoSAA. In 2026, classes began on 29 July. Reporting was on 22 and 23 July, and physical registration was on 24 July. The IIT Kharagpur admission process has the same steps for every B.Tech branch. The IIT Kharagpur admission criteria and IIT Kharagpur admission requirements for B.Tech are in the first tab. Your JEE Main rank must fall in the top 2,50,000 to sit JEE Advanced.

IIT Kharagpur placement in the 2024-25 season gave 1,811 offers, and 1,735 of 3,090 registered students were placed, which is 56%. These IIT Kharagpur placement details come from the Annual Report 2024-25. IIT Kharagpur placement statistics for each programme are on the placement page, with the IIT Kharagpur placement details of three batches. NIRF reports the median and not an institute-wide IIT Kharagpur average package, so this page uses the median.

The five-year UG median was Rs 22,00,000, and the two-year PG median was Rs 15,00,000. The four-year UG median was Rs 24,00,000 for the 2022-23 graduating batch and Rs 19,76,000 for 2023-24. The IIT Kharagpur highest placement package was Rs 1.69 crore in 2023-24, against about Rs 2.14 crore in 2024-25. The IIT Kharagpur average package for UG is not published. Treat it as one offer, not as a typical salary. The median is a better guide to what most placed students earn.

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You check the IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2026 on the JoSAA opening and closing rank page. The Round 5 closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering was 509 for Open gender-neutral seats. The IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2027 will appear after Round 1 of JoSAA 2027. The cutoff changes by programme, category and gender pool. Female-only seats close at higher rank numbers than gender-neutral seats. The IIT Kharagpur cutoff page has the closing rank of all 24 programmes, the IIT Kharagpur previous year cutoff and the IIT Kharagpur expected cutoff for the next round.

IIT Kharagpur gives merit-cum-means scholarships to up to 25% of admitted UG students, and the scholarship exempts tuition fee. This IIT Kharagpur scholarship information comes from the institute's scholarship page. The IIT Kharagpur scholarship details of each scheme are on the scholarship page.

Does IIT Kharagpur Give Scholarships?

Yes. The Annual Report 2024-25 lists 776 IIT Kharagpur students on the merit-cum-means scholarship. The institute does not print the monthly amount, because the Board of Governors sets it. Ask the Dean of Undergraduate Studies' office before you plan around a figure.

The IIT Kharagpur ranking in India is 6th in NIRF 2025 Overall and 5th in NIRF 2025 Engineering. There is no IIT Kharagpur NIRF ranking 2026 yet, so NIRF 2025 is the latest list. In world lists, IIT Kharagpur is 205th in QS World University Rankings 2027, up from 215th a year earlier. The IIT Kharagpur ranking 2026 in QS is the 2027 edition, released in June 2026. The IIT Kharagpur ranking in India for Overall, Engineering, Architecture, Law and Management is on the rankings page.

Is IIT Kharagpur in the Top 10 Engineering Colleges?

Yes. IIT Kharagpur was 5th in NIRF 2025 Engineering, behind IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur. Compare the branch you want, not the institute rank alone.

IIT Kharagpur accepts JEE Advanced for B.Tech, B.S. and B.Arch, and GATE for M.Tech. It takes JAM for the two-year M.Sc., NCET for ITEP and CAT 2026 for the MBA and MHRM. LLB, LLM and MPPLG use the institute's own test. The IIT Kharagpur entrance exams change with the course, so match your course before you register.

Which Entrance Exam Comes Next for IIT Kharagpur?

CAT 2026 comes first, and GATE 2027 and JAM 2027 follow in February 2027. Check jeeadv.ac.in for the JEE Advanced 2027 schedule. IIT Kharagpur is the organising institute for JAM 2027.

The IIT Kharagpur campus is fully residential, with 20 halls of residence under the Hall Management Centre. Every hall has 24x7 internet. The Annual Report 2024-25 describes the central library as ISO 9001:2015 certified. Two newer halls, Savitri Bai Phule and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are named in the report. Student events include Spring Fest and the techno fest Kshitij, and IIT Kharagpur teams join the Inter IIT meets.

What Facilities Does the IIT Kharagpur Campus Have?

The B.C. Roy Technology Hospital sits inside the campus. It runs 24x7 and sees about 7,000 OPD patients a month. The SETU counselling centre has full-time clinical psychologists and a visiting psychiatrist. A campus map in the UG guidelines indexes the halls, departments, banks and food centres.

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The IIT Kharagpur location is Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, about 120 km west of Kolkata. Kharagpur Junction is about 4.8 km from the campus pin, a drive of about 13 minutes as per Google Maps. Kolkata airport is about 140 km away, and the institute's visitor page gives about 2.5 hours by taxi. The IIT Kharagpur how to reach page lists the route by air, train and road, with every travel time. There is no metro, so the IIT Kharagpur nearest metro station question has no answer. Plan how to reach IIT Kharagpur by train.

IIT Kharagpur student reviews rest on the Google listing, Reddit threads and LinkedIn posts, read in October 2026. They cover the whole institute and not one branch.

What Do Students Say About IIT Kharagpur?

IIT Kharagpur is rated 4.6 out of 5 on Google from about 4,984 ratings, and students praise the campus and the fest culture, while they flag the academic load, mess charges and uneven placements. These IIT Kharagpur student reviews and IIT Kharagpur campus reviews describe an experience that varies by branch and hall. Read this IIT Kharagpur college review as opinion, together with the official numbers on this page.

Pros and Cons Students Mention

These IIT Kharagpur student feedback points rest on Google reviews, Reddit threads and LinkedIn posts, read in October 2026.

What Students Like

🌳ProLarge Green Campus and Fest CultureGoogle reviewers praise the green campus, the clean surroundings and Spring Fest. What it means for you: the campus is fully residential across 20 halls, so you live inside it for four years or more.✅ProFast Placement StartA LinkedIn post by an alumnus says over 800 students were placed within 24 hours of the season opening. What it means for you: official data backs a busy season, with over 1,000 offers in three days of Phase 1 for 2024-25.

What Students Flag

⚠️Check TwiceHeavy Academic LoadA Reddit thread asks if IIT KGP is really so bad, and the top reply says it is not bad, just insanely hard in comparison. What it means for you: expect a heavy workload, and compare it with your other IIT offers before you choose.⚠️Check TwiceMess Fees and FoodA recent Reddit thread titled on higher mess fees and worse food points to a rise in charges. What it means for you: the mess charge in the fee table is Rs 14,500 a semester, so ask your hall for the current system.⚠️Check TwiceUneven Placement OutcomesLinkedIn posts cite about a third of graduates unplaced in one recent year. What it means for you: the official four-year UG data shows 535 placed of 1,168 and 531 in higher studies for 2024-25, so ask the department about its own batch.

Is IIT Kharagpur Worth It?

IIT Kharagpur is worth it if your rank fits the branch you want and you can handle a heavy workload. Check the cutoff section first, and then the placement numbers of your programme.