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Admission is based on Written test and/or interview.

Admissions for B.Tech. program is made once a year through Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Advanced) conducted on an All India level.

Master degree in Engineering / Technology or master degree in Science / Humanities or equivalent in relevant discipline with CGPA 6.75 on 10 point scale or 60% marks in aggregate for general / OBC category. Full-time students who do not possess M.Tech. or equivalent degree is required to have a valid GATE Score (300 or qualifying score whichever is higher for GE/OBC & 200 or qualifying score whichever is higher for SC / ST / PD) or UGC / CSIR / DBT / ICMR / INSPIRE fellowship examination for Sciences / Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines. OR B.Tech. or equivalent with CGPA of 7.5 on a 10 point scale or 70% aggregate marks and qualified GATE or UGC / CSIR / DBT / ICMR / INSPIRE fellowship examination for Biomedical Engg., candidates having M.B.B.S. with 60% marks or more are eligible provided they have qualified ICMR. The Candidates having a Postgraduate degree of doctor of medicine (MD) / Master in Surgery (MS) with 60% marks or more after MBBS will also be eligible for admission to Ph.D. Programme in CBME. In respect of M.A., M.Sc. and/or B.Techs. from IITs graduating with a CGPA of 8.0 or above, the requirement of qualification through a national examination. In respect of students from CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (IIT’s, NIT’s, IIIT’s etc.) having CPI / CGPA 7.00 (at 10.00 scale) at the end of 3rd year, the requirement of qualification through a national examination is waived off.

The candidates should satisfy at least one of the following two criteria for admission to IITs:

(1) Must have secured at least 75% aggregate marks in the Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination. The aggregate marks for SC, ST, and PwD candidates should be at least 65%. Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are required as compulsory subjects in Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination.

(2) Must be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class XII (or equivalent) board examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.

The percentile calculation will be done for the required subjects in a single academic year only. Therefore, candidates appearing for improvement in Board examinations can EITHER appear in one or more subjects and secure 75% aggregate marks (65% for SC, ST, and PwD) after improvement, OR, appear for improvement in ALL subjects to be in top 20 percentile of the corresponding academic year.

• The marks scored in the following five subjects will be considered for calculating the aggregate marks and the cut-off marks for fulfilling the top 20 percentile criterion.

i. Physics

ii. Chemistry

iii. Mathematics

iv. A language (if the candidate has taken more than one language, then the language with the higher marks will be considered)

v. Any subject other than the above four (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).