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Established in 1919, Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (IIT BHU) was formerly known as Banaras Engineering College. IIT BHU has 11 engineering departments, 3 science departments and 1 humanity department. IIT BHU was recognised as Indian Institute of Technology in 2012.
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University has 3 schools. IIT BHU offers 77 courses including B.Tech, B.Arch., B.Tech+M.Tech, M.Tech, M.Pharm and Ph.D. IIT BHU fee ranges from Rs 55,380 to Rs 10.71 lakhs. B.Tech fee in IIT Varanasi is Rs 10.71 lakhs. JEE Advanced scores are considered for admissions to B.Tech courses. IIT BHU M.Tech selection process is based on the scores of GATE. IIT BHU admissions to M.Pharm and M.Sc are through valid GPAT and JAM scores respectively.
B.Tech students received the highest salary package of Rs 16.8 crores. IIT BHU CSE average salary package stood at Rs 24.8 lakhs. Placement cell at IIT BHU invites companies like Google, Paytm, Flipkart, Microsoft, ITC, and many more.
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As per the NIRF ranking 2024, the Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi improved its ranking in the overall category from 31st to 30th. In the engineering category, IIT BHU moved up from 15th to 10th in the NIRF Ranking 2024. Additionally, IIT Banaras Hindu University has been ranked 531 in the QS World World University Ranking 2025.
Candidates can compare the previous 3 years NIRF ranking of the Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University in overall and engineering categories to get a better understanding of IIT BHU ranking.
Category | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
Overall | 30 | 31 | 29 |
Engineering | 10 | 15 | 13 |
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi secured the 531st position in the QS ranking 2025 with an overall score of 23.1.
Year | Rank |
2025 | 531 |
2024 | 571 |
Also, IIT Banaras Hindu University is rated as AAAAA by Careers360. Candidates can check the rankings of top engineering colleges here.
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University cutoff varies from one category to another. The details of the IIT BHU Varanasi cutoff 2024 are given below in tabular format.
As per IIT BHU annual reports, the number of students placed has gradually increased from 2022-2024. 1078 students were placed in IIT BHU Placements 2022 while 1094 and 1123 students were placed in 2023 and 2024 respectively. Candidates can check below the details of IIT BHU placements 2024.
Particulars | Statistics |
Number of companies visited | 352 |
Number of students placed | 1123 |
Highest Salary Package | Rs 1.68 crores |
Average Salary Package | Rs 22.56 LPA |
Paid internships | 380 |
Top Recruiters | Qualcomm, Uber, Goldman Sachs, and Google and many more |
The college is situated on the Uttar Pradesh campus of Banaras Hindu University. The closest airport to the college is Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, which is located 30.3 kilometres away. The Bhulanpur Railway Station is located 6.5 kilometres from the Indian Institute of Technology in BHU. Varanasi Bus Stop is the bus stop closest to the institute. It is 9.1 kilometres from the college's campus.
Parameter | Description |
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Established | 1919 |
Exam | GATE, JEE Advanced, JAM |
Courses | 8 Degrees and 87 Courses |
Institute Type | Institute of National Importance |
Approvals | Council of Architecture |
Gender | Co-ed |
Faculty Count | 293 |
Campus Size | 313 acres |
Gender Percentage | Male 81% and Female 19% |
Percentage Of Students from Outside the States | 76% |
Overall Yearly Trend
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Particulars | Statistics |
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First year total students intake | 555 |
Total students admitted | 348 |
Total Graduated Students | 223 |
Total Placed Students | 188 |
Placement Percentage | 97.41 |
Total student gone for higher studies | 30 |
Median Salary | 12.00 L |
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi offers a variety of scholarships to students. IIT BHU scholarships are offered to meritorious students based on their annual family income. Students whose annual family income is less than Rs. 4,50,000 per annum (varies for SC/ST students) are eligible to apply for IIT BHU scholarships. Merit-cum-means Scholarship, Endowment Scholarship etc. are some of the scholarships offered by IIT BHU. As per the scholarship policy of the college, students who meet the eligibility criteria of a Indian Institute of Technology BHU scholarship are offered tuition fee waiver, hostel fee waiver etc. The amount of fee waiver is different for each programme.
1. Merit-cum-means Scholarship: This is offered to 25% of their undergraduate students based on their merit and performance. It is offered to all students with good and outstanding academic performance.
2. Endowment Scholarship: IIT BHU offers endowment scholarship to its students. For UG students belonging to SC/ST category, other facilities are also provided in the form of institute fee studentship, reimbursement of mess charges and pocket allowances to them.
3. IIT BHU Scholarship for M. Tech/M. Pharm: All students admitted to M. Tech/M. Pharm are provided financial assistance equivalent to Junior Research Fellowship.
4. Junior/ Senior Research Fellowship: The institute offers many Junior /Senior Research Fellowship to students admitted to PhD programmes and efforts are made largely to offer scholarship to eligible candidates admitted to PhD Programmes.
For merit-cum-means scholarship general students must have a CGPA of 8 and above, whereas for OBC the required CGPA is 7, for SC/ST it is 5 and sometimes CGPA is not required for SC/ST category for availing scholarships.
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (IIT BHU) admissions are done based on the performance of the candidate in the entrance examination. IIT BHU Varanasi B.Tech admissions are done based on valid JEE Advanced scores. Candidates must register for the JoSAA counselling process to complete IIT BHU admissions.
IIT BHU admissions to M.Tech are done based on the performance of the candidate in GATE. As per the IIT BHU M.Pharm selection process, candidates must have valid scores in GPAT. Similarly, IIT BHU Varanasi PhD admissions are done based on GATE or GPAT/ NET-LS/ CSIR/ UGC NET JRF/ ICMR JRF/ DBT-JRF/ DST-INSPIRE fellowship. The candidates have to meet the eligibility criteria set by the IIT BHU Varanasi for admissions. The details of IIT BHU admission criteria are given below.
Also See: IIT BHU Placements
The candidate must first visit the official website of the respective entrance examination. The details of the Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University application process are given below.
Course | IIT BHU Application Process |
B.Tech | 1. Candidates who got selected through JoSAA counselling must then pay academic and mess charges on the 'Fresher’s Information Portal' of IIT BHU as 'Fee Deposition'. 2. Then complete the Online Profile Registration by visiting 'iitbhu.ac.in/acad/fresher/news'. 3. Finally report to IIT BHU with the required original documents. |
M.Tech | 1. Fill out the IIT BHU M.Tech application form from the official website of the college after registering for COAP. 2. Pay IIT BHU M.Tech application fees of Rs.500.00 for GEN/ OBC-NCL/ GEN-EWS candidates and Rs.250.00 for SC/ ST/ Physically Disabled candidates and submit the form. |
M.Pharm | 1. GPAT-qualified candidates can fill out the IIT BHU M.Pharm application form from the official website of the college. 2. Pay IIT BHU M.Pharm application fees of Rs.500.00 for GEN/ OBC-NCL/ GEN-EWS candidates and Rs.250.00 for SC/ ST/ Physically Disabled candidates and submit the form. |
M.Sc | 1. Candidates who are allotted seats through CCMN counselling must report to IIT Jodhpur with all the required documents for verification. |
PhD | 1. Fill out an IIT BHU PhD application form and upload the required documents. 2. Pay IIT BHU PhD application fees of Rs 500.00 for GEN/ OBC-NCL/ GEN-EWS candidates and Rs 250.00 for SC/ ST/ Physically Disabled candidates. Submit the form. |
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The college offers B.Tech, B.Arch, and B.Tech+M.Tech. at the undergraduate level. The duration of the IIT BHU courses at the UG level lasts from 4 years to 5 years. The details of the Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University eligibility criteria along with seat intake are given below in tabular format.
Course | Seat Intake | Eligibility Criteria |
1083 | 10+2 with at least 75% marks +JEE Advanced | |
26 | 10+2 + JEE Advanced. | |
B.Tech + M.Tech | 369 |
The candidate must meet the IIT BHU Varanasi eligibility criteria.
The candidate must appear and qualify for the JEE Advanced examination.
If the candidate qualifies JEE Advanced then the candidate must register for JoSAA counselling on the official website.
Then the candidate must select IIT BHU Varanasi as the preferred college in the counselling process.
Candidates must also qualify for the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) to enrol for the B. Arch programmes.
Then the seats will be allotted to the candidates based on their performance in the entrance examination.
Finally, the candidate must submit documents for verification and pay IIT BHU Varanasi fees.
The college offers 38 courses at the postgraduate level. The IIT BHU Varanasi PG course includes M.Tech and M.Pharm. The duration of M.Tech lasts for 2 years.
Course | Eligibility Criteria |
Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 55% marks. + GATE | |
Passed B.Pharm with at least 55% marks. +GPAT | |
M.Sc | Bachelor's degree in Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics +JAM |
The candidate must meet the IIT BHU Varanasi M.Tech eligibility criteria.
Then the candidate must appear and qualify for GATE.
The candidates qualifying for the GATE 2025 should register in COAP counselling.
The candidate must select IIT BHU Varanasi as a preferred college.
Then the seats will be allotted to the candidates based on their performance in the entrance examination.
Finally, the candidate must submit documents for verification and pay IIT BHU Varanasi fees.
The candidate must meet the IIT BHU Varanasi M.Pharm eligibility criteria.
Then the candidate must appear and qualify for the GPAT.
GPAT-qualified candidates must then fill out the application form from the official website.
Further shortlisted candidates must attend the written test and/or interview.
Selected candidates will be informed through e-mail and their names will be notified in the admission portal.
Register for the JAM and obtain a valid score on the Joint Admission Test.
Further, candidates have to register for the JAM counselling.
Candidates have to choose IIT BHU during the choice filling.
The candidates will be shortlisted for IIT BHU M.Sc admissions based on the scores obtained in the JAM examination.
After the seat allotment, candidates have to get the document verified and pay the fee to complete the IIT BHU admission process.
Also See: IIT BHU Cutoff
Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi offers PhD at the doctoral level. The duration of Ph.D may last up to 6 years. All the IIT BHU Varanasi Ph.D courses are offered in full-time mode only.
Course | Eligibility Criteria |
Master's degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or 6.0 CPI. |
The candidate must meet the IIT BHU Varanasi eligibility criteria.
The candidates must appear and qualify for GATE or GPAT/ NET-LS/CSIR-UGC-NET/UGC NET JRF/ICMR JRF/DBT-JRF/DST-INSPIRE fellowship.
If the candidate does not appear for the above-mentioned examination, then he/she should attend the written test conducted by the college.
Then the shortlisted candidates must attend the personal interview.
The IIT BHU Varanasi PhD selection process is done based on the candidate's performance in the written test and personal interview.
Finally, the candidate must submit documents for verification and pay IIT BHU Varanasi fees.
Also See: IIT BHU Facilities
10th Marksheet and Certificate
12th Marksheet and Certificate
Bachelor’s Marksheets (if applicable)
Master’s Marksheets and Degree Certificate (For Ph.D)
Admit card and Scorecard of Entrance Exam (JEE Advanced/ GPAT/ GATE)
Caste certificate (if applicable)
Note: Candidates must submit the above-mentioned documents for the verification process to confirm admissions at the Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University.
Candidates can check the college admissions based on percentile, caste, and gender to predict the colleges that are eligible for admissions based on performance.
The infrastructure of this IIT needs to be improved as far as other IITS are concerned. We will find decent hostels situated on campus. It also has its own mess, which provides decent food. Classrooms are also well-equipped with modern facilities. Here, the library has very limited capacity so it needs to be expanded.
IIT Varanasi have good infrastructure of the class is awesome and worth the fee you are paying. There are air conditioned classrooms having smart boards. Wi-Fi facilities are available for the students both in the college campus and the hostel.
The department offers a wide range of amenities. The classrooms can accommodate up to 170 students. Labs have all kinds of equipment for performing experiments as well as research work. The department also has its own library to issue as well as read books of topics related to the course. The building of the department is well connected through WIFI. The hostel provides all kinds of basic amenities.
IIT BHU has four different for M. Pharmacy which are Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy so they declared cutoff ranks according to your marks for each category every year cutoff changes due to various factors.They called 7 times more number students for counseling than the total seat available there.some application also get rejected because of not having gpat score and lack of eligibility so they create chance for other candidates.
So,If You want to be on Safe side you should achieve atleast below 500 rank in GPAT.
Hi Saikat,
You may choose to do a Postdoctoral fellowship after you PhD from BHU. A number of universities abroad do look for researcher fellows for such programs.
You will have to do a thorough research of such opportunities yourself. A number of fellowship sites such as researchgate may come handy in this process.
All the best!
Hello Aspirant,
Yes, you can take the admission. For admission to a number of UG courses at BHU, CUET-UG results are accepted. In order to register, candidates wishing to be admitted to BHU must submit an online application through the official NTA CUET website. Applicants for PG courses must have a valid CUET-PG score. Certain courses may have merit-based admissions.
For almost 600 students, BHU has provided housing for international students. In a statement, the institution also mentioned how easy and hassle-free the admissions process is for overseas students.
ALL THE BEST
For IIT BHU B.Tech admissions, candidates must have passed 10+2 with valid JEE Advanced scores. Likewise, for PG admissions, candidates must have a bachelor's degree and appear for relevant entrance exams like GATE/JAM.
IIT BHU is one of the famous Engineering institutes in India. As per NIRF 2023 ranking, IIT BHU Varanasi stood at 15th position under the engineering category and 31st position under the overall category.
IIT BHU is a public technical institute, its ownership is not private and receives public funds from state goverment or national government.
Yes, the institute has collaborations with numerous overseas universities. A few of them are Technical University of Munich (Germany), University of Sydney, University of Mainz (Germany) etc.
With a distance of 30 km, Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport is the nearest airport to the college.
Yes, the college has well furnished girls hostels for accommodation of students.
Yes, the college offers 30 dual degree (B.Tech + M.Tech.) courses.
The college offers 87 courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels.
IIT BHU campus is build over 313 acres of land.
Indian Institute of Technology BHU has 293 faculty members in total.
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