To get admission in IIT Ropar students have to check the eligibility first. Eligible students can then apply online. IIT Ropar accepts students on an entrance basis primarily. Seats are offered through the counselling process. Selected students have to pay the admission fees to complete the process.
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The admission process at IIT Ropar is different for the programmes. Students have to give JEE Main and JEE Advanced for BTech admission. GATE exam is compulsory for MTech admission at IIT Ropar. Students must have a minimum of 75% marks in their class 12 for JEE Main qualification and 60% marks in t
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The Head of Department for CSE at IIT Ropar is Dr. Nitin Auluck. His professional journey includes Research Assistant in University of Cincinnati USA and Assistant Professor at Quincy University USA. Then he joined IIT Ropar as Assistant Professor, got promoted to Associate Professor and than became
IIT Ropar has secured a rank in NIRF Engineering rankings from many years. In 2025, it was ranked #32 among top Engineering institutes. As compared to past two years' rankings, its rank dropped from #22 to #32 in 2025.
IIT Ropar is ranked by NIRF in different categories - Overall, Research Institutions, and Engineering. In the year 2025, the institute was ranked as below in the NIRF rankings:
- Overall - #56
- Engineering - #32
- Research Institutions - #47
IIT Ropar CSE cutoff 2026 has been released based on the GATE entrance exam, followed by the COAP counselling process. For the General AI category, the last round cutoff score for CSE admission was 678. For other categories, check out the table below:
| Category | GATE Cutoff 2026 |
|---|---|
| General | 678 |
| OBC | 621 |
| SC | 489 |
| ST | 375 |
| EWS | 674 |
The most competitive branch to take admission in MTech at IIT Ropar is Computer Science Engineering with cutoff score of 621. Check the table below to know about more specialisation cutoff and analyse yearly trends:
| Course | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.Tech. in Computational Mechanics | 447 | 318 | 366 |
| M.Tech. in Power Engineering | 477 | 437 | 411 |
| M.Tech. in Communication and Signal Processing | 439 | 449 | 467 |
| M.Tech. in Computer Science Engineering | 675 | 658 | 621 |
| M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering | 324 | 310 | 311 |
| M.Tech. in Biomedical Engineering | 435 | 419 | 390 |
| M.Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI Design | 529 | 483 | 576 |
| M.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence | 661 | 647 | 609 |
| M.Tech. in Manufacturing Engineering | 418 | 338 | 340 |
| M.Tech. in Mechanics Design | 514 | 456 | 407 |
| M.Tech. on Thermal and Fluids Engineering (TF) | 465 | 404 | 359 |
| M.Tech. in Water Resources and Environment | 465 | 359 | 359 |
| M.Tech. in Structural Engineering and Geomechanics | 505 | 493 | 416 |
| M.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 414 | 328 | 324 |
| M.Tech. in Autonomous Systems & Drone Technology | – / – | – / – | 427 |
| M.Tech. in E-Waste Resources Engineering and Management | – / – | – / – | 300 |
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