Which branch at IIT Madras has the highest cutoff?

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5 days ago

If you belong to the General AI category, the highest (most competitive) last round cutoff was 155 for admission to the M.Sc. in Physics course. The lower the cutoff rank, the more competitive the course is for admission, and vice versa. 

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7 months ago

IIT Madras accepts JAM scores for admission to MSc programs. The IIT Madras cutoff 2025 has been released recently for the fourth round of seat allotment results for different categories belonging to the All India quota. The cutoff for the General AI category candidates was closed between the range

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No, IIT Madras is not very expensive but even if students feel that it is, worry not there are scholarships available for students. Some of the top scholarships offered by Chennai IITM are mentioned below:

Indian Institute of Technology Chennai (Indian Institute of Madras) Scholarships

Eligibility

Scholarship Amount/ Benefit

-Merit-cum-Means/ Free studentship (offered to 25% of admitted students)

- Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA

- Renewal of scholarship for students with a minimum GPA of 5.0 in the previous semester

67% tuition fee exemption

Notional prize (offered to 7% of admitted students)

- Rank in JEE

- Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA

One time grant of INR 1,000

SC/ ST scholarship

- Family income less than INR 4.5 LPA

- Renewal of scholarship for students with a minimum GPA of 5.0 in the previous semester

- Free mess charges

- pocket allowance INR 250 per month

- over and above tuition fee exemption

Indian Women's Association at Bonn scholarship

- Family income up to INR 5 LPA

- Rank in JEE

INR 1,250 per month for 12 months for one BTech student only.

M Sankaraiah and M Saradha (Mithigiri) Scholarship

Based on the highest CGPA by the end of the fourth semester of BTech/ dual degree electrical engineering

One time amount of INR 20,000

Direct admissions are possible in IIT Madras for some Diploma programmes. For other programmes such as UG and PG courses, direct admissions are not available. Students will have to appear for the entrance exam for admission to the available programmes. 

Indian Institute of Technology Chennai gives various UG, PG & other courses through its multiple departments. These courses are provided across Engineering & various other streams. Below table shows the list of IIT Madras in Chennai departments in detail:

IIT Madras Departments

Aerospace Engineering

BiotechnologyApplied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering
PhysicsOcean EngineeringMetallurgical & Materials Engineering
Medical Science & TechnologyMechanical EngineeringMathematics
Management StudiesHumanities & Social SciencesEngineering Design
Electrical EngineeringData Science & Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science & Engineering
Civil EngineeringChemistryChemical Engineering

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IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) aims to build a knowledge & innovation ecosystem. IIT Madras has been ranked 180 by the QS World University Rankings 2026. The below is the international ranking:

Ranking Body

Category

IIT Chennai Rank

QS Rankings 2026

Asian University Ranking

70

QS World University Rankings 2026

QS World University Rankings 2026

180

QS Rankings 2026

QS Sustainability Ranking 2026

305

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IIT Madras is a government college which was established in as an 'Institute of Eminence'. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Chennai IIT Madras or IITM) was established in 1959. Being a government college, the fee for various courses is not very high.  

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