IIT Kharagpur Highlights 2025
IIT West Bengal is one of the renowned institutes present in India and was established in 1951. It has been ranked 5th and 6th by the NIRF 2025 under the Engineering and Overall categories, respectively. IIT Kharagpur offers UG, PG and PhD courses via its multiple departments and schools of study. The courses are offered in the streams of Management, Law, Engineering, etc.
IIT KGP is ranked 215 by the QS World University Rankings 2026, 5th by the QS World University Rankings: Southern Asia 2024, and 59th by the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2024. IIT Kharagpur provide placement opportunities in top companies and sectors. During the 2023-24 placement cycle, a total of 700 offers were made on the first day itself.
Out of all the offers made, 6 were made with a package of more than INR 1 crore per annum. The University of Warwick (WMG), National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Purdue University, and the University of Torino have entered into collaborative agreements with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
IIT KGP is famous for BTech, and MTech courses. The academic session in the Kharagpur IIT College is divided broadly into 2 semesters. Each has approximately 20 weeks of duration: a Spring Semester (January-April) and an Autumn Semester (July-November). IIT Kharagpur admissions are entrance-based. For admission to its flagship BTech programme, the institute accepts JEE Advanced scores. The major highlights of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur are tabulated below:
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IIT Kharagpur Highlights 2025 |
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IIT Kharagpur University establishment year |
1950/ Public/Government College |
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Also known as |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur West Bengal |
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Location |
Kharagpur (West Bengal) |
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Rankings 2025 |
- 4 by the Asian University Rankings - Southern Asia - 202 by the QS Sustainability Ranking - 215 by the QS World University Rankings 2026 |
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NIRF Rankings 2025 |
- 6th by NIRF (Overall) - 5th by NIRF (Engineering) - 4th by NIRF (Innovation) |
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Kharagpur IIT College Flagship courses |
BTech, MTech |
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IIT Kharagpur University staff members |
880+ |
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IIT West Bengal faculty |
740+ |
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JEE Main College Predictor 2025 |
Click Here |
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Kharagpur IIT College Official website |
www.iitkgp.ac.in |
| Shiksha Reviews (Overall) |
4.5/5 |
Kharagpur IIT College History
Some of the historical facts of IIT KGP are listed below:
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur’s history dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up by Sir Jogendra Singh (Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council) to look after the creation of new higher technical institutions for post-World War II development of the country.
- After this, a 22-member committee was formed, headed by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, which proposed the establishment of major institutions in the four quarters of India, along the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
- The report also suggested that the institutes should be established as early as possible with the ones in the East and West of India to be started immediately.
- After the recommendations of the committee, the first Indian Institute of Technology was established in Esplanade East, Calcutta as the Eastern Higher Technical Institute in May 1950.
- In September 1950, it shifted to its permanent campus at Hilji, Kharagpur. The institute changed its name to the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) on August 18, 1951, before its official inauguration.
- Hilji was used as a detention camp during British rule, making IIT KGP probably the only institute in the world that started its journey in a prison house.
- IIT KGP is the fourth oldest technical institute in West Bengal.
- IIT Kharagpur University which started its journey with over 224 students and 42 teachers, has now become one of the best Engineering institutes of the country.
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Commonly asked questions On Highlights
BTech recorded the highest number of students placed during the 2024 placements. The course-wise students registered and the number of students placed during IIT Kharagpurplacements 2024 is showcased below:
Course | Registered Students (2024) | Students Placed (2024) |
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BArch | 37 | 20 |
BTech | 685 | 546 |
Dual Degree | 641 | 442 |
MSc (5 year/ 6 year) | 227 | 143 |
LLB | 32 | 16 |
LLM | 33 | 3 |
MTech+PhD (2 years) | 775 | 403 |
MSc+PhD | 155 | 38 |
MCP | 40 | 19 |
No, IIT Kharagpur does not offer direct admission to the students. Admission to all the courses is either entrance-based or is subject to rigorous selection rounds inclusive of Personal Interviews conducted by the institute. The institute accepts JEE Advanced scores for admission to BTech. Candidates are required to qualify JEE Main exam prior to appearing for JEE Advanced. Apart from its flagship program, IIT Kharagpur offers BSc/BS, Integrated MTech, Integrated MSc, LLM, MBA, E-MBA, along with PhD programmes to the students and admission to all courses is based on scores obtained in the entrance examinations such as GATE, IIT JAM and CAT exams, among others.
No, IIT Kharagpur is not hard to get for dedicated students. The modes of IIT Kharagpur course admissions are online and offline. Admission to various courses is based on merit and scores of entrance tests. The accepted entrance exams are GATE, JEE Main, JEE Advanced, and others. Candidates must first visit the JEE Main website. Then appear for the JEE Main exam. Then with valid scores apply on the official website of the college.