Which is better, CSE or CSAI in IIIT Delhi?

IIIT Delhi offers both electives and mandatory courses. Students are at freedom to make a choice in case of electives while there is no such choice in mandatory courses. Now, the best part of the CSE branch at IIIT Delhi is that it has the maximum elective slots of any other branch. So, students get to choose electives from a wide range of courses like AI Systems Security Design Electronics Economics CSE will offer more academic flexibility than CSAI. CSAI will have some mandatory AI electives which might be beneficial if you are interested in the field. Also, you won’t have to study useless courses and can focus on AI. However, you will be restricted to the AI field, unlike CSE which gives you enough flexibility to pursue the field of your choice. Unless you are certain of your interest in AI, it’s best to choose CSE.

IIIT Delhi B.Tech Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Fees (2025 - 2026)	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)	Year 4 (in INR)
Tuition Fees	₹450000	₹475000	₹500000	₹530000
Caution Fee *	₹10000	-	-	-
Alumni Fees	₹2000	-	-	-
Yearly Fees	₹462000	₹475000	₹500000	₹530000

Fees	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)	Year 4 (in INR)
Tuition Fees	₹450000	₹475000	₹500000	₹530000
Other Fee	₹12000	-	-	-
Yearly Fees	₹462000	₹475000	₹500000	₹530000

Categories (2025)	Round 1	Round 2
EWCWD	102477	60647
EWGND	22897	22897
EWGNO	5127	9321
EWPDD	327036	327036
GNCWD	20334	20334
GNGND	2699	29567
GNGNO	1675	17061
GNPDD	21984	21984
KM	-	542419
OBCWD	91530	137030
OBGND	33753	48749
OBGNO	9906	13207
SCGND	79830	147261
SCGNO	29955	49550
STGND	563577	563577
STGNO	104397	125637

Categories	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
EWGND	21317	25210	25210	25210	25210
EWGNO	5020	7261	7261	7261	10748
GNCWD	310232	-	310232	310232	310232
GNGND	3975	-	7558	7558	8952
GNGNO	2352	-	4778	4778	7865
GNPDD	83476	-	83476	83476	83476
OBCWD	77706	77706	77706	77706	77706
OBGND	47943	55458	62956	69014	70819
OBGNO	8518	14711	15175	15175	17970
OBPDD	288350	-	-	-	-
SCCWD	382637	382637	382637	382637	-
SCGND	121300	149255	154703	154703	156240
SCGNO	42612	66859	66859	66859	66859
STGND	322469	552855	822638	822638	822638
STGNO	101832	117135	96472	133028	133028

Ranking Agency	Latest	Previous
	#31 out of 500 (2025) #4th New Delhi #4 Delhi NCR
	#15 out of 269 (2025) #4th New Delhi #4 Delhi NCR	#15 out of 284 (2024) #4th New Delhi #4 Delhi NCR
	#35 out of 286 (2025) #3rd New Delhi #3 Delhi NCR	#36 out of 275 (2024) #4th New Delhi #4 Delhi NCR
	#63 out of 300 (2025) #4th New Delhi #4 Delhi NCR	#85 out of 300 (2024) #6th New Delhi #6 Delhi NCR
	#17 out of 25 (2025)	#17 out of 25 (2024)
	#60 out of 160 (2025) #9th New Delhi #9 Delhi NCR	#58 out of 170 (2023)

Course Highlights	Details
duration	4 Years (Full Time)
course level	UG (Degree)
mode of study	On Campus
total fees	₹ 19.67 Lakhs
average package	₹ 20.69 Lakhs
eligibility	10+2 with 70% + JEE Main
entrance test	JEE Main

Fee Type	Total Amount (INR)
tuition fee	₹19.55 Lakhs
caution fee*	₹10,000
other fee	₹2,000
total academic fee	₹19.67 Lakhs
hostel fee	₹4.04 Lakhs
total fee	₹23.71 Lakhs

Events	Dates
JEE Main 2026 Registration	Oct 15, 2025 - Nov 25, 2025 Ongoing
JEE Main 2026 Exam Date	Jan 22, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026
JEE Main 2026 Result	Feb 19, 2026

Events	Dates
Dates for Seat Allotment and Admission for Spot Round Admission [B.Tech]	Jul 22, 2025 - Jul 29, 2025
Date for Withdrawal for JAC Delhi 2025 Round 1 for Admission [B.Tech]	Jul 08, 2025
Date for Withdrawal for JAC Delhi 2025 Round 1 for Admission [B.Tech]	Jul 08, 2025

Events	Dates
JEE Main 2026 Registration	Oct 15, 2025 - Nov 25, 2025 Ongoing
JEE Main 2026 Exam Date	Jan 22, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026
JEE Main 2026 Result	Feb 19, 2026

The course effectively manages faculty-to-student ratios by creating sections if class sizes exceed 200-300 students, maintaining a 1:300 ratio per section in Semester

Professors are approachable, offering weekly office hours and extra time after classes. Faculty members are well-qualified, with degrees and awards from prestigious institutions. Assessment methods vary, including attendance marks, quizzes, and assignments. Classes are held in two major lecture hall complexes, facilitating easy movement. The faculty is generally considered superior to some IITs, with a mix of proficient and excellent professors.

Historically, the college achieved 100% placements, but recent reports show a decrease to 75-82% in 2024, with the highest salary package at 51 LPA and an average of 20-22 LPA for B.Tech graduates. About 25% of students received pre-placement offers. Students become eligible for internships after the 4th semester and placements after the 6th semester, with prominent recruiters like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Internships offer stipends from 60k to 2.5L per month, requiring a minimum CGPA of 8.

The college's placement and internship programs are well-structured, supported by a strong placement cell and an incubation center. The total course fee over four years is approximately 19.55 lakh INR, with tuition starting at 4.5 lakh INR per year, increasing by 10% annually, though no hike occurred recently due to Covid. Additional expenses include hostel fees of 66,000 INR per year and mess charges of about 3,500 INR per month.

Scholarships, including full-fee waivers, are available for students from economically weaker sections, female candidates, and those with JEE Main ranks below 2000. Scholarships typically apply after the first year and often require a family income below 6 LPA. For international students, fees are higher. Students can earn stipends of 10,000-15,000 INR through teaching assistantships and research internships.

By Collegedunia’s Personal AI

Specialisation	Package	2025	2024	2023
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence	Highest Package	₹51.31 Lakhs	-	₹51.30 Lakhs
Median Package	₹18.00 Lakhs	₹18.00 Lakhs	₹21.71 Lakhs
Average Package	₹20.69 Lakhs	-	₹24.89 Lakhs

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2.9Helpful

B.Tech, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Reviewed on Aug 9, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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Fees and Financial Aid:

For 1st yr the fees is 5lac and later on there is 5% increase every sem excluding mess and hostel charges ( they also follow the 5% trend ) There are many scholarship available for the students in start of sem 1 there is no such thing for fees for different reservation scholar ship like laptop and merit cum and humanitarian ground and other

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Reviewed on Feb 24, 2025(Enrolled 2022)

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Being a research oriented college, the academics are hectic.
The fee is really high as compared to other colleges.

The year-wise tuition fee is 4,50,000 Rs. It increases by 10% every year. I am not sure about the fee concession for SC/ST. International students also join our college , whose fees are much higher than hours per semester.

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Reviewed on Jan 2, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

I have paid my tuition fee for the first year ( both sem-1 and sem-2 ) which is about 4,50,000. To be more specific my semester one fee is 2,00,000 and my semester two fee is around 2,50,000. My tuition fee's structure is First-year --> 4,50,000 second year --> 4,75,000 third year --> 5,00,000 fourth year --> 5,25,000 and all of these fees are tentative, their total is about 19,55,000 which is just tuition fees and if you want to stay in the hostel then the hostel fees and mess fees are different and the total would surely cross the 2,00,000 or maybe 24,00,000. I don't know, I mean I am a day scholar so I didn't even bother to calculate the total fee. By the end of any semester, you will get an email to fill out the fee before the given date, and you can pay part-wise in that it's all your choice but you have to pay it before the deadline, if someone is not able to pay it before the deadline then a heavy fine is imposed on him/her and the fine keep on increasing until you pay it and by any chance, if fine reached a certain level then major action can be taken against the student. You pay the fees by login through ERP, I don't know if they take cash or not but I have paid my fee online. During my JAC counselling when I locked the seat after the fourth they took payment of 95,00,000 which if I don't withdraw from the counselling will be contributed to my fees or sem1 and the rest of the fees I have submitted after my admission. There's no fee reduction in my case ( for OBC candidates), I don't know about SC/ST but there's no fee reduction for OBC candidates even after NCL. There are many scholarship plans some are buying you a laptop or giving 40k at max to buy you a laptop, some paying some part of your college fee but every scheme has particular criteria and most of them have a family income that should be less than 6 LPA. and all the scholarship and all is not valid on the first year so you have to pay that by your own even if you are avail to any scholarship.

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Reviewed on May 29, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

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Strict academic curriculum. The courses are very well planned with total academic freedom to choose the courses to you want to study after 2nd year

High fees, the college charges really high fees compared to other engineering colleges. Though loans are available.

There is a fee hike each year of around 20k as far as I remember please verify with the latest revised fee structure as it tends to change. The complete cost of my education for 4 years comes around 20lakhs which is a lot. Though there are many scholarships they mostly cater to economically weaker sections or female candidates. Though there is a scheme to wave whole of your college fees but only 4-5 people get it each year. Also there is scholarships for people below 2000 JEE main rank. The campus does provide many employable opportunities as TAships and research interns at labs headed by professors. It provides stipend of around 10k-15K

Shubham

5.0

Reviewed on Jan 30, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Summarising IIIT DELHI

Curriculum, dedication of faculties And everything

Fees are the only concern for many kinds of people because it's really high, but iiit d really deserves every penny of it .it does have the best ROI available, ensuring your future bright. If you have a real issue, you should always go for scholarships.

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Reviewed on Jan 13, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

A genuine and honest review from a CSAI fresher incurring the wrath of IIITD!

Fees is way too much for a BTECH degree . I just don't get what are they thinking they just hike the fees every year like it's a pretty fair thing.
I feel acemadic is indeed tough. Like why the hell they want us to make so much efforts in everything. The curriculum ie the Credits system is also a bit messed up ig but whatever. An engineer has to suffer anyways...

Fees is very very very high, considering its a state university. But there are many scholarship opportunities indeed and you can find details on them on the IIITD website. But personally, imo if you come from a middle-class family, do make a good analysis of your finances before enrolling in this college cuz you know there are many additional expenses besides the tuition and hostel fees in the life of a college student.

Jatin Aggarwal

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Reviewed on Jan 11, 2023(Enrolled 2022)

Academic structure

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The course fee is quite high and it keeps increasing by 10% every year. Course fee - 4.25 L per year. Hostel fee (double room) - 66k per year. Mess charges - 3500 per month (around). Students belonging to GEN-EWS or having income less than a certain amount are given some percentage of scholarship (Different policy every year).

Mehul

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Reviewed on Nov 19, 2022(Enrolled 2020)

IIIT Delhi Insider review

Every year according to the policy, the fees may hike by 5-10%. Though this has not happened recently due to Covid. Students can avail of scholarships. Students can also opt for becoming teaching assistants for a stipend or credits. However, for becoming a teaching assistant the student must have scored at least a GPA of 8 in the said course.

Deshmukh

Reviewed on Feb 24, 2022(Enrolled 2015)

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The college complete course fee is around 16 lakh but which is really on the higher side but the placement packages and the education level of the college made this fee worth it. Merit-based scholarships and income-based scholarship schemes are available in the college. For information on the college scholarship program, one can log into the college's official website.

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