IIT Bhubaneswar M.Tech Structural Engineering: Fees 2026, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

These are the following inputs that can help you know more about an M.Tech degree in structural engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar.

Admission: One needs to score 60% or 6.5 CGPA in B.Tech or B.E degree in civil engineering and a valid GATE score. The weightage division for admission is 70% in the GATE score, 15% in written test, and 15% in the interview. There are 12 seats for this specialization.

Infrastructure: IIT Bhubaneswar is a fairly new IIT. It has an academic area, residential area, training centers, and Research Park.

Faculty: M.Tech in Structural Engineering comes under the School of Infrastructure. The school has 14 Assistant Professors, 4 Associate Professors, and 1 Professor.

Exposure: IIT Bhubaneswar attracts students from all over India. Hence, you will have the opportunity to be part of an excelling academic culture.

Placement: The placement percentage of the M.Tech department of IIT Bhubaneswar is 68% according to 2019 placement highlights. The average CTC offered in 2019 was around 11.44 LPA.

If the IIT tag is not considered, NIT Trichy’s Structural Engineering M.Tech course is better than IIT Bhubaneswar. But the hallmark of IIT does offer certain advantages.

NIT Trichy was established in 1964 while IIT Bhubaneswar was established in 2008. So, it is the older institution with a strong alumni base. NIRF in 2019 ranked NIT Trichy 10 in India while IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked at 17.

NIT Trichy has a very good placement record over the years and it is pretty good for structural engineering specialization. Almost 80% of the M. Tech students are employed in reputed companies every year with an average salary package of 5 lakh per annum. Some of the companies in which the students get placed are L&T Construction, L&T Hydrocarbon, TCE, L&W Construction, Atkins, Dow Chemicals, Technip, etc.

Compared to NIT Trichy, IIT Bhubhaneshwar does not have an impressive M. Tech placement record. The institute has witnessed around 68% of placement. But in the year 2018, there was an increase in the number of jobs offered from core industries. The average salary package was 11.15 package per annum. Top MNC recruiters were Goldman Sachs, Renault, Nissan, Samsung, Oracle, Infosys, Adobe, etc. The public sector undertakings in India such as ISRO, IOCL, HPCL, NCCBM also participated in placement.

The total fee structure of IIT Bhubaneswar for the M.Tech Structural Engineering program is Rs. 2.31 Lakhs/ Year. While the fee structure in NIT Trichy is only Rs. 96,625/ Year. NIT Trichy has highly qualified and experienced faculty. Most of them hold Ph. D and some of them have completed PostDoc. The institute makes use of the e-learning platform to teach the students. IIT Bhubaneswar is also rich with experienced faculties.