How is civil engineering department at IIT Madras?

IIT Madras is consistently ranked at 1st position in the NIRF India Rankings 2023: Engineering, leaving behind even IIT-Delhi and IIT-Bombay. The Civil Engineering department at IITM is filled with numerous opportunities and the faculty, staff, and placements are without a doubt, top-notch. Faculty: Civil Engineering faculty at IIT Madras is the most approachable among all the departments. The staff and professors are very supportive and friendly. A good lot of the faculty has received either their advanced degrees and/or training from renowned institutions in India, Germany, the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan, and the Netherlands. Placement- The students are offered placements from numerous private and public sector companies. To name a few core companies- Coal India, Larsen & Toubro, Thornton Tomasetti. Higher Education- IIT Madras graduates can opt for various MS and Ph.D. programs at top universities in the world. IITM Civil Engg. graduates get admission to top universities like MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, UT Austin, and Georgia Tech every year. Civil Engineering is the oldest department at IIT Madras and the faculty consists of alumni of various top universities of the world. The Centre For Innovation ( CFI) and IITM Research Park motivate students to come up with innovative ideas. Innovation is deeply encouraged and impressive ideas are helped with incubation and providing expert mentors. These are some startups specific to the Civil Engg. Department: Foldable Housing, Tvasta - 3D printing of buildings, Marvel Structural Consultants, etc. Other than this, IIT Madras Civil Engineering Department has 14 well-equipped modernized labs. IIT Madras’s location in a city like Chennai makes it attractive for aspirants of various Government exams as well. In all, IIT Madras is filled with opportunities and its Civil Engineering Department is highly renowned and offers numerous opportunities to the students.

What percentage of civil engineering students at IIT Madras end up taking core civil engineering jobs?

The exact percentage is difficult to tell because the data is available only with the Training and Placement Cell of IIT Madras. The biggest problem with Civil Engineering is that you will not get any immediate opportunities in the same stream. So many of the students who need a job immediately with a good pay package usually shift to other streams. It is not the case that people are not interested in pursuing core civil engineering jobs. But they want to study what can give them jobs immediately. Unfortunately, this is difficult in core civil engineering jobs. These jobs demand higher degrees which the undergraduate students lack and thus are not considered.

What should I choose between IIT Madras civil and BITS Hyderabad CSE?

Both IIT Madras Civil and BITS Hyderabad CSE are great subject options to pursue for students. IIT Madras is one of the top-ranking academic institutions in India ranking 1st in Engineering in the NIRF ranking. The Civil Engineering Department of IIT Madras is known for offering excellent academic curriculums and research facilities to the students. The average course fee for pursuing a Civil Engineering from IIT Madras is around INR 2.14 LPA for the first year and the total hostel fee is around INR 35000. IIT Madras Civil Department offers excellent placement opportunities to the students. The highest package is of INR 1CPA and the average package is INR 25 LPA.

What is best for a civil engineer fresher, NITIE PGDPM or IIT Madras structural Engineering?

For a civil engineer fresher, Structural Engineering from IIT Madras is the best option. IIT Madras has consecutively secured 1strank in the NIRF ranking for the last three years. The M.Tech in Structural Engineering from IIT Madras is a prestigious department. It is a two-year postgraduate course. The total tuition fee for this course is INR 20,000 and you will have to pay a one-time admission fee of INR 7250. If you avail of hostel facilities, you will have to pay an additional amount of INR 156850. There are a total of 14 seats, and the placement records of this department are quite well. In 2023, the highest salary was INR 19.50 Lakhs and the lowest salary was INR 6 Lakhs.

IIT Madras B.Tech Civil Engineering: 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)
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition Fees	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000
Admission Fees	₹3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caution Fee *	₹5000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alumni Fees	₹6000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous Fees	₹26417	₹13000	₹15417	₹13000	₹15417	₹13000	₹15417	₹13000
Semester Wise Fees	₹140417	₹113000	₹115417	₹113000	₹115417	₹113000	₹115417	₹113000
Yearly Fees	₹253417	₹228417	₹228417	₹228417

Fees	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)	Year 4 (in INR)
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition Fees	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000
Other Fee	₹31500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500
Semester Wise Fees	₹131500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500
Yearly Fees	₹242000	₹221000	₹221000	₹221000

Categories (2025)	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6
General	5629	5639	5639	5639	5639	6112
SC	1372	1405	1405	1405	1405	1445
ST	374	407	407	407	407	424
EWS	940	949	949	949	949	949
GeneralPwD	171	171	171	171	171	171
OBCNCL	2308	2383	2383	2383	2394	2403

Categories	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
General	5516	5525	5525	5525	5688
SC	1317	1324	1324	1324	1324
ST	512	522	522	522	522
EWS	1030	1089	1089	1089	1111
OBCNCL	2391	2488	2500	2500	2592
GeneralPwD	170	282	282	282	282

Particulars	2023 (in INR)	2022 (in INR)
Highest Package	7650000.00	8225000.00
Average Package	-	-
Median Package	1576000.00	1600000.00

Ranking Agency	Latest	Previous
	#3 out of 286 (2025) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu	#3 out of 275 (2024) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu
	#1 out of 25 (2025)	#1 out of 25 (2024)
	#2 out of 160 (2025) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu	#3 out of 170 (2023)
	#3 out of 500 (2025) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu
	#1 out of 300 (2024) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu	#1 out of 200 (2023) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu
	#201-250 out of 800 (2020)	#251-300 out of 800 (2019)

Years (2025 - 2026)	year 1	year 2	year 3	year 4
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition fees	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000
Admission fees	₹3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caution fee*	₹5000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
alumni fees	₹6000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
miscellaneous fees	₹26417	₹13000	₹15417	₹13000	₹15417	₹13000	₹15417	₹13000
Semester Wise Fees	₹140417	₹113000	₹115417	₹113000	₹115417	₹113000	₹115417	₹113000
Yearly Fees	₹2.53 Lakhs	₹2.28 Lakhs	₹2.28 Lakhs	₹2.28 Lakhs

Admission to IITs, including IIT Madras, is through the JEE process, consisting of JEE Main and JEE Advanced exams. Out of 15 lakh students, the top 2 lakh in JEE Main qualify for JEE Advanced, with only around 10,000 seats available. A special 10% quota exists for girls, and reservations are provided for weaker sections. The academic program typically includes 4-5 lectures daily over 2.5 to 5 years, with a faculty-to-student ratio of 1:6.

Fees at IIT Madras are relatively low, with tuition around INR 1 lakh per semester for B.Tech programs and hostel fees about INR 50,000 annually. Scholarships and financial aids are available, particularly for economically weaker students and reserved categories, reducing tuition significantly. The institution sees over 500 companies visit annually for placements, with around 1500 offers made in 2022. The highest salary package reached 2.14 crore INR per annum, while the average was approximately 17.33 lakh INR.

Almost all students seeking placements are successful, with international offers up to 1.6 crore INR. Internships begin in the third year, with prominent companies offering stipends from 15,000 to 1.5 lakh INR per month. Financial assistance includes scholarships like the MCM scholarship and Dean-Alumni scholarship, along with interest-free loans from Canara Bank and SBI. The total cost for a B.Tech course ranges from INR 8 to 10 lakh over four years, with extensive scholarship options to help manage expenses.

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Events	Dates
JEE-Advanced counselling	Jun 03, 2025 - Jul 28, 2025
Resolution of Fee Payment Issues for Round 6 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jul 22, 2025
Final Round of Seat Allocation for Round 6 JoSAA 2025 [B.Tech]	Jul 22, 2025

Years	year 1	year 2	year 3	year 4
Semester	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tuition fees	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000	₹100000
other fee	₹31500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500	₹10500
Semester Wise Fees	₹131500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500	₹110500
Yearly Fees	₹2.42 Lakhs	₹2.21 Lakhs	₹2.21 Lakhs	₹2.21 Lakhs

Specialisation	Package	2023	2022
Civil Engineering	Highest Package	₹76.50 Lakhs	₹82.25 Lakhs
Median Package	₹15.76 Lakhs	₹16.00 Lakhs

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M Prem Kumar

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Reviewed on Oct 8, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

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Curriculum would be tough sometimes and easy for sometimes, which gives us a mixed feelings about tour own potential.

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The fee payment is divided into 2 semesters, each semester fee is 11350. This fee falls under tution fees and it was not increased in last few years and I think it will not increase in further years also. The tution fee concession for SC students of amount which was written above. The other category students have max tution fee of 1,08,000. Scholarships are available in my college. Like all NSP portal applied schemes are eligible for students in my college.

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Reviewed on Sep 24, 2024(Enrolled 2020)

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Completing the sem in 4 months is a bit clumsy

Year wise fee i paid - 100000 Tuition fee,- 50000 Caution fee, lab fee-0 Fees of my other batch mates- 200000 Scholarship - NSP- 50000 every year And there are several other scholarsip like reliance scholarship provided to 1st year ugs

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I think the entire fee for 4 years is around 12 lakhs including the tution and hostel fees.many scholarships are available for students .I don't no the names a s such.im a furst year student so I didn't receive job yet

Sai Ram

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The fee structure is changed lot after increase fees recently. My hostel fee at the beginning is around 12149? where I am exempted from tution fee around 45k ? and it has increased doubled recently 24k? per semester and including college fees around 8 k? per semester which includes mess and course per year around I have to pay 23k? and after that it has been nearly 32k? per semester and the total cost which hostel fee ,mess fee ,gym fee , Library fee and course per annum around 64k? in fourth and 5 th year all around it cost me around more 3 lakh rupees.for my batch. There are many scholarships are available such sc/st scholarship,MCM SCHOLARSHIP, ADITYA BIRLA scholarship and etc., There is criteria to be satisfied to apply scholarships. There are many fests goes in the institute our branch civil engineering conducts CEA FEST,. CAMPUS FEST technical and cultural fest The technical fest is saashtra and saarang I joined as an coordinator roles .

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Students here doesnt need to worry about the fees. Based on the category of student fee structure is designed. The fee for tution and hostel are different. Hostel fee will be same for every student whereas there is change is tution fee based on category of students. Scholarship can be availed easily, there are so many schemes like NSP which gives scholarship.

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Scholarships are widely available. Just make sure you thoroughly check the eligibility you've in different scholarships available in the college. The fee structure in my term was event enough. I'm not sure about the current fee structure but due to the inflation outside their might be a slight increase in fee.

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IIT Madras reserves right to adjust tuition. costs vary by program /year. scholarships like insstitute merit-cum means available. on-campus jobs offer stipends matching responsibilities. they provide the hands-on-experiences with the teaching skills.

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Course fee range between 8 to 10 lakh for entire 4 years, enough scholarship oppportunities will be provided for category students and females, we will have decnt internships and placements every year acoording to the student qualifications

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Fee structure: 1) General and OBC category: Tution fees is 3 lakh per year and hostel fee upto 30,000 per semester l. 2) For SC,ST and EWS category: No tution fee, hostel fee upto 30,000 per semester

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Also we can do LTAP courses means leisure time courses like guitar learning, piano, karatee, musical instruments which cost relible.

Fee structure is per semester, 12000 per institute, 22000 per mess, 16000 per hostel (includes hospital charges, wellness centre,electricity bill, etc). So per year, 100000 is gooing to be paid. This all belongs to reservation category students. For non- reservation category students, only institute fees is different. It varies differently for different categories. Itis approximately 5 to 8 lakhs. FOR reserved canditates NSP scholorship will be provided for applicable students. For those who are not applicable for NSP, they will provide Insti scholorship.This is applicable for only SC, ST categories. But institution may give education loan as min 40,000 to buy laptop.

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a) SC/ST/PwD students are exempted from payment of tuition fee irrespective of their parental income.
b) GE, OBC-NCL, EWS students whose family income is less than Rs.1 lakh per annum shall get full remission of the Tuition fee.
c) GE, OBC-NCL, EWS students whose family income is less than Rs.1 lakh to Rs.5 lakhs per annum shall get remission of 2/3rd of the tuition fee.
d) All the students shall have access to interest free loan under Vidyalaxmi scheme for the total portion of the tuition fee payable
Dual Degree students have to pay B.Tech. fees for the first 8 semesters and M.Tech. fees for 9th & 10th semesters
For SC/ST students with scholarships, the advanced dining charges will be claimed from the Scholarship section. Advanced Dining charges and Student Medical Insurance Premium are subject to change depending on the tender.

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