Which is better, an IIT KGP CSE dual degree or an IIT Roorkee CSE B.Tech?

Without any second thoughts, choose IIT Roorkee CSE B. Tech over IIT KGP CSE dual degree because dual degrees are usually less preferred by companies coming for placements. It’s better to do MTech after BTech than to opt for a dual degree. The main reason is that in Masters you are open to changing your branch in case your interest goes to another field. But a dual degree means you will be studying the same field with no option of changing in between. Another major disadvantage of a dual degree is that you are not eligible to change your branch to a 4-year program irrespective of your CGPA You will see your batchmates leaving a year before you and getting offers and settling well before you. IIT KGP no doubt is older and better than IIT Roorkee in every aspect. But as far as the program is concerned, a dual degree is not worth spending so many years at all.

Which is better IIT Guwahati CSE or IIT Delhi EE or IIT KGP CSE 5yrs?

In my opinion, an IIT KGP CSE dual degree is a better option than IIT Guwahati CSE. Here’s why You get an additional degree in just one or two years You don’t have to sit for another entrance exam like GATE Companies that open profiles for BTech also open the same profiles for Dual Degree students. IIT Guwahati is also a good option for CSE. However, one should opt for IIT Delhi EE only if You are confident that one will be able to change branch within a year. This is because you will end up studying CS courses with external coaching. To secure a job, the best options are CSE or MBA. For MBA, your branch does not really matter, only your institute does.

Is IIIT Hyderabad CSE as good as IIT Kharagpur CSE?

CSE department of both IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad is top notch offering the best coursework and coding culture. But here’s the thing about CSE, it consists only of coding. In case you later find out that you are not really interested in it, joining IIT Hyderabad might prove to be a wrong decision. On the other hand, IIT KGP has many branches to choose from and also has noncore companies for Finance companies visiting the campus. One can pursue their area of interest and does not have to stick to the branch he chose. Another reason why people prefer IIT Kharagpur over IIT Hyderabad is the better peer group in terms of JEE Rank. This is because IIT KGP has a cutoff lower than IITH thus inviting only the best. Thus, IIT KGP has a slight advantage over IITH as far as alumni network, peer quality, and variety of branches are concerned. IITH is a good option only if you are confident that you are interested in nothing but coding. Else IIT Kharagpur is always the better choice.

What should I choose, CSE at IIT Hyderabad, BHU, mechanical at IIT Kharagpur or electrical at IIT Roorkee?

Irrespective of the IIT you choose, CS placements are excellent everywhere with very lucrative packages offered to its top rankers. A good student can pay a package as high as INR 30-40 LPA in CS whereas the same students will only end up with a package of INR 10–15 LPA. While many may comment that placements should not be the only determining factor, I am here to contradict that opinion. CS is a branch that is dynamic and any engineering aspirants will be attracted to it naturally while other branches are a bit rigid and require specific attention. As far as CSE at IIT BHU is concerned, it’s at par with most older IITs. The majority of the batch is pre-placed or placed on the first day itself. A few top recruiters include Goldman Sachs, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.

IIT Kharagpur B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Course Highlights	Details
duration	4 Years (Full Time)
course level	UG (Degree)
mode of study	On Campus
total fees	₹ 8.96 Lakhs
median package	₹ 19.76 Lakhs
eligibility	10+2 with 75% + JEE Advanced

College	B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering Total Fees
IIT Madras	₹ 9.39 Lakhs
IIT Kharagpur	₹ 8.96 Lakhs
IIT Bombay	₹ 8.83 Lakhs
IIT Delhi	₹ 8.63 Lakhs

Fee Type	Total Amount (INR)
tuition fee	₹8 Lakhs
caution fee*	₹6,000
other fee	₹90,300
total academic fee	₹8.96 Lakhs
hostel fee	₹96,720
total fee	₹9.93 Lakhs

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

Admission to IIT Kharagpur is very competitive, requiring candidates to clear both JEE Main and JEE Advanced exams. The seat allocation process is managed by JoSAA, based on JEE Advanced ranks, not JEE Main results. Established in 1951, IIT Kharagpur is India's oldest IIT, known for its excellent academic standards and strong alumni network. The faculty is highly qualified, with an overall faculty-to-student ratio of about 1:10, although teaching methods and curriculum updates vary.

The BTech program costs approximately INR 3.16 lakhs over four years, with first-year fees at INR 82,070 and annual costs around INR 2 lakhs. Tuition and hostel fees are roughly INR 1.1 lakh and INR 30,000 per semester, respectively. Fees are reduced based on parental income, with significant reductions for lower-income families and SC/ST students. Financial assistance includes scholarships and loans. Placement opportunities are outstanding, with over 200 companies visiting annually, securing 1,300 to 1,600 job offers.

Top recruiters include Google, Microsoft, and Tata Steel, offering packages up to 2.78 crore INR per annum. The average package is 10 to 35 lakhs INR annually, with over 90% placement success. Internships provide stipends from 10,000 to 1.5 lakh INR per month. Scholarships and financial aid focus on merit and need, offering fee waivers and full scholarships for lower-income families and top JEE performers. Educational loans are available from banks like SBI and PNB.

The overall annual cost for general category students is around INR 3 lakhs, including tuition, hostel, and mess fees.

By Collegedunia’s Personal AI

Yearly Placement Package Comparison
Median Package	₹19.76 Lakhs	₹18.75 Lakhs	₹18.75 Lakhs

Yearly Students Placed
Student Admitted	679	670
Students Placed	517	422

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Shivangi Tripathi

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B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering

Reviewed on Jun 12, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

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IIT Kharagpur follows a semester wise system and the semester fee is around INR 152000/- Sometimes the total fee depends of the Hall budget that keeps Changing and varies from Hall to Hall. If i break down the overall fee stucture then we pay a tution fee for INR 100000 and around 14000 as mess charges and 32000 for Hostels in every semester. Institute provides tution fee wavier for SC/ST and students with less income. institute also provides financial suppport through various scholarship.

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Gaddampally Rishwitha

Reviewed on Mar 4, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

Life at IIT KGP

The total fee for first year is 273500 Rupees.For the first sem fee is 126750 Rupees and 146750 for the second. In each semester 100000 Rupees is tution fee and the remaining for others like regestration, lab, exam, books. I am currently not aware of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year fee as I am a first year student. For other categories tution fee is exxcluded and remaining fee is common for all (i.e 100000 Rupees is excluded).

Vyshnavi Pedavalli

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Reviewed on Feb 25, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

IIT KHARAGPUR:A HUB OF ACEDAMIC EXCELLENCE AND DIVERSE OPPURTUNITIES

In IIT Kharagpur fees structure on semester basis .for the academic session 2024-2025. autumun semester (first sem) fees is Rs.1,56,750 1 lakh tution fee ,other than this 14,500 mess charges. 21,000 hostel fess and some fees for medical and sudent welfare, examination, electricity and water chages . In the spring semester (second sem) fees is Rs .1,45,545 1 lakh tution fees and similar as above .this fees will increase year by year. for economically weaker section they will give exsumption of tution fees. if parents annual income is less than one lakh the there will be complete fees exsumption , for parents annual income between 1 and 6 lakhs there will be exsumption of 66.66% of the tution fee ,for 6 to 9 lakhs there will be exsumption of 33.33% from the tution fee .caution fees is 4000 per sem and registration fees is 1400.there are various scholarships a student can apply like MCM scholarship ,kotak kanya..

Sarmada Alla

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Reviewed on Feb 23, 2025(Enrolled 2022)

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For semester 1,50,000 In this 1 lakh is tution fee but for sc,st no tution fee for obc and ews 1/3 of tution fee will be applied Remaining money is for all the other things like hall and etc There are many scholarships but maximum will be for low caste people

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Reviewed on Dec 13, 2024(Enrolled 2024)

Extremely satisfied with the opportunities provided and the campus life, though infrastructure could have been better

One-Time Fee at time of admission is Rs 5700. Refundable Fees is Rs. 6000. For each semester, Tuition Fee is Rs. 100000, Fees for Hostel and Mess is Rs. 36600. Tuition Fee for SC/ST/PwD candidates and students with annual family income less than Rs 100000 is zero. There is concession for students with annual family income limit between Rs 100000 and Rs 500000. There are various kinds of scholarships available in the college. Also, we are regularly notified about scholarship opportunity from outside.

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Reviewed on Dec 4, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

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The course curriculum is very comprehensive, the faculties are industry experts and are highly qualified.

The annual fees of our institute is approximately 3,00,000 rupees. The tuition fees is 2,00,000 rupees. There are some other fees like registration or admission fees of 5000 rupees, hostel fees of 30000 rupees, mess fees of 25000 rupees. The caution money of 3000 rupees. There are some other miscellaneous fees of 5000 rupees including library fee, exam fee etc. There are different scholarships for the students, these scholarships are based on merit basis and also on the total income of the family. They also provide financial aid to the students.

Anamika

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Reviewed on Nov 4, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

The IIT Kharagpur experience

For my first year divided into two semesters The first semester fees was - 154830 INR and the second semester fees was - 141323 INR - These is without any financial aid or scholarships The breakup details are as follows Per semester - tution fees = 100000 - medical examination= 200 - student welfare+ brotherhood fund = 500 - mess charges = 145000 - hall establishment= 13800 - hostel admission fee = 1000 - caution money = 5000 - almuni subscription= 2000 - gymkhana = 600 - statuary fee = 2000 - student welfare fund = 2500 - lab = 800 - water electricity= 1000 - internet= 750 - hostel seat and student amenities= 1550 - exams = 500 - modernization= 700 After the first sem the fee decreased by around 13000, which was a reduction in the hostel fees due to the quality of hostels . For the second semester The welfare brotherhood funds were eradicated as they were already taken Tution fee remains the same - tution= 100000 - lab = 800 - mess = 145000 - hostel = 800 - medical = 220 - registration= 400 - Gymkhana= 600 - film = 100 - exam = 500 - amenities= 800 - seat and internet= 1300 - electricity and water = 1000 - hall budget= 1893 - hall establishment= 18300 There isn't much difference in the hostel fees for other department students

Aditya Singh Tomar

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Reviewed on Oct 24, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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The course curriculum is quite outdated. It helps to build up your basics but has very little use at industry level. Also in some departments like elecetrical the grading system is quite harsh which maks is difficult to get a good grade.

I am a general student so I pay around 3 lakh a year. 2 lakh is tuition and around 1 lakh is hostel fee for a year(which is 2 semesters). SC/ST students dont have to pay any tuition fee and only need to pay the hostel fee. If the family income is less than 5 lakh then you have to pay only 33 thousand as tuition fee and it the income is less than 1 lakh then you have to pay no tuition fee at all. There are various scholarships for underprivilaged students, like MCM(merit cum means), and various other scholarships based on departments and family income.

Kaustubh Tambi

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Reviewed on Oct 7, 2024(Enrolled 2024)

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So , the year wise fee I paid is around 3,12,000 inr . The tuition fees is 1,00,000 inr . Caution fee is 12000 inr . Registration fee is 400 inr . Hostel Admission fee is 1000 inr and the other lab fees and compulsory charges are not being briefed to us but I can say that they are quite minimal and affordable. The most common scholarships offered are MCM , inspire and reliance scholarships . Since , I know more about the inspire scholarship. It is given to those who are enrolled in BS course and have their JEE advanced AIR less than 10,000. They are being rewarded 60,000 per year + 20,000 on researchAll the students who have they family annual income greater than 5 lakhs have to pay the same fees as mentioned above . For annual income roughy between 2 lakhs to 5 lakhs , the students have to pay 33% of the total fees and for students having annual income below 2 lakhs or they belong to sc or st category , they are being provided with free tution fees on there whole 4-5 year duration

Rishabh jain

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Reviewed on Sep 20, 2024(Enrolled 2024)

My sweet college..

The girls to boy ratio is very bad. Some labs have very hecetic circilium.

We have to pay 1lacs. As tution fees and 56 thousands as hostel and mess fess. And registration, caution and other compulsory charges all together costs at about 20,000. There are many scholarships here like merit cum means Scholarship which is given by college to eligible candidates. And there are also many private scholarship for iit Kharagpur students and they can get easily by clearing aptitude test or personal interview round. There are fee waivers for students based on their annual family income. SC and ST students have 100 percent fee waiver on tution fees.