Indian Institute of Technology, [IIT] Mandi

Indian Institute of Technology, [IIT] Mandi is one of the eight 2nd generation IIT's established by the Government of India in the year 2009. The institute has interactive learning with a highly flexible academic structure, quality research, and strong industry collaboration. The institute is an autonomous premier engineering and technology university and one of the top-ranked colleges in India. It offers quality education in undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate courses in the field of Engineering and Science. The IIT Mandi also has various schools and research centres on campus namely, Advanced Material Research Center [AMRC], BioX Centre, Design and Innovation Centre [DIC], IIT Mandi Catalyst. 

The Indian Institute of Technology, [IIT] Mandi infrastructure has 538 acres with eco-friendly and sustainable infrastructure campus. It provides state of art facilities like a Central library, laboratories, research centres, medical facilities, workshops, sports facilities, accommodation facility and more. IIT Mandi Admissions are open for various courses in undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate. The institute has a dedicated and well-established placement office that provides training, internship, and placements for the students. The institute apart from quality education also encourages students in various cultural, social, extracurricular and sports activities.

Table of Contents

• Highlights
• Why Choose IIT Mandi?
• Ranking
• Courses
• Departments
• Admission
• Cut Off
• Result
• IIT Mandi Campus
• Infrastructure
• Placements
• Scholarships
• Collaborations
• Alumni

IIT Mandi Highlights

The highlights of the IIT Mandi, such as university type, student-faculty ratio, approvals, facilities, etc., are mentioned below.

Why Choose IIT Mandi? 

IIT Mandi is one of the 8th Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) established by the MHRD, Government of India in 2008. IIT Mandi was initially mentored by IIT Roorkee, which hosted the first batch of students. The Institute has an advanced IT infrastructure including high-speed links of 1 GBPS capacity based on an optical backbone and more than 200 Wi-Fi access points. It has a Business and Entrepreneurship cell and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with many international institutions.

IIT Mandi Academic Advantages

The academic curriculum of IIT Mandi was designed according to industry standards. The professors use multiple teaching tools like lectures, exercises, role-plays, simulation, video shows etc. to facilitate effective learning in their courses. The continuous evaluation system consists of quizzes, assignments, mid-term and end-term examinations etc. The curriculum also encourages students to study in groups. The faculty is qualified and is involved in many research projects worth crore rupees.

IIT Mandi Rankings

The IIT Mandi has secured top positions in science and technology education by various national and international ranking agencies. Given below are some of the positions held by the university:

• IITM is one of the 8th IIT established by MHRD in India.
• It was ranked 31st among engineering colleges in India by the NIRF in 2020.

IIT Mandi Courses

IIT Mandi offers a wide variety of postgraduate, undergraduate and doctoral programmes in the science and technology field. Below is a snapshot of the courses offered by the IIT Mandi with their specializations:

IIT Mandi Science Courses

IIT Mandi Engineering Courses

IIT Mandi Departments

The IIT Mandi has 4 departments, termed as schools, offering various level courses for students. The departments are designed to provide necessary facilities to the courses such as labs, classrooms, etc. Given below are the departments of IIT Mandi:

IIT Mandi Admission

IIT Mandi admission 2021 is open for offered courses and students wishing to take admission have to fill up an online admission application form on the official website. IIT Mandi admission is based on the eligibility and marks scored in IIT-JEE, IIT JAM, GATE, UGC, CSIR-JRF, GRE entrance examination. The IIT Mandi B.Tech and M.Tech admission is based on the marks scored in the IIT JEE Advanced and GATE examination, respectively.

IIT Mandi Eligibility Criteria

Various courses are offered by IIT Mandi in the Science and Engineering discipline and each of the courses offered has different eligibility criteria and students have to fulfil the criteria otherwise they are not allowed to admit to the institution. Below is a list of a few courses offered by the IIT Mandi with their eligibility criteria:

IIT Mandi B.Tech Eligibility

IIT Mandi offers a Bachelor in technology program specializing in Computer Science, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Engineering Physics, Data Science and Engineering. The duration of the course is 4 years and students need to undergo an internship during this time period.

Eligibility Criteria

• A candidate should have completed 10+2 examinations with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics or equivalent examinations from a recognized board.
• Candidates must have passed the IIT JEE Mains exam 2021 

The IIT Mandi M.Tech Eligibility

The IIT Mandi offers a Masters in Technology programme specializing in Mechanical Engineering with Specialization in Materials, Power Electronics and Drives, Communications and Signal Processing, Biotechnology, Structural Engineering, VLSI.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering/ Technology or Master's degree in Science or Master's degree in Computer Application.
• The candidate must have a valid test score of GATE examination

IIT Mandi M.Sc Eligibility

The IIT Mandi offers Masters in Science courses in Physics, Applied Mathematics, Chemistry. The course is a postgraduate course with 2 years of duration.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicants must have passed three or four years bachelor degree in the relevant stream from a recognized university.
• The candidate must have scored valid marks in the IIT JAM examination.

Read more for detailed IIT Mandi Eligibility Criteria for various courses.

IIT Mandi Cut Off

IIT Mandi cutoff 2021 will be released after the results of IIT-JEE, IIT JAM, GATE, UGC, CSIR-JRF, GRE will be released. The institute releases cut-off every year during admission season for offered courses. The institutional cut-off depends upon the marks scored by the candidate in the personal interview, entrance examination and GD. IIT JEE 2020 cut-off for B.Tech CS was 1,861. JEE cut-off depends on various factors and some of them are listed below:

• The Total number of JEE Advanced 2021candidates.
• The difficulty level of the entrance examination.
• Previous year’s cutoff trends.
• A total number of seats available in courses at IIT Mandi.

For more information, check IIT Mandi Cut off.

IIT Mandi Result

IIT Mandi result 2021 for admission will be announced after the results of the IIT-JEE, IIT JAM, GATE, UGC, CSIR-JRF, GRE examination will be out and students can check the results on the official website of the exam controller. Students can check the semester results from the official website of the IIT Mandi and from campus. Makeup exam for Even Semester of B.Tech students will be held in June 2021(tentatively).

IIT Mandi Campus

IIT Mandi's main campus was developed as sustainable infrastructure and eco-friendly campus. IIT Mandi is built on a total area of 538 acres of which about 200 acres is flat land while the rest is mountainous. All of the undergraduate students, the Director and most of the faculty members live on the main campus. It has 2 campuses termed as North and South campus with proper communication between both the campuses.

IIT Mandi Infrastructure Facilities

IIT Mandi has world-class infrastructural amenities. It has a dining hall, eateries, various laboratories, academic complex etc. The institute has a Main library with a collection of 18,948 books and a fully automated and Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) enabled Satellite library with 20,000 online resources for students, faculty and staff.

Some of the facilities offered within the campus are:

• Central Library
• Eateries
• Dining Hall
• Academic Complex
• Residential Complex
• Healthcare Centre
• Cricket Ground
• Football Ground
• Sports Complex
• Gymkhana
• Shopping Complex
• Swimming Pool

IIT Mandi Hostel Facilities

The campus has 9 residential complexes to accommodate students, staff and teachers. There are 5 boys complex and 2 girls complex, remaining are for staff and teachers. The rooms are spacious and have a bed, cupboard, table and a chair. There is a common room, reading room having internet connection, mess, sports facility, etc.

Other hostel facilities include:

• Safety and Security
• Mess
• Dining Room
• Reading Room
• Common Room
• Sports Facility

Read more on IIT Mandi Facilities provided at the campus.

IIT Mandi Placements

IIT Mandi witnessed 85% placement in 2020. 101 students are placed in 75+ companies. The institute witnessed 112 job offers as compared to 108 in 2019. Students are placed for the summer internship and final placement from IIT Mandi. The placement cell constantly strives to provide the best companies to students thus maintaining its prestige.

Some of the IIMK placement statistics are as follows:

• 5 students bagged pre-placement offers
• Eminent recruiters like BPCL, Bluestar, Cortex, Delhivery, Accenture, Tata, Wipro, Samsung, Mahindra, eBay and many others visited the campus for recruitment.

Read more about IIT Mandi Placement.

IIT Mandi Scholarships

The IIT Mandi offers scholarships to students based on certain defined criteria such as student merit, financial condition, reserved category, research requirements etc. Students can check scholarship details from the official website of IITM. Given below are some of the scholarships offered by IIT Mandi:

• Merit cum Means Scholarship
• HTRA Scholarship for M.Sc/M.Tech and Ph.D
• Institute Scholarship for SC/ST students
• Central Sector Scholarship 
• National Fellowship

IIT Mandi Collaborations

IIT Mandi has collaborated with international as well as national education institutes/universities and industries to promote education and research. Given below are some of the international partner of IIT Mandi:

IIT Mandi Alumni

Alumni Association of IIT Mandi is known as IITMAA and the alumni are spread in every corner of the world and are doing very well in their professional career. The alumni association aims to bring all the alumni under one roof and communicate with them constantly, the association organises alumni meet at different time intervals. IIT Mandi has launched a mobile application for alumni, alumni can register from the website or from the app.