The Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), established in 1919 is based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The institute was formerly called the Banaras Engineering College, the College of Mining and Metallurgy, the College of Technology, and the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. In 2019, the premier institute was positioned 11 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework and ranked 9 among engineering institutes of the country by The Week. IIT (BHU) commemorated its centenary year in 2019-2020.
IIT (BHU) undertakes admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses through written entrance examinations. All IITs conducts admission to undergraduate programmes with a secure Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). Candidates qualifying JEE Main and JEE Advanced examination will be eligible for a four year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree, and a five year integrated dual degree based on Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling. Admission to M.Tech.programme is conducted through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
Particulars (Per semester) |
Amount |
Total Onetime Fee |
5750 |
Total Refundable Fee |
9000 |
Total Semester Fee |
106350 |
Medical Insurance Fee |
365 |
Grand Total |
121465 |
Tuition fee is waived off for economically backward students with income limit less than 1 lakh rupees per annum.
The other economically backward candidates with family income between 1 lakh rupees to 5 lakhs rupees per annum will get remission of two-third of the tuition fee.
Academic Program | Seat Capacity |
Civil Engineering |
78 |
Computer Science and Engineering |
57 |
Electrical Engineering |
78 |
Electronics Engineering |
78 |
Mechanical Engineering |
97 |
Ceramic Engineering |
57 |
Metallurgical Engineering |
67 |
Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology |
67 |
Chemical Engineering |
115 |
Mining Engineering |
100 |
Academic Program |
Seat Capacity |
Biochemical Engineering with M.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
20 |
Bioengineering with M.Tech in Biomedical Technology |
19 |
Ceramic Engineering |
20 |
Civil Engineering |
20 |
Computer Science and Engineering |
14 |
Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Power Electronics |
19 |
Materials Science and Technology |
19 |
Metallurgical Engineering |
19 |
Mechanical Engineering |
19 |
Mining Engineering |
20 |
Mathematics and Computing |
20 |
Engineering Physics |
19 |
Industrial Chemistry |
19 |
Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology |
19 |
S.No. | Course Name |
Category |
Gender Neutral |
Female Only |
1 |
Ceramic Engineering |
OBC | 4421 | 7530 |
EWS |
1342 |
2058 |
||
General |
10448 |
18113 |
||
SC |
2606 |
3743 |
||
ST |
1114 |
- |
||
2 |
Chemical Engineering |
OBC |
2757 |
5630 |
EWS |
748 |
1692 |
||
General |
6421 |
12066 |
||
SC |
1728 |
2794 |
||
ST |
- |
810 |
||
3 |
Civil Engineering |
OBC |
2483 |
6024 |
EWS |
768 |
1779 |
||
General |
6984 |
12423 |
||
SC |
1276 |
2410 |
||
ST |
357 |
1141 |
||
4 |
Computer Science and Engineering |
OBC |
367 |
1089 |
EWS |
83 |
176 |
||
General |
796 |
2493 |
||
SC |
214 |
569 |
||
ST |
147 |
502 |
||
5 |
Electrical Engineering |
OBC |
1183 |
3880 |
EWS |
287 |
884 |
||
General |
3026 |
6566 |
||
SC |
765 |
1613 |
||
ST |
337 |
676 |
||
6 |
Electronics Engineering |
OBC |
1045 |
3058 |
EWS |
249 |
856 |
||
General |
2376 |
5572 |
||
SC |
778 |
1521 |
||
ST |
440 |
642 |
||
7 |
Mechanical Engineering |
OBC |
1680 |
5347 |
EWS |
491 |
1545 |
||
General |
4268 |
10950 |
||
SC |
1046 |
2405 |
||
ST |
446 |
- |
||
8 |
Metallurgical Engineering |
OBC |
3313 |
7045 |
EWS |
857 |
1943 |
||
General |
8169 |
14907 |
||
SC |
2197 |
3014 |
||
ST |
1043 |
- |
||
9 |
Mining Engineering |
OBC |
3887 |
6584 |
EWS |
1390 |
2620 |
||
General |
10212 |
20406 |
||
SC |
2475 |
- |
||
ST |
1023 |
1023 |
||
10 |
Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology |
OBC |
4476 |
6969 |
EWS |
1414 |
2349 |
||
General |
11691 |
19572 |
||
SC |
2736 |
3645 |
||
ST |
NA |
NA |
||
11 |
Architecture |
OBC |
7540 |
- |
EWS |
2732 |
- |
||
General |
22641 |
20929 |
||
SC |
2905 |
- |
||
ST |
NA |
NA |
The year 2019 marked the placement history for IIT (BHU) with the highest offered package of 1.04 crores. There were a total of 1063 engineering students appearing for the placement drive out of which 762 candidates bagged a job offer. The institute witnessed top-notch recruiters including Oracle, TATA Steel, EXL, WIPRO, and DMT. The placement contribution in all streams is growing substantially every year.
Particulars | Statistics |
Total number of students registered |
1,063 |
Total number of students placed |
762 |
Total number of companies visited |
52 |
Percentage of students placed |
71% |
Highest Domestic Package |
1.04 crores |
Highest International Package |
1.52 crores |
Average Placement Package |
8.19 LPA |
IIT (BHU) Varanasi has well equipped prime library along with five independent departmental libraries, accommodating a huge collection of books on science, technology, engineering, social sciences, humanities, and literary fiction. The premier institute organizes an annual techno-management festival called Technex that is Asia’s oldest techno-management fest. The institute offers a vibrant campus life that provides the all-round development to its students.