All you need to know about IIT Madras Cut-off

The Indian Institutes of Technology have always been considered as one of the best and the most prestigious engineering institutions in the world. IIT’s follow the global standards of educating their students. There are many IIT’s in the country and with recent years many new IIT’s have been established so as to increase the number of students being educated. To get yourself to study in IIT one has to clear the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced. After the Admission to any IIT is done on the basis of rank in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced. After clearing the JEE Advanced different IIT’s release their own cut off lists and one can only sit for counseling for that IIT for which they qualify.. IIT Madras cut-offs change every year, as per the results of the students.

IIT Madras

IIT Madras comes in the one of the oldest and the most prestigious IIT’s in the country. They have a wide range of courses to offer with impeccable teachers. The campus is situated in Chennai and has an in house hostel. Every year IIT Madras has set its cut off marks different, as per the results of the candidates. So, if you are seeking admission in IIT Madras, it is necessary for you to learn about the cut off marks of IIT Madras. Though cut off statistics change every year, approximate estimations can be noted with the last year. IIT Madras has different cut off ranks for different categories of students. They have different cut off for general category, SC, ST, etc. If your aim is to enter IIT Madras, you need to attain a particular rank . To help you set your goals accordingly, we give you a list of branch wise IIT Madras cutoff ranks for JEE Advanced 2016.

Cut off for 4 year courses offered:

Course	Category	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
Aerospace Engineering	General	1821	2998
	OBC	884	1335
	SC	414	683
Chemical Engineering	General	1548	2775
	OBC	633	1425
	SC	467	891
Civil Engineering	General	1005	3116
	OBC	844	1342
	SC	175	619
Computer Science and Engineering	General	62	171
	OBC	38	93
	SC	14	58
Electrical Engineering	General	189	606
	OBC	156	338
	SC	25	196
Engineering Physics	General	1380	2177
	OBC	156	338
	SC	422	993
Mechanical Engineering	General	535	1195
	OBC	804	1314
	SC	46	248
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	General	2917	3981
	OBC	1685	2010
	SC	1028	1232
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering	General	3515	4871
	OBC	1682	2388
	SC	894	1356

IIT Madras Cut-off for 5 year course is:

Course	Category	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
Aerospace Engineering	General	2412	3168
	OBC	1108	1550
	SC	128	128
Chemical Engineering	General	2886	3121
	OBC	1510	1598
	SC	905	933
Civil Engineering	General	3230	4088
	OBC	1418	1664
	SC	671	833
Computer Science and Engineering	General	214	278
	OBC	96	153
	SC	108	108
Electrical Engineering	General	663	1212
	OBC	340	593
	SC	305	504
Engineering Physics	General	1380	2177
	OBC	927	1956
	SC	885	1352
Mechanical Engineering	General	1293	2042
	OBC	597	871
	SC	303	503
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	General	4072	4391
	OBC	2190	2257
	SC	1283	1338
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering	General	4955	5356
	OBC	2411	2578
	SC	1506	1665

IIT Madras offers a variety of B.Tech/Dual Degree/B.S/M.S Dual Degree programmes for which the total number of seats is 838 out of which 410 seats are for General Category.

In 2016, the lowest cutoff was 7523 for admission in the five-year B.S and M.S Dual Degree course in Biological Sciences. Out of all the courses offered by IIT Madras, Computer Science and Engineering has been one of the most famous and prestigious course. The closing rank for general in B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering was 171 in 2016.

Alumnus of IIT Madras are Dr. Anant Agarwal, who is a distinguished alumini of IIT Madras, is now a leading researcher in the field of semiconductors, and has set up his own company called CTO and also received the Maurice Wilkes Award in computer architecture and is now the Director of the MIT Computer Science and Aritficial Intelligence Laboratory. Kris Gopalakrishnan, a co-founder of Infosys and former President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), is also among the many reputed alumni of IITM.