IIT Dharwad vs IIT Jammu: CSE at rank 7,000 and a ₹11.6 lakh median package
By TUF News Desk · Published 9 November 2026 · 4 min read
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A JEE Advanced rank near 7,000 still opens the door to an IIT degree. At IIT Dharwad and IIT Jammu, two of the youngest institutes in the system, the 2025 General-category closing rank for Computer Science sat between about 6,000 and 7,200. Both opened in 2016, both now run full BTech programmes from permanent campuses, and both report median BTech packages close to ₹11.6 lakh a year.
Two campuses, ten years in
Dharwad sits on a 470-acre permanent campus at Chikkamalligawad, about 10 km from Dharwad city and 20 km from Hubballi airport. Classes began in July 2016 from a temporary site inside the Water and Land Management Institute, and the move to the permanent campus came in March 2023. IIT Bombay mentored it in the early years.
Jammu’s campus is at Jagti, Nagrota, on National Highway 44, about 6 to 7 km from Jammu city, on 400 acres given by the Jammu and Kashmir government. Its first batch started at a temporary campus in Paloura in August 2016, and operations moved to Jagti in 2018, though the first phase covers only 25 acres of the site, so building continues in phases. IIT Delhi was its mentor.
Dharwad has about ten departments. Its BTech menu covers Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Mathematics and Computing, Electronics and Communication, Engineering Physics and Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, plus an interdisciplinary dual-degree programme. Jammu offers Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical and Materials Engineering, with newer interdisciplinary options.
What a rank near 7,000 buys
Computer Science is the hardest branch to get into at both institutes. At Dharwad, the 2025 General-category closing rank for CSE ran from 6,242 in Round 1 to 7,208 in the last round, with an opening rank of 4,742. Mechanical Engineering closed at about 14,852. Shiksha’s JoSAA tables put Dharwad’s 2026 last-round CSE cutoff at 8,332, up from 7,208 the year before.
At Jammu, the General-category CSE opening rank was 4,298 in 2025, and the closing rank was reported at 5,988, though other sources put the final-round figure nearer 6,651. Electrical Engineering closed between about 10,000 and 11,400 in recent years, and Chemical Engineering reached about 16,284 in the last round of 2025.
Both institutes admit BTech students through JEE Advanced and JoSAA counselling. MTech admission runs through GATE, and MSc through IIT-JAM. Category and female-only seats close at different ranks; the JoSAA tables are the final word.
What graduates actually earn
Placement medians at the two institutes are almost identical. NIRF 2025 put Dharwad’s median BTech package at ₹11.62 lakh a year. In the 2023-24 cycle, 95 of 154 students were placed, and 39 went on to higher studies.
Jammu’s median was ₹11.69 lakh, but that is down from ₹16 lakh in each of the two previous cycles. Branch results in 2025 were uneven: about 89% of CSE students were placed, about 79% in Electrical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering reported 100%. The highest package is usually quoted at about ₹52 to 53 lakh for CSE.
Dharwad ranked 77th in engineering in NIRF 2025, up from the 101-150 band the year before. Jammu ranked 62nd, ahead of IIT Palakkad, IIT Bhilai and IIT Dharwad.
The trade-offs
Neither campus is finished. Jammu’s first phase covers a small part of its 400 acres, and students say facilities such as a swimming pool are still missing. Dharwad’s campus is newer and larger, but its placement record is still developing, and it has not published a full 2025 placement report. The first batches at both institutes graduated only in the early 2020s, so the alumni networks are small.
For aspirants, the maths is simple. A rank between 5,000 and 7,000 gets CSE at one of these two IITs, and a rank near 15,000 still gets a core branch at Dharwad. Our guide to choosing a university in India sets out what else to weigh before locking a choice, and our NIRF rankings explainer explains what the ranking numbers do and do not measure.
Programme details are on the official IIT Dharwad website and the official IIT Jammu website.
Frequently asked questions
What JEE Advanced rank is needed for CSE at IIT Dharwad or IIT Jammu?
In 2025, the General-category CSE closing rank was 7,208 in the last round at IIT Dharwad and was reported between 5,988 and 6,651 at IIT Jammu.
What is the median BTech package at IIT Dharwad and IIT Jammu?
NIRF 2025 puts the median BTech package at ₹11.62 lakh a year at IIT Dharwad and ₹11.69 lakh a year at IIT Jammu.
How do I apply to IIT Dharwad or IIT Jammu for BTech?
Both institutes admit BTech students through JEE Advanced and JoSAA counselling. Check the official websites of IIT Dharwad and IIT Jammu for programme details.
What are the NIRF 2025 ranks of IIT Dharwad and IIT Jammu?
IIT Dharwad ranked 77th and IIT Jammu ranked 62nd in engineering in NIRF 2025.
Frequently asked questions
What JEE Advanced rank is needed for CSE at IIT Dharwad or IIT Jammu?
In 2025, the General-category CSE closing rank was 7,208 in the last round at IIT Dharwad and was reported between 5,988 and 6,651 at IIT Jammu.
What is the median BTech package at IIT Dharwad and IIT Jammu?
NIRF 2025 puts the median BTech package at ₹11.62 lakh a year at IIT Dharwad and ₹11.69 lakh a year at IIT Jammu.
How do I apply to IIT Dharwad or IIT Jammu for BTech?
Both institutes admit BTech students through JEE Advanced and JoSAA counselling. Check the official websites of IIT Dharwad and IIT Jammu for programme details.
What are the NIRF 2025 ranks of IIT Dharwad and IIT Jammu?
IIT Dharwad ranked 77th and IIT Jammu ranked 62nd in engineering in NIRF 2025.
Sources: Education Times, Shiksha, NIRF