Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT Tirupati or IIT-T) is a central government Institute of National Importance, established in 2015 under the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act 2012 and located at Yerpedu Post, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. IIT Tirupati was mentored by IIT Madras in its formative years. The institute's 548-acre permanent campus is at Merlapaka hamlet on the Yerpedu-Venkatagiri Road (NH565), approximately 35 km from Tirupati. IIT Tirupati ranked #57 in NIRF 2025 Engineering (score: 52.73) and appeared in the NIRF 2025 Overall 151-200 band.
IIT Tirupati houses the Centre for Atomic, Molecular, Optical Sciences and Technologies (CAMOST), a joint research centre established in 2020 with IISER Tirupati and funded by the Government of India. The permanent campus has a planned 18-acre Research Park and a Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) supporting interdisciplinary research.
| Parameter | Detail |
|---|---|
| Established | 2015 |
| Type | Institute of National Importance (central government), IIT |
| Mentor IIT | IIT Madras |
| NIRF 2025 Engineering | #57 (Score: 52.73) |
| NIRF 2025 Overall | Band 151-200 |
| NAAC | Not applicable (IITs are not NAAC-assessed) |
| Campus | 548 acres, Yerpedu-Venkatagiri Road, Yerpedu Post, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh 517619 |
| Fully Residential | Yes |
| Admission (B.Tech) | JEE Advanced via JoSAA (institute code 121) |
| Admission (M.Tech) | GATE |
| Admission (M.Sc) | IIT JAM |
| Website | iittp.ac.in |
Admission via JEE Advanced through JoSAA (institute code 121). IIT Tirupati offers six B.Tech programmes:
Total seats: approximately 254 including female supernumerary seats (gender-neutral pool approximately 214). JoSAA institute code: 121.
Category-wise reservation within the gender-neutral pool follows standard IIT norms: OBC-NCL 27%, SC 15%, ST 7.5%, EWS 10%, Open 40.5%.
B.Tech Fee Structure (approximate, 2024-25):
| Component | Per Semester | Per Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition fee (General/OBC-NCL/EWS, income >Rs 5L) | Rs 1,00,000 | Rs 2,00,000 |
| Other fees (development, gymkhana, exam, medical, library) | ~Rs 10,500 | ~Rs 21,000 |
| Total academic fee per semester | ~Rs 1,10,500 | ~Rs 2,21,000 |
| 4-year academic fee total | ~Rs 8,82,000 | |
| Hostel fee per semester | ~Rs 40,000 |
Source: iittp.ac.in (fee schedule; official page is JS-rendered; figures confirmed consistent across multiple aggregators citing Rs 1,00,000 tuition per semester). SC/ST/PwD students pay a nominal fee of approximately Rs 1,250 per semester in place of the full tuition (effectively a full tuition waiver).
Fee waivers:
Admission via GATE. IIT Tirupati offers M.Tech programmes across all its departments including Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Engineering Physics. GATE-qualified full-time M.Tech students receive Rs 12,400 per month stipend from the Ministry of Education.
Admission via IIT JAM. IIT Tirupati offers M.Sc programmes in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
PhD programmes across all departments.
IIT Tirupati (JoSAA institute code 121) uses JEE Advanced for all B.Tech admissions.
| Branch | OPEN Closing Rank (2024, Final Round) |
|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | ~5,024 |
| Electrical Engineering | ~8,816 |
| Mechanical Engineering | ~11,509 |
| Engineering Physics | ~12,605 |
| Chemical Engineering | ~14,341 |
| Civil Engineering | ~15,429 |
Source: adda247/shiksha citing JoSAA 2024 final round data. CSE, EE, ME, Chemical, and Civil figures corroborated across at least 2 independent sources. Engineering Physics cutoff from single aggregator source; verify at josaa.admissions.nic.in (Year 2024, Institute 121).
B.Tech academic fee is approximately Rs 1,10,500 per semester (Rs 2,21,000 per year), totalling approximately Rs 8.82 lakh over 4 years for tuition and other academic charges. SC/ST/PwD students pay a nominal Rs 1,250 per semester. Families with income below Rs 1 lakh receive full tuition remission; Rs 1 to 5 lakh families receive two-thirds remission. Hostel fees are additional, approximately Rs 40,000 per semester. M.Tech tuition is separate; GATE-qualified students receive Rs 12,400 per month stipend. Full fee schedule is available at iittp.ac.in.
Merit-cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship: For eligible B.Tech students in General/OBC-NCL categories. Eligibility: family annual income at or below Rs 4.5 lakh and minimum CGPA of 5.0 (renewed each semester with minimum 5.0 CGPA and minimum 5.0 SGPA in the preceding semester). Benefit: full tuition fee waiver plus Rs 1,000 per month pocket money for 10 months per year. Approximately 25% of the total student body is eligible under this scholarship. Source: iittp.ac.in/scholarships.
Institute Free Studentship (50% waiver): For students with family income at or below Rs 4.5 lakh and CGPA at or above 6.5. Benefit: 50% tuition fee waiver. Covers approximately 10% of admitted students.
SC/ST Fee Waiver: All SC/ST and PwD students pay only a nominal registration fee of approximately Rs 1,250 per semester (instead of Rs 1,00,000 tuition). Additional support includes free hostel room, discounted mess charges (up to Rs 8,000 per semester), and Rs 250 per month pocket allowance. Minimum CGPA of 5.0 per semester required to retain the benefit.
Income-based Tuition Remission (MoE):
Government scholarships via National Scholarship Portal (scholarships.gov.in):
M.Tech Stipend: Rs 12,400 per month for all GATE-qualified full-time M.Tech students (Ministry of Education Teaching Assistantship).
IIT Tirupati's 548-acre permanent campus is located at Merlapaka hamlet on the Yerpedu-Venkatagiri Road (NH565), Yerpedu Post, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 517619, approximately 35 km from Tirupati city. The campus includes an Lecture Hall Complex, Open Air Theatre, and Indoor Stadium, with an 18-acre Research Park planned for institute-industry interaction.
Hostels: 8 hostel blocks (A through H). Blocks A to F are on the transit or early campus; G and H ("Malhar" hostels) are large blocks on the North permanent campus with a combined capacity of approximately 1,000 rooms. All hostels have LAN and Wi-Fi connectivity.
Research centres: CAMOST (Centre for Atomic, Molecular, Optical Sciences and Technologies) is a joint research centre with IISER Tirupati, funded by the Ministry of Education and the Department of Science and Technology, inaugurated in August 2020. It focuses on atomic physics, molecular spectroscopy, quantum optics, and photonics. Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) on the permanent campus supports multi-disciplinary experimental research across departments.
Sports: Cricket, football, tennis, basketball, badminton, volleyball, table tennis, and indoor gymnasium.
Medical: Health centre on campus with ambulance service.
IIT Tirupati was announced by the Government of India in the 2015-16 budget and started academic operations on 5 August 2015 in a temporary campus, mentored by IIT Madras. The institute holds Institute of National Importance status under the Institutes of Technology Act and is governed by the IIT Council.
The 548-acre permanent campus at Yerpedu (Merlapaka village) lies between Renigunta and Srikalahasti, around 25 km from Tirupati city and close to Tirupati airport. Stage 1A was ready in 2018, Stage 1B by end of 2019, and the North Campus (Stage 1C) was completed in December 2023 with all operations shifting there from January 2024.
B.Tech is offered in Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Physics. The institute also runs M.Tech across CSE, Electrical, Mechanical and Civil specialisations, M.Sc in Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Physics, an M.S. by Research, a Master of Public Policy, and PhD across engineering, sciences and humanities.
IIT Tirupati reports one of the highest female B.Tech enrolment shares among IITs at 21.87%, with 20.5% women across all programmes. With about 1,826 students and 136 faculty on the permanent campus, the student to faculty ratio stays low and most classes run as small cohorts.
In NIRF India Rankings 2025, IIT Tirupati placed 57 in Engineering (a 4-spot jump from rank 61 in 2024) with a score of 52.73, and sat in the 151-200 band Overall. Teaching, Learning and Resources scored 81.96, and Research and Professional Practice scored 22.84, reflecting heavy investment in instruction and infrastructure.
IIT Tirupati runs the 2-year Master of Public Policy (MPP) with three specialisations covering Sustainability Science and Management, Data Science, and Sustainability and Engineering. The 20-seat programme accepts any UG degree as an eligibility base, making it one of the few cross-disciplinary masters available at any IIT and the second IIT after IIT Madras to offer an MPP track. Total programme fee is around Rs 1.01 lakh.
| Framework | Category | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIRF | Engineering | 2025 | #57 |
3 courses offered. Fees in INR lakhs.
| Course | Specialization | Duration | Total seats | Total fee | Avg package |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | — | 48 months | 254 | ₹8.82L | — |
| M.Sc (Master of Science) | — | 24 months | — | — | — |
| M.Tech (Master of Technology) | — | 24 months | — | — | — |
1-year placement history, latest data from 2023.
639 cutoff records across exams, courses, and categories.
| Year | R | Exam | Course | Category | Gender | Quota | Opening | Closing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 1916 | 4620 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 10600 | 13685 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Female-only | AI | 13602 | 14880 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 9387 | 10165 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 8956 | 14599 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Female-only | AI | 18486 | 22200 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Female-only | AI | 16542 | 19519 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 8376 | 10553 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Female-only | AI | 16299 | 16299 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 5098 | 8163 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Female-only | AI | 16255 | 18982 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | General | Female-only | AI | 5613 | 8237 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 1579 | 1891 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Female-only | AI | 2134 | 2675 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Female-only | AI | 7654 | 7664 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 4627 | 5063 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 4576 | 4689 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 3657 | 4111 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 4450 | 4810 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Female-only | AI | 5141 | 6080 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 2420 | 3423 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Female-only | AI | 7450 | 7524 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | OBC | Female-only | AI | 6401 | 7032 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | SC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 2797 | 2797 |
| 2025 | 1 | JEE Advanced | B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | SC | Female-only | AI | 3165 | 3165 |
Campus size, faculty strength, hostel facilities, and academic infrastructure.
Eight on-campus hostels (A to H): A, B and G, H for boys with single rooms; C, D, F for girls; combined capacity around 1,000 rooms across south and north campus blocks.
