Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
Institute of national importance
IIT Madras, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036 (confirm)
Fees
B.Tech: about ₹8–10 lakh total (a university blog)
Hostel
Not yet verified
Rankings
NIRF: 2025: Overall #1, Engineering #1 (from public reports of the NIRF 2025 lists)
Programmes
B.Tech & M.Tech dual degree in Biological Engineering (department page); B.Tech Biotechnology listing; M.Tech Biotechnology; Ph.D.
Department of Biotechnology (Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences)
Undergraduate
Biological engineering (B.Tech & M.Tech dual degree)
Masters
Biotechnology (M.Tech)
PhD
Biotechnology
Seats
- Intake not found
Eligibility
B.Tech (Biological Engineering) and the B.Tech–M.Tech dual degree: entrance through JEE Main and JEE Advanced (department’s admission page). A General-category candidate must have at least 75% marks in Class 12 (the page text is cut off; category relaxations apply). IIT Madras also runs a 5-year BS & MS in Biological Sciences and accepts the IISER Aptitude Test for its 4-year BS.
Sources
- IIT Madras Department of Biotechnology (official)
- University blog summary of fees and exams (secondary)
- IIT Madras Department of Biotechnology: admission (official)
Collected 2026-10-24 · last checked 2026-11-03 (checked against 2026 admission pages and notices). Please confirm on the official website.