The Indian Institute of Technology(IITs) is a prestigious group of autonomous public engineering and management institutes of India. IITs are known as the best institutes in India. IITs offer a undergraduate degree of B.Tech. The post-graduate level program that awards M.Tech degree in engineering is only given by the older IITs. In addition to B.Tech and M.Tech programs they also provide other graduate degrees such as M.Sc in Engineering, Maths, Physics and Chemistry, MBA, PhD etc.

At present, there are total of 16 IIT institute. These are as  -

And 5 more have to come in Jammu, Raipur, Panjim, Tirupathi and Palakkad

Students studying in IITs are known to have acquired professional skills in their career. They are studying in the top institutes of India so they will be provided with the best jobs and IITs are always a dream for a engineering aspirant. Students getting admission in IIT are considered to be very dedicated in their work. Students work for 2-4 years to get into these institutes.

Students  aspiring to get admission in these prestigious institutes must qualify their entrance exam.  The entrance exam is conducted in two stages – JEE Mains and JEE Advanced.

The students have to first appear in Jee Mains conducted every year in the month of April. (JEE Mains was previously known as AIEEE). The candidate must have to secure a position under 150,000 (around 75000 for General category)  to be eligible to give JEE-Advanced. The first test JEE Mains is given by around 14 lakhs students.

The successful candidates then have to secure a position well under 10,000 to get admission in good IIT.

Still the qualified candidate must have to scored 75% percent marks in his/her board exam or should be in top 20 percentile in their respective boards (whichever is lower).