Today, IIT Kharagpur has come a long way to its present position of pre-eminence with nineteen academic departments, seven multidisciplinary centres, a School of Management, a School of Telecommunications, a School of Medical Science and Technology, a School of Information Technology and a School of Intellectual Property Law named after Rajiv Gandhi, and several sophisticated central facilities. It is the largest and the most diversified among the IITs and strives to produce scientists and technologists of the highest calibre to help the nation become self-reliant in its technological needs and to provide leadership in the field of technical education and research. Some of the distinctive features of the programmes at IIT Kharagpur are science based engineering education, emphasis on complete education, continuous internal evaluation and flexibility for experimentation, up gradation and innovation in curriculum design. IIT Kharagpur has a number of distinctions to its credit among all the IITs, such as the First Master's programme on Management, First Master's Programme on Medical Science and Technology for practicing Medical Doctors, First Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology. In a study, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, IIT Kharagpur has the highest relative employment productivity index among the IITs and is the top supplier of fresh engineers/technologists to the public and private sector industries. It also ranked first among the IITs in the production of science and engineering PhDs.

1. Applicants under all categories must possess a Bachelor's degree in Engineering/ Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy or qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE, e.g. AMIE or a Masters degree in Science/Arts.
2. Applicants must qualify in the paper appropriate to the discipline of their qualifying degree if a GATE paper is available in such a discipline. Only for those disciplines where there is no relevant GATE paper, XE/XL paper of the GATE examination is applicable. NET qualified applicants could be eligible for admission to MCP.
3. Applicants qualifying in XE or XL paper in GATE and/or those with a professional qualification (AMIE, etc.) recognized by the AICTE will have to undergo an interview and/or test at IIT Kharagpur on 28th May 2008 (Wednesday). Before being considered for admission, the applicant has to qualify in the interview and/or test.
4. Seats are reserved for applicants under SC/ST category and for persons with disability as per rules of the Government of India. Reservation for OBC candidates is as per MHRD guidelines.
5. Applicants must be in good health. In case of any discrepancy found in the certificate of medical fitness to be submitted during registration, the opinion of the Institute Medical Officer will be final.
6. Persons with Disability seeking admission to various postgraduate programmes are to appear before a medical board on 28th May, at IIT Kharagpur.
7. Selection of applicants whose results in the qualifying degree examination are yet to be declared will be provisional, subject to condition that all parts of the examination must be completed in all respects before the date of joining the Institute (tentatively 22nd July .2008) and the marks sheet/certificate as evidence of passing the qualifying examination to be submitted latest by the time of registration for the second semester.
8. IIT BTech graduates having CGPA score 8.00 or above may be admitted to the postgraduate programme without GATE score, and conditional to the Institute norms. Such applicants should contact the GATE Office of IIT Kharagpur for further details.
9. Regular Applicants admitted on the basis of GATE score to postgraduate programmes are eligible for an assistantship of Rs. 5000 per month for the duration of the course
10. An applicant admitted to a postgraduate programme with assistantship will not be eligible for admission with assistantship in any other programme at this or any other Institution on the basis of the same GATE scorecard.
11. Some Scholarships/fellowships are also available to the selected applicants by GE, DAE, DRDO, & DAAD (Germany).
12. For the course in Rubber Technology, one endowment assistantship (Rs. 2500 p.m.) is available, to be awarded subsequent to the admission to one of the applicants on a 'Merit- cum-Means' basis.