IIST Cutoff 2024 is anticipated to be out in the month of July or August. IIST offers admission to its UG programs under the branches namely BTech and Integrated MTech (BTech+MTech). The institute accepts JEE Advanced ranks for admission to its UG programs. For the year 2023, the IIST cutoff for the BTech Aerospace Engineering opened at 192 ranks and closed at 860 for the general category students.

IIST also offers admission to its PG programs like MTech and MSc under different specializations. Candidates must have obtained valid GATE scores to pursue PG programs at IIST. The GATE cutoff 2023 is also released for the institute’s MTech and MSc courses for all the categories of students including reserved categories.

IIIST GATE Cutoff 2024 

IIST GATE Cutoff 2024 for General Category is listed below. The overall cutoff marks for GATE is 404 - 621.

Courses 2024
M.Tech Manufacturing Technology 404
M.Tech Material Science and Technology 410
M.Sc Astronomy and Astrophysics 420
M.Tech RF and Microwave Engineering 434
M.Tech Digital System & Signal Processing 444
M.Tech Power Electronics 446
M.Tech Control Systems 454
M.Tech Earth System Science and Technology 462
M.Tech Optical Engineering 466
M.Tech Thermal and Propulsion 500
M.Tech Structures and Design 504
M.Tech VLSI and Microsystem 523
M.Tech Quantum Technology 525
M.Tech Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics 553
M.Tech Geoinformatics 570
M.Tech Machine Learning and Computing 621

IIST, GATE Cutoff 2024 for OBC Category is listed below. The overall cutoff marks for GATE is 348 - 583.

Courses 2024
M.Sc Astronomy and Astrophysics 348
M.Tech Material Science and Technology 357
M.Tech Manufacturing Technology 383
M.Tech Optical Engineering 385
M.Tech Earth System Science and Technology 387
M.Tech Digital System & Signal Processing 407
M.Tech RF and Microwave Engineering 420
M.Tech Control Systems 427
M.Tech Power Electronics 429
M.Tech Structures and Design 458
M.Tech Thermal and Propulsion 481
M.Tech VLSI and Microsystem 481
M.Tech Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics 493
M.Tech Quantum Technology 506
M.Tech Geoinformatics 508
M.Tech Machine Learning and Computing 583

IIST, GATE Cutoff 2024 for SC Category is listed below. The overall cutoff marks for GATE is 269 - 505.

Courses 2024
M.Tech Material Science and Technology 269
M.Tech Manufacturing Technology 285
M.Tech Thermal and Propulsion 310
M.Tech Optical Engineering 315
M.Tech Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics 322
M.Tech Digital System & Signal Processing 323
M.Tech RF and Microwave Engineering 325
M.Tech Power Electronics 332
M.Tech Control Systems 345
M.Tech VLSI and Microsystem 360
M.Tech Earth System Science and Technology 370
M.Tech Geoinformatics 370
M.Tech Quantum Technology 376
M.Tech Structures and Design 397
M.Tech Machine Learning and Computing 505

IIST, GATE Cutoff 2024 for EWS Category is listed below. The overall cutoff marks for GATE is 340 - 574.

Courses 2024
M.Tech RF and Microwave Engineering 340
M.Tech Earth System Science and Technology 350
M.Tech Optical Engineering 380
M.Tech Manufacturing Technology 389
M.Tech Power Electronics 389
M.Tech Geoinformatics 416
M.Tech Digital System & Signal Processing 420
M.Tech Control Systems 420
M.Tech Thermal and Propulsion 438
M.Tech Structures and Design 466
M.Tech Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics 473
M.Tech VLSI and Microsystem 488
M.Tech Quantum Technology 509
M.Tech Machine Learning and Computing 574

IIST, GATE Cutoff 2024 for ST Category is listed below. The overall cutoff marks for GATE is 195 - 340.

Courses 2024
M.Sc Astronomy and Astrophysics 195
M.Tech Digital System & Signal Processing 241
M.Tech Quantum Technology 244
M.Tech Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics 249
M.Tech Control Systems 251
M.Tech Material Science and Technology 252
M.Tech VLSI and Microsystem 253
M.Tech Structures and Design 264
M.Tech Machine Learning and Computing 291
M.Tech Thermal and Propulsion 310
M.Tech RF and Microwave Engineering 340

IIST, GATE Cutoff 2024 for GeneralPwD Category is listed below. The overall cutoff marks for GATE is 320.

Courses 2024
M.Tech VLSI and Microsystem 320

IIIST GATE Cutoff: Previous Year Trends

IIST GATE cutoff 2023 is tabulated below for the institute’s MTech program which is offered based on the GATE scores. 

Course Name General OBC-NCL/ EWS SC/ ST/ PWD
Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics 350 315 175
Structures and Design 350 315 175
Thermal and Propulsion 350 315 175
Control System 350 315 175
Digital Signal Processing 350 315 175
Power Electronics 350 315 175
RF and Microwave Engineering 350 315 175
VLSI and Microsystems 350 315 175
Materials Science and Technology 350 315 175
Astronomy and Astrophysics ( GATE score) 350 315 175
Astronomy and Astrophysics ( JEST Rank) 300 331 438
Earth System Science 350 315 175
Geoinformatics 350 315 175
Machine Learning and Computing 350 315 175
Optical Engineering 350 315 175
Quantum Technology 350 315 175

IIST JEE Advanced Cutoff 2024: Opening and Closing Rank

IIST JEE-Advanced Cutoff 2024 will be updated here once released. Candidates can look at the previous year cutoffs to get an insight into the expected cutoff this year. IIST cutoff 2023 is out for all the categories of students. The JEE Advanced cutoff is the minimum rank to get BTech admission into the institute. Tabulated below are the IIST JEE Advanced cutoff 2023 for all courses and categories:


Course Name
General
Opening Rank Closing Rank
BTech Aerospace Engineering 192 860
BTech Electronics and Communication 201 1087
BTech+MSc / BTech+MTech 13 866

IIST JEE Advanced Cutoff 2024: Top Institute’s Cutoff Trends

IIST JEE-Advanced Cutoff 2024 will be updated here once released. Admission to all the mentioned institutes is based on the JEE Advanced ranks. The table below shows the comparative JoSAA cutoffs of top the institutes for the General Category, check:

College BTech AE Cutoff 2023 BTech AE Cutoff 2022 BTech AE Cutoff 2021
IIST 860 1061 850
IIT Bombay 2694 2119 2118
IIT Madras 3237 3881 3259
IIT Kanpur 4027 4683 3809


IIST JEE Advanced Cutoff: Year-wise percentile

IIST JEE Advanced cutoff 2023 is also released in percentiles based on the cutoff scores. Given below is the year-wise closing percentile for IIST BTech programs for the general category students:


Year
Course Name
BTech Aerospace Engineering BTech Electronics and Communication BTech+MSc / BTech+MTech
2022 21.39% 20.83% 19.72%
2021 26.94% 26.39% 27.22%
2020 29.80% 28.28% 28.79%
2019 34.14% 34.14% 35.22%
2018 34.17% 33.05% 36.39%
2017 53.83% 52.19% 54.37%

IIST FAQs

Ques. Under which specialisations does IIST offer BTech programs and what are the cutoffs?

Ans. IIST offers a BTech program for a duration of 4 years at the UG level. The institute offers this course under 3 different specialisations namely Aerospace Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering. Admission to these mentioned courses is completely based on the JEE Advanced scores obtained by the candidates. The IIST BTech cutoffs for 2023 are released for different categories like General, OBC, EWS, SC, and ST. The general cutoff for IIST BTech admission opened at 192 ranks and closed at 1087 ranks. However, for the ST candidates, the maximum cutoff remained at 69 ranks.

Ques. What is the BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering rank at IIST for the EWS category?

Ans. IIST cutoff 2023 has been released on the basis of the JEE Advanced scores. However, the cutoffs vary depending on the category of the students, and the cutoffs for the EWS category remain comparatively lower. The opening rank for the BTech ECE branch was 120 and the closing rank remained at 203.

Ques. What is the cutoff for IIST MTech/MSc courses?

Ans. IIST offers 2-year-long MTech/ MSc courses at the PG level under various specialisations. The institute accepts GATE/JEST scores and further, the cutoff marks determine the selection of the candidates for these courses. For the year 2023, the GATE scores for multiple MTech/ MSc programs remained at 350 marks for the general category. For the reserved category students (OBC, SC, ST, and PWD) admission, the cutoff ranged between 315 and 375 marks.

Ques. How many marks are required to get the Astronomy and Astrophysics branch at IIST?

Ans. The Astronomy and Astrophysics branch is offered under the MTech/ MSc program. Valid GATE/ JEST scores are required to get this particular branch at IIST. The cutoff for this branch is released by both the authorities i.e., GATE and JEST. The GATE cutoff for this branch remained at 350 marks for the general admission. However, the JEST rank was 300 for the general category and 331 for the OBC-NCL / EWS category.

Ques. What is the minimum rank for IIST Dural Degree programs?

Ans. IIST offers dual degree programs in two different departments, i.e., BTech+MTech and BTech+MSc. These courses are offered for a duration of 5 years and the admission is based on the JEE Advanced ranks. The dual degree cutoff in 2023 was comparatively higher than the previous years. The general cutoff for these integrated programs opened at 13 ranks and closed at 866 ranks. For the EWS admission, the opening and closing of these dual degree programs remained at 211 and 214 ranks respectively.

Ques. What is the cutoff difference between IIT Delhi and IIST?

Ans. IIT Delhi and IIST offer BTech on the basis of the JEE Advanced scores obtained by the students. The JEE Advanced rank of IIT Delhi ranged from 115-6690 rank for the general admission whereas the IIST JEE Advanced cutoff ranged from 192-1087 for the general candidates.

Ques. What was the previous year’s cutoff of the IIST BTech program?

Ans. The IIST cutoff is the minimum mark to get admission at the institute, and the cutoffs are released for all the categories of students. For the year 2022, the cutoff for AE and ECE branches remained at 1061 and 1129 ranks respectively. However, for the SC category students, the closing ranks ranged between 197 and 218 for the mentioned branches.

Ques. How much rank is required for the Structures and Design program at IIST?

Ans. The cutoff for the Structures and Design program is released based on the GATE scores. The general cutoff for this particular branch closed at 350 marks, and the cutoff for the reserved categories like OBC/ EWS closed at 315 marks, and SC/ST/PWD cutoff closed at 175 marks.

Ques. Which courses can I get at IIST with a JEE Advanced rank of 200?

Ans. IIST cutoff varies every year because of the high competition, difficulty of the exam, and availability of seats at the institute. As per the 2023 reports, the BTech cutoff 2023 ranged between 192-1087. With a JEE Advanced rank of 200, general category candidates can get the BTech Aerospace Engineering branch. Along with this, SC and ST, students can also opt for this program with the JEE Advanced rank of 200.

Ques. Can I get Machine Learning and Computing at IIST with 150 marks?

Ans. Candidates who are willing to pursue the Machine Learning and Computing program at IIST must obtain a valid score on which basis the cutoffs are released. However, the cutoffs vary depending on the categories of the students. The GATE cutoff for the Machine Learning and Computing program remained at 350 marks. However, if a candidate belongs to the reserved category can get a seat at IIST for this branch since the cutoff 2023 of this program closed at 175 marks for the SC/ST students.