IIT Madras has set up a Career Pathway Centre to streamline the placement and internship process. CPC provides students with an integrated platform for diverse career trajectories. IIT Madras has collaborated with top domestic and international companies.
Many top companies often participate in the placement drives conducted by IIT Madras, and students from all streams become a part of this drive. The placement drives are conducted annually at IIT Madras campus based on the students’ performance and skills. The top recruiting companies of IIT Madras include Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Deloitte, and Goldman Sachs.
The placement process of IIT Madras is mentioned below:
The recruitment process starts in July and ends in May.
An independent body, the Career Development Cell, focuses on all-around preparation of students for the placement process.
The registration process starts in August. Other activities, such as Pre-Placement Talks and aptitude and Technical Tests, will start in September and November.
With a placement rate of 90% for BTech and Dual-Degree Programs, IIT Madras has set a benchmark for its other counterparts. Over 256 companies recruited 1091 students during the placement session 2023-24. The details of Median and average packages offered for various BTech specialisations are mentioned below:
Specisalisation | Median Salary (in INR) | Average Salary (in INR) |
| Electrical Engineering | 25.45 LPA | 27.28 LPA |
| Aerospace Engineering | 17.50 LPA | 16.08 LPA |
| Civil Engineering | 16 LPA | 17.73 LPA |
| Computer Science | 37.50 LPA | 52.32 LPA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 16 LPA | 18.50 LPA |
| Ocean Engineering | 16.50 LPA | 18.12 LPA |
The highest salary package offered for BTech, MTech and MBA programs stood at INR 1.31 CPA, INR 54.21 LPA and INR 29.65 LPA, respectively. Go through the table below to know more about IIT Madras placement statistics:
Course | Highest Package (in INR) | Median Package (in INR) | Lowest Package (in INR) |
| BTech | 1.31 CPA | 17 LPA | 6 LPA |
| MTech | 54.21 LPA | 15 LPA | 6 LPA |
| MBA | 29.65 LPA | 20.80 LPA | 11 LPA |
IIT Madras placement trends for 2021, 2022 and 2023 are given below:
Years | Number of graduates | Number of students placed | Median Salary (in INR) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 496 | 16.4 Lakh |
| 2021-22 | 297 | 288 | 17 Lakhs |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 292 | 15 Lakhs |