M. Tech.(High Value Assistantship) program as offered by IIT Delhi is a three years programme. One has to devote 20 hrs per week in departmental laboratories. It has two-thirds of the credits for the course work.

Normally, M.Tech.(High Value Assistantship)/MS(R) programmes are advertised in the month of March/October each year in the Employment news as well as in leading newspapers and admissions are carried out in the month of May/December.


M. Tech. (High Value Assistantship)/MS(R) Direct Admission without test/interview)

Qualifying Degree: B.E./B. Tech/ M. Sc or equivalent

Minimum performance in the qualifying degree for General/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) category students: 75% marks or 8.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale

National Level Examination Requirements: GATE score >= 300 or qualifying score whichever is higher


M. Tech. (High Value Assistantship)/MS(R) (Admission with test/interview)

Qualifying Degree: B.E./B.Tech/ M.Sc or equivalent

Minimum performance in the qualifying degree for General/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) category students: 60% marks or 6.75 CGPA on a 10- point scale

National Level Examination Requirements: GATE score >= 300 or qualifying score whichever is higher

Exemptions, Relaxations and Clarifications

For Direct admission of SC/ST/PH category students, minimum performance in the qualifying degree is relaxed from 75% to 70% (8.5 to 7.5) and GATE score requirement from 300 to 200.

For admission with interview of SC/ST/PH category students, minimum performance in the qualifying degree is relaxed from 60% to 55% (6.75 to 6.25) and GATE score requirement from 300 to 200.

Qualifying degree performance is computed by aggregating performance over all the semesters/years of the qualifying degree.

For all B Techs from IITs graduating with a CGPA of 8.0 or above, the requirement of qualification through GATE is waived off.