IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Fees, Facilities, and Academics

Our institute is one of the oldest institutes with an NIRF rank of 15th in engineering category. It recently was labeled as IIT. The existing institute campus area is about 218 acres consisting of 15 hostels occupied by students enrolled in various courses (Ph.D, B.Tech, M. Tech, etc). Also, there is a Student Activity Centre (SAC) which allows students interested in sports / acting / singing / dancing / swimming to engage themselves in their hobbies. The library of our institute is ranked at 2nd position as Asia’s largest techno-library. There are also a lot of canteens in the campus so that students can take a breather from mundane routine of eating in mess every day.

I am pursuing Mechanical Engineering degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad. Though my first choice was CSE (which is basically everyone's first choice), I opted for mechanical as an alternative. Admission involves qualifying JEE Advanced, JOSAA counseling for seat allocation, fee payment, and finally physical registration at institute. The academic structure includes two semesters per year with mid-semester and end-semester exams, along with two quizzes per subject. The curriculum balances theory with practical exposure, which fosters both theoretical and real life skills. The environment can be a little stressful and rigorous at times, however it pushes students to fight tough situations, manage time effectively, and completing tasks before deadline which are skills that you required if you do a job.

The fee structure at Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad is decent compared to other IIT's. Tuition fees for general and OBC students are Rs. 1,00,000 per semester, and there are also hostel, mess, and other charges, which makes the fees about Rs. 1,50,000 per semester. For students from SC / ST or EWS category, the institute provides various scholarships and they are also given fee waiver. You can make payments in installments or even take a loan.

The professors are kind of good and kind of not so friendly. You won't always get good professors and even when you try to focus in class, you might lose track of things and fail to understand the topic so you have to study on your own or rely on online lectures. Recently, a smart board has been installed in every lecture hall alongside with a big projector screen which makes the learning more modernized. The professors are approachable and willing to help if you have any doubts, but most of the learning depends on your own efforts

The hostels which freshmen get at IIT Dhanbad is not up to the mark, but the infrastructure of the hostel which we get at 2nd and pre final year of our institute life is pretty advanced but on the final year of B.Tech we get the same old school hostel.

The infrastructure of Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad is mostly old school but as of now it is also getting some more new modern buildings like a new lecture hall and auditorium is expected to be complete on 2026 December. Our institute has world class library infrastructure and how can we forget the old heritage building of our campus. Also a beautiful garden is also present in front of the old heritage building. Infrastructure of our current lecture hall complex is not up to the mark as compared to top 7 IITs also it doesn’t have the AC facility, but the overall lecture hall facilities are good. Canteens are present at the ground floor of every hostels and there are many spots for food inside the campus such as RD canteen, Ruby mart, Dominos, Mezbaan, Juice box, Barista, Celebration, Main Canteen, etc. Our institute also has excellent health facilities, a separate Health Centre building is provided for all the health related issues and also our campus has two ambulances which can be called at any time when you need it, all the medicine bill is paid by institute itself. Our institute has decent facilities for sports. Our institute has two major sporting ground, one gymkhana ground and also basket ball, volleyball, tennis ground separately; also we got a swimming pool in the campus. Facilities are present for almost every sport in our institute like Football, Cricket, Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Table tennis, swimming and athletics, Squash, and badminton. So, overall our institute has got a decent infrastructure for overall development of a student in the institute.

The overall campus life that you get to experience at the institute is really worth experiencing. You will get attached to the institute and people very quickly and won't feel like going away from this life. You will be forced to get out of your comfort zone a lot of times and you will have all sorts of experiences here. Every student you meet in the institute is interesting in their own way and you can learn something from everyone. There are various clubs which you can join based on your liking, skills, or interest. To name a few there are dancing clubs, singing club, lots of technical clubs for coding, robotics, or development, drama club, and many more. There are a lot of extracurricular activities like yoga, sports, etc. Every year a technical fest "Concetto" and a socio-cultural fest "Srijan" are celebrated. The fests lasts for three days and everyday has some events planned for students. A gaming center is setup during fest season, various events are organised by different clubs wherein every student can participate, famous personalities are also called to institute for performing, and most importantly an EDM night takes place on the last day of fest which is really the most amazing thing you can ever be a part of.