IIM vs IIT: The Differences You Must Know!

IIM and IIT are the two most reputed institutes in India. Everyone wants to get admitted to these institutes.

Many of the students have a common question in mind- Which is better, IIM or IIT?

So, if you want to know the answer you must read this blog till the end.

This blog is all about IIM vs IIT. We have provided the major differences between these two institutes and by the end of this blog you will get your question answered.

If you want to get admission in these institutes, you must clear an entrance exam. There are many entrance exams conducted for admission to these institutes.

Let’s checkout them below.

IIM vs IIT: Entrance Exams

Below we have listed out the entrance exams that are conducted for admission to IIT and IIM. You can take the exam for IIM or IIT, it all depends on you.

IIT Entrance Exams

Following are the entrance exams that will get you into the IITs:

• IIT JEE (Advanced Joint Entrance Examination)
• GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
• CEED (Common Entrance Exam for Design)
• UCEED (Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam in Design)
• IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.)
• DBT JRF BET (Biotechnology Eligibility Test)
• CSIR UGC NET
• HSEE (Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Exam)

IIM Entrance Exam

Admission to IIM is only through the CAT (Common Admission Test) Exam. If you clear the CAT Exam then, you will be eligible to get admission in IIM.

There are 20 IIMs and admission to those will be only through CAT Exam.

IIM vs IIT: Total Institutes in India!

There 23 IITs and 20 IIMs that are located in different cities of India. Below we have listed out all the IITs and IIMs.

Let’s checkout the list.

S.No.	Indian Institute of Technology	Indian Institute of Management
1.	IIT Kharagpur	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
2.	IIT Bombay	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
3.	IIT Kanpur	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
4.	IIT Madras	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
5.	IIT Delhi	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
6.	IIT Guwahati	Indian Institute of Management Indore
7.	IIT Roorkee	Indian Institute of Management Shillong
8.	IIT Ropar	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
9.	IIT Bhubaneswar	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
10.	IIT Gandhinagar	Indian Institute of Management Raipur
11.	IIT Hyderabad	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
12.	IIT Jodhpur	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
13.	IIT Patna	Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
14.	IIT Indore	Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
15.	IIT Mandi	Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
16.	IIT (BHU) Varanasi	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
17.	IIT Palakkad	Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
18.	IIT Tirupati	Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur
19.	IIT Dhanbad	Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur
20.	IIT Bhilai	Indian Institute of Management Jammu
21.	IIT Goa	-
22.	IIT Jammu	-
23.	IIT Dharwad	-

IIM vs IIT: Courses Offered!

These two institutes are the most reputed institutes in India. So, they must offer wide variety of courses. Courses offered in IIT and IIM are for UG, PG and Doctoral level.

Below is the list of all the courses that are offered by IIT and IIM.

IIT Courses	IIM Courses
B-Tech	Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management (PGPPM)
Dual Degree M.Sc.	Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM)
Dual Degree MA	Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (FPGP)
B-Arch	Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP)
M-Tech	Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)
MBA	PGPEX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives)
M.Sc.	Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA)
M-Arch	Post Graduate Programme In  Food and Agri-Business Management (PGP-FABM)
MS	Post Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executive (PGPWE)
Master of Design	Executive Fellow Programme in Management (EFPM)
Post Graduate Diploma in Information and Technology (PGDIT)	Armed Forces Programme in Business Management (AFP)
Master in Medical Science & Technology (MMST)	Post- Graduate Programme in Sustainable Management (PGP- SM)
Post Graduate Diploma (PGDIPL)	PGPEX-VLM (Post Graduate Program for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing)
-	Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM)
-	Integrated Programme in Management (IPM)

So, which one should you choose, IIM or IIT?

Still not got the answer.

Let’s have a look at the placements these institutes provide.

IIM vs IIT: Placements!

Be it any IIM or IIT, you will always get higher salary packages from these institutes. These two institutes offers the best placements in India.

Companies like Accenture, Amazon, Airtel, Tata Administrative Services (TAS), Deloitte, etc. participated in the placement at IIM with more than 460 offers. The average salary offered to the IIM graduates is INR 20 lakhs per annum.

When we talk about placements from IITs. Companies like Microsoft, Samsung, Google, Qualcomm, etc. are among the top recruiters. Candidates on an average secured an average gross salary of Rs 11.41 lakh per annum.

So, now it’s up to you whether you choose to go in IIM or IIT. Both offers great placements and salary packages.

If you want to go for management, then go for IIM and if you want to do engineering the, go for IITs.

Hope you have got your answer. You are now aware of all the major differences between these two institutes, IIM and IIT.

Still you want to ask, you can submit it in the comments’ section below.