VIT Chennai: Admission 2025, Courses, Fees, Cutoff, Placements, Scholarships.

VIT Chennai: Admission 2025, Courses, Fees, Cutoff, Placements, Scholarships.

Chennai, TamilNadu AICTE, MHRD, UGC, Deemed To Be University NAAC With Grade "A++", 2010 Private
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VIT Chennai was established in the year 1984 and accredited by NAAC with grade A++. The university is approved by AICTE and has an NIRF ranking of 10 in the university category in the year 2024. VIT Chennai offers various courses like BTech, BSc, MCA, MTech, MBA etc. Along with these courses, VIT Chennai has some PhD courses. The entrance exams offered by the university are VITEEE, VITMEE and VITREE. However, VIT Chennai Admission also accepts national entrance exams like CAT, MAT, NMAT, XAT etc. Candidates pursuing PhD courses have to pay an additional fees of INR 10K during thesis submission. For the final admission candidates have to appear for a personal interview round. 

VIT Chennai has a placements cell namely Carrer Developments Center. The university offers 100% placements opportunities. They arrange workshops, industrial collaboration etc which help the students to identify their goals. The soft skill training helps to develop the personality of a candidate. VIT Chennai offers various scholarships to meritorious students based on the performance and courses they are qualifying for. The various facilities available in the university campus are smart classrooms, Academics blocks, an Auditorium, Swimming pool etc. 

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VIT Chennai Highlights 

  • VIT Chennai offers UG and PG courses along with the PhD programs. 

Category 

Courses Offered 

Entrance Exam 

UG Program 

BTech, BSc, BCom BBA, BALLB, BBALLB 

VITEEE, CLAT, LSAT 

PG Program 

MCA, MTech, MBA, MSc 

VITMEE, CAT, MAT, NMAT 

  • For BTech program, VITEEE is accepted. 
  • Admission in the BSc, BCom, MSc is Merit based. 
  • For BBALLB and BALLB courses national exams such as CLAT and LSAT are accepted. 
  • VITREE followed with personal interview round is taken admission in PhD courses. 

 

VIT Chennai Courses and Fees 

VIT Chennai offers various undergraduate and postgraduate programs in BTech, BSc, BBA, BCom, MCA, MTech, MBA. VIT Chennai also provides law programs such as BBALLB, BALLB and LLM. There are various specializations programs depending on the courses. The Integrated programs offered by the VIT Chennai are MSc and MTech on specializations like Physics, Chemistry, Data science and software engineering. 

Along with the various programs VIT Chennai also offers PhD programs for 3 to 5 years. 

VIT Chennai offers various UG programs. Given below are Duration, Fees, Eligibility criteria and Selection Criteria. 

UG Courses 

BTech, BSc, BBA, BCom, BALLB, BBALLB 

The duration of BTech, BSc, BBA, BCom is 4 years. However, BALLB and BBA LLB have a duration of 5 years. 

1st year Fees for BTech: INR 1.76 lakhs to INR 1.98 lakhs 

BSc: INR 77k to 1.72 lakhs 

BBA: INR 2.75 lakhs 

BCom: INR 1.42 lakhs 

BALLB and BBALLB: INR 1.92 lakhs 

Eligibility for BTech, BBA and BCom is 60% marks, and BSc is 70% marks in in 10+2 grades. However, the eligibility criteria BALLB and BBALLB is 45% in 12th grade. 

Selection Criteria for BTech is VITEEE and for BALLB and BBALLB CLAT and LSAT is accepted 

Scholarship: VIT Chennai provides scholarships to the students up to 25% to 100% of the tuition fee according to the rank score in VITEEE under VITEEE- GDVSP program. 

VIT Chennai offers various PG programs. Given below are Duration, Fees, Eligibility criteria and Selection Criteria. 

PG Courses 

MCA, MTech, MSc, MBA 

Duration of MCA, MTech, MSc, MBA is 2 Years. 

1st year Fees for the MCA, MTech, MSc and MBA are INR 1.40 Lakh, INR 3.02 Lakhs, INR 60K to 80K and INR 3.51 Lakhs respectively. 

Eligibility for the MCA, MTech, MSc and MBA are 60% marks in the graduation level. 

Selection criteria for MCA and MTech is VITMEE and MBA is CAT, MAT, XAT etc.  

VIT Chennai offers various PhD programs. Given below are Duration, Fees, Eligibility criteria and Selection Criteria. 

PhD Courses 

Duration: of PhD course is 3 to 5 Years. 

1st year Fees for the PhD course is INR 43k to INR 73K. However, there is an extra fee of INR 10K during Thesis Submission. 

Selection criteria depend on the VITREE score by the students. 

VIT Chennai Admission Process 2025  

VIT Chennai Admission 2025 is based on the online/offline mode. The entrance exams offered by the VIT Chennai for the admission is VITEEE, VITMEE and VITREE. Other national entrance exams accepted for the VIT Chennai admission 2025 are CAT, NMAT, XAT, ATMA, CLAT, LSAT etc. The final selection process depends on the merit score in the entrance exams and performance in the Interview round. 

 

VITEEE Examination 2025 

VITEEE exam is an entrance exam for BTech courses at VIT Chennai. The exam is a Computer Based Test. The question pattern is objective based and divided into 5 sections. VITEEE has a duration of 2 hours 30 minutes. You will be awarded 1 mark for each right question and there is no negative marking for any wrong answer. The application fee for VITEEE is INR 1350.  

 

VITMEE Examination 2025 

VITMEE is an entrance exam for MTech and MCA. The exam is a Computer Based objective test. The syllabus of the VITMEE exam depends on the program and its specializations you are appearing in. One needs to pay an advance fee of INR 1 lakh after releasing the cut off marks to book a seat for the courses. The application fee for the VITMEE application is INR 1200. 

 

VITREE Examination 2025 

VITREE exam is an entrance exam for PhD. The exam has a duration of 2 hours. The question paper is divided into 2 or 3 Sections depending on the category of PhD you are taking admission. VITMEE Paper comprises of 100 questions in total. The medium of VITREE is English and the question paper pattern is MCQ based. The section-wise details are provided below. 

VITREE Exam 2025 

Total Questions 

Parts 

Number of Questions  

VITREE for PhD 

100 

Technical Part 

50  

  

  

English Communication 

15  

  

  

Statistical and Probability 

15  

VITREE for Direct PhD 

100 

Technical Part 

80 

  

  

English Communication 

20 

VIT Chennai Cut off 2024 (Expected) 

Given below is the course-wise expected cut-off of VITEEE for the year 2024. 

Courses 

Expected Cut off VITEEE 

Civil Engineering 

28000 

Computer Science and Engineering 

32000 

Electronical and Communication Engineering 

38000 

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 

39000 

Mechanical Engineering 

39300 

Fashion Technology 

54000 

Electronics and Computer Science Engineering 

40000 

VIT Chennai Ranking 2025 

Given below are the rankings provided by the various ranking agencies in the years 2025 and 2024 on various categories. 

Agencies 

Categories 

Ranking 

QS World (2025) 

University  

791-800 

NIRF (2024) 

University  

10 

Overall 

19 

Research  

13 

Engineering 

11 

Shanghai (ARWU) 

Overall 

501- 600 

VIT Chennai Placements 2024 

VIT Chennai has a placements cell known as the Carrer Development Center (CDC). CDC encourages students to develop the necessary skills beyond the things in classrooms. The university provides its students with access to a wide range of career development resources. VIT Chennai offers training sessions and workshops to their students which help them to identify their strengths, interests and goals. Most of the top recruiting companies are Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Amazon, Cisco etc. Below are the scholarship details of VIT Chennai in the year 2024. 

Particulars 

 Batch Placements 2024 

Total Number of Companies 

867 

Super Dream Offers 

3362 

Dream Offers 

3411 

Regular Offers 

2032 

Marquee Offers 

579 

Overall Offers 

8811 

Highest CTC 

INR 88 LPA 

Average CTC 

INR 9.9 LPA 

VIT Chennai Scholarships  

Below are the Scholarships details offered by the VIT Chennai University. 

Scholarships/ Awards

Eligibility

Amount

VITEEE Scholarship given under "GV School Development Programme" (GVSDP)  

Meritorious rank scored in the VIT Engineering Entrance Exam (VITEEE) in the first year of the programme and the continuance of the same for consecutive years of the programme, based on the criteria mentioned in the award letter issued on admission. 

INR 3,89,64,500 

Smt. Rajeswari Viswanathan Memorial Scholarship (Financial Assistance to deserving students)  

Meritorious students from an economically weak background who satisfy criteria specified In the application. 

INR 4,93,23,000 

Merit Awards 

The top 10 students of each branch of a programmed from the 1st to final year, with a record of above 75% attendance, no history of arrears and not having violated the code of conduct of the Institute 

INR 76,13,000 

Cent percent Attendance Awards*  

Maintained a record of 100% attendance in each semester 

INR 3,80,000 

Merit Awards for NRI / Foreign Students 

Students with no standing arrears who have completed the registered courses on the first attempt with a CGPA of above eight and have not violated the code of discipline would be selected as a whole from each branch of engineering. 

INR 37,000 

INR 26,000 

Best outgoing NRI / Foreign students  

A single student with the most outstanding score / CGPA and achievements in extracurricular activities would be selected from all the branches of Engineering. 

INR 20,000 

Sports Scholarship  

Students with record performance in various sports and games would be selected for the award of the sports scholarships. 

INR 9,00,000 

VITEEE - GVSDP SCHOLARSHIP 

Given below are the scholarship details offered by VIT Chennai under the VITEEE-GVSDP. The scholarship availability depends on the performance of the students. 

Performance

Scholarship

VITEEE rank holders of 1 to 10 

100% Tuition fee waiver for all four years. 

VITEEE rank holders of 11 to 50 

75% Tuition fee waiver for all four years. 

VITEEE rank holders of 51 to 100 

50% Tuition fee waiver for all four years. 

VITEEE rank holders of 101 to 500 

25% Tuition fee waiver for all four years. 

VIT Chennai Facilities 

The available facilities at the VIT Chennai Campus are given below 

  • Conference Facilities 
  • Smart classrooms 
  • Guest house 
  • Computing Centers 
  • Academic Blocks 
  • Hostels and Dining 
  • Transport 
  • Sports and Gymnasia 
  • Swimming Pool 
  • Green Campus 
  • Health Services 

FAQ - VIT Chennai

Ans. Entrance exams like CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA, NMAT are the entrance exams accepted to take admission in the MBA course at VIT Chennai. To take admission candidates also need 60% marks in their graduation level. The final admission will based on the personal interview round. 

Ans. The highest placements package is INR 15 LPA for the MBA course at VIT Chennai. There are several companies like Deloitte, HDFC, TCS, HCL offered placements opportunities to the MBA candidates. 

Ans. There are 19 undergraduate, and 18 postgraduate programs offered at the VIT Chennai. Along with the undergraduate and postgraduate programs VIT Chennai also offers PhD in Engineering, Management, sciences and Integrated PhD and Diploma courses. 

Ans. There are total 100 marks in the VITREE question paper. The question paper has 70 marks in technical part, 15marks in English Communication skills and 15 marks in statistics and probability. 

Ans. The Specializations offered for the PhD courses at the VIT Chennai are Enginnering, Sciences, Law, Languages and Management. The selection criteria for the PhD admission is VITREE the entrance exams offered by the VIT University. 

Ans. Yes, the candidates can get direct admission in the BSc course at VIT Chennai. VIT Chennai BSc admission is based on the qualifying exams and personal interview round.

Ans. The Duration for the VITEEE is 2.5 Hours. There are 5 sections in the VITEEE question paper and 125 questions are there in total. The questions are based on the Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Aptitude. 

Ans. The VITEEE events will be conducted on the following dates: 

Registration Deadline- 31st March 2025 

Exam date- Tentatively between 21st to 27th april. 

Result Date- In the last week of April 

Ans. Eligibility: Candidates need minimum 60% marks to be eligible at 10+2 grade.  

  • Entrance Exams- Candidates need to appear for VITEEE or JEE for the BTech. 
  • Application: Candidates need to fill the application form and register their name and appear for the personal interview for final admission. 

Ans. Following are the sectors wise placements reports of the alumni of VIT Chennai: 

  • Education- 39% 
  • Research- 17% 
  • Operations- 10% 
  • Engineering-9% 
  • Others - 25% 

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