Indian Institute of Technology, Madras2018 Placement Report
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras: 2018 Placement Report
IIT Madras (IIT M) 2018 placement report: CTC, recruiters, and sector data from the official release.
Numbers
Editorial review
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras's 2018 placement cycle: 834 of 1,147 registered students (including pre-placement offers) accepted offers from 224 companies in IIT Madras's 2017-18 placement season, with Computer Science and Engineering's top offer reaching Rs 95.87 lakh. The longer reading and numbered takeaways below unpack what that means for sector mix, recruiter depth, and how to read average versus median.
IIT Madras's 2017-18 statistics report lists 1,147 registered students, 739 placed through regular offers, and 95 accepted pre-placement offers, for 834 total placed, a 72.7% rate against the registered pool. Against 224 recruiting companies and 971 total offers (854 regular plus 117 PPO offers made), that is about 4.3 offers per recruiting company. Computer Science and Engineering's top offer reached Rs 95.87 lakh, and its median of Rs 21 lakh was the highest branch median on campus that season, ahead of Electrical Engineering (Rs 15.5 lakh) and Mechanical Engineering (Rs 10 lakh). The MBA cohort in the Department of Management Studies posted a clean 100% placement rate across all 46 registered students, a distinct result from the engineering branches where rates ranged from under 20% (Chemistry) to over 90% (Computer Science and Engineering). PPOs made up about 11.4% of total placed this season. The recruiter names above are drawn from the per-department company tables in the source document rather than a ranked offer-count list. Scope note: figures cover the 2017-18 placement season as published by the Placement & Internship Office and exclude students who pursued entrepreneurship, higher studies, or off-campus opportunities.
Key takeaways
Highest CTC rose 19.4%
Highest CTC rose from ₹80.29 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹95.87 LPA this year (+19.4%). That is a material move for Indian Institute of Technology, Madras aspirants reading this report as a signal of typical outcomes, especially for median, which is less skewed by a handful of outlier offers than average or highest CTC.
72.7% of the eligible batch placed
834 of 1147 eligible students accepted offers through the campus process (72.7%), with 313 opting out or taking paths outside the reported pool. High conversion is the headline; the more useful follow-up is whether your preferred sector and role type showed up in the sector split and recruiter list below.
224 recruiters, led by Microsoft
224 firms participated for 971 offers, about 4.3 offers per recruiter on average. Microsoft topped the named list, followed by Adobe, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey & Company. Offer concentration among a few brand-name firms is common at top campuses; check whether your target employers actually appear in this list rather than assuming brand gravity alone.
Top recruiters
Frequently asked questions
Which program does this 2018 report cover?
This page covers All programmes (B.Tech, Dual Degree, M.Tech, M.A, M.Sc, M.S, PhD, MBA), Academic Year 2017-18 at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Where do these placement figures come from?
Every number on this page is transcribed from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras's own published materials. Open the source link under the title for the original document.
Notes
IIT Madras’s 2017-18 statistics report lists 1,147 registered students, 739 placed through regular offers, and 95 accepted pre-placement offers, for 834 total placed, a 72.7% rate against the registered pool. Against 224 recruiting companies and 971 total offers (854 regular plus 117 PPO offers made), that is about 4.3 offers per recruiting company. Computer Science and Engineering’s top offer reached Rs 95.87 lakh, and its median of Rs 21 lakh was the highest branch median on campus that season, ahead of Electrical Engineering (Rs 15.5 lakh) and Mechanical Engineering (Rs 10 lakh). The MBA cohort in the Department of Management Studies posted a clean 100% placement rate across all 46 registered students, a distinct result from the engineering branches where rates ranged from under 20% (Chemistry) to over 90% (Computer Science and Engineering). PPOs made up about 11.4% of total placed this season. The recruiter names above are drawn from the per-department company tables in the source document rather than a ranked offer-count list. Scope note: figures cover the 2017-18 placement season as published by the Placement & Internship Office and exclude students who pursued entrepreneurship, higher studies, or off-campus opportunities.