IIT Delhi Students Are Opting Diverse Career Paths, Shows the Graduation Exit Survey 2024

IIT Delhi Graduation Exit Survey 2024 reproted that the IIT Delhi students are keen in exploring multiple and diverse career opportunities such as startups, entrepreneurship, higher studies, post-doctoral research, civil services and many more. The information came after an exit survey commissioned by the institute amongst the students graduated in August 2024. The survey also showed that not all of our students are availing on-campus placement services.

At the annual convocation held on 10th August 2024, 2656 students were awarded degrees. This includes 481 Ph.D. & joint Ph.D., 113 M.B.A., 91 M.S. (Research), 25 M. Des., 529 M.Tech., 24 M.P.P., 129 Dual Degree (B. Tech. + M. Tech.), 1001 B. Tech., 51 PG Diploma, 212 M.Sc. students.

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The important findings of the exit survey for the set of 2656 graduates are as below:

• 1411 (53.1%) students responded that they have received a job offer.
• 224 (8.4%) students responded that they were self-employed, whereas 45 (1.7%) students informed that they are working for a start-up and 66 (2.5%) students were involved in entrepreneurship.

• 359 (13.5%) students responded that they are going for higher studies, 47 (1.8%) PhD students informed that they are waiting for a post-doctoral research opportunity or for a faculty position.

• 321 (~ 12.1%) students informed that they are preparing for different examinations, for example, civil services, engineering services, and examinations required for different government jobs
• Finally, only 134 students (~ 5%) reported in August 2024 that they were still looking for appropriate career opportunities.