Archive · 27 Aug 2026
IIT Delhi Removes B.Tech CGPA Requirement, Expands Student Support
IIT Delhi says students no longer need to meet a minimum CGPA to receive a B.Tech degree.
This change applies from the 2024-25 academic year.
The institute has also changed some courses to reduce pressure on students.
For example, first-semester students have fewer credits and can take life-skills courses.
Students can get mental-health help from counsellors and psychiatrists at any time.
The institute says it will pay back the full cost of outside mental-health treatment.
Buddy programmes help undergraduate, postgraduate and international students support one another.
Extra tutoring, faculty meetings and complaint systems are also available.
IIT Delhi says these steps are meant to make campus life safer, more flexible and more supportive.
IIT Delhi removed the minimum CGPA requirement for awarding B.Tech degrees from the 2024-25 academic year.
Curriculum changes introduced in 2025 include a lower first-semester credit load, life-skills courses and fewer weekend examinations.
The institute says counsellors and psychiatrists provide round-the-clock mental-health support, with external care fully reimbursed.
Peer-support programmes now include postgraduate and international buddy programmes alongside the undergraduate initiative.
IIT Delhi has expanded tutoring, mentorship, grievance redressal, diversity and inclusion, and student-faculty interaction systems.
- Who
- The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and its students, faculty, counsellors, psychiatrists and student-support bodies.
- What
- IIT Delhi removed the minimum B.Tech CGPA requirement and outlined expanded academic, mental-health, mentoring, grievance and inclusion measures.
- When
- The CGPA change applies from the 2024-25 academic year; the institute issued its press release on August 27, 2026. Several other initiatives began in 2023, 2025 or earlier.
- Where
- On the IIT Delhi campus and through its student-support systems.
- Why
- The institute said the measures are intended to reduce academic stress, improve student welfare and provide help during academic or personal difficulties.
- Degree requirement
- The minimum CGPA criterion for awarding a B.Tech degree was removed from the 2024-25 academic year.
- Mental-health access
- Counsellors and psychiatrists are available around the clock.
- External treatment
- External mental-health care is fully reimbursed, according to IIT Delhi.
- Curriculum changes
- The 2025 curriculum includes a reduced first-semester credit load, life-skills courses and fewer weekend examinations.
- Buddy programmes
- The undergraduate programme was expanded to include postgraduate and international buddy programmes in 2025.
- Academic assistance
- The Academic Progress Group has provided evening tutoring and backlog support since 2023.
- Grievance channels
- Students can use a reference-tracked ERP portal, welfare bodies, institutional cells, wardens and confidential counselling channels.