VTU offers B.Tech, B.Tech (Lateral), B.Plan & B.Arch courses at the UG curriculum in plenty of disciplines. The B.Tech, B.Plan & B.Arch courses are offered for the duration of 4 & 5 years respectively & B.Tech (Lateral) courses take 3 years to complete. All the courses are offered in regular, campus based, full time mode.

The eligibility criteria which the institute requires is to complete a 10+2 with PCMand 45% marks in aggregate from a recognized board. Selection will be done on the basis of JEE Main or KCET cutoff percentages for a B.Tech program & for the selection of B.Arch and B.Plan students need to meet the cut off percentile of NATA. The below tabulated form will show some the specializations of UG courses:

VTU UG Eligibility Criteria

• For B.Tech courses students need to have 45% marks in aggregate at their 10+2 level from a recognised board with PCM subjects combination. 
• For B.Arch, candidates must have passed an examination at the end of 2^nd PUC/12^th Std/ 10+2 scheme of examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics or 10+3 Diploma examination with Mathematics as a compulsory subject.
• For B.Plan, students must obtain 50% marks in either Pre-University examination conducted by the Karnataka State Pre-University Board with Mathematics as a compulsory subject or 10+2 with Mathematics & Physics as compulsory subjects together with Chemistry/ Engineering Drawing/ Computer Science/ Biology/ Biotechnology/ Electronics/ Computers from a recognized board. 

VTU UG Selection Criteria

• To be selected for a B.Tech program students need to obtain a valid score in JEE Main or in KCET. Candidates need to exceed or match the cutoff percentile demanded by the university. 
• For getting selected to B.Arch or B.Plan program students should secure a qualified score in NATA.

VTU imparts courses at PG domain in the arenas of Management, Architecture, Engineering & Computer Application. The courses which are offered at the post graduate curriculum are MBA, M.Tech, MCA, M.Arch. The duration of the courses are 2 years except for MCA which takes 3 years of time span to be completed. All the courses are offered in full time, campus based, regular mode. M.Tech courses are offered in innumerable specializations. 

To be eligible for any of these courses students need to have a graduation degree in the concerned subject with 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized university. Selection will be done on the basis of the entrance exam score. Students need to appear in entrance tests like PGCET, GATE, CAT, MAT, KMAT,XAT etc. Some of the disciplines of the PG courses are offered listed as follows: 

VTU PG Eligibility Criteria

• For M.Tech or M.Arch courses students are required to complete B.E or B.Arch in the concerned subjects with 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized board. 
• To be eligible for an MBA or MCA course, candidates need to pass their Bachelor’s degree with 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized board. 

VTU PG Selection Criteria

• For getting selected to an M.Tech or M.Arch course students need to appear in the GATE/ PGCET entrance exam and must obtain a qualified score which exceeds the cutoff percentile asked by the university. 
• To be selected for an MBA course at VTU, applicants must have given KMAT/ CAT/ MAT/ XAT and secured a valid score which must meet the cutoff percentage of the institute. 
• For selection of an MCA course, candidates must secure a qualified score in PGCET. 

VTU offers Doctoral courses in numerous specialisations for the time span of 3 years, in full time, campus based, regular mode. To be eligible for a PhD program, students must secure 55% marks in the postgraduate program. Selection is done by the VTU Eligibility Test for Research. Few specialisations of the PhD courses are noted down below: 

VTU PhD Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for a PhD course at VTU, applicants need to score at least 55% aggregate at their Master’s degree in the concerned subject from a recognised university.

VTU PhD Selection Criteria

VTU, itself conducts an aptitude test for the research based program & students need to go through this entrance test and score valid marks for the selection.