Banaras Hindu University (BHU) M.Tech. Food Processing Technology 2026-27

All BHU courses / PG courses

BHU offers 32 seats in Master of Technology in Food Processing Technology for 2026-27. Admission is through CUET PG paper MTQP06, and the fee in the department is Rs. 42,500 per semester.

Department

Department of Dairy and Food Technology

Faculty

Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Duration

2 years (4 semesters)

Type

Professional Program

CUET PG paper

MTQP06

Seats

32

Fee

Rs. 42,500 per semester

Programme code

PG0354

M.Tech. Food Processing Technology eligibility

4-year Bachelor degree in B. Tech. / B. E. (Food Technology / Food Engineering / Food Engineering and Technology / Food Process Engineering / Food Technology and Management / Dairy Technology/ Food Processing and Management) OR B.Tech. in Post-harvest Engineering/Post-harvest Technology. Note: For all the above eligibility qualifications, the candidate must have secured at least 6.0/10 or 2.5/4, 3.5/5, 4.0/6 OGPA for general category candidates and 2.0/4, 3.0/5, 3.5/6 and 5.5/10 OGPA for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD category candidates under the Course Credit System in qualifying examination, as per University guidelines and has not secured more than one III-division or equivalent OGPA in his/her academic career.

Entrance test and selection

Admission is on the CUET PG score in paper MTQP06, followed by registration on the university's allotment portal.

M.Tech. Food Processing Technology seats 2026-27

Of the 32 seats, 8 are kept for BHU graduates under institutional preference and 24 are open to everyone. Another 5 extra seats are for children of employees.

Seats by category, all campuses together

Seats at each campus and college

UR: unreserved. PwBD seats are counted inside the other five categories, so the seats of a row are UR + SC + ST + EWS + OBC. Ward seats are extra seats for children of employees and are not part of the total.

M.Tech. Food Processing Technology fee 2026-27

In the department the fee is per semester, so the 4 semesters come to Rs. 170,000 at this rate (4 x Rs. 42,500), if the university does not revise it midway.

Fees against a department, the Mahila Mahavidyalaya or the South Campus are per semester; fees against a college are per year. Hostel and mess charges are separate.

M.Tech. Food Processing Technology cutoff 2025

In Round 1 of 2025 the unreserved closing score ran from 102 to 139, depending on the campus, college and quota. A closing score is the lowest CUET PG score that was allotted a seat in that round.

CUET PG 2025, Round 1: closing score by category

All BHU cutoffs, every round and category

How seats are reserved and how a tie is broken: BHU admission rules.

More courses in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences

M.Tech. Dairy TechnologyM.Sc. (Ag.) Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Entomology & Agricultural Zoology, Extension Education, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Mycology & Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Soil Sciences & Agricultural ChemistryM.Sc. (Hort.) Floriculture & Landscaping, Fruit Science, Vegetable ScienceMBA in Food and AgribusinessM.Tech. Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering)M.Sc. Agriculture- Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyM.Sc. Agriculture - Soil Science - Soil and Water ConservationM.Sc. Forestry (Silviculture and Agroforestry)

Questions about BHU M.Tech. Food Processing Technology

Cutoff figures are from the university's own cutoff lists.