Being one of the oldest IITs in India, the Indian Institute of technology in Kanpur has crossed many a milestone and is one of the country’s top institutes of technology. It was established in 1959 at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
• The courses offered at the institute are very advanced which ensures the students to have the most relevant preparation for competing at the highest level
• The IIT-K has its campus located on GT Road which is 15 km west of Kanpur City
• It is situated in the rambling area of a massive 420 hectares of land given by the Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Being a residential campus, it offers accommodation to over 1000 faculty and staff members and around 4000 students
• The institute has three primary schools for children in its campus and a Central School for students up to Class XII
• A great emphasis is laid on the research and development works and for that, superb facilities have also been made available for the scholars
• Sprawled over 420 hectares of land
• More than 21,000 of its alumni are working around the globe
Research & Development Program
The areas in which research is being pursued may broadly be classified into following categories:
Research Centre’s
Training & Placement cell
Placement cell arranges mock tests, pre-placement talks & interviews for the dynamic students. Some of the Recruiters are Google, Microsoft, Wipro, Accenture.
MBA Placement statistics
Total Number of Students - 55
Number of Companies Participated - 40
Highest Domestic Stipend Offered - 70,000
Highest International Stipend Offered - 97,200
Average Stipend Offered - 21,600
Facility
Library
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Spacious library having 3 lakh volume of books
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Hostel
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Separate 8 residential for Boys & girls
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Computer Centre |
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Rankings
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Magazine |
Rank
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Year
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India Today |
1st |
2014 |
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India Today |
2nd |
2013 |
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QS World University Rankings |
295th |
2012 |
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QS Asian University Rankings |
51st |
2012 |
Scholarships