Indian Institute of Technology [IIT], Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT]

G.T. Road, Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh   |   ESTD : 1959   |   Approved By: UGC   |  AICTE   |   Type: Public
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About College

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:

  • Aerodynamics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Bluff Body Flows
  • Flight Mechanics & lot more

Research Centre’s

  • Centre for Mechatronics
  • Advance Centre for Material Science (ACMS)
  • Advance Centre for Electronics Systems (ACES)
  • Prabhu Goel Research Centre for Computer & Internet Security

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

 

Spacious library having 3 lakh volume of books

  • 1400 Periodicals
  • Newspapers & magazines
  • 40, 000 full-text e-Journals

Hostel

 

Separate 8 residential for Boys & girls

  • Attached washrooms
  • Mess facility where fresh food is cooked & served

Computer Centre

  • High Performance computing
  • 3 hi-tech air-conditioned data centres
  • Email facility for more than 8000 users
  • Updated software’s & hardware’s

 

Rankings

 

Magazine

Rank

 

Year

 

India Today

1st

2014

India Today

2nd

2013

QS World University Rankings

295th

2012

QS Asian University Rankings

51st

2012

Scholarships

  • Merit-cum-Means Scholarships for Undergraduate Students (full tuition waiver/ Rs.1000 pm)
  • Merit-cum-Means Scholarships given by alumni of IIT Kanpur (Rs.2000 pm)
  • National Prizes for UG and PG Students& up to Rs.400
  • Sports Scholarships and prizes (Up to Rs.2000)

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