B.Sc. in Economics 

at IIT Kanpur, Kanpur

In order to apply for BS at IIT Kanpur, candidates are required to go through the official application of JEE Main followed by applying for JEE Advanced. The process to apply for JEE Mains 2023 consists of three steps, i.e, registration, form filling & document upload followed by payment of application fees. All steps are as follows:

1. Open the official website (jeemain.nta.nic.in) and click on the ‘Registration for JEE (Main) 2023’ link.
2. Fill out the registration form with the required information followed by clicking on the submit button.
3. Fill the detailed application form and upload scanned images and documents.
4. Pay the application fees.

The application form is submitted automatically after the successful payment of application fees. Read more details around JEE Main application form and fee 2022 here.

With respect to the past years' cutoff, Mathematics and Scientific Computing is considered to be the most competitive specialisation under this programme. Followed by this, Statistics & Data Science and Economics are the popular specialisations available at IIT Kanpur. However, a specialisation must be selected out of interest, past academic experience and qualification rather than on the basis of popularity and competitiveness. 

Candidates seeking admission to BS at IIT Kanpur must have a valid score in JEE Main, JEE Advanced and go through JoSAA counselling for final admission. Admission is completely entrance exam-based and candidates seeking admission can not get into IIT Kanpur with only the scores of JEE Main. JEE Advanced followed by JoSAA counselling is the mandatory requirement. Additionally, to be eligible for the BSc programme, students are required to have passed their Class 12 with at least 75% aggregate with Science subjects (i.e., Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics). 

IIT Kanpur offers a four-year BS degree (Bachelor of Science) which is also referred to as BSc by many. At the undergraduate level, IIT Kanpur offers this programme in full-time and it provides both theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of Science. Available across six specialisations, admission to this programme is entrance exam-based (JEE Main followed by JEE Advanced). 

The total fee for the four-year BS programme of IIT Kanpur is INR 8 lakh. This is inclusive of the one-time admission and caution deposits but is not inclusive of the hostel fee. However, this fee is sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative. For the exact fee, students can reach out to the admission office. Other than this, students are required to pay the JEE Main application fee which is INR 625 (for boys) and INR 325 (for girls). For JEE Advanced, the application fee ranges from INR 1,400 to INR 2,800 for different category students. 

The closing rank of round one for the IIT Kanpur BSc Economics course for the year 2023 through the JEE Advanced was 3,242 while on another hand the closing rank of last round for the BSc Economics course was 3,653.     

The institute has not released the placement report incorporating the overall data for the 2024 drive. However, the media reports have disclosed the 2024 placement statistics till Phase I. As per the reports, the average package for the 2024 drive stood at INR 26.27 LPA. The number of international offers was 22 in 2024, which was comparatively lesser than the 2023 phase I placements. The IIT Kanpur placement comparison for the last two years is depicted below:

The best way to understand whether a college is worth picking for any course is by taking the reviews of the college and course from current or past students. The below list highlights the review of BSc course offered by IIT Kanpur. These reviews are fetched from multiple verified students' reviews available on Shiksha for BSc at IIT Kanpur. Check what students have to say in the below pointers:

• Almost 95% of students get placed every year in our college. Students get placed with the average salary package of 20 LPA.
• IIT Kanpur is a very good college for research
• Companies such as Intel, American Express, Jio, Qualcomm and JP Morgan visit the college for placements
• Top roles offered here include Software Developer, Business Analyst, Management Consultant, etc.
• There is unlimited Wi-Fi availability with a speed of around 100 Mbps. The classrooms are excellent. They can accommodate 50 to 600 students. 
• It has the best teachers in our country. They are highly qualified
• The professors are highly qualified and supportive. They are always ready to help you in academics.

To read more BSc reviews for IIT Kanpur,  check out this link.

No, IIT Kanpur only offers merit-based admission for all the courses. It accepts JEE Advanced scores for admission to BTech. Candidates are required to qualify JEE Main exam prior to appearing for JEE Advanced. Apart from its flagship programme, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kanpur) offers BSc, BS, MTech, MSc, MDes, MBA, along with a few Dual Degree programmes. Admission to all courses is based on scores obtained in the entrance examinations such as GATE, IIT JAM, CEED and CAT. Along with UG and PG courses, IIT Kanpur also offers PhD in various specialisations, admisison to which again is entrance-based.

IIT Kanpur SC category cutoff 2024 was ranged between 96 and 2667, in the last round. Out of all the specialisations, the most sought-after was B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering. On the other hand, the easiest specialisation was B.Sc. in Chemistry. Candidates can check the table below to find the branch-wise cutoff ranks for the SC AI category candidates, in the last round: