Discontinued (Jul 2023)-M.Tech. in Geoinformatics 

at IIT Kanpur, Kanpur

No, there is no interview round for M.Tech admission at IIT Kanpur. Admission offers for GATE-qualified candidates are displayed on the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP). Students must register at the COAP portal to view and accept their offers. Registration on COAP portal is free. Additionally, candidates are advised to download COAP 2022 information brochure. COAP Registration number is mandatory to apply for M.Tech at IIT Kanpur admission portal. Candidates who have not qualified GATE are communicated directly by the department via e-mail.

IIT Kanpur offers the M.Tech programme in 15 specialisations, including Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering & Management, Photonics Science & Engineering, Sustainable Energy Engineering and Earth Sciences. All these specialisations together have a total intake of 736 students spread unevenly.

A total of 18 M.Tech students registered during IIT Kanpur DoMS placements 2023. As per the report, 100% of the students were placed successfully. The highest package offered was INR 27 LPA. The table below represents the IIT Kanpur M.Tech placements statistics for DoMS:

Students who want admission to MTech at IIT Kanpur should have a bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science (4-year course) or must have completed their master's degree in Science with the specified marks. A relaxation of 5% aggregate or 0.5 CPI is offered to reserved category candidates. 

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:

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

As of now, the institute has released the phase-I placement statistics. A total of 913 students were placed and 989 job offers were distributed among them. Check the complete insights of IIT Kanpur placements 2024 from the table below:

Check below IIT Kanpur admission process:

• After the application process is over; students have to go through various selection rounds for final admission. The institute considers the merit of the candidates for MBA and PhD admission. 
• For BTech, MDes, MSc, BSc and MTech courses, JEE Advanced, IIT JAM CEED and GATE scores are considered for the selection of candidates.
• Additionally, admission to PhD and MS by Research is based on UGC NET/ CSIR NET and other national-level exam scores.
• After the exams, JoSAA, COAP and CCMN Counselling are conducted for seat allotment to BTech, M.Tech and MSc courses. However, a merit list is released by the institute for announcing the names of the candidates shortlisted for certificate, PhD and MS by Research courses followed by a counselling round. Candidates need to pay the admission fee to confirm their admission.

IIT Kanpur offers admission to full time MBA course through the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering. IIT Kanpur IME cutoff 2023 will be announced after the release of CAT cutoff 2023. As per the last year cutoff 2022, it can be anticipated that the overall percentile for IIT Kanpur IME will range around 90.

Candidates with a CAT 2023 score are only eligible for IIT Kanpur IME admissions 2024. Also, it is compulsory for aspirants to meet both overall and sectional cutoffs. As per past year trends, the sectional cutoff for Quants, VA-RC and DI-LR has remained 50 while overall has been 90.