Following JEE Advanced results, the JoSAA 2026 counselling process for seat allocation — which determines admission into the BTech programme at IIT Kanpur is ongoing. Candidates can register for JoSAA counselling. 

In this year placement drive, IIT Kanpur had a historic placement performance with record 672 job offers on first day. This shows strong industry demand for its BTech graduates and continued participation from over 250 companies.

No, you can't get admission in IIT Kanpur with 60% in Class 12. The institute accepts students who have a minimum of 75% (for general category) in Class 12. Even for the reserved categories, the minimum score is 65%. Hence, 60% is not enough to get admission in IIT Kanpur UG courses.

During Phase-I of this placement session, IIT Kanpur received 1,202 offers from a wide range of recruiters. Students accepted 1,079 offers, including pre-placement offers (PPOs). This shows a very strong placement record this year.

Students have to submit some documents for verification process during IIT Kanpur admissions & applications. The list is as below:

• Class 10 marksheet/ Certificate
• Class 12 marksheet & certificate
• UG degree certificate & marksheets 
• PG degree & Certificate
• JEE/GATE/IIT JAM/UCEED/CAT/CEED scorecard
• Passport

The JoSAA seat matrix for IIT Kanpur will be officially released on the JoSAA website prior to counselling, showing the exact number of seats for each BTech discipline. In previous years, the total combined intake for BTech (across branches) has been around what was seen in IIT Kanpur's earlier matr

IIT Kanpur BTech students had record placements, with overall average packages around INR 26 LPA and the highest domestic/international offers was around INR 1.9 crore. This shows highly competitive compensation packages from top recruiters across industries.

For IIT Kanpur BSc admission, students have to fulfil the basic eligibility. The institute selects students on an entrance basis. The requirements for BSc at IIT Kanpur are as below:

• Class 12 with PCM/ Economics and a minimum aggregate of 75%
• JEE Main + JEE Advanced

No, IIT Kanpur admissions are not possible without JEE scores if the students wants to join BTech or BSc courses. For both courses, JEE Main is mandatory. Also, for BTech admissions, students also need to appear for the JEE Advanced exam. 

Yes, a cutoff rank of 1000 in JEE Advanced is considered a safe rank for getting admission at IIT Kanpur for OBC category students. However, you can't get any BTech specialisation with this rank, as the cutoffs are on the competitive side for popular branches. Some of the available specialisations a