IIT Kanpur (IITK): Cutoff, Placement, Fees, Admission 2025, Ranking, Courses

IIT Kanpur offers MBA via Department of Management Sciences (DoMS). The MBA course of the institute has been ranked by various agencies. Under the 'Management Category', NIRF ranked IIT Kanpur at 23rd position in 2023 rankings. Business Today also ranked IIT Kanpur at 32 position. Talking about placements, IIT Kanpur highest package recorded for MBA was INR 24 LPA. The median CTC was INR 17.25 LPA.

In Summer Placement (2022-24), the highest stipend offered to students was INR 17.01 lakh whereas, median stipend was INR 1 lakh.

IIT Kanpur offers one of the top placement packages so it is definitely worth joining. The official placement report for MBA batch 2023-25 has been released. See the table for more clarity:

Qualifying marks for JEE Mains 2026, also called qualifying percentile for JEE Mains will be announced by the NTA along with the JEE Main 2026 session 2 result. Candidates must note that qualifying percentile for JEE Mains 2026 is the minimum percentile required to appear in JEE Advanced 2026. For admission to NIT or IIITs, there is no provision of qualifying marks in JEE Mains 2026 and admission is given based on All India Rank in JEE Mains exam. NTA will announce JEE Mains 2026 All India rank in April after session 2 exam results.

After completing degree from one of the best MBA Colleges in India, students are open to multiple opportunities. An MBA graduate gets jobs which include team lead and managerial responsibility of the department. Given below are some of the popular job options after MBA and their corresponding salaries:

*The salary data has been obtained from Payscale.com

Click here, to know career options available after MBA.

Check below the IIT Kanpur percentile requirement for MBA admission:

The highest package offered to the MBA batch passing out in 2025 was INR 36 LPA. Check out the table to know about the packages offered during IIT Kanpur MBA placements 2023-2025: 

Admission to the BTech programme is completely entrance exam-based, i.e., based on JEE Main followed by JEE Advanced scores. Candidates seeking admission to BTech can not get admission to IIT Kanpur with only the scores of JEE Main. JEE Advanced followed by JoSAA counselling is the only selection criteria followed by the institute. However, to be eligible for the BTech 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 BSc admission is entrance-based via JEE Main followed by JEE Advanced. The process of applying for JEE Mains consists of three steps, i.e. registration, form filling and document upload followed by the application fees payment. Given below is the IIT Kanpur BSc admission process:

STEP 1: IIT Kanpur BSc Application Process 2024

Candidates seeking admission to BSc at IIT Kanpur must submit the online application form for BSc course and JEE exam. Candidates must fill out the JEE Main application form via the official website of the NTA. After qualifying JEE Main, candidates are required to apply for JEE Advanced.

STEP 2: IIT Kanpur BSc Selection Criteria 2024 and Release of Merit List

After completion of registration process, candidates need to go through the JEE Main and JEE Advanced followed by the counselling process for final seat allocation.

STEP 3: IIT Kanpur BSc Admission Confirmation

After completion of the selection rounds, shortlisted candidates can submit the IIT Kanpur BSc fee to confirm their admission.

IIT Kanpur MBA total tuition fee ranges between INR 2.8 Lacs and INR 13.1 Lacs as per an unofficial source. The fee excludes admission fee, security deposits, semester fee and hostel charges. There is relaxation in fee for reserved category students. Candidates need to pay fee after completion of the selection rounds, to confirm their seat. 

Apart from the tuition fee, aspirants need to register with an application fee in the start of the admission process. The application fee is INR 1,600 for General/ OBC (NCL) candidates. The fee is low (INR 800) for SC/ ST/ DAP candidates. 

The leading companies that were part of IIT Kanpur placements are mentioned in the table below:

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 application process for all the courses offered at IIT Kanpur is different. For BTech and BSc/ BS, aspirants must fill out the application form for JEE (Main) through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) (nta.ac.in). The application fee for boys is INR 625 and INR 325 for girls. Read more. Further, JEE Advanced form can be filled by candidates who qualify the JEE Main cutoff, only such candidates can register for JEE Advanced. All the steps of JEE Advanced registrations are as follows:

1. Login with JEE Main 2023 application number and password.
2. Furnish the details in the registration form. JEE Main details in the form will be prefilled from its database.
3. Fill out the complete application form, upload the required documents and pay the application fee. 
4. Download and print the registration receipt.

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.

Some of the top companies participated in the IIT Kanpur placement drive. Check below the key recruiters:

The IIT Kanpur CSE average package for the BTech academic year 2023-24 stood at INR 52.80 LPA. The institute has also released the IIT Kanpur average package 2024 for other branches, which is presented below:

*The statistics mentioned above are gathered from public sources and are for BTech.

IIT Kanpur also accepts GATE exam scores for the admission to M.Tech courses. Candidates with 700 score can easily get admission to any course except Discontinued (Jul 2023)-M.Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI at IIT Kanpur. The IIT Kanpur cutoff 2024 stood between 622 and 840 for the General AI category candidates. The toughest and the easiest course to get into IIT Kanpur were Discontinued (Jul 2023) - M.Tech in Microelectronics and VLSI and Discontinued (Jul 2023)-M.Tech. in Power Engineering for the General AI category candidates. Further, candidates can check out courses available under 700 score at IIT Kanpur:

IIT Kanpur BTech cutoff 2024 has been released across multiple specialisations. Based on the Round 1 seat allotment, the BTech cutoff scores ranged between 248 and, 10037 for the General AII India category students. Among all the BTech specialisations, BTech in CSE is the most competitive specialisation. The Last Round for Computer Science and Engineering is 248 for the General AI category.

Furthermore, according to IIT Kanpur OBC AI category cutoff 2024, the Last Round closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering is 129. In addition, the cutoff varied from 129 to 4405 in the OBC category. For more information, click here.

IIT Kanpur CAT cutoff is released for multiple categories, including OBC. Candidaes seeking IIT Kanpur admission 2023 to MBA course is based on CAT. Candidates can check out IIT Kanpur CAT cutoff for OBC category in the table below for last three years: