IIT Kanpur - Indian Institute of Technology Cut-off

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 are given below: 

To get the core BTech branches, such as Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, etc, the SC category students must target a cutoff rank of up to 6585 for admission in Round 1. The cutoff ranks might vary in other rounds and for other categories. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the BTech core branches cutoff ranks 2026 for Round 1. 

If you belong to the General AI category, the IIT Kanpur BTech cutoff 2026 ranged from 276 to 10552. Based on the first round closing rank 2026, BTech in CSE was the most competitive for admission with the lowest cutoff rank of 276 in the General category. 

Yes, there is a probability of getting admission in IIT Kanpur for BTech if your rank is around 5000. However, it will depend on the branch of engineering you are applying for B.Tech on which department your interested. Since, the cut offs keep changing for different departments from round to round, therefore better ranks definitely increases your chances of getting admission in IIT Kanpur.

IIT Kanpur accepts GATE scores for admission to the M.Tech course. As per the GATE COAP round 1 cutoff, the most competitive course was Microelectronics and VLSI with a closing rank of 935 for the General AII India category students. So, to secure a seat in IIT Kanpur, candidates must secure more than 900 for General AI category.  

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the IIT Kanpur M.Tech cutoff 2024 for the General AII India category students: 

The closing rank of round one for the IIT Kanpur BSc Statistics and Data Science course for the year 2023 through the JEE Advanced was 1,090 while on another hand the closing rank of last round for the BSc Statistics and Data Science course was 1,090.     

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.     

IIT Kanpur BSc last round closing rank differs according to the specialisation selected by candidates appeared for the JEE Advanced exam 2023. Given below the table for IIT Kanpur BSc Cutoff for all the specialisations:

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority conducts JoSAA Counselling for candidates seeking admission to BTech courses. Candidates who qualify JEE Advanced 2023 are called for the JoSAA Counselling 2023. JoSAA Counselling was held for up to six rounds. The below table shows the analysis of the last three years' trends for the top three IIT Kanpur BTech courses.

For more details, check out the IIT Kanpur BTech Cutoff here.