Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT]

About College

Being one of the oldest IITs in India, the Indian Institute of technology in Kanpur has crossed many a milestone and is one of the country’s top institutes of technology. It was established in 1959 at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
•  The courses offered at the institute are very advanced which ensures the students to have the most relevant preparation for competing at the highest level
•  The IIT-K has its campus located on GT Road which is 15 km west of Kanpur City
•  It is situated in the rambling area of a massive 420 hectares of land given by the Government of Uttar Pradesh 
•  Being a residential campus, it offers accommodation to over 1000 faculty and staff members and around 4000 students
•  The institute has three primary schools for children in its campus and a Central School for students up to Class XII
•  A great emphasis is laid on the research and development works and for that, superb facilities have also been made available for the scholars 
•  Sprawled over 420 hectares of land

•  More than 21,000 of its alumni are working around the globe

Research & Development Program

The areas in which research is being pursued may broadly be classified into following categories:

• Aerodynamics
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Bluff Body Flows
• Flight Mechanics & lot more

Research Centre’s

• Centre for Mechatronics
• Advance Centre for Material Science (ACMS)
• Advance Centre for Electronics Systems (ACES)
• Prabhu Goel Research Centre for Computer & Internet Security

Training & Placement cell

Placement cell arranges mock tests, pre-placement talks & interviews for the dynamic students. Some of the Recruiters are Google, Microsoft, Wipro, Accenture.

MBA Placement statistics

Total Number of Students - 55
Number of Companies Participated - 40
Highest Domestic Stipend Offered - 70,000
Highest International Stipend Offered - 97,200
Average Stipend Offered - 21,600 

Facility

Scholarships

• Merit-cum-Means Scholarships for Undergraduate Students (full tuition waiver/ Rs.1000 pm)
• Merit-cum-Means Scholarships given by alumni of IIT Kanpur (Rs.2000 pm)
• National Prizes for UG and PG Students& up to Rs.400
• Sports Scholarships and prizes (Up to Rs.2000)