IIT Kanpur was established by an Act of Parliament in 1960 by the Government of India. The institute was started in December 1959 in a room in the canteen building of the Harcourt Butler Technological Institute at Agricultural Gardens in Kanpur.
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was declared an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the Institutes of Technology Act. IIT Kanpur is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in India.
The institution was established in 1959, as one of the first Indian Institutes of Technology, the institute was created with the assistance of a consortium of nine US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP).
The Institute presently offers the following programmes:
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (B.TECH.)
Aerospace Engineering
Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.)
Chemistry
Economics
Mathematics and Scientific Computing
Physics
Statistics and Data Science
MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.Sc.)
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics
Statistics
MASTER OF SCIENCE – DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Dual Degree Programme (M.Sc.-Ph.D. – Dual Degree)
Physics
MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (B.TECH.)
Engineering Science (Mechanics)
Engineering Science (Energy, Environment & Climate)
DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES:
The students registered in B.Tech/B.S programmes have the option to change to one of the following dual degree programmes:
B.TECH.-M.TECH. (with M.Tech. in same department)
B.TECH.-M.TECH. (with M.Tech. in other department)
B.S.-M.S. (with M.S. in same department)
B.S.-M.S. (with M.S. in other department)
B.S.-M.TECH.
B.TECH.-M.S.
B.TECH.-M.DES.
B.S.-M.DES.
B.TECH.-MBA
B.S.-MBA
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY (M.TECH)
Aerospace Engineering
Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Earth Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Management Sciences
Materials Science and Engineering
Materials Science Program
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Photonics Science and Engineering
Sustainable Energy Engineering
Master of Science (MS) by Research Programme in Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Cognitive Science
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Photonics Science and Engineering
Sustainable Energy Engineering
Master of Design (M.Des.) degree
Design
Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree
eMasters Programmes with Depratments
Communication Systems (Dept. of Electrical Engineering)
Cyber Security (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering)
Quantitative Finance and Risk Management (Dept. of Management Sciences)
Power Sector Regulations, Economics, and Management (Dept. of Management Sciences)
Data Science and Business Analytics (Dept. of Management Sciences)
Financial Technology and Management (Dept. of Management Sciences)
Economics and Finance in Business (Dept. of Economic Sciences)
Economics, Finance and Data Analysis (Dept. of Economic Sciences)
Economics, Finance and Public Policy (Dept. of Economic Sciences)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Aerospace Engineering
Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Cognitive Science
Computer Science and Engineering
Design
Earth Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Economic Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences (English, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology)
Management Sciences
Materials Science and Engineering
Materials Science Program
Mathematics (including Statistics)
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Photonics Science and Engineering
Physics
Sustainable Energy Engineering
Contact Address:
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur – 208 016
Uttar Pradesh.
Phone: 0512 259 7674
0512-259 0151
E-mail: doaa@iitk.ac.in
Website: www.iitk.ac.in