IIT Kanpur NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #4 in NIRF 2025.
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh · NIRF ID IR-E-I-1075
At a glance
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is a government institution in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Its best current NIRF result is #4 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 66.5% and a ₹19.4L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 6,432 students.
2023-24
754 / 1,133
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#4 Score81.82
NIRF Engineering journey
Rank #4 → #4 since 2021; score 83.22 → 81.82.
The rank line is IIT Kanpur's all-India position in NIRF Engineering: #4 in 2021 to #4 in 2025. Lower is better.
Engineering 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #4
- Score (out of 100)
- 81.82
- Last year rank
- #4
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #4
- Ranking trend
- Stable
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#5 Score77.25
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#6 Score69.80
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#27 Score60.15
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 44.9% → 66.5%; latest median salary ₹19.4L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 754 placed — 66.5% of the batch
- 283 chose higher studies
- 96 reported another outcome
Half of the 754 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹19.4L
- Placement rate
- 66.5%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 44.9% to 66.5%. The reported median salary moved from ₹14L in 2017-18 to ₹19.4L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹247.62 Cr → ₹401.6 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹247.62 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹401.6 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹15.62 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹110.32 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Teaching & Resources (TLR) improved most: 86.7 → 91.8. Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. IIT Kanpur improved most in Teaching & Resources (TLR) (86.7 → 91.8). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 91.8, while Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is lowest at 59.2.
Questions about IIT Kanpur
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
IIT Kanpur ranking questions
What is IIT Kanpur NIRF ranking 2025?
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #4 with a score of 81.82.
Which NIRF categories include IIT Kanpur in 2025?
IIT Kanpur appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering, Overall, Research and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur private or government?
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur located?
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is listed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of IIT Kanpur graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹19.4L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 754 of 1,133 graduates placed (66.5%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹16L.
What is IIT Kanpur's best NIRF category?
Engineering is its best current result at #4 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 81.82.
How many students does IIT Kanpur have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 6,432 students, including 4,687 from outside the state and 16 international students.
Is IIT Kanpur improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 83.1 in 2021 to 76.3 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 2,111 PhD scholars.
How much does IIT Kanpur spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹401.6 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹110.32 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹15.62 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.