Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Now that the JEE
Main 2015 offline exam has been conducted and the online exam is coming up soon;
here is a look at the expected cutoffs at the reputed IITs.  Candidates securing a rank among the top one
and a half lakh aspirants who appear for the JEE Main 2015 are eligible to
appear for the JEE Advanced examination 2015. The final stage in the selection
process for the IITs/ISM Dhanbad is the JEE Advanced. Candidates will finally
be selected to the IITs/ISM Dhanbad purely on the basis of their performance in
the JEE Advanced 2015.This article will help you judge as to which colleges you
are likely to get through and what branches you may get. In this article, we
look at the cutoffs for Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur).

IIT Kanpur is located on the Grand Trunk Road, 15 km west of Kanpur City. IIT Kanpur was the first institute in India to
offer Computer Science education.

This land for the institute was donated by the
Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and measures close to 4.3sq.km. In
the campus you can find a large number of peacocks, migratory birds and nilgai. The campus has 10 boys’ hostels, 2 girls’ hostels
and one girls’ residence tower. The institute has around 2255 undergraduate
students and 1476 postgraduate students, 309 faculty members and more than 900
supporting staff. The Academic Area has the PK Kelkar Library (formerly
Central Library), Computer Centre, National Wind Tunnel Facility and SIDBI
Innovation and Incubation Centre.

This institute at the undergraduate level
(B. E. / B. Tech.), offers degrees in 12 different branches. Selections to
these seats is done on the basis of a student’s All India Rank in the JEE Advanced
2015. The list given below mentions the opening and closing ranks of students
across different categories that were selected to the various courses at this IIT
in 2014. This list will help you understand the likely ranks which will help
you secure admission to this institute. 

The list of expected opening and closing
ranks is as mentioned below:

Open Category Opening Rank Closing Rank
Aerospace Engineering 1670 2681
Biological Sciences and
Bioengineering
3607 5162
Chemical Engineering 719 2179
Chemistry 1887 5722
Civil Engineering 1481 2581
Computer Science and
Engineering
100 207
Economics 1789 3119
Electrical Engineering 40 660
Materials Science and
Engineering
2182 4149
Mathematics and
Scientific Computing
826 1831
Mechanical Engineering 610 1034
Physics 1026 3044
OBC Category Opening Rank Closing Rank
Aerospace Engineering 584 1115
Biological Sciences and
Bioengineering
2040 2571
Chemical Engineering 713 1147
Chemistry 560 2882
Civil Engineering 497 1063
Computer Science and
Engineering
59 135
Economics 1284 1731
Electrical Engineering 48 340
Materials Science and
Engineering
1429 2044
Mathematics and
Scientific Computing
520 1036
Mechanical Engineering 145 443
Physics 554 2213
SC Category Opening Rank Closing Rank
Aerospace Engineering 305 548
Biological Sciences and
Bioengineering
1293 1459
Chemical Engineering 468 736
Chemistry 1540 1683
Civil Engineering 253 512
Computer Science and
Engineering
32 113
Economics 775 1206
Electrical Engineering 15 227
Materials Science and
Engineering
1165 1367
Mathematics and
Scientific Computing
575 1008
Mechanical Engineering 112 246
Physics 1304 1479
ST Category Opening Rank Closing Rank
Aerospace Engineering 299 381
Biological Sciences and
Bioengineering
428 765
Chemical Engineering 230 425
Chemistry 775 875
Civil Engineering 70 160
Computer Science and
Engineering
33 68
Economics 616 777
Electrical Engineering 78 146
Materials Science and
Engineering
534 774
Mathematics and
Scientific Computing
544 732
Mechanical Engineering 111 163
Physics 794 839

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