IIT Kanpur is one of the premier educational institutes in India and the world. IIT Kanpur is an Institute of National Importance and set itself as a prime example of a world-class education center. IIT Kanpur offers education across 19 academic departments, 25 centers, and 3 interdisciplinary programs in engineering, science, design, humanities, and management disciplines with more than 570 full-time faculty members and nearly 9000 students enrolled in different courses. IIT Kanpur is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and leadership qualities among our students. A total of 61 companies are currently incubated at the Startup Innovation and Incubation Centre (SIIC), at IIT Kanpur. IIT Kanpur has been ranked 278 overall in QS World Ranking 2024, additionally, IIT Kanpur has been ranked 5th in Engineering and Technology in India and 93 in the world, in 2024.

IIT Kanpur Ranking: Highlights

  • IIT Kanpur has improved its 2024 QS world ranking in its engineering disciplines, such as Computer Science, climbing from 96 to 84, ranking 3rd nationally, while in Electrical Engineering it remains at 96, and 5th in India.
  • A particularly noteworthy achievement is IIT Kanpur's debut on the list of top institutions for Data Science & AI, securing an impressive global rank of 36th and 2nd position within India, in the QS World Ranking 2024.
  • The overall NIRF ranking of IIT Kanpur has also improved from 6th in 2020, to now 5th position since 2021.
  • According to the Centre for World Universities, IIT Kanpur is among the top 2000 Universities worldwide, ranking at 842 in 2024.

IIT Kanpur NIRF Ranking 2023

The National Institute of Research Framework( NIRF), measures the university/college across various critical parameters, to rank the colleges. The latest Top NIRF 2023 college rankings of IIT Kanpur are,

Category Ranking 2023
NIRF Overall 5
NIRF Engineering Category 4
NIRF Research 6
NIRF Innovation 1
NIRF Management 23

IIT Kanpur IIRF Ranking 2023

Indian Institutional Ranking Framework is a national and non-government ranking agency that ranks various institutions in the country. Given below are IIT Kanpur Rankings 2023 by IIRF,

BTech Ranking2023 6 out of 170
Design Ranking 2023 6 out of 30

IIT Kanpur India Today Ranking 2023

India Today has ranked IIT Kanpur among the top three Institutes in the country, the latest ranking of IIT Kanpur is listed below,

Overall Ranking 2023 3
Engineering Ranking 2023 3

IIT Kanpur US News Ranking 2024

The US News has ranked IIT Kanpur 879th best global University. The Universities are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. These indicators include global reach, reputation, publications, conferences, etc.

Particulars US News Ranking 2024
Best Global Universities in Asia 230
Best Global Universities in India 18
US News Global Ranking By Subjects
Engineering 290
Computer Science 313
Mechanical Engineering 178
Chemistry 304

IIT Kanpur QS World Ranking 2024

The QS world is one of the prominent comparative figures for finding out the top colleges worldwide. As per the QS world rankings data of 2024, the ranking of IIT Kanpur across various categories is,

Stream QS World Ranking 2024
Overall QS World ranking 278
Asian University Ranking 6
QS WUR Ranking by Subjects 36
QS Sustainability Ranking 522
Engineering & Technology 93
Business and Management 251-300

IIT Kanpur Centre for Word University Ranking 2024

As per the Centre for World University (CWRU) ranking 2024, IIT Kanpur is among the top 4.1% of Universities in the world. IIT Kanpur has been ranked 842 out of 20,966 universities worldwide, with an overall score of 71.5, across various ranking parameters,

CWRU National Rank 2024 11
CWRU Regional Rank (Asia) 2024 247
CWRU World Research Rank 2024 832

IIT Kanpur vs top IITs NIRF Ranking 2023

The engineering and management ranking of IIT Kanpur and other major IITs in the country, making it the top 5 IITs in the country, the ranking for these top IITs have been tabulated below,

College Engineering NIRF Ranking 2023 Management NIRF Ranking 2023
IIT Madras 1 15
IIT Delhi 2 5
IIT Bombay 3 10
IIT Kanpur 4 23
IIT Roorkee 5 18

IIT Kanpur Last 5-Year NIRF Rankings

The table presents the consolidated list of IIT Kanpur's last 5-year NIRF rankings. IIT Kanpur has improved its position by one since 2020 and has been consistently among the top 5 IITs in India for the past 3-year now,

Year Overall NIRF Ranking
2023 5
2022 5
2021 5
2020 6
2019 6

IIT Kanpur Ranking FAQs

Ques: What is the IIT Kanpur QS world ranking by subject in 2024?

Ans: The list is given below for major subject ranking, IIT Kanpur has improved its subject ranking in many subjects,

Mathematics 106
Natural Science 215
Electrical & Electronics 96
Data Science & AI 36
Mechanical Engineering 101
Computer Science 84
Civil Engineering 51-100

Ques: What is IIT Kanpur's QS world Ranking?

Ans: IIT Kanpur is among the top 300 Universities in the world as per QS World ranking, and it has been ranked 278, in 2024.

Ques: Is IIT Kanpur better than IIT Bombay for Data Science and AI?

Ans: As per the QS World ranking 2024, the Data Science & AI rank for IIT Bombay is 30 whereas it is 36th for IIT Kanpur, so clearly IIT Bombay is ranked better. But Both institutes are equally good concerning the quality of education.

Ques: Which Course is best ranked at IIT Kanpur?

Ans: IIT Kanpur has been ranked best for BTech courses, viz. Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Ques: What is the IIRF BTech Ranking of IIT Kanpur?

Ans: The IIRF ranking of IIT Kanpur is 6th out of 170 BTech colleges in India.

Ques: What is the NIRF ranking of IIT Kanpur in the engineering category?

Ans: IIT Kanpur is ranked 4th in the engineering category which is higher than IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee. Both IITs are ranked 6th and 5th in the engineering category respectively. IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and IIT Madras are ranked above IIT Kanpur in the Engineering category.

Ques: What is the chance of getting into IIT Kanpur with a rank below 1000?

Ans: The chances are pretty good to get into IIT Kanpur. However, the seat allotments are based on many parameters such as the category of applicant, the branch, and the JEE Advanced overall cutoff ranks for that year.

Ques: What are the factors NIRF considers while ranking the institutes? 

Ans: NIRF has a defined methodology that is used to measure the overall performance of the institute, some of the factors are, placements, student and Faculty ratio, research and Innovation infrastructure, academic reputation, research papers published, and many more.