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Content Curator updated | Updated On - Oct 12, 2021

GATE 2022 Cut off for IIT Kanpur refers to the minimum score required by the candidates to secure admission to M.Tech courses offered by the institute. GATE 2020 Cut off for IIT Kanpur was the highest for the Electrical Engineering discipline, i.e. 900 for Gen, 835 for EWS, 813 for OBC, 683 for SC, and 594 for SC category. On the other hand, GATE 2020 cut off for IIT Kanpur was the lowest for the Earth Science discipline, i.e., 430. For other disciplines of M.Tech, the average IIT Kanpur cut off 2020 was above 600 for the General category candidates. Check GATE Cut off

GATE 2022 exam is scheduled to be conducted on Feb 5, 6, 12, and 13, 2022. Only candidates with valid GATE 2022 scores will be eligible for M.Tech admission to IIT Kanpur. Based on the past year’s schedule, IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission process is expected to begin in the last week of March 2022. It must be noted that students also need to register for GATE COAP Counselling apart from registering on the official website of the participating college. 

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut offs

GATE 2022 Cut off for IIT Kanpur: Previous Year Cut offs

GATE 2022 Cut off for IIT Kanpur will be released after the conclusion of the COAP counselling process. Mentioned below are the program-wise GATE previous year cut offs for 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, & 2016 for IIT Kanpur. GATE Cut off for IIT Kanpur is different for each stream of M.Tech course depending on the number of seats and registered candidates. 

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2020

IIT Kanpur M.Tech. Program Specialization GEN OBC SC ST
Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Engineering 750 600 495 400
Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Biological Sciences & Bioengineering 750 675 490 490
Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering 475 427 285 285
Civil Engineering Hydraulics & Water Resources 550 450 350 350
Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 760 630 506 506
Civil Engineering Infrastructure engineering Management 750 650 500 500
Civil Engineering Geo-Technical 730 671 483 483
Electrical Engineering Signal Processing, Communications, and Networks 815 749 572 511
Electrical Engineering Power Engineering 827 771 683 594
Electrical Engineering Control and Automation 864 813 669 573
Electrical Engineering Microelectronics and VLSI 900 803 628 584
Mechanical Engineering Solid Mechanics & Design 750 675 500 500
Computer Science & Engineering Computer Science 775 697 516 516
Materials Science & Engineering Materials Science & Engineering 600 560 360 360
Photonics Science & Engineering (Earlier Known as Laser Technology Programme) Photonics Science & Engineering 660 594 396 396
Earth Science Earth Science 430 344 310 -
Industrial & Management Engineering Industrial & Management Engineering 825 790 630 630

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2019

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Program Specialization GEN OBC SC ST
Chemical Engineering Chemical 475 427 285 285
Civil Engineering Hydraulics & Water Resources 730 680 680 630
Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM) 690 690 690 690
Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 640 570 425 425
Civil Engineering Infrastructure & Engineering Management 675 600 440 440
Civil Engineering Geo Informatics 581 483 352 282
Civil Engineering Transportation 680 612 453 453
Civil Engineering Geo-Technical 615 554 304 304
Mechanical Engineering Solid Mechanics & Design (SMD) 750 675 500 500
Mechanical Engineering Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (FTS) 750 675 500 500
Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Sciences (MFS) 750 675 500 500
Mechanical Engineering Robotics & Automation (RA) 750 675 500 500
Comuter Science & Engineering Computer Science 755 679 498 498
Materials Science & Engineering Material Science and Engineering 582 524 390 390
Photonics Sc. & Eng. Photonics Science and Engineering 620 533 372 350
Industrial & Management Engineering Industrial and Management Engineering 99 98 91 70

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2018

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Program Specialization General BC SC ST
Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Engineering 631 557 436
Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Biological Sciences & Bioengineering 559 609
Chemical Engineering Chemical 589 526 394 394
Civil engineering Hydraulics &  Water Resources 700 669 640
Civil engineering Environmental Engineering and Management 722 673 545
Civil engineering Structural Engineering 758 677 505 623
Civil engineering Infrastructure & Engineering Management 738 666 623 538
Civil engineering Geoinformatics 668 606 469 299
Civil engineering Transportation 677 666 581 499
Civil engineering Geotechnical 734 673 545
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering 617 330 319 275
Mechanical Engineering Solid Mechanics & Design (SMD) 814 804 616 515
Mechanical Engineering Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (FTS) 807 768 606 508
Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Science (MFS) 804 764 604 501
Mechanical Engineering Robotics & Automation (RA) 804 766 611 522
Computer SC Computer Science 739 659 501
Material Science and Engineering Material Science 417 496 355 371
Material Science and Engineering Material Science and Engineering 542 490 383 430

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2017

IIT Kanpur GATE Cutoff 2017 for Electrical Engineering

GATE Papers General OBC SC ST/ PwD
Microelectronics & VLSI 805 684 531 531
Signal Processing, Communication & Networks 720 612 475 475
RF & Microwaves 700 595 462 462
Power Engineering 770 654 508 508
Control & Automation 780 663 514 514
Photonics 690 585 455 455

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2016

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2016 for Civil Engineering

Specialization GEN OBC SC ST PH
Hydraulics and water resources 706 643 415 311 252
Structural Engineering 639 533 419 348 307
Geo Informatics 632 509 364 270
Engineering-Geo Science 400 360
Transportation 700 650 550 300 274
Geo-Technical 660 639 414 440 374

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2016 for Electrical Engineering

Specialization GEN OBC SC ST PH
Microelectronics, VLSI, and display technology 809 760 589 471 471
Power and control 717 667 499 314 314
Signal Processing communication and network 772 712 532 381 381
RF, Microwave and Photonics 744 681 507 355 355

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2016 for Mechanical Engineering

Specialization GEN OBC SC ST PH
Fluid Engineering 787 710 593 569 -
Manufacturing Science 765 714 569 508 -
Solid Mechanics and Design 783 729 580 474 508

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2016 for Computer Science and Engineering

Specialization GEN OBC SC ST
Computer Science 733 661 458 413

IIT Kanpur GATE Cut off 2016 for Materials Science

Specialization GEN OBC SC ST
Mechanical Engineering background 499 490 346 -
Electrical Engineering background 506 479 324 -
Physics background 454 349 239 -
Materials Science Engineering background 410 - - -
Engineering Science background 461 366 347 -
Production and instrumentation 593 492 - -
Nuclear Engineering and Tech 695 680 563 -
Photonics Sc and Engineering (Earlier Laser Technology) 647 617 481 453
Environmental Engineering and Mgmt 603 449 346 287

Also Check GATE Cut off for Top M.Tech Colleges in India

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission Important Dates

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission through GATE 2022: Important Dates

Event Dates (Tentative)
IIT Kanpur Admission Registration Start Last week of March 2022
COAP Registration Last week of March 2022
Last day to fill IIT Kanpur Admission Application Third week of April  2022
COAP Counselling Rounds Second week of May 2022
IIT Kanpur M.Tech Courses

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission through GATE 2022: Courses Offered

IIT Kanpur offers a 2-year M.Tech program at the postgraduate level in multiple specializations. 

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Industrial & Management Engineering
  • Materials Science & Engineering
  • Materials Science (Interdisciplinary Programme)
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Photonics Science & Engineering (Interdisciplinary Programme)
IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission Eligibility

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission through GATE 2022: Eligibility Criteria

Given below is the eligibility criteria for IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission: 

Category Eligibility
Educational Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science (minimum duration of 4 years)/Master's degree in Science with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum as per the course.
GATE Scores valid GATE score
Candidates with B.Tech from IIT CGPA>8 in last two years of B.Tech; GATE Score not required

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IIT Kanpur M.Tech Registration Process

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission through GATE 2022: Application Process

Candidates who wish to take admission to IIT Kanpur have to apply online. Candidates are advised to follow the admission process given below to fill the application form without much difficulty.

  • Step 1: Visit the official website and Register for the online application process. To register, the candidate should enter a user ID and password. Once the registration process is complete, the user ID and password confirmation will be sent to the applicant via Email. 
  • Step 2: After completing the registration process, log in again using the User ID and password to fill the application form for M.Tech Admission 2022. The online application form is divided into 9 sections for the convenience of the user
    • Personal Information
    • Address Details
    • Some Important Details
    • Payment details
    • Section 5 is further subdivided into the following
      • Fellowship Examination Details
      • Qualifying Exam Details (Passed/Appearing)
      • Other degrees (After 10 + 2, not qualifying degree)
      • Work Experience Details
    • Area of Specialization in Department/Programme
    • Name and Addresses of two Referees from whom the letter of reference has been obtained (only for Ph.D. Applicants) 
    • Upload Photograph
      • Format of photograph: .jpg or .png
      • Size: less than 20KB
      • It is not necessary to upload the photograph. The candidate may staple the photograph on the filled application form after taking the printout of it
    • Final Submission - Candidates must make sure that they fill all the mandatory information denoted by * in each section.
  • Step 3: Once the candidate is sure that the information filled by him/her is correct, they must click the confirm button to confirm the same. After clicking the confirm button, no changes can be made
  • Step 4: On confirming the submission of the application form, a Unique Reference Number will be allotted to the candidate. The candidate will need this number for further communication and application will be identified by this number only
  • Step 5: After confirmation, the candidate can take the printout of the completely filled application form, displayed in PDF format. The status of the application will be Submitted
  • Step 6: In the last step candidate has to take the printout of the application form and send the application form along with the self-attested copy of all the required documents.

Application Acceptance Process at IIT Kanpur

After the application form is received by the department, the status of the application will be changed to Applied from Submitted. Documents of the application will be verified and the candidate will be contacted in case any clarification is needed.

A separate application and Demand draft must be filled in the case of each department and program. The Department of Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Material Science and Engineering will accept applications both in online and paper mode.

Note: If a candidate has completed his/her B.Tech/BE from a Centrally Funded Technical Institute with 75% marks, he/she is eligible for direct admission in Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur without GATE score

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission through GATE 2022: Documents Required

DOB Certificate Class 10 certificate having candidates DOB GATE score card (Online print out of GATE scorecard, if GATE scorecard is not received)
Photocopies of the qualifying degree marks/ grade sheet NOC/Relieving Certificate from the employer, if a candidate is employed at the time of admission SC/ST/OBC Certificate (if applicable)
Certificate of Physical status (Type of disability, if applicable) - -
IIT Kanpur M.Tech Selection Process

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission through GATE 2022: Selection Process

  • Candidates need to fill the application form for admission by following the steps mentioned above.
  • A final merit list containing the names of the shortlisted candidates will be prepared on the basis of eligibility and the scores obtained in GATE 2022.
  • The authority may even conduct Interviews/ written tests for the shortlisted candidates.
  • Candidates will be called for the verification of documents including documents uploaded while filling IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission form. Candidates, whose names appear in the merit list, will be granted admission in regular, sponsored, and part-time M.Tech courses.
  • Also, an Assistantship will be given to the selected candidates along with a stipend.

While preparing GATE 2022 cut off for IIT Kanpur, the authorities will consider various factors such as the difficulty level of the exam, previous year GATE cutoff trends, number of applicants, and number of seats available. Hence, candidates must go through GATE cut offs for IIT Kanpur and the M.Tech admission process given in this article to get a fair idea about the expected cut off and eligibility for admission. 

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