The reporting dates and other important information can be found here:

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 Class X (High School) Board Certificate .
 Class XII Marksheet
 Aadhar Card
 The Hall Accommodation form, which has to be compulsorily filled and brought on the reporting date, can be found here(for Hall 13, i.e. Boys), a similar form for Hall 4(Girls), will be provided shortly. Two passport-sized photographs must be submitted along with this form. Additionally, the two-page form should be printed on a single sheet, double-sided.
 Fee remission documents(only if eligible) - Copy of the Income Tax Return of both the parents along with Tuition Fee Waiver Affidavit in Rs. 20/- Stamp paper duly signed by First Class Magistrate/Public Notary, as the given format - [Tuition Fee Waiver Affidavit]
 Document Verification and Seat Acceptance letter (Downloadable from JOSSA Website named System Generated Document Verification-Cum-Seat Acceptance Letter)
 Provisional seat allotment letter (Downloadable from JOSSA Website named System Generated Allotment Later)
 Medical Certificate, the format of which can be found here. Please note that this format is different from the one submitted in JoSSA counselling.
 Valid Category certificate for GEN-EWS and OBC_NCL students in prescribed formats as detailed in the JEE (Advanced) 2025 Brochure.
 Category/Disability certificate for SC/ST/PWD candidate
 Reference ID and downloaded undertaking after registering at the Anti Ragging Portal - https://www.antiragging.in/. The instruction PDF is attached for your reference [Instructions]
 Self-declaration Undertaking [Format]
 Ethical Practices Undertaking [Format]
At least 8 passport size photographs

Note: If there exists any mismatch in the student's name among documents, an affidavit sanctioned by a notary will be necessary

By Air The most popular air route to IIT Kanpur is through Lucknow Airport (IATA: LKO | ICAO: VILK). Lucknow is connected by direct flights to and from major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru Note: Kanpur airport (Chakeri) is now open to civillian purpose. The Airport is located around 21 Km from IITK and cabs are available to and fro.		By Road Kanpur is connected to NH-2 that runs between Amritsar and Kolkata and connecting cities like Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Patna. Kanpur is also connected to Lucknow on NH25 and is about 91 km from Lucknow. Cabs are available from Lucknow to reach IIT Kanpur.
By Train Kanpur is well connected by railway network with nearly every major city. Numerous overnight trains are also present from major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore. IIT Kanpur is about 17 km from the Kanpur Central Railway Station. Direct buses to campus front gate are there from Jhakarkati. Tempos and Autos are also available which take about Rs. 200 - Rs. 250 from Station to IITK campus. One can also find shared auto services (commonly known as Vikram) for as low as 40 Rupees from Kanpur Railway Station, outside Platform 9 to campus front gate. Metro serivces are also avalible from Kanpur Central Metro Station to IIT Kanpur Metro Station from 6am to 10pm daily.		Hotels Please note that the institute does not provide accomodation to parents. Parents are suggested to arrange for their own accomodation. The list of hotels at Kanpur can be found here. [Hotels]

The Hall Allocation for 2025-26 is as following.
Boys: Hall 13
Girls: Hall 4
The reporting help desk numbers will be updated here a night before the reporting.

It is mandatory for all registered students of IIT Kanpur to reside in the halls of residence assigned to them. The halls assigned to the first year boys students is Hall 13. Hall 4 is the hall of residence assigned to the first year girl students.

The rooms and roommates in the halls are also assigned randomly to the students by the institute keeping in mind various factors. It is not possible to entertain a request for room/roommate change. It is also compulsory for a student to register in his/her Hall of Residence's mess.

The Orientation Programme is organised to acquaint the students with the institute and to facilitate a smooth transition into life at the Institute.
The prospect of beginning life at a college can be daunting. You must be incredibly excited to come to the campus but at the same time you may also feel nervous and unsure about what to expect. Everyone has such mixed emotions and the Orientation program is designed to make your transition to IITK as seamless as possible.

The orientation schedule of 2025-26 will soon be updated here.

  Coming to IITK

• Q. When do I have to report to IITK? Can I report late? Also, can I go back after reporting and come back before classes commence?

Ans. The Reporting date for the new UG students will be updated soon. You have to report to your allotted hall in IITK. The Hall Allotment list will be up on website before arrival.
NO, you cannot report late. You have to report in IITK only on the aforementioned time and date. If you are reporting late then you should inform the counselling service with a valid reason.
NO, you cannot go home after reporting.There are a lot of activities scheduled before the classes commences.

• Q. How can I reach IITK? Is there any special provision for the students to reach there?

Ans. AIR Route: Kanpur airport is now functional. Direct flights are available between Kanpur(KNU) and Delhi(DEL), Bengaluru(BLR), and Mumbai(BOM). Nearest airport is Lucknow: You may catch a taxi from airport (easily available for IITK),it’ll be a 2-3 hours journey costing about Rs 1400-1800.
Train Route : IITK is a 45 minutes journey from Kanpur Central Railway Station. You can traverse the route either by Auto-Rickshaws which are easily available, by Institute buses depending on the timing, or by hiring cabs. Also,there would be a help desk of Counselling Service, IIT Kanpur arranged at Kanpur station. You can contact them for institute buses or for hiring autos and cabs.
Additionally, look at the Reaching IITK section on the website.

  Things to bring to IITK

• Q. What documents do I have to bring to IITK before leaving home?

Ans. A checklist of all documents is provided Document Checklist Section in "NEW UNDERGRADUATE IMPORTANT INFORMATION"

• Q. Do I have to bring something for day to day living purposes?

Ans. You may bring items for day to day living purposes, but almost everything is available to purchase in the campus including mattresses, buckets, locks.
Also, Online delivery systems can be used to deliver stuff till your hall gate. So there's no need to worry about availiblity to things.
Please click here to get the list of items you may need.

  Orientation Programme

• Q. What is Orientation Programme? Is it compulsory to attend it?

Ans. The Orientation Program is designed to acquaint the Freshers with the Campus, and the various activities in it. It is a comprehensive introduction to your life for the whole stay at the campus. Yes, The Orientation Programme is compulsory to attend.

  Academics and Scholarships

• Q. What is the medium of instruction in IITK?

Ans. English is the medium of all official instruction (lectures, labs, assignments and exams). For students who might be uncomfortable with English, the institute offers a basic course in the english language which is taught in the first semester. Also, English Conversation Classes are organised to help the students in English language.

• Q. How is the general lecture environment? Can I ask a doubt to a professor?

Ans. The general lecture environment varies from professor to professor, but asking doubts during lectures is always allowed. However, tutorials are better places for clearing doubts as they have a much higher level of personal interaction.

• Q. Are there any scholarships available? If yes, how can I get them?

Ans. There are ample number of scholarships available.You will get to know about these and how to apply for them after you reach here.For any of these, Parental Income proof is must.
Please go through the SSPC Website and Under-Graduate section under the important info tab on this website for further details.

  Branch Change

• Q. Does IITK have Branch Change policies?

Ans. Yes, you can change your branch at the end of 2nd, 3rd or 4th semester, but only once in total. No programme related restrictions are present, i.e. change from a BS program to BTech, Btech to BS, BS to BS or BTech to BTech, all are allowed.

• Q. On what basis my branch can get changed?

Ans. Please go to the Under-Graduate section under the Important Info tab on this website.

  Facilities in Hostels

• Q. What are Halls of Residence?

Ans. Halls of residences are the hostels where you will be residing during your stay at IIT Kanpur. There are five halls for boy UG students (Hall of Residence: 2, 3, 5, 12 and 13) and two for girl UG students (Hall of Residence: 4 and 6). UG first year students will stay in Hall 13 (boys) and Hall 4 (girls).

• Q. What are the facilities available at Halls of Residence?

Ans. Each hall has its mess, canteen, photocopying facility, and a shop for basic daily needs, other than the rooms.
They also have their own Reading Room, Computer Centre, which is open 24*7.
Every hall have their own sports equipments with some sports fields available 24*7. Every hall has its Basketball Court, Badminton Court and Table Tennis room.

• Q. When will I be assigned my hall and room? Can I select my room, hall and room partner?

Ans. Refer to the hall allocation part in the left sidebar

• Q. How many students I have to share my room with?

Ans. You will have to share your room with one or two more people.

• Q. What items will be available to me in my room?

Ans. In Hall 4, your rooms will have two beds, one mirror, two almirahs, chairs, tables, and a rack
In Hall 13(double room), a room has 2 beds, 1 almirah with a mirror, 1 table, 1 chair, 1 bed-table and 1 notice board.
In Hall 13(triple room), a room has 3 beds, 2 almirah with two mirrors, 2 tables, 2 chairs, 1 bed-table and 2 notice boards.

  Hall Competitions

• Q. What are inter-hall competitions? Can I participate?

Ans. To encourage participation in extracurricular activities, various inter-hall competitions are organized. Each hall is a part of a pool. There are four pools. Following are the interhall events-
Freshers Inferno - Games & Sports (open for both UG & PG Freshers )
Takneek - Science & Technology
Galaxy - Media & Cultural
Inferno - Games & Sports
All the events are open for freshers. At the end of the academic year the performances of each pool in all competitions are combined to give the ranking for the General Championship.

  General Queries

• Q. Can I bring my laptop/pc?

Ans. Freshers are enscouraged to bring their laptops to college if they already have one. The main Computer Centre and the computer lab at New Core Labs are open till 2 am in the night and are good enough for all practical purposes.

• Q. What are the facilities available in the campus area?

Ans. There is a shopping center, commonly known as ShopC, in the campus for general items and commodities. It has a campus restaurant, Stationery shops, barber shop, cycle repairing shop, bakery shops, laundry shop and general stores.
The bank facilities are available within the campus. There are SBI and UBI bank branches available in the campus. Campus also have a automated ICICI branch. SBI, UBI and ICICI ATMs are also available in the campus.
DOAA Canteen is functional 24*7.
There is a Food Court in the campus area in SAC (Student Activity Corner) which are available from 2pm to 2 am. It has Dominos, Kathi Rolls, Chocolate Room, Wazwan food outlets. There is also a subsidized Cafe Coffee Day outlet. And not to forget a chaat corner in front of hall 3.
There's a canteen available in every hall available from 2pm to 2 am.

• Q. What books and other class material do I have to bring?

Ans. Practically none. There is no course-related book that you have to bring. The course books can be taken from seniors or issued from the library. Also, the reference section of the library is equipped with sufficient copies of the course books, so one can easily use them there, if in case you feel the need to buy one, then there are bookshops in the shopping center inside the campus. The general books used in the first year are Thomas’ Calculus, D J Griffiths Electrodynamics,Mechanics by Kleppner, any C Programming Language Book. Also Chemistry Labcoat and Mini Drafter for Engineering Drawing Lab are also required in first year courses. If you already have above mentioned items you can bring these with you otherwise do not buy them you can take it here from the seniors or shops.

• Q. What about Ragging practices in the hostels?

Ans. We are a Ragging Free campus. Strict actions are taken against those indulge in ragging. Every student signs an anti ragging affidavit.
Anti-Ragging Squads are also made to check its practise anywhere.

• Q. Will parents be provided accommodation ?

Ans. No, parents will not be provided any accommodation in the campus. A list of hotels in Kanpur is provided in this pdf : [Hotels]

• Q. How big is the campus ? How to travel inside the campus ?

Ans. IITK has a humongous campus size of 1055 acres. Students are not allowed to drive motorized vehicles. IITK being an environment friendly campus, everyone travels by bicycles. Many professors prefer riding cycles as well. Other means of transport are cycle rickshaws, which are usually available throughout the day. Motorized rickshaws or tempos may also be available sometimes on campus.
Differently abled students shall be provided with hybrid scooters or tricycles.

• Q. Is laundry service available to the students?

Ans. Yes, there is laundry service available to the students. The laundry serviceman shall visit your room twice a week. The basic monthly cost shall be around Rs.200. All the halls have Washing Machines installed.

• Q. Is there any Internet connectivity for the freshers ?

Ans. The freshers have full freedom to use wi-fi services in the academic area. The computer centres in halls provide internet connectivity 24/7. The computer centres in the academic area are open till 2am.

• Q. What is the fee structure ? What are the modes of payment available for the Institute fees as well as the mess fee ?

Ans. Fee structure is decided by DOSA(Dean of Student Affairs) Office.It keeps on changing subject to various conditons. Modes of payment are- DEMAND DRAFT or ONLINE via SBI I-Collect/AXIS bank /ICICI bank gateway.

• Q. How many semesters are there in an year ? How are the semesters divided over the year ?

Ans. >2 semesters are held per year. The first semester commences at the end of july and ends in the month of november, then a one month break in december. The next semester commences by the end of december and ends by the month of april.

• Q. Is there any Hospital on the campus ? What facilities are available over there ?

Ans. IITK has its own Health Center (HC).HC has four ambulances. It takes care about all the basic health related issues as well as emergency conditions. Also,there are dispensaries available in some specific halls.

• Q. Where can I get the leave calendar for the year ?

Ans. Every detail is available on the academic calendar including midsem breaks and holidays. It will be provided soon.

• Q. Are there any facilities available for the physically handicapped on the campus ?

Ans. Yes, differently abled students shall be allowed hybrid scooters or tricycles. There are ramps available wherever necessary to make life easier for them.

This section will be updated with some resources and links related to IITK

• Future Students
• That's IITK
• Why IIT Kanpur? (Article)
• Campus Video

Go through the following link to know more about different undergraduate programmes at IITK: Future Students

Unoffical Facebook group that celebrates the people, life and culture of IIT Kanpur This Bit of That IITK

Departments @IITK

• Aerospace Engineering
• Biological Sciences and Bioengineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Earth Sciences
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Material Science and Engineering
• Mathematics and Scientific Computing
• Mechanical Engineering
• Physics
• Statistics and Data Science

JEE Counselling Related

• JEE Counselling 2018 ~Prof Dheeraj Sanghi
• JEE Counselling 2016 ~Prof Dheeraj Sanghi
• JEE Counselling 2015 ~Prof Dheeraj Sanghi
• JEE Counselling 2012 ~Prof Dheeraj Sanghi
• JEE Counselling 2011 ~Prof Dheeraj Sanghi

About the Campus

• Future Students
• Why IIT Kanpur? ~Srijan R Shetty
• IITK Supercomputer ~NDTV
• IITK History

Videos

• Campus Video
• IITK History
• Happy(Y9 batch)
• NDTV Good Times
• NDTV Good Times
• NDTV Good Times

We would like to inform all old students and new students taking admission for the upcoming academic session that the fee structure has been updated by DoSA. For detailed information, please refer to the following documents

• Fee Structure for New Students 2025-26 Odd Semester
• Fee Structure for Summer 2024-25
• Fee Structure for Old Students 2025-2026 Odd Semester
• Fee Structure for Preparatory Student 2025-26 Odd Semester
• Fee Structure for Non-Degree Student