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IIT Kanpur Facilities

The IIT Kanpur(IITK) has a sprawling campus, spread over 420 hectares in Kalyanpur outskirts of Kanpur. IIT Kanpur provides in-campus education and has around 108 buildings on the campus which come up with facilities that are ultramodern for the students. IIT Kanpur facilities and infrastructure include academic blocks, hostels for accommodation of the students that are separate for boys and girls, library, canteen, sports grounds, auditorium, reading lounge, computer centre, central workshop, liquid helium facility, Virtual Instrument Cell, Central Cryogenic Facility and more.

Apart from these IIT Kanpur facilities, the campus also has an IT infrastructure that is powerful which ensures that 24x7 connectivity of internet is available and is made accessible to faculties as well as students. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur facilities provide a comfortable environment for students and faculty members.

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  • Boys Hostel

    The college has hostels with spacious and ventilated rooms. Every hostel has facilities such as table tennis room, reading room, computer room etc. The hostels have separate rooms for visitors. Mess is present at each hostel to carter the hunger of students. 

  • Girls Hostel

    The girl hostels present at the campus have well-furnished rooms for accommodation of students. For the convenience of students basic facilities such as indoor & outdoor sports facilities, reading room, hall, mess is present at girls hostels. 

  • Medical/Hospital

    The Institute campus has a full-fledged health center which caters to the health care needs of the students as well as faculties and employees in the institute. 

  • Gym

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has a modern gym. Students who are interested in attaining good physical fitness can make use of gym present at the campus. 

  • Library

    IIT Kanpur library - P.K Kelkar Library has a diverse collection of books, journals, thesis etc. Further, the library has periodicals, magazines, newspapers etc. The library is centrally air-conditioned and has a spacious reading room. 

  • Sports

    The college has both indoor and outdoor sports facilities for its students. Facilities for games like basketball, volleyball, football, badminton, table tennis, chess, squash, cricket etc. is present at the campus. Every year numerous sports tournaments are also oragnised at the campus. 

  • I.T Infrastructure

    The computer centre of IIT Kanpur has fully-airconditioned and is operational 24x7. The whole centre is backed up by UPS system in case of a power failure. It provides IT as well as computational requirements not only to the academic division but also to the residential units built in the campus. The systems present in the computer centre have upgraded hardware and software. 

  • Cafeteria

    The cafeteria of IIT Kanpur serves delicious and nutritious food to students, staff and faculty members. Hygiene is kept while preparing food at IIT Kanpur cafeteria. 

  • Wifi

    The college has wifi for students. The wifi is available  not only in seminar halls, classrooms but also the hostel rooms and library of the campus. 

  • Laboratories

    The college has a CAD Lab for concept design and product realisation works. The lab allows students to conduct experiments and turn ideas into reality. The CAD Lab has been designed and structured to take care of professional certification programmes for students and act as a consultancy for industries.

  • Auditorium

    The institute has many halls for conferences and seminars that are well equipped with audio as well as video facilities, internet connectivity and are centrally air-conditioned. 

Student Reviews for IIT Kanpur

College Infrastructure: 4.4/5
Academics: 4.3/5
Placements: 4.3/5
Value for Money: 3.8/5
Campus Life: 4.4/5

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College Infrastructure

There are well-furnished labs, classrooms and a library, and there is a free Wi-Fi connection in the college. The food provided by the mess is decent and in addition, the campus has various other refreshment outlets like Coffee Day Express.

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College Infrastructure

The infrastructure here at IIT Kanpur is really good and well maintained. The basic facilities like library, classrooms, lecture halls are high tech and really advanced. Even the new hostels are really cool and good.

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College Infrastructure

The campus of IIT kanpur is very nice as it has all the necessary equipments and facilities which are required for proper study environment. The facilities like WiFi, smart board all are fully functional and well maintained.

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The IIT Kanpur is quite competitive and you would need at least the rank of 90 or 110 being a general candidate and 250 to 270 being a SC/ST candidate,

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  • Candidates must have completed a B.E./B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field from a recognized institute.

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