IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission 2020

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission 2020 - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has re-extended the last date to fill M Tech application form till May 24. The authorities had released the application form for IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission 2020 on March 16 and earlier the final date to apply was April 7, 2020. M.Tech admissions to IIT Kanpur will be provided based on score obtained in GATE 2020. However, there are categories of students who are IIT graduates with specific scores, who are exempted from having a valid GATE score. The aspirants will have to apply to the institute for IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission 2020 and then apply through Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) as well. To know all about M.Tech admission at IIT Kanpur including programmes offered and the corresponding eligibility, IIT Kanpur M.Tech application, selection process, etc. refer to the article.
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IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission Dates 2020

Programmes offered under IIT Kanpur M.Tech Admission 2020

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Eligibility Criteria

Candidates applying for M.Tech admission at IIT Kanpur have to comply with the eligibility requirements as mentioned below:

• Minimum qualification of bachelor’s degree as mentioned specifically against each specialization.

• Minimum marks or CPI as specified for overall and particular semester/ years.

• A valid GATE score for IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission 2020.

• Those who have passed their bachelors from one of the IITs with minimum overall CPI of 6.5 and minimum 8 in the last two years in the bachelor's programme are exempted from compulsory requirement of GATE scores.

IIT Kanpur M.Tech Application Form 2020

The application form of IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission is now available in online mode. Students need to follow a series of steps in order to fill the IIT Kanpur M.Tech application form which are mentioned below:

Step 1- Registration: In order to fill the application form for IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission, the first step requires students to register. The process of registration requires them to enter their first name, last name, email address and date of birth. This will lead to the formation of login credentials which has to be used for logging in and proceeding with the further process.

Step 2- Application Form: After registration and login, candidates will be required to enter the following details:

• Candidate’s name

• Parent’s name

• Date of birth

• Category

• Nationality

• PwD status

• Marital status

• Address

• City

• State

• Pin Code

• Landline/mobile number

• Select Engineering Programme

• Select candidate status

• University name and address (Qualifying exam)

• Institute code

• Qualifying degree and discipline

• Year of completing the degree

• Rank in qualifying exam

• Qualifying year percentage semester-wise

• Overall percentage

• Work experience

• Area of specialisation

Step 3- Document Uploading:

After uploading the requisite personal and academic details, candidates will be required to upload certain things. This includes a recent photograph (jpg or png format) and certain documents (in pdf format only having a maximum size of 2 MB). The documents to be uploaded are as follows:

• Proof of date of birth

• GATE 2020 score card (or any other national level test if appeared for and relevant)

• Marksheet of the qualifying examination

• Category Certificate (if applicable)

• PwD Certificate (if applicable)

Step 4- Application Fee:

Payment of application fee is the last crucial step while applying for IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission 2020. Candidates will have to pay the following amount for applications depending upon their category:

• For candidates of General/ OBC/ EWS categories: Rs 400

• For candidates of SC/ ST/ PwD categories: Rs 200

It may be noted that the application fee for M.Tech admission at IIT Kanpur can be paid in online mode only, i.e. through netbanking/ credit/ debit card. One may not forget to note down the transaction ID generated after fee payment.

Step 5- Application Form Submission

Once the details, information and fee payment is done with, candidates may wrap the application process by clicking on ‘Final Submission’. This will change the candidate status that reflects ‘Applied’ against the IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission application. One should note down the application reference ID and also take a print out of the same.

IIT Kanpur M.Tech 2020 Admission Selection Process

Candidates aspiring for M.Tech admission in IIT Kanpur have to apply to the institute online in the manner mentioned above. Then the eligible candidates will be called for document verification for which, the following things need to be positively carried:

• Print out of application form submitted

• Receipt of payment of application fee (or transaction ID)

• Original documents that are uploaded in soft copy with the IIT Kanpur M.Tech admission application

After applying through IIT Kanpur application portal, candidates will be required to separately apply through Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) in order to accept admission offers. This will be followed by counselling and seat allotment to be communicated to aspirants. Admissions will be done on the basis of GATE 2020 scores.

Financial Assistance to students of M.Tech at IIT Kanpur

IIT Kanpur provides its students with a chance to have financial support by serving through teaching or research assistantship, which is referred to as Institute assistantship. The same is offered on a semester to semester basis for 22 months. Students need to have a valid GATE score for availing institute assistantship, however, this requirement is waived off for B. Tech/ BS graduates from IITs having a minimum CPI of 8. Additional assistantships might be offered from other organizations (CSIR, UGC, etc.) in the form of fellowships or scholarships.