The JoSAA released the IIT Kanpur cutoff 2018 based on the JEE Advanced scores obtained by the candidates. The cutoff was released for the BTech programs. The most competitive cutoff score was released for the BTech CSE branch with a closing rank of 213 for the general candidates. Mentioned below are the category-wise IIT Kanpur cutoff scores for the year 2018:

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: General All India Category

As per the 2018 cutoff released by JoSAA, the BTech cutoff ranged from 213 to 7292 ranks for the general category. The cutoff for the CSE branch remained the most competitive course because of its ranking which stood at 213. Given below is the detailed IIT Kanpur cutoff 2018 for the general All-India candidates:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering 2944 3136
B.Tech in Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering 4995 5103
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering 2870 3086
B.Tech in Civil Engineering 3494 3617
B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering 213 213
B.Tech in Electrical Engineering 795 803
B.Tech in Material Science Engineering 4304 4461
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering 1541 1558
Discontinued (Oct 2021)- B.S. in Earth Science 6711 7292

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: General All-India Female category

JoSAA released separate cutoffs in 2018 for the general female candidates. As per the released cutoffs, the BTech CSE remained the most competitive course with a closing rank of 576 for both the first and final rounds. The table below contains the IIT Kanpur cutoff 2018 for each specialisations for the general AI female students:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 5373 5373
B.Tech. in Biological Science and Bioengineering 8136 8136
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering 5403 5808
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 6887 6887
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 576 576
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 2001 2001
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering 7724 7724
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 3768 4056
Discontinued (Oct 2021)- B.S. in Earth Science 11118 11118

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: OBC All India Category

For the OBC AI students, the last rounds’ closing cutoff ranged between 484 ranks and 4076 ranks. The CSE discipline's most competitive score remained, followed by the Electrical Engineering course. Check out the table given below to know more about the IIT Kanpur cutoff 2018 for the OBC AI category:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 1430 1447
B.Tech. in Biological Science and Bioengineering 3119 3316
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering 1373 1416
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 1515 1542
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 132 145
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 481 484
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering 2243 2253
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 696 711
Discontinued (Oct 2021)- B.S. in Earth Science 3578 4076

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: OBC All India Female Category

According to the IIT Kanpur 2018 cutoff for the OBC All-India female candidates, the ranking range was 287-6317. The CSE remained the most competitive course with a closing rank of 287. However, the least competitive score remained for the BS in Earth Science discipline with a 6317 closing rank. The table given below shows the detailed cutoff for the OBC All-India female category candidates released for IIT Kanpur:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 2784 2784
B.Tech. in Biological Science and Bioengineering 6076 6076
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering 3050 3050
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 3172 3172
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 287 287
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 1113 1399
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering 5873 5873
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 2256 2289
Discontinued (Oct 2021)- B.S. in Earth Science 6317 6317

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: SC All India Category

JoSAA released cutoffs in 2018 for all the categories of students including the SC category. As per the cutoffs released, the BTech cutoff ranged from 47 to 2053 ranks. Students can refer to the table given below containing IIT Kanpur cutoff 2018 for the SC AI category students:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 805 812
B.Tech. in Biological Science and Bioengineering 1656 1735
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering 852 887
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 663 698
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 74 74
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 216 216
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering 1465 1465
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 391 414
Discontinued (Oct 2021)- B.S. in Earth Science 2004 2053

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: SC All India Female Category

According to the IIT Kanpur cutoff 2018, the SC female category’s cutoff ranged between 188 to 2752 ranks. The most competitive score remained for the CSE branch with closing cutoffs of 188 and 240 ranks in the first and final rounds respectively. Check out the table given below for the detailed IIT Kanpur 2018 cutoff for the SC AI female category candidates:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 596 596
B.Tech. in Biological Science and Bioengineering 2588 2588
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering 1369 1369
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 1360 1360
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 188 240
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 606 769
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering 2176 2176
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 1042 1042
Discontinued (Oct 2021)- B.S. in Earth Science 2752 2752

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: ST All India Category

As per the 2018 cutoffs released for the ST AI candidates, the IIT Kanpur BTech cutoff ranged from 49 ranks to 57 ranks. The CSE cutoff for IIT Kanpur remained at 49 ranks in both rounds which made it the most sought-after course. Check the detailed cutoff for each BTech specialisation offered by IIT Kanpur for the ST AI candidates:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 290 290
B.Tech. in Biological Science and Bioengineering 160 233
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering 541 541
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 208 216
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 49 49
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 141 141
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering 814 814
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 191 196
Discontinued (Oct 2021)- B.S. in Earth Science 268 537

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: ST All India Female Category

The 2018 cutoff for the ST AI female candidates ranged from 467 to 917 in the final round at IIT Kanpur. The table given below contains the IIT Kanpur cutoff 2018 for the ST All India female category candidates:

Courses Round1 (closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 917 917
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering 849 849
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 450 450
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 199 199
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 268 268
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering 416 416
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 467 467

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: PwD All India Category

The 2018 cutoff for the PwD AI candidates was released for only 5 Btech programs and among them the lowest cutoff remained for the CSE branch. The final round’s closing cutoff for the CSE discipline was 7 ranks. Check out the cutoffs for each course offered by IIT Kanpur for the PwD AI category candidates:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering 103 103
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering 106 55
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 7 7
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering 73 73
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 96 106

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: PwD All India Female Category

For the PwD category candidates, the only cutoff released for the IIT Kanpur BTech was for its CSE program with a closing rank of 5, as mentioned below:

Courses Round 1 (Closing Rank) Final Round (Closing Rank)
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 5 5

IIT Kanpur Cutoff 2018: Round-wise Cutoffs

The table given below contains the IIT Kanpur BTech round-wise cutoffs released by JoSAA in PDF format:

Rounds PDFs
Round 1  Download
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Round 4  Download
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Round 6  Download
Round 7 Download