IIT Kanpur Scholarship 2025

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Being one of the top engineering institutes of India, IIT Kanpur offers a wide variety of programs to enroll in and to support the students financially, numerous scholarships are being offered for the 1st year students at IIT Kanpur. Apart from the scholarships offered by the institute, there are several other options for financial aid and scholarship offered by the alumni as well. Some of the popular scholarships at IIT Kanpur are mentioned below.

Merit Cum Means Scholarships:

  • The Merit Cum Means Scholarship is offered on the basis of the merits scored by the students in the entrances or last qualification. 
  • In the scholarship, students receive a full tuition waiver and pocket money of INR 1000 per month.
  • In order to be eligible for the MCM scholarship, a candidate must have maintained a minimum CPI of 6.5 and if the minimum CPI falls, the monthly pocket money will be withdrawn. 
  • The MCM Scholarship can be availed by the candidates belonging to the category of SC/ST or candidates whose annual parental income is less than 4.5 lakhs.

INSPIRE Scholarship:

  • INSPIRE Scholarship offered by IIT Kanpur can be availed by the Students of B.S programs within the ALL INDIA RANK (AIR) 10,000 as per Common Merit LIST (CML) in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics departments.
  • As an award, students receive an annual scholarship of INR 30,000 per semester (INR 60,000 annually), along with a research grant of INR 20,000.
  • However, the scholarship is merit-based, the students must have maintained a minimum CPI of 6.0.
  • Also, students are required to submit an undertaking for not getting any other scholarship to the SSPC every semester to apply for this scholarship.

Sports Scholarship:

  • Students who have shown excellence in sports events and activities on the campus are eligible to avail the Sports Scholarship. 
  • IIT Kanpur offers a maximum of 20 scholarships every year along with an amount of INR 1000 for 9 months.

External Scholarship 

  • The students, who are unable to get institute scholarships are assisted by the institute to apply for various other external scholarships. 
  • The external scholarships are generally offered under the various government of India schemes.
  • The Government of India has launched the National Scholarship Portal for students across the country as per the Prime Minister's Digital India Program.

Donors Scholarship:

To help the meritorious and needy students, IIT Kanpur offers several Donors Scholarships based on a particular department or a minimum CPI of 6.0. The list of some of the Donors Scholarship along with their selection criteria is mentioned below in the table.

Name of Donors Scholarship 

Selection Criteria 

Babu Ram Jain and Mrs. Shanti Jain Memorial Scholarship 

1st year UG student of any engineering department based on the lowest TFAI. Also, the student should not be getting any other scholarship.

Balajit and Nirmal Dhindsa Scholarship 

1st year UG student of BSBE department based on the highest CPI.

Kinra Scholarship 

1st year UG student of ME department based on the minimum CPI of 6.0

Kunta Jha Scholarship

A UG Student in a 4 year or 5-year program of any department based on the minimum CPI of 6.0

Mathur Brother Scholarship 

1st year UG student of any department based on JEE-AIR. The student should be of General Category and must have studied in non-English medium school.

Prof. CNR Rao Science Talent Scholarship 

UG student in 4-year or 5-year program of chemistry department based on MCM-Donor criteria.

Shanti and Ramkishore Sahai Saxena Memorial Scholarship 

1st year UG student of any department based on JEE-AIR.

A Shrimati Madhuri Dubey Scholarship 

Any UG or PG Student of any department based on the MCM Donor Criteria. 

IIT Kanpur Scholarship FAQs

Ques. Can I get a scholarship to IIT Kanpur?

Ans.IIT Kanpur offers a wide variety of scholarships for its students to support them financially and lessen their other academic expenses. Some of the popular scholarship schemes offered by the institute include Merit Cum Means Scholarship, Sports Scholarship, INSPIRE Scholarship. 

Ques. How can I get a scholarship to IIT?

Ans. To avail of the facility of scholarships at IITs, a candidate needs to satisfy minimum eligibility criteria such as a minimum CPI of 6.0 or a high score on JEE exam. For some of the scholarships, a student's parental annual income should be less than INR 4.5 lakhs.

Ques. Can I study at IIT for free?

Ans. Only the meritorious students with the highest scores on the entrance examinations are offered a full tuition fee waiver. However, other academic expenses such as books should be covered by the students only.

IIT Kanpur: Students' Opinion

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IIT Kanpur offers a variety of scholarships to support students financially, based on both merit and need. Notable scholarships include the Merit-Cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship, which provides a full tuition waiver and a monthly pocket allowance of Rs. 1000 for students with a family income less than Rs. 6 lakh per annum, requiring a minimum CPI of 6.

  • The INSPIRE Scholarship offers Rs. 60,000 annually for BS students with a minimum JEE rank requirement.

    SC/ST students receive a full tuition waiver and additional scholarships like the Free Basic Mess (FBM) scholarship covering mess charges. The Aditya Birla and KVPY scholarships are also available. Students can apply for education loans from on-campus SBI and UBI branches, which offer up to Rs. 20 lakh without collateral. IIT Kanpur aims to provide scholarships to at least 50% of its student population, with 800 out of approximately 3000 UG students currently receiving various scholarships.

    Fees for general category students are approximately Rs. 1 lakh per semester, with concessions available based on family income and category.

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Sparsh Gupta
Sparsh Gupta
4.6Helpful
Reviewed on Jun 29, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

The Acedemic fees for per semester is 1lakh that makes up 2 lakhs per year for academic fees. And then there is Hostel fees which 30-40 thousand yearly but a little high as a fresher because we need to pay the security fees as well. And the student coming from SC/ST and PWD category has to pay 0 rupees as academic fees but hotel charges remain as usual for the students. Student with the Income certificate of less than 5 lakh we will the given 66 persent scholarship in the academic fees. The waster charges , development fees, lab fees are negligible.
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Raj Kamble
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Reviewed on Jun 19, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

The yearly fee structure at IIT Kanpur for the General category(B.Tech) was approx. 2.3-2.5lakhs per year during my batch, including tuition fees, hostel charges, and other fees like registration, development, and medical. A one time Caution deposit(10000rs) is refendable. The fee has gradually rise over the years. For SC,ST students tuition fees are fully waived.
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Tanzeela Akhtar
Tanzeela Akhtar
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Reviewed on May 22, 2025(Enrolled 2022)

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Fees and Financial Aid:

IIT Kanpur which is like the fourth best engineering College of India is where I am studying. The fees of my college is 260000 a year. It is one of the most beautiful college and also takes care of various scholarships and all.
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College Ninja
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Reviewed on Apr 20, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

Fees and Financial Aid:

For each sem Tution fee : 100000* Other: 18000 Total fee for four year: 1065000 *67? tution fee waiver if belonging to genral/obc/ews and total family income b\w 1lakh to 5lakh *100? fee waiver if belonging to sc/st or having family income less than 1lakh
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College Ninja
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Reviewed on Feb 28, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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Fees and Financial Aid:

Annual college expenses go around 3 lakh rupees per annum which is ok with the type of college. The scholarship ranges from 18000 to 2 lakh rupees per annum. Which helps in providing the best education to all students irrespective of their financial state.
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ARKA ROY
ARKA ROY
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Reviewed on Feb 25, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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Fees and Financial Aid:

Per semester wise 25k including hostel and others, mess few excluded. Tution fees is 3000 per sem. There are different scholarships marit cum means(MCB), student benevolence fund scholarship etc, you can get waiver on tution fees and mess bill.
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Rahul Raj
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Reviewed on Feb 17, 2025(Enrolled 2021)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Tution fee- 2 lac Total-(Tuition fees, caution fees, registration fees, admission fees, development fees, lab fees and the other compulsory charges during the course completion as per the category (like Management, SC, ST) - approx - 3 lac For obc- 1/3 is to be paid i.e 66000 Scholarship - tution fees get reimbursed
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Saurabh Kumar
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Reviewed on Feb 12, 2025(Enrolled 2020)

Fees and Financial Aid:

For the undergraduate program like b.tech,Fee of every student is approximately 75000 rs per semester for obc and and General category students.other fees like examination, registration,water charges etc included in it.For postgraduate programs (M.Tech) fees is Approximately around 50000 Rs per semester.I iit kanpur offers several scholarship for students.Like in INSPIRE Scholarship students having AIR 10,000 In CML Chemistry physics and mathematics get benefits 30000 rs per semester.In Sports Scholarship having excellence in sports activities get 1000 RS per month
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Pranay Saini
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Reviewed on Jan 28, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Per semester fees is approximately 1,00,000 in which your hostel and academic fees is included. Your mess and electricity charges are not included in this . If your parental annual invome is less than 5 lakh per annum then you will get a 2/3 fee waiver on your academic fees. Several scholarships such mcm,mess fees,inspire are introduced for students.
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Vibhor
Vibhor
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Reviewed on Jan 20, 2025(Enrolled 2012)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Total tution fee in IIT Kanpur for general category 2012 was around 3 Lakhs, in 2024-25 it is around 10Lakh. For economically backward family students, MCM scholarship is available. Apart from scholarships, students can also easily avail education loans, there are 3-4 banks inside IIT campus which offer subsidized rates to IIT students.
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