Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur: Rankings

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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranked 6th in India, 579th in the global 2023 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 72 research topics. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 24,487 academic publications and 557,653 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 64 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#579 of 14,131 In the World
#96 of 5,830 In Asia
#6 of 876 In India
#1 of 79 In Uttar Pradesh
#1 of 4 In Kanpur
#71 of 1,023 For Technical Drawing
#102 of 1,310 For Metallurgical Engineering
#107 of 1,013 For Mechanical Engineering
#793 of 7,446 For Alumni Impact
#661 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 69 other topics

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Engineering rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranked 6th for Engineering in India and 261st in the World with 10,204 publications made and 196,745 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Automation and Control engineering, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#6 of 369 In India
#100 of 2,117 In Asia
#261 of 4,624 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 59 31
1992 28 11
1993 38 22
1994 59 31
1995 46 28
1996 90 95
1997 106 94
1998 125 92
1999 116 153
2000 120 306
2001 115 195
2002 131 245
2003 157 287
2004 183 486
2005 170 432
2006 225 517
2007 271 924
2008 335 694
2009 301 598
2010 312 582
2011 418 782
2012 387 751
2013 440 957
2014 498 1030
2015 567 1217
2016 727 1476
2017 604 1422
2018 625 1167
2019 663 1323
2020 661 968
2021 734 373

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Technical Drawing 1 26 71
Metallurgical Engineering 5 55 102
Mechanical Engineering 2 35 107
Nuclear Engineering 5 41 120
Geotechnical Engineering 6 56 127
Applied/Engineering Physics 3 42 146
Automotive Engineering 4 57 160
Automation and Control engineering 6 75 183
Structural Engineering 6 71 186
Renewable Energy Engineering 9 57 194
Electronic Engineering 6 76 213
Materials Science 4 92 222
Optical Engineering 2 73 240
Aerospace Engineering 4 47 243
Telecommunications 5 71 255
Systems Engineering 6 61 272
Civil Engineering 7 84 282
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 5 62 303
Robotics 2 98 313
Electrical Engineering 10 111 320
Reliability and Quality Engineering 9 87 336
Acoustical Engineering 4 104 339
Computer Networking 9 114 354
Environmental Engineering 11 116 361
Product and Industrial Design 4 84 365
Remote Sensing 5 76 373
Nanotechnology 6 130 379
Industrial Engineering 9 100 383
Chemical Engineering 11 194 416
Operations Research 10 121 460
Biochemical Engineering 16 110 486
Construction Management 5 120 493
Biomedical Engineering 5 130 501
Mining Engineering 14 190 537
Petroleum Engineering 15 194 559
Marine Engineering 16 191 583
Aviation 6 120 587
Transportation Engineering 11 172 610
Computer Engineering 18 218 641
Architecture 17 193 820
Firefighting and Fire Science 19 311 870
Human-Computer Interaction 14 235 962

Physics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranked 4th for Physics in India and 292nd in the World with 8,692 publications made and 153,429 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Condensed Matter Physics, Optical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular physics, Quantum and Particle physics.

Physics ranking Location
#4 of 327 In India
#87 of 1,879 In Asia
#292 of 4,082 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 51 16
1992 29 16
1993 37 13
1994 50 18
1995 38 26
1996 80 84
1997 81 80
1998 103 77
1999 86 84
2000 84 204
2001 106 153
2002 105 154
2003 125 185
2004 143 316
2005 138 283
2006 174 396
2007 233 423
2008 285 541
2009 261 482
2010 278 452
2011 328 511
2012 331 541
2013 356 773
2014 411 927
2015 494 1163
2016 569 1319
2017 505 1275
2018 504 1067
2019 546 1104
2020 581 919
2021 640 338

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Applied/Engineering Physics 3 42 146
Condensed Matter Physics 3 45 193
Materials Science 4 92 222
Optical Engineering 2 73 240
Atomic and Molecular physics 3 45 303
Theoretical Physics 7 56 315
Acoustical Engineering 4 104 339
Quantum and Particle physics 5 67 378
Nanotechnology 6 130 379
Nuclear Physics 10 75 392
Astrophysics and Astronomy 7 112 584
Biophysics 13 186 675
Astrobiology 9 83 689

Chemistry rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranked 5th for Chemistry in India and 313th in the World with 8,658 publications made and 180,907 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#5 of 365 In India
#96 of 2,014 In Asia
#313 of 4,317 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 53 24
1992 40 18
1993 39 17
1994 60 26
1995 50 31
1996 82 90
1997 101 96
1998 117 105
1999 85 116
2000 92 298
2001 105 173
2002 124 274
2003 138 225
2004 174 453
2005 149 342
2006 189 510
2007 267 578
2008 289 575
2009 261 630
2010 282 590
2011 353 659
2012 322 644
2013 352 758
2014 406 1066
2015 461 1269
2016 542 1461
2017 490 1376
2018 475 1076
2019 501 952
2020 499 790
2021 602 337

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Pharmacy 1 27 121
Organic Chemistry 2 47 165
Physical chemistry 4 40 204
Materials Science 4 92 222
Computational Chemistry 7 43 268
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 5 62 303
Inorganic Chemistry 9 115 305
Radiochemistry 32 207 366
Nanotechnology 6 130 379
Chemical Engineering 11 194 416
Environmental Chemistry 4 103 424
Biochemical Engineering 16 110 486
Petrology and Geochemistry 20 123 562
Biochemistry 64 461 1242

Computer Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranked 9th for Computer Science in India and 536th in the World with 2,398 publications made and 57,556 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Vision, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Computer Networking.

Computer Science ranking Location
#9 of 306 In India
#114 of 1,936 In Asia
#536 of 4,392 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 6 0
1992 3 1
1993 6 10
1994 3 20
1995 14 5
1996 11 40
1997 13 5
1998 9 12
1999 22 95
2000 23 335
2001 18 42
2002 30 113
2003 44 100
2004 43 96
2005 43 93
2006 62 147
2007 72 139
2008 84 97
2009 100 114
2010 103 292
2011 103 144
2012 101 860
2013 104 102
2014 148 180
2015 131 181
2016 154 306
2017 144 397
2018 163 523
2019 197 295
2020 197 245
2021 216 92

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in various areas of Computer Science.

Computer Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Machine Learning 1 43 187
Telecommunications 5 71 255
Computational Linguistics 10 75 284
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 5 83 285
Robotics 2 98 313
Computer Networking 9 114 354
Computer Vision 6 120 376
Software Engineering 3 60 481
Blockchain and Cryptography 13 146 483
Computer Graphics 4 156 550
Cyber Security 19 176 608
Computer Engineering 18 218 641
Database Administration 13 189 761
UX/UI Desgin 14 229 921
Human-Computer Interaction 14 235 962
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 49 358 1071
Management Information Systems 14 280 1196

Environmental Science rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranked 12th for Environmental Science in India and 532nd in the World with 1,422 publications made and 48,286 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Chemistry.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#12 of 286 In India
#108 of 1,655 In Asia
#532 of 4,023 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 3 2
1992 1 5
1993 4 1
1994 11 14
1995 5 1
1996 12 18
1997 4 5
1998 10 7
1999 7 26
2000 20 47
2001 10 25
2002 14 33
2003 33 95
2004 40 119
2005 50 196
2006 48 180
2007 47 543
2008 48 169
2009 41 138
2010 48 143
2011 46 168
2012 50 164
2013 32 135
2014 76 181
2015 60 138
2016 84 254
2017 77 169
2018 89 214
2019 78 993
2020 102 170
2021 147 133

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in various areas of Environmental Science.

Environmental Science subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Geotechnical Engineering 6 56 127
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 5 63 323
Environmental Engineering 11 116 361
Hydrology and Water resources management 9 80 373
Environmental Management 7 79 376
Earth science and Geophysics 6 67 417
Environmental Chemistry 4 103 424
Geology 9 96 487
Mining Engineering 14 190 537
Petrology and Geochemistry 20 123 562
Paleontology 22 176 891
Geography and Cartography 24 245 1108
Ecology 44 363 1488

Mathematics rankings

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ranked 4th for Mathematics in India and 473rd in the World with 1,019 publications made and 23,100 citations received. Main research topics: Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#4 of 182 In India
#98 of 1,446 In Asia
#473 of 3,376 In the World

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 6 1
1992 3 1
1993 4 2
1994 4 20
1995 6 1
1996 13 4
1997 11 12
1998 12 9
1999 22 41
2000 11 22
2001 18 90
2002 17 22
2003 27 90
2004 34 35
2005 26 110
2006 24 33
2007 33 66
2008 32 156
2009 42 150
2010 31 77
2011 39 51
2012 31 80
2013 45 76
2014 38 36
2015 36 104
2016 56 48
2017 59 95
2018 53 73
2019 53 85
2020 72 60
2021 82 53

The following table provides academic rankings for Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield India ranking Asia ranking World rank
Applied Mathematics 2 40 183
Statistics 2 28 258
Operations Research 10 121 460
Blockchain and Cryptography 13 146 483
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 5 124 677

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Speciality India Asia World Rank
Forensic Science 8 53 290
Demography 5 82 537
Environmental Economics 9 150 576
Cinematography 7 74 621
Supply Chain Management 21 200 643
Project Management 16 190 872
Graphic Design 11 210 900
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences 6 143 970
Journalism and Digital Media 24 217 971
Economics 13 245 1090
Biology 43 407 1161
Marketing 19 309 1196
Business 14 281 1208
Medicine 29 381 1227
Oncology and Cancer research 50 508 1261
Art & Design 15 323 1386
Sociology 11 313 1810
Psychology 31 581 2175