Course	Total Offers	Highest CTC (Domestic)	Highest CTC (International)	Average CTC	Top Recruiters
Computer Science	160+	₹68 LPA	₹1.5 Crore	₹28 LPA	Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe
Mechanical Engineering	130+	₹33 LPA	₹55 LPA	₹14 LPA	Tata Motors, L&T, Mahindra, Bosch
Electrical Engineering	110+	₹42 LPA	₹75 LPA	₹18 LPA	Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, ABB
Civil Engineering	85+	₹23 LPA	₹40 LPA	₹11 LPA	L&T, DLF, Shapoorji Pallonji, Gammon India
Chemical Engineering	75+	₹28 LPA	₹48 LPA	₹13 LPA	Reliance, BPCL, Indian Oil, ONGC

Facilities Offered

In this regard, students at both IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee can avail variety of facility for their academic, research and co curricular activities.

Common Facilities

Hostels: Comfortable and new lodges that provide all necessities like internet connection, communal spaces, and games rooms.

Labs: Current research and teaching laboratories in different fields/areas.

Library: The ACM library offer a vast stock of books, special journals and digital sources.

• IIT Kanpur: This institution is the P. K Kelkar Library.
• IIT Roorkee: Issued & circulated : New/second hand books/ alternate edition/ Ostensibly minor changes: Mahatma Gandhi Central Library

Sports: Established gymnasiums, swimming pool, lawns and sports tracks, sports field including tennis, basketball and other courts.

• IIT Kanpur: An Olympic-sized swimming pool that they are planning to build, cricket ground and tennis courts.
• IIT Roorkee: Stores rowing club, squash, hall for multi-purpose, games, etc.

Unique Facilities

IIT Kanpur:

• Flight Lab: Provides practical experience in the operations of aircraft as well as the designing of aeronautics tools and equipment’s.
• Innovation and Incubation Centre: Funds and offers guidance to start-ups and businesses that are in their early stages.
• Supercomputing Facility: Supercomputing for research purposes.

IIT Roorkee:

• Earthquake Engineering Department: Specific research and training on the use of techniques for constructing new buildings that can effectively with stand an earthquake.
• National Institute of Hydrology: Leading study institute of hydrology and water systems.
• Tinkering Lab: A space for students to experiment and innovate with new ideas and technologies.

IIT Kanpur vs IIT Roorkee-(FAQ’s)

Comparing both the IITs, which one is older IIT Kanpur or IIT Roorkee?

IIT Roorkee is older – Established in 1847 as Thomason College of Civil Engineering Roorkee later converted to an IIT in 1949. This institute in the city of Kanpur was set up in the year 1959.

Which of the following IIT has a larger campus area?

IIT Kanpur is comparatively a bigger institute having an area of 1055 acres while has only 365 acres for IIT Roorkee.

NIRF rankings of which IIT are better?

Overall both the IITs are well ranked, but it can be observed that IIT Kanpur has a better rank in most of the engineering and research related fields.

What is the specificity of the facilities of IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee?

IIT Kanpur has a Flight Lab and Innovation and Incubation Centre whereas IIT Roorkee has Earthquake Engineering Department and National Institute of Hydrology.