Both IIT Bombay and IIT kanpur are top IIT’s institute in India.

The IIT Bombay is the place of preference among them brightest brains of India. a total of 58 opted to join IIT Bombay where as a meagre two went on to Join IIT Kanpur.

IIT Bombay was the preferred choice of 67 of the top 100 rank holders whereas none of them selected IIT Kanpur.

Course Duration
IIT Bombay
4 Years

IIT Kanpur
4 Years

Mode of Study
IIT Bombay
Full Time

IIT Kanpur
Full Time


Affiliated To
IIT Bombay
(Autonomous Program)

IIT Kanpur.
Affiliated to Deemed University

Average Salary (p.a.)
IIT Bombay
INR 5.84 Lacs

IIT Kanpur
-

Top Recruiting Companies
IIT Bombay
ACCENTURE
ANI
Ashok Leyland
Bharat Electronics Limited
Citigroup

IIT Kanpur
3M
GE Capital Services
ONGC
AC Neilson
General Motors

Placements

IIT-B is known to attract good firms for placements.
IIT brand name sells
IIT Kanpur is also known to get placed well to students.

Students IIT Bombay encourages its students to start their own entrepreneurial ventures by giving them an option of deferred placement which is not the case with IIT Kanpur.

Location

IIT Bombay is well-connected to the rest of the country as well as the world as compared to IIT Kanpur which lies in a tier-II city of India. And it is a known fact that living in a metropolitan has perks of its own. Apart from this, the former engineering college also lies in the financial capital of the country which has benefits of its own.