Admission to M. Tech. Program is made once a year in July. Candidates with B.E./B.Tech. degree in Aerospace / Aeronautical, Mechanical, Automobile, Production, Civil, Chemical, Naval Architecture, Electrical, Electronics / Electronics and Communication, Metallurgy / Metallurgy & Material Science, Instrumentation, Mechatronics; four year BS degree in Physics, Mathematics or MSc degree in Physics, Mathematics and Engineering Physics with valid GATE score can apply for M.Tech. program. The admission criterion for 2014 would be announce after GATE 2014. The details of admission procedure for 2014 is included below.

Non-sponsored candidates to M. Tech. program were required to appear in a written test. The list of the candidates short-listed for the written test  is announced through department website.

• Written test will be held on May 10th 2014 in Lecture Hall Complex at IIT Kanpur.

• The written test will be of two hours duration. The test is based on mathematics and basic subjects of the Undergraduate Engineering Program. Candidates have to answer five questions (Two compulsory mathematics questions + any three out of eight in subject questions).

The admission in Aerospace Engineering Department is under four major streams:

1. Propulsion
2. Structures, Structural Dynamics & Aeroelasticity
3. Flight Mechanics and Control
4. Aerodynamics

Detailed specialization areas for each stream is included below.

Note: Students from Electronics (EE, ECE etc.), Maths and Physics background would be assigned the stream of specialization towards the end of first semester along with the supervisor allocation.

For admission related information and to apply online / offline , please visit http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaa/DOAA/admissions2014.html

• Experimental & Computational Combustion
• Emissions
• Liquid Atomization
• Turbomachinery
• Intake Aerodynamics
• Thrust Vectoring
• Electric Propulsion

• Material Characterization
• Composite Materials and Smart Structures
• Structural Dynamics and Stochastic Modeling
• Aeroelasticity
• Helicopter Theory (Dynamics & Aerodynamics)
• Structural Design & Optimization
• Damage Modeling
• Design and Dynamics of Autonomous Micro and Mini Air Vehicles
• Wind Turbines

• Design & Control
• Missile Guidance & Control
• Flight Testing
• Instrumentation & Parameter Estimation
• Unmanned & Autonomous Air Vehicle
• Space Dynamics

• Experimental Aerodynamics
• High Speed Jets, Acoustics
• Unsteady Aerodynamics & Flapping Wing
• Transition & Turbulence
• Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Microfluidics
• CFD/High Performance Computing
• Flow Control, Wind Energy & Design
• Fluid-Structure Interactions

IIT Kanpur ranked in top 3 aerospace school in India on a consistent basis: IIT Kanpur has been consistently ranked among the top 3 Engineering Colleges in India for past several years and captured the First position in India Today ranking for 2012. Aero @ IITK boasts of some unique facilities such as flight test laboratory, helicopter laboratory, national wind tunnel facility etc. which is not available anywhere else in India.