Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur (IME IIT) Courses & Fee Structure

Industrial and Management Engineering is the former name used for the department now presented by IIT Kanpur as the Department of Management Sciences (DoMS). The official programme menu separates MBA, MTech, PhD and eMasters offerings. Their study structures and fee sources are different, so a single “IME course fee” is not a meaningful comparison. The course outlines below are the detail available on DoMS's current pages; verify the exact programme and intake on its linked academic and fee pages before applying.

Compare the main DoMS programme structures

How the curriculum details affect the workload

The MBA page names seven core areas: marketing, accounting and finance, organisation structure and design, economic analysis, quantitative methods, production and operations management, and the socio-political and ethical aspects of business. It allows electives within DoMS and across IIT Kanpur. The capstone page describes a two-semester project based on a question or problem, with faculty mentoring; possible routes include continuing a summer-project problem or agreeing a project with an organisation. The course page records the capstone credits as “9+27” but does not explain the split on the page reviewed, so check the current curriculum before planning a course load.

The MTech page names Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Computing and Operations Research for Management as its three core courses. It lists electives from DoMS or other IIT Kanpur departments and allocates 63 of the 144 minimum credits to the thesis. The programme overview describes a year-long thesis and a summer industrial project after the second semester. The curricular page calls that industrial project zero-credit but mandatory. That distinction matters: a zero-credit label does not make it optional.

The PhD course page gives a sequence rather than a semester-by-semester duration. Students take Research Methodology and at least one of three quantitative courses, attend a seminar each semester until thesis submission, and register for four units of research credits after coursework. The listed milestones then include a comprehensive examination, a state-of-the-art seminar, an open seminar before thesis submission, external thesis evaluation and a final oral examination. Applicants comparing doctoral programmes should use the current PhD admissions and handbook pages for eligibility, funding and timelines; the course page does not establish those details.

DoMS also links to eMasters subject areas through a separate programme route. Do not add those course fees to MBA, MTech or PhD tuition: each link may have its own eligibility, delivery, schedule and fee basis. This page keeps the comparison to the three degree structures for which the opened DoMS curriculum pages provide substantive detail.

What the published fee pages do and do not establish

The DoMS MBA fee page displays a 2025-27 heading and a link labelled for the MBA 2025-27 first-semester fee schedule. The linked official PDF is a three-page schedule titled for new students in the 2025-26 odd semester. Its text could not be extracted and the rendered-page request timed out in this review, so I have not reproduced a rupee amount from it. The DoMS MBA FAQ says fee details are released before each semester. That supports checking the latest semester notice, but it does not supply a 2027-28 amount.

The MTech fee link in DoMS's navigation opens an IIT Kanpur Directorate of Students' Affairs PDF labelled for the first semester of 2022-23 and covering new undergraduate and postgraduate students. That is a general, older fee document, not a current DoMS MTech quote. The PhD fee links open separate first- and second-semester schedules labelled 2020-21. Those documents are historical as linked and do not establish current doctoral fees or assistantship values. I have not combined amounts across these different periods or treated any of them as the 2027-28 price.

The current official material reviewed here does not give a consolidated 2027-28 fee schedule for MBA, MTech and PhD. This does not mean that the programmes are fee-free or that a fee schedule does not exist elsewhere. It means an exact current amount and its category, semester, residency and other conditions could not be verified from the opened pages. Before budgeting, open the current programme-specific fee sheet and confirm what is included, which semester and intake it covers, and whether any support or assistantship has separate eligibility. Use the current offer letter or IIT Kanpur fee notice for payment instructions rather than carrying forward an old schedule.

A practical way to choose and budget

Start with the award and work you want to do. The MBA page describes a four-semester general management structure with substantial electives, a compulsory summer project and a capstone. The MTech combines management-engineering coursework with a thesis-heavy credit plan and mandatory industrial project. The PhD route is research-led and includes formal examination and thesis milestones. These are distinct study commitments; their shared DoMS label does not make the awards interchangeable.

For each option, use its official curriculum page to identify required courses, project or thesis work, and compulsory seminars. Then use the matching programme's admissions page for the active batch and its fee link for the relevant term. Keep academic tuition separate from hostel, mess, deposits, travel and other living costs unless the same current schedule explicitly combines them. The historical links reviewed here do not provide a defensible current total cost of attendance.

As of the 2027-28 guide edition, the official course pages provide useful structure but the fee material is not current enough to quote for that intake. Recheck the DoMS programme pages, the MBA curriculum, the MTech curriculum and the relevant PhD page when the next intake's notices are live. Use only a fee schedule that names the same programme, batch or semester and applicant category you are considering.