Which IIT is better for an MSc in statistics: Bombay or Kanpur?

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Admin Posted On - Jun 28, 2024

IIT Kanpur’s MSc in statistics is very well recognized in India. The entire course is for 2 years.

The MSc in Statistics at IIT Kanpur offers more traditional education on statistics which helps the students to enhance their theoretical knowledge.
IIT Kanpur has highly qualified faculties for their MSc Statistics department which helps the students get excellent insights and offers great help in the research programs.
The placement for this department is really good, with the highest-ever salary package being 27 LPA.
The average salary package offered to the students is around 11.68 LPA.
Top companies like Goldman Sachs, Walmart, Dunia Finance, Fuzzy Logics, Amazon, Citicorp, Jp MorganChase, Accenture, United Health Groups, and more participate in the placement drive and hire students.

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Mansi Bhatnagar Posted On - Apr 24, 2023

Both IIT Kanpur and IIT Bombay are excellent engineering institutes and their worth and credibility cannot be compared. So ik your case, the ‘better’ institute is the one that will fetch you better opportunities and open more doors for jobs. But here are some things to consider

If you want to go for higher studies in Statistics after completing your Masters, then the best choice is IIT Kanpur. Their coursework revolves around core statistics concepts and will give you hands-on experience with the same. You will have to work harder than usual to maintain good grades in these cases
But if your only agenda is to start working as soon as possible, IIT Bombay is the place for you. It gives you enough time to explore beyond academics making you more attractive in the job market. The academic workload is considerably less in comparison to IIT Kanpur.

So, it all depends on what your job inclinations are!