IIT Kanpur offers a decent hostel facility for its students. There is a separate hostel facility for male and female students of IIT Kanpur, but the hostel fee is same for both the genders.
The total hostel fee at IIT Kanpur is INR 15,390 per semester. Out of the total fee, INR 1,250 is the hostel seat rent, INR 25 is the water charge, and INR 14,110 is the mess establishment charge. The hostel and mess registration is done online.
The students at IIT Kanpur hostels get wifi facility, proper beds, shelf, table, tube light, bed light, and fan in each room. The mess food is hygienic and decent in taste. The menu is different for each day. Even though on some days South Indian dishes are served in the mess, students from the South find it a bit difficult to adjust to the food available in and around the campus.