Harcourt Butler

Technical University, Kanpur

GUIDELINES FOR ADMISSION TO B.TECH. PROGRAMME,

SESSION 2023-24

1. Applications for admission to various B.Tech. programmes at HBTU, Kanpur are

invited for the session 2023-24.
2. All the information in connection with B.Tech. Admission 2023 shall be made available
through the admission website: https://hbtu.admissions.nic.in and
https://www.hbtu.ac.in. The candidates are advised to visit these websites regularly.
University will not be responsible for any loss to candidate due to the lack of
communication.
3. The allotment of seats through counselling will be carried out strictly on merit in
accordance with the JEE (Main) 2023 CRL rank (AIR) of the candidate subject to the
order of choice preference given for the seat and the availability of seat in the category.
4. Candidates are advised to read these guidelines carefully, check their eligibility and
applicable reservation category etc. before filling and submitting the Online
Registration Form. University will not be responsible for any error of judgement on
the part of the candidate.
5. Academic Eligibility:
a) The candidate must have clearly passed Intermediate / 10 + 2 qualifying
examination from U.P. Board or its equivalent from any other recognized Board /
University with a minimum of five subjects in which Physics and Mathematics
are compulsory subjects along with one of the subjects from Chemistry / Bio-
technology / Biology / Computer Science as Technical Vocational subjects.
b) Candidates must obtain at least 55% marks (50% for SC / ST / OBC-NCL /
Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates) in aggregate in above three subjects.
c) In addition, all other eligibility conditions for appearing in JEE (Mains) -2023
Examination shall be applicable to the candidates.
6. Domicile Requirement :
a) A Candidate who has passed the intermediate/ 10+2 qualifying examination from
Institution located in U.P. is eligible for counselling.
b) A candidate who has passed qualifying examination from outside U.P., but his / her
parents (Mother or Father) is / are Permanent Residence of U.P. is also eligible for
admission.

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 In such cases, the candidate is required to submit Permanent Residence
Certificate of U.P. of his / her parents (Father or Mother) issued on or after
01.04.2023 (Certificate No. 03)
c) Candidates who are wards of Defence Personnel settled in U.P. or Posted in U.P. on
the date of Entrance Examination of JEE (Mains) 2023, Certificate No. 5 to claim
the benefit
or
Officers / Employees of All India Services belonging to U.P. Cadre are also
eligible. They are required to submit Certificate No. 10 to claim the benefit.
d) If a candidate and his/her parents are domicile of a State Other than U.P. and
the candidate has passed 10+2 from an institution/ school outside Uttar
Pradesh may seek admission against 5% supernumerary seats in each B.Tech.
discipline. Other state candidates will be entitled to avail only vertical reservation
(SC / ST / OBC-NCL) as per the Central Government List. (No sub-category
reservation).
7. Accepting admission in HBTU Kanpur implies the acceptance by the candidate and his /
her parents of all the terms and conditions lay down by the University. Any change in the
rules, regulations, fee and other specific conditions etc. of the University shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the admitted candidates.
8. Candidates claiming advantage of reserved categories, sub-categories are required to
indicate the same in the Online Registration Form and are not required to submit any
certificate to the University at this stage. Scanned copies of all relevant documents are to
be uploaded after seat allotment and deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee. Formats for
various certificates are available on the HBTU, Kanpur website (www.hbtu.ac.in). The
certificates for OBC candidates need to be issued on or after 01.04.2023 (mandatory
condition for non-creamy layer OBC candidates).
9. The candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination may also apply.
However they will be required to produce the result at the time of Online Document
Verification, otherwise, they will not be considered for admission under any
circumstances.
10. In case, Board / University awards only grades for qualifying examination (10+2)
without providing an equivalent percentage of marks, the candidate should obtain a
certificate from the Board / University specifying equivalent marks and upload it after
deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee for Online Document Verification. In case, such a
certificate is not uploaded by the candidate, the decision of the Admission Committee
regarding his / her eligibility shall be final.
11. If any document / declaration submitted by the candidate is found to be false at any
stage, his / her admission will be cancelled and he / she may be liable for prosecution
under the law.

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12. Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme
Tuition Fee Waiver seats for financially weaker meritorious candidates are also available
in all B.Tech. programs to the extent of a maximum of 5% of the approved intake in the
course on supernumerary basis. No tuition fee will be charged from the candidates
admitted against such seats. The candidates willing to avail this benefit of Tuition Fee
Waiver Scheme must submit the required document / certificate (Certificate no. 11) at
the time of Online Document Verification. Under this scheme only Tuition Fee of Rs.
75000=00 will be waived off but all other charges will be payable. (Refer Table 3)
13. Two Full Fee Waiver seats are available in all B.Tech. programmes for SC / ST girls
purely on merit. Full Fee Waiver will be granted after actual admission in the University.
14. Category Definitions, Category Codes and the Certificate requirements
a) Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination from an Institution located in
the State of Uttar Pradesh and who do not claim any reserved category are eligible for
admission to all the courses at HBTU, Kanpur against available General (OPEN)
seats.
[Code: UPGE] No category certificate is required from such candidates.
b) Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination from an Institution located in
State of U.P. and are permanent resident of Uttar Pradesh and belong to Scheduled
Caste (SC) of Uttar Pradesh / Scheduled Tribe (ST) of Uttar Pradesh / Other
Backward Classes (Non Creamy Layer- NCL) of Uttar Pradesh are eligible for
admission against available reserved seats of their category.
[Respective Code: UPSC / UPST / UPBC] Certificate No. 1 or 2, as applicable, is
required.
c) Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination from an Institution located
outside Uttar Pradesh and whose parents are domicile of Uttar Pradesh and who
have not claimed for any reserved category, are eligible for admission to courses
offered at HBTU, Kanpur under General (OPEN) category.
IMPORTANT: Such candidates have to upload the Permanent Residence Certificate
of his / her parents (Father or Mother only) for Online Document Verification.
[Code: UPGD] Certificate No. 3 is required from such candidates.
d) Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination from an Institution located
outside Uttar Pradesh and whose parents are domicile of Uttar Pradesh and who
belong to Scheduled Caste of Uttar Pradesh / Scheduled Tribe of Uttar Pradesh /
Other Backward Classes (NCL) of Uttar Pradesh are eligible for admission against
reserved seats of their category.
[Respective Codes: GDSC / GDST / GDBC] Such candidates have to upload the
Permanent Residence Certificate of his / her parents (Father or Mother only)
(Certificate No. 3) and category certificate (Certificate No. 1 or 2 as applicable for
Online document verification.)

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 e) The domicile requirement for the son/ daughter of the following is relaxed and
admission is permitted:
 Defence Personnel settled in Uttar Pradesh on the date of Entrance Examination
of JEE (Mains) 2023 after retirement / being disabled in action or Defence
Personnel killed in action and the dependents settled in Uttar Pradesh on the date
of Entrance Examination of JEE (Mains) 2023.(Certificate no. 5 is required).
 Defence Personnel who are not domicile of Uttar Pradesh but are posted in Uttar
Pradesh on the date of Entrance Examination of JEE (Mains) 2023.(Certificate
no. 5 is required)
 Wards of Employees of All India Services belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(Certificate no. 10 is required)
[Code: GDDA] GDDA candidate will be considered as UPGD category for all
other benefits.
f) Candidates, who have passed the qualifying examination from an Institution located
outside the State of Uttar Pradesh and applying for admission against the 5%
supernumerary seats, also who do not claim any reserved category are eligible for
admission to all the courses at HBTU, Kanpur against available General (OPEN)
seats.
[Code: OSNO] No category certificate is required from such candidates.
g) Candidates, who have passed the qualifying examination from an Institution located
outside the State of Uttar Pradesh and applying for admission against the 5%
supernumerary seats, also belong to Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST) /
Other Backward Classes (Non Creamy Layer- NCL) of Central Government list are
eligible for admission against available reserved seats of their category. Candidates
from other states will get vertical reservation only (No Horizontal reservation). They
are required to submit reserve category certificate issued by the Central Government.
[Respective Code: OSSC / OSST / OSBC] Certificate No. 13 or 14, as applicable, is
required.
15. Reservation of Seats
a) Vertical Reservation:
Category Percentage of Reservation
(a) Scheduled Caste of U.P. 21%
(b) Scheduled Tribe of U.P. 02%
(c) Other Backward Classes of U.P. 27%
b) Horizontal Reservation (Sub-categories) :
(Applicable to candidates / parents with UP Domicile as defined above)
Sub-category Code Maximum Percentage of
Total Seats
a. Dependents of Freedom Fighters from U.P. UPFF 02%
b. Sons / Daughters of Defence Personnel of U.P. UPAF 05%
either retired (superannuated) or killed /
Disabled in action or Defence Personnel posted
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 in U.P. / Defence Personnel permanent resident
of U.P. and posted outside U.P.
c. Handicapped / Disabled persons of U.P. UPHC 05%
d. Girls of U.P. UPGL 20%

c) The candidates can be given only one type of horizontal reservation out of UPFF /
UPAF / UPHC (Certificate no. 4, 5 & 6 respectively). However, the Girl candidates
can also claim for any one of UPFF / UPAF / UPHC along with UPGL.

d) Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Reservation.

Candidates who wish to avail the benefit of EWS reservation must not be covered
under the existing scheme of reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes
and the Other Backward Classes. They must submit Certificate No. 12 issued by the
Government Official not below the rank of Tehsildar to claim the benefit.

e) Request for the change of category / sub-category filled during Online

Registration Form shall not be entertained under any circumstances.
f) Category / sub-category claims must be supported by the relevant certificates as
per the formats provided and uploaded for Document Verification. Otherwise,
the allotment will be cancelled and the candidates shall be treated in General
Category in the next round of counselling.
g) Advantage of horizontal reservation in Armed Forces sub-category is available to
sons / daughters of Defence Personnel of U.P. and the Defence Personnel posted in
U.P. on the date of Entrance Examination of JEE (Mains) 2023.
h) Benefits of UPGL subcategory will automatically be given to all eligible female
candidates.
i) Other state candidates (Other than UP) will be allowed only vertical reservation as
per Central Government List.
16. Medical Standards:
a) Candidates will have to submit a certificate of Medical Fitness / Handicapped on
Certificate no. 8.
b) The medical standards prescribed are given below:
Height
Candidates should be physically fit to pursue his / her
Weight
studies in opted course.
Chest measurement
Heart and lungs No abnormality
Hernia, Hydrocele, Piles etc. Presence of any of these is to be corrected before joining
Vision Normal, if defective, it must be got corrected to 6/9 in the
better eye and 6/12 in the worse one. Eyes should be free
from congenital or any other disease
Hearing Normal, If defective, it must be got corrected before joining.

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 Physically Handicapped / Disabled (PwD):
Physically Handicapped / Disabled persons of Uttar Pradesh will have a minimum of 5%
reservation on the basis of impairment as mentioned below:
Type I Minimum 40% permanent Visual impairment
Type II Minimum 40% permanent Locomotors disability
Type III Minimum 40% permanent speech and Hearing impairment
Note : Physically handicapped / Disability certificate should be issue by CMO of the district.
17. Formats for various certificates to be uploaded (as applicable) for Online Document
Verification are available on University website www.hbtu.ac.in
(https://hbtu.admission.nic.in)
18. Stepwise Online Counselling Procedure-
Registration & Choice Filling:
A student may register on https://hbtu.admissions.nic.in or www.hbtu.ac.in by
depositing Online Registration Fee of Rs. 2,500=00 (non-refundable). After registration,
the candidate will be required to fill the Choice Preferences. The candidate is advised to
complete Registration & Choice Filling within the stipulated time slot.
First Round Results & Seat Allotment:
1. View result.
(a) In case of seat allotment, the candidate is required to deposit Seat Acceptance Fee
of Rs. 75,000=00 [Rs. 40,000=00 only for SC / ST candidates] online.
(Note: This amount will be adjusted during final Academic fee payment of
Rs.1,35,000/-).
(b) In case, the seat is not allotted wait for next round of seat allotment result.

2. After deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee, the candidate is required to upload the
scanned copies of all relevant documents for Online Document Verification. If
documents are found in order after verification, the candidate will be allowed to
participate in the counselling process.
3. IMPORTANT:
 If the candidate fails to upload documents for Online Document Verification
in prescribed date and time, the candidature will be cancelled.
 If the documents are not in proper format, the candidate will be asked to
submit proper document in prescribed date and time by raising a Query. So
candidate has to regularly check his account on NIC website
https://hbtu.admissions.nic.in. In case of failure to upload proper document
in time, the candidature will be cancelled.
4. After successful online verification of documents, candidates MUST CHOOSE any
one of the following options: ‘FREEZE’ or ‘FLOAT or WITHDRAWAL ’
 If the candidate gets the seat of choice, he / she must exercise ‘FREEZE’
option to finalize the seat. Once he / she has finalize the seat he / she is required
to deposit balance Academic Fee of Rs. 60,000/- [Rs.1, 35,000/- – Rs.75,000/-
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 = Rs. 60,000/-] or Rs. 95,000=00 [Rs.1,35,000/- – Rs.40,000/-] (for SC / ST
candidates) in stipulated time period. Non-deposition of fee will lead to
cancellation of allotted seat. This seat will be considered vacant for next round
of counselling.
OR
 If candidate fails to get the seat of choice, he / she may select ‘FLOAT’ choice
and should wait for result of Second Round of Counselling. By exercising
‘FLOAT’ option, the candidate will be allowed to have the present seat in hand
with an option of upgrade it in the next round.
OR
 If the candidate is not interested to further participate in counselling process, he
/ she may exercise ‘WITHDRAWAL’ option during any round of counselling.
In such cases, a sum of Rs. 5,000=00 will be deducted from his / her Seat
Acceptance Fee and the balance amount will be refunded to the candidate in
due course of time. The Candidate will be out of Counselling process.
(Important Note:
 Please fill all the BANK ACCOUNT related information VERY
CAREFULLY for timely refund.
 If the refund gets stuck or goes to the wrong account due to the incorrect/
wrong information furnished by the candidate then the University will not be
responsible.
 Refund will be made in 5-6 working days if candidate exercises
WITHDRAWAL option. )
Second Round Results & Seat Allotment:
1. View result.
2. If the seat is allotted to the candidate in Second Round then follow the round 1
instructions as summarised below:
a. Deposit Seat acceptance fee of Rs. 75,000=00 [Rs. 40,000=00 only for SC / ST
candidates],
b. Upload relevant documents for Online Documents Verification.
c. After successful verification of documents choose ‘FREEZE’ or ‘FLOAT or
WITHDRAWAL’ as stated for Round-1.
3. If the seat was allotted in the First Round of counselling, the candidate may choose
‘FREEZE’ or ‘FLOAT’ or ‘WITHDRAWAL’ options and act accordingly.
Third Round Results & Seat Allotment:
1. View result.
2. If the seat is allotted to the candidate in Third Round Only then follow the
round 1 instructions as summarised below except there will be no FLOAT
option available:

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 a. Deposit Seat acceptance fee of Rs. 75,000=00 [Rs. 40,000=00 only for SC / ST
candidates],
b. Upload relevant documents for Online Documents Verification.
c. After successful verification of documents give ‘FREEZE’ or WITHDRAWAL’
as stated earlier.
3. If the seat was allotted in the First/ Second Round of counselling, the candidate
may choose ‘FREEZE’ or ‘WITHDRAWAL’ options and act accordingly.
4. There will be NO FLOAT option in Third Round. All seats will be Freezed as
per their allotment and the candidates have to pay the Balance Academic Fee for
retaining their seat else their Allotment will get Cancelled Automatically.
Additional Round of Counselling:
All the candidates who registered for regular round of counselling but could not find a
seat of choice or fresh candidates with JEE (Mains) 2023 score may REGISTER afresh
Online for Additional Round of counselling paying a sum of Rs. 2500=00* (Non-
refundable).
*Applicable only for the fresh candidates. Already registered candidates WHO HAVE
NOT GOT SEAT ALLOTMENT DURING ANY ROUND may register without paying
again for the additional round of counselling.
Offline In Campus (On the Spot) Counselling:
Offline In Campus Counselling will be conducted at HBTU, Kanpur premises to fill the
vacant seats if any. The dates of such counselling will be announced separately.

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Table 1: Schedule for Online Counselling for admission to first year B.Tech. programs
at HBTU, Kanpur for session 2023-24
Sl. Activity Sub Activity Dates
No.
1. Registration Registration & Online Fee Payment & Online June 10- July 03, 2023
Choice filling and Choice locking (Saturday – Monday)
2. 1st Round Counselling 1st Round Seat Allotment July 04, 2023
View Result (Tuesday)
Deposit of Seat Acceptance Fee, Choose FREEZE July 4 – 7, 2023
or FLOAT option. (Tuesday – Friday)
Online Document Submission & Verification,
Response by candidate to query (if required)
After successful document verification Deposit
Balance Academic Fee if FREEZE option is
chosen
Withdrawal July 6-7, 2023
(Thursday – Friday)
Vacancy Reporting July 08, 2023 (Saturday)
nd
3. 2 Round Counselling 2nd Round Seat Allotment July 9/ 10, 2023
View Result (Sunday/ Monday)
Deposit of Seat Acceptance Fee, Choose FREEZE July 10 -13, 2023
or FLOAT option. (Monday – Thursday)
Online Document Submission & Verification,
Response by candidate to query (if required)
After successful document verification Deposit
Balance Academic Fee if FREEZE option is
chosen
Withdrawal July 12-13, 2023
(Wednesday- Thursday)
Vacancy Reporting July 14, 2023
(Friday)
4. 3rd Round Counselling 3rd Round Seat Allotment July 15, 2023
View Result (Saturday)
Deposit of Seat Acceptance Fee, Choose FREEZE July 15-18, 2023
option. (Saturday – Tuesday)
Online Document Submission & Verification,
Response by candidate to query (if required)
After successful document verification Deposit
Balance Academic Fee (All candidates). No
FLOAT option in this round
Withdrawal July 17-18, 2023
(Monday – Tuesday)
Vacancy Reporting July 19, 2023 (Wednesday)
5. Date of Online ERP Online Registration in 1st semester July 15 – 21, 2023
Registration on & consent for Internal sliding (Saturday- Friday)
University website and
Admission in the
University
6. Internal Sliding View: Internal Sliding result July 22/23, 2023
(Saturday/ Sunday)
7. Online Additional round Fresh Registration & Choice filling July 23-29, 2023
of counselling (Sunday – Saturday)
Additional round seat allotment result July 31, 2023 (Monday)
8. Spot counselling (if To be notified later For information Check website
required) regularly
9. Commencement of To be notified later For information Check website
Classes regularly
*
Important Note: All activities are to be completed in time bound manner so
candidates are advised to do the needful within the time/ date specified. Any
inaction on the part of the candidate will lead to the cancellation of allotted seat.
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TABLE 3: FEE STRUCTURE FOR B.TECH. PROGRAMS FOR SESSION 2023-24
S.
Particular Fee in (Rs.)
No.
A Tuition Fee 75000.00
B Other than Tuition Fee
(i) Registration, Examination & Certification 10000.00
(ii) Facility 30500.00
(iii) Medical Fee 3000.00
(iv) Training & Placement 4000.00
(v) Activity Charges 3000.00
(vi) Other Charges
Caution Money 5000.00
University Alumni Fund 1500.00
Student Aid Fund 1500.00
Contingency & Miscellaneous Charges 1500.00
Total (i+ii+iii+iv+v+vi) 60000.00
Grand Total (A+B) 1,35,000.00

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 SEAT MATRIX FOR B.TECH. PROGRAM - 2023-24 AT HBTU, KANPUR
Tuitio
Other State
Economically Weaker n Fee
OPEN Other Backward Class Schedule Caste Schedule Tribe candidates (5%
Section Waiv
supernumerary Seats)
BRANCH_ABB

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BRANCH

Total available seats

Total Seats
EWSNO

EWSGL

EWSPH
EWSAF

EWSFF
OPNO

BCNO
OPGL

BCGL

OSNO
SCNO
OPPH

BCPH

OSBC
SCGL

STNO
OPAF

BCAF

STGL
SCPH

STPH

OSSC
OPFF

SCAF

OSST
STAF
BCFF

SCFF

STFF

TFW
CS COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 20 6 2 0 2 14 4 1 1 1 10 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 75 3 2 1 0 0 81

IT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 20 6 1 1 1 13 4 1 1 1 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 75 3 2 1 0 0 81

ET ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 20 6 2 1 1 13 4 1 1 1 10 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 74 3 2 1 0 0 80

EE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 20 6 1 1 2 14 4 1 0 1 11 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 75 3 1 1 1 0 81

ME MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 20 6 1 1 2 14 4 1 0 1 10 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 75 3 1 1 1 0 81

CE CIVIL ENGINEERING 20 6 1 1 2 13 4 1 1 1 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 75 3 1 1 1 0 81

CH CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 20 6 1 1 2 14 4 1 0 1 11 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 75 3 2 1 0 0 81

BE BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING 16 5 1 0 1 10 3 0 1 1 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 57 3 1 1 1 0 63

FT FOOD TECHNOLOGY 15 5 1 1 1 11 3 1 0 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 57 3 1 1 1 0 63

OT OIL TECHNOLOGY 16 4 2 0 1 10 3 1 0 1 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 57 3 1 1 1 0 63

PT PAINT TECHNOLOGY 16 4 1 0 1 11 3 1 0 1 8 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 57 3 2 0 1 0 63

PL PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY 16 4 1 0 1 11 3 1 0 1 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 57 3 2 0 0 1 63

LT LEATHER TECHNOLOGY 8 3 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 29 1 1 0 0 0 31

Total 227 67 16 7 17 154 45 11 5 11 117 35 11 4 9 11 5 0 0 1 58 17 3 2 5 838 37 19 10 7 1 912

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