Department of Electrical Engineering has currently 43 faculty members, 28 technical staff and 07 administrative staff. There are 592 BTech and BTech (Dual Degree) students, 239 MTech students, 50 MS(Research) students, 229 PhD students and 01 PDF on roll in the department. The department currently houses 35 research labs and 9 teaching labs.

The department follows the guidelines laid out by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for admissions of students under different programmes. The admission criteria for undergraduate admissions and postgraduate admissions are available at http://www.iitk.ac.in/new/admissions.

The department follows the guidelines laid by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for recruitment of faculty members, technical and administrative staff. The recruitment criteria for faculty members is available at https://www.iitk.ac.in/dofa/current-openings. The recruitment criteria for technical and administrative staff is available at https://www.iitk.ac.in/new/recruitment.