INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was declared to be an Institute of National Importance by Government of India under IIT Act.

IIT Delhi is located in Hauz Khas, South Delhi. The campus of 325 acres is surrounded by the beautiful Hauz Khas area and monuments such as Qutub Minar and Lotus Temple. The campus is also closer to other educational institutions such as the Jawaharlal Nehru University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Fashion Technology, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and Indian Statistical Institute.

The inside of the campus resembles a city, with gardens, lawn, residential complexes and wide roads. The campus has its own water supply and backup electrical supply along with shopping complexes to cater the daily needs of residents. The IIT-D campus is divided into four zones:

Student Residential Zone
Faculty and Staff Residential Zone
Student Recreational Area, that includes the Student Activity Center (SAC), football stadium, cricket ground, Basketball courts, hockey field, and lawn tennis courts.

Academic Zone that includes department offices, lecture theaters, libraries and workshops.

ACADEMICS:

IIT Delhi, like all other Indian Institutes of technology, conducts various programs including bachelor’s degree in Technology, the Dual Degree bachelor cum master of technology program. It also offers post graduate level programs like Master of technology, Master of Science, Master of Science(research).Master of Business Administration, Master of design(industrial design). Finally it also offers a PhD program for research in basics sciences such as Biological Sciences, chemical sciences, physical sciences as well as interdisciplinary research including but not limited to nanoscience and Nano technology, biomedical sciences and bioengineering etc. The admission criteria for all these programs is very competitive and depends on the particular program.

The Academic year is organized around the semester .There are two semesters in a year, however there is an additional summer semester also in few courses. IIT DELHI follows a 10 point CGPA scale, with a rigorous examination procedure consisting of two mid semester examination called Minor examination and an end semester examination called the Major examination. Apart from that, the courses may involve short projects, term papers, self-study assignment and regular surprise quizzes help to keep students on their toes.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS:

IIT DELHI offers a bachelor of technology in the following areas:

Chemical engineering
Civil engineering
computer science and engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Production and Industrial engineering
Textile technology

UNDER GRADUATE CUM POST GRADUATE DUAL PROGRAMS:

The dual degree B.Tech cum M.Tech program is offered in following areas:

Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Computer science and engineering
Electrical engineering (discontinued from 2013)
Mathematics and Computing(Integrated M Tech)

The admission to these programs is done through joint entrance examination (JEE) which is an all India entrance examination. Admissions to the IIT programs are done on the basis of merit list of JEE Advanced (second phase of JEE).Roughly about a million students take this exam every year with only few thousands of them actually crossing the bridge.

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS:

IIT Delhi offers many postgraduate programs (MTech ) (by course work),M.S.(by research),M.Sc., M.Des., MBA under various department and centre . The admission to M.Tech and M.Des. programs are carried out mainly based on Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering (GATE). M.Sc. admission are through Joint admission Test for Masters (JAM) and MBA admission are through common admission test (CAT). Students securing very good scores in these exams are called for personal interview.

INTER-DISCIPLINARY CENTRES :

IIT Delhi has 11 multi-disciplinary centers. An inter-disciplinary Centre differs from a department in the fact that it deals with an overlap of two or more disciplines of engineering or science. Similar to the departments the centers also offers programs though they offer these courses only at post-graduation level. The following multi-disciplinary centers are located in IIT Delhi:

Centre for applied research in electronics (CARE)
Centre for atmosphere science(CAS)
Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME)
Computer Services Centre (CSE)
Centre for energy studies(CES)
Educational Technology Services Centre (ETSC)
Industrial Tribology ,Machine Dynamics and Maintenance Engineering (ITMMEC)
Instrument Design Development Centre(IDDC)
Centre for Polymer science and Engineering(CPSE)
Centre for Natural Resources and Environment
Centre for Rural Development and Technology(CRDT)
National resources Centre for value education in engineering (NRCVEE)
Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP)

SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE:

IIT DELHI has 3 schools of excellence .A school of excellence is an externally funded (either from an alumnus or an organization) school functioning as a part of the institute. There are three such schools in IIT Delhi which are: