The institute offers a
large number of Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral
programs in Engineering, Science, Design, Liberal Arts
and Entrepreneurship & Management.
This includes BTech, BDes,
MSc, MTech, MA, MDes and PhD. Currently, IIT Hyderabad has 18 departments + 1 Centre for Interdisciplinary Programs + 1 Greenko School of Sustainability.
IIT Hyderabad follows a semester system. An Academic Year (July-April) consists of 2 semesters, each approximately
16 weeks’ duration. The
first semester begins in the
last week of July /
first week of August and ends by the last week of November. The second semester starts in the first week of January and ends by
the last week of April /first week of
May. A student is required to register the
relevant courses listed in the curriculum for that semester.
IIT Hyderabad offers the BTech undergraduate program for students admitted through JEE (Advanced). IITH
has implemented a very novel academic program, referred
to as, Fractal Academics – the key
idea is to atomize courses, provide breadth and depth, emphasize courses in liberal arts as well as creative arts, emphasize project work, and create an interactive learning
ambience. A typical 3 credits course leading to 42
lecture hours in a semester.
Fractional credits can be 0.5,
1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0
having 7, 14, 21, 28,
35 and 42 lecture hours, respectively.
The fractal academic
program is a novel holistic
approach to undergraduate teaching. It
has multiple goals among which fostering undergraduate research, interdisciplinary learning and encouraging creativity are the primary ones. In the first year of study, students are introduced right away to a wide gamut of courses not only from the engineering spectrum but also from science and liberal arts. This is aimed at giving the students a flavor of various engineering disciplines in addition to whetting their appetite for the science, creative
and liberal arts. In the
second year, an in-depth
study of the core engineering
courses is undertaken. This is designed to firm up the students' foundations in fundamental areas of their chosen branch. In the third year of study, students are encouraged to pick an area of their choice (within their branch) and take relevant elective courses. By the end of the third year, the students are primed to take on challenging research projects. In the final year the interested and eligible students are encouraged to work on research problems. Two common threads run through all four years of study - independent projects and creative/liberal arts courses. Students are required to pursue independent projects to "learn by doing" as well
as to explore engineering
problems that pique their interests.
Through the study of liberal
and creative arts, it is hoped that students appreciate non-technical disciplines which in turn should help them become better engineers.
In addition, IIT Hyderabad offers ‘semester long internship’, ‘double major’, ‘minor’, ‘honors’, ‘BTech to MTech conversion’ and ‘BTech to PhD conversion’ subject to fulfilment of eligibility criteria by the department and Institute. It may be noted that the Branch change option is discontinued at IIT Hyderabad.
Semester long internship: IITH Students can earn 6 credits through a semester-long internship at an industry or academic institution.
Double Major: If a student
does say 24 extra credits
in a given department,
he/she can get a double major.
A “Minor” is awarded to a student after completion of twelve credits. In addition to BTech,
the student’s performance in a course
is continuously evaluated throughout
the semesters and culminates
in the award of a Grade on a 10-point scale.
Similarly, “Honors” is awarded to a student after completion of twelve credits with a prescribed set of courses and projects in their own academic curriculum.
Conversion to Dual Degree
program (BTech to MTech/BTech
to PhD):
The primary motivation
for a dual degree program
is to create a win-win
proposition for both students
and faculty.
Scope and description
of courses
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
has grown over the last
decade from being a dream
to a reality that impacts
each one of our lives. While AI began as a sub-area of Computer Science, the last few years have seen a significant broadening of the field that has resulted in AI becoming horizontal across all engineering disciplines. The 4-year BTech programme in AI will provide a comprehensive, holistic pedagogy of AI, from mathematical foundations to applications. The curriculum includes related courses from Computer Science
(e.g. Machine Learning, Deep
Learning), Mathematics (e.g. Linear
Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Optimization), Electrical Engineering (e.g. Signal Processing, IoT, Drones, Control Theory), Mechanical Engineering
(e.g. Robotics, Industry 4.0),
Biomedical Engineering (e.g. Computational
Neuroscience) and Liberal Arts (e.g.
AI and Ethics). The foundational
courses of Computer Science
are part of the curriculum to provide the students with a gateway for future educational opportunities.
The program includes a wide choice of advanced elective courses in topics related to AI including mathematical foundations such as statistical learning theory, information theory, kernel methods, as well as applications such as computer vision, information retrieval, speech processing, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning. The programme also has a provision to credit courses from other disciplines
of science, engineering, creative
and liberal arts. There
are also many opportunities for
students to undertake research projects related to AI during the program, as well as opportunities to carry out internships elsewhere as part of the curriculum. Please see https://ai.iith.ac.in/btech.html for more details.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physical/ neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Biomedical Engineering
The Biomedical Engineering at IIT Hyderabad is where the boundaries between disciplines fade for defining excellence in research and education. BME offers interdisciplinary expertise in addressing the grand
healthcare challenges facing humanity.
The department offers engaging
and dynamic under-graduate, graduate and doctoral programs in various focus areas to invigorate the passionate minds. We are a department
with 10 faculties, 7 staff
members, 29 post-graduate and
around 100 PhD students.
The primary mission of the department
is to foster interdisciplinary
work of highest quality
by bringing together a broad spectrum of faculty expertise under a single umbrella to focus on research in Biomedical engineering.
The department has expertise and offers courses in the domains of Medical device innovation and design; 3-D Bioprinting; Organ-on-chip and Lab-on-chip; Regenerative medicine using stem cells; Biomedical Imaging and therapeutics; Bio/neuro-mimetics, Natural and Artificial intelligence in healthcare; Computational and experimental neurotechnology; healthcare data analytics; Computational and experimental biomechanics; Nano-biomaterials and nano-medicine; Cancer novel treatment strategy, Biomedical sensors and transducers, to name a few.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physics/ neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
The Biotechnology Department
offers a 4-year B Tech
program in Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics. Like all other BTech courses at IIT Hyderabad, this program follows an eight-semester fractal curriculum comprising core courses, department elective courses, free electives, seminars, experiments in laboratory, projects and creative/liberal arts courses.
The B. Tech. program in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics is application-based program and trains students
for solving biological problems
using biological and computational
approaches. It aims to
provide essential skills in Biotechnology, including molecular cell biology, biochemistry, systems biology and nanobiotechnology. It is also designed to train the student with Bioinformatics skills, including DNA sequence analysis, drug discovery, disease characterization, genomics, proteomics and data analysis. The curriculum provides
the opportunity for the
students to take courses from
different departments such as
computer science, artificial
intelligence, maths, physics and
chemistry in the first
two semesters. Apart from the regular BTech curriculum, students will have an opportunity to increase their depth in the subject by undertaking elective courses from any other departments, including Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Material Science. Students
can also get a minor
in areas of their interest,
outside the department, like entrepreneurship, computer science, etc., by completing 12 credits in their area of interest.
The Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics program prepares the
students for a career in
academia and industry related to life science, healthcare, biotech, medical coding, data science and bioinformatics.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physics/ neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Chemical Engineering
The main goal of the
department is to create the
next generation of chemical engineers who
are capable of solving the technological challenges faced by modern society. The carefully tailored undergraduate curriculum prepares a student to take up industry jobs or graduate studies. The undergraduate program covers subject areas from core chemical engineering, advanced electives in chemical engineering, free electives from allied engineering disciplines, laboratory experiments, basic sciences, soft skills and topics from creative & liberal arts.
The holistic pedagogy that is followed in our academic programs provides our graduates with the skills to take up challenges of modern society in an informed way. Several of our alumni are placed in reputed chemical
and allied industries. Many
of our alumni are also
pursuing graduate studies in
globally renowned universities across the
world. Our outstanding student-to
faculty ratio facilitates personalized
teaching and research guidance. We strive to create an environment that enables students to identify and pursue their professional goals with integrity and an eye for excellence.
Gender based and/or
handicap (physical/neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering is
concerned with addressing the
current and future needs of
society in “all things
Civil”. That is, in planning, designing and constructing advanced and robust buildings and structures, built on stable foundations, in satisfying the water needs of the country, and in developing measures for a cleaner and
healthier environment free from
chemical and biological pollutants.
Civil engineers plan transportation networks,
design and construct transportation
infrastructure to facilitate the
movement of people and
goods such as bridges, tunnels and train and roadway systems. They also predict the outcomes and develop mitigating measures for the influence of natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes.
Civil engineers also design and construct large water storage and distribution systems, such as dams and canals, to sustain the requirements of urban society and agriculture. They also deal with the outcomes of urban development such as traffic management and mitigating congestion, design and operation of water treatment and wastewater disposal systems. Civil engineering includes all the above aspects in the course
curriculum.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physical/neurological)-based restrictions: None
Computational Engineering
Modern industry uses computer modelling
in almost all aspects of product and process development, be it in the
designing of modern aircraft
or discovering a new medicine.
These computer modelling software
and methodology use advanced mathematics, numerical methods and algorithmic approaches. The BTech program
in Computational Engineering aims to
produce graduate engineers who will
have the expertise in using modern computational methods for a wide variety of industrial applications. The program will train students capable in using computer modelling and simulation tools for these engineering applications.
Computational Engineering is
envisaged to be an interdisciplinary
BTech program. The curriculum
consists of four important components: (a) Applied Mathematics, (b) Core Engineering, (c) Data Structures & Analytics and (d) Computational Applications.
Through these four pillars of the program, the student will gain
proficiency not only to use
the various engineering methodologies,
but also get trained in
some of the important aspects of core engineering so that the bridge between computational solutions and physical principles is established. The Core Engineering and Applied Mathematics courses are designed to give a broad understanding of the general engineering principles. The depth in the curriculum is achieved by introducing the students to various computational methods that include fundamentals in scientific computing, data structure and its analysis and the application of computational tools. The graduates from this program are expected to be employed in a wide variety of engineering and consultancy firms that use computational methodologies to design products and processes.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physics/ neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Computer Science and
Engineering
The 4-year B. Tech. program in the dept. of CSE seeks to lay a strong foundation in both theoretical and practical
aspects of computing. Fundamental
courses with theoretical and
mathematical underpinnings like discrete mathematics, algorithms and their
analyses, data structures, theory of automata, formal languages and computation are offered in the initial years.
These courses also emphasize on practical applications of the rich theory and mathematics in computer science.
This knowledge dovetails well into systems courses that emphasize
on the practical and engineering
aspects, such as architectures of computers,
programming languages, compiler design, operating
systems, and design of
databases, computer networks and
application software.
The program includes
a choice of advanced elective
courses in each of the
above topics, as well
as in areas such as machine learning, computer vision, big-data analytics, wireless networks and mobile computing. The
program also has a provision to credit courses from
other disciplines of science, engineering, creative as well as liberal arts.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physical/ neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Electrical Engineering/ Electrical
Engineering (IC Design &
Technology)
The department offers a four-year Bachelor of Technology (BTech) program. The eight semester fractal curriculum comprises core courses, department elective courses, free electives, seminar, experiments in laboratory, projects and creative/liberal arts courses. The fractal program offers unprecedented flexibility so that the students can undertake various elective courses that provide exposure in various disciplines of EE
such as Communications and
Signal Processing, Microelectronics and
VLSI design, Power Electronics and
Power System, Control System
and Embedded Systems. The undergraduate
students can also undertake various
research projects through BTech
projects. More details about
undergraduate research opportunities are given in the website.
Apart from the normal
BTech curriculum, students have
an opportunity to increase
their depth in Electrical Engineering by undertaking additional courses. By completing 12 credits from a broad list of prescribed courses,
a student can earn Honors
in Electrical Engineering. Students
can also get a minor
in areas of their interest, outside the department, like entrepreneurship, computer science, etc. by completing 12 credits in their area of interest.
Gender based and/or
handicap (physical/neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Engineering Physics
Physics has been central to technological development as it can be seen from day to day life. A lot of developments took place in the past few decades which promise to change the face of technology in the coming
years. But to understand
and appreciate these developments
and to translate these to
technology, it is very essential
to grasp the fundamental
principles of Physics. The Engineering
Physics course at IIT
Hyderabad aims to provide
students basic understanding in
Physics in terms of offering
various basic level courses coupled with hands-on training. In addition, the curriculum also contains Engineering courses, across departments which provide the bridge between engineering and technology. Moreover, the liberal art and creative art courses inculcate the capability in the students to express the ideas more effectively to the community. The curriculum is designed to provide students the depth needed to understand the advanced level physics courses followed by various courses such as, quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, particle physics, computational methods, laser technology, accelerator physics and photonics etc. In addition to these, advanced level courses on various research fields are offered.
The Engineering Physics course
is a real concoction of
fundamental Physics and applied sciences
and technology courses, which
can ignite young minds
to be driven towards creativity
and innovation for new age technologies.
The Engineering Physics program prepares students to face all kinds of challenging careers in industry, advanced study in engineering, science, and technology and in academia.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physics/ neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Engineering Science
Engineering Science is a unique interdisciplinary B.Tech program started at IIT Hyderabad for the first time in 2012. It focuses on the ‘T-EDUCATION’ model where the horizontal line in T corresponds to breadth while the vertical line corresponds to the depth. The curriculum is designed such that for the first two years of this program students take courses from different departments such as Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Material Science, Math, Physics and Chemistry. Later, eligible students will be given the option to select their core branch in the third year as per their preference and continue
to specialize in them.
The core options could be
either Sciences or Engineering
stream as it is left to the student choice. This ‘T’ based model gives a holistic perspective in engineering education. It is believed that the graduates from this program will excel in any organization because of their strong multidisciplinary background. However, if a student wishes he/she can continue in ES for four years. All the faculties in Engineering Science Program are adjunct faculties drawn from various branches. 10% of the
existing batch will be
permitted to enter in one
particular specialization after completion
of second year. However, there will be no cap on number of students continuing with four-year ES program.
Industrial Chemistry
The chemical industry of India is a major contributor to the Indian economy, contributing 7% of the country's
GDP. The market size for
the production of agrochemicals,
fertilizers, and petrochemical sectors in
India currently stands at
US$178 billion and is expected
to grow to US$300 billion
by 2025. These fast- growing chemical/petrochemical industries have excessive demand for dedicated
chemists/engineers with expertise in industrial skills to work on novel research and technological developments. The expertise to work in Industrial Chemistry has to transcend beyond the realm of a Chemistry Lab and focus on an application-oriented practical approach with sound knowledge of both engineering and fundamental Chemistry. Department of Chemistry has designed a unique 4 years B.Tech Program in Industrial Chemistry with particular emphasis on producing finest graduate students with adequate knowledge of Chemistry and technology to
work in various chemical industries,
such as pharma and drug
design, polymer industry, petrochemical industries, and several industries in energy science.
This program aims to promote academic excellence in
solving Industrial Chemistry problems and provide the
stimuli to students to excel
in higher education, research,
innovation, and entrepreneurship in
academia and industry. This B.Tech program offered by the Chemistry department at IITH is a perfect blend of advanced experimental/computational research, industry exposure, and co-curricular activities, offering vibrant experiences to budding engineers for various chemical industries. This program is expected to bridge the gap between Chemistry and Industry; this would be accomplished through training in current topics like Green Chemistry, materials for energy and environment, drug design and development, biochemistry, nanochemistry, machine learning,
and computer simulations in
Chemistry. Such an all-
rounded training in
basic and applied Chemistry will
also enable them to handle
any challenging real-world chemistry-oriented problems.
Materials Science and
Metallurgical Engineering
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering (MSME) is an interdisciplinary science enriched engineering branch which deals with material discovery and design for applications, through the material paradigm (synthesis, characterization, structure, property, performance). Materials science and metallurgical engineering is a very fast evolving and expanding branch and thus the curriculum has to be constantly
evolving. Currently, MSME offers
teaching and research spanning
across various disciplines of structural, functional and computational materials science.
A B.Tech graduate from MSME department at IITH is trained to be an expert at the core concepts as well as conscious of evolving multidisciplinary domains. The B.Tech curriculum at IITH is unique, which facilitates expansion of the core subject acumen as well as exposure to multidisciplinary courses. The curriculum allows a good opportunity to gain specialization within the department as well as across departments
owing to a large number
of free electives. The
department electives are often
trending subjects which expose the students to recent developments and popular subjects in materials science and metallurgical
engineers. Students get opportunity
and exposure to the state
of art and sophisticated
research facilities through project works. The department prepares its students for research roles as well as other professional roles by providing a conducive environment for all round development.
Gender based and/or
handicap (physical/neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Mathematics and Computing
The curriculum is designed in a unique way to nurture future industry professionals and scientists. There are
three stages of the curriculum.
Students do introductory mathematics,
physics, chemistry, life sciences, and bio-engineering courses in the first stage. The program
also begins with courses on programming and skill development
such as English communication,
introduction to entrepreneurship, artificial
intelligence, and creative arts electives.
The second stage is a phase of nurturing students to make them multiskilled both for industry and academics. During the 3rd to 5th semesters, the program covers the core foundational courses related to pure and applied aspects of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing from Maths, AI, CSE and EE Departments. The
blend of carefully selected
theoretical, applicable, and computing
courses enable students to choose the career they wish to pursue.
The third stage is all about exploration. The dream career that students decide to pursue by the end of the second stage begins from the 6th semester. The exploratory nature comes from the fact that 38 credits out of 46 credits from the 6th to 8th semesters come in electives. Students have 12 credits of free elective courses to choose from any department in the institute. The students have an option of a semester-long Industry
project in the 6th semester.
Department also offers credited
research projects for two
semesters in this stage up to a total of 6 credits.
Upon successfully completing the Mathematics and Computing program, students will be able to pursue the dream of industry professionals. This program also provides an opportunity for higher education in Mathematics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence etc. in world-class universities.
Gender based and/or
handicap (physical/neurological)-based restrictions:
None
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is the broadest of engineering disciplines. Founded on classical subjects like Mechanics, Dynamics,
Thermodynamics, Manufacturing and Design, the field
gives entry into the design, analysis and manufacturing of automobiles, aircraft, locomotives, ships, power-plants, and also inter- disciplinary areas like energy and environment, earth and planetary sciences, nuclear, fusion, solar, wind
and alternate energy. The program at IIT Hyderabad is designed to train the students for jobs in modern industry in research and development, and also prepare them for higher studies in India and abroad.
Gender-based and/or handicap
(physics/ neurological)-based restrictions:
None