Academic Programs

IIT Jodhpur is offering four 4-year B.Tech. Programs, namely: 

(1) B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering) Program:

(2) B.Tech. Electrical Engineering Program: 

The B. Tech. program in Electrical Engineering (EE) provides strong fundamentals in mathematics and science which develop analytical thinking and form the basis of the diverse tool set used by electrical engineers to innovate, design and develop the technology of the future. The engineering design component is integrated throughout the curriculum, motivating and familiarizing students with the real-world engineering challenges and equipping them with the essential technical skills for problem solving. The early strong theoretical foundations and hand-on exposure are supplemented by the core electrical engineering concepts ranging from circuit analysis and design, computing, control, communication, signal processing, and power engineering. Additional problem-solving skills and practical experience are developed through design projects and laboratory experiments. 

The curriculum offers flexibility to students for pursuing capability-linked specializations of their choice. The department specializations are designed to enable students to lead technological innovations addressing the emerging industrial and societal challenges in various domains of electrical engineering. The EE students can opt for any one of the departmental specializations in 

1. Cyber Physical Systems, 

2. Intelligent Communication and Networking, 

3. Communication Engineering, 

4. VLSI Systems, 

5. Visual Computing, 

6. Socio-Digital Reality, 

7. Nano and Flexible Electronics, 

8. Smart Grid, and 

9. Artificial Intelligence of Things. 

The in-depth understanding and technical skills acquired through these specializations will enable graduates to play a vital role in advancement of technologies such as 5G/6G communications, smart cities, smart healthcare, and Industry 4.0.

Another distinct feature of the curriculum is provision for minors in Entrepreneurship or Management or interdisciplinary specializations in Smart Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics and Mobility Systems that allow students to pursue diverse career goals. Students will also have an opportunity to opt for a B. Tech. - Master’s dual degree in their chosen specialization or minor area. The curriculum also offers numerous options that enable students to gain industrial experience through collaborative industrial projects at industries and entrepreneurial experience at the Institute's incubation centre.

(3) B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) Program: 

Reckoned as one of the most versatile engineering disciplines, Mechanical Engineering virtually touches every aspect of modern life, from mobile phones and biomedical devices, to aircrafts and power plants. It is concerned with technological advancements through the development of products, processes, and power, at scales ranging from nano-scale to large and complex systems. Mechanical Engineering principles and skills are involved at some stage during the conception, design, development, and manufacture of every human-made object. While design and manufacturing involves design of mechanisms and the analysis of materials, thermo-fluid systems include methods of energy conversions, heat transfer and fluid flow. Future innovations crucial to the country’s growth will always have their roots in the world of mass, motion, forces and energy- the world of mechanical engineers.

Keeping a balance between theory and hands-on-experience, the department intends to provide its students a solid foundation in core as well as emerging areas of mechanical engineering by inspiring critical thinking and nurturing problem solving skills. The curriculum offers flexibility to students for pursuing following capability-linked specializations of their choice, namely: 

1. Micro-Nano Engineering, 

2. Energy Engineering, 

3. Design Engineering, 

4. Smart Manufacturing, 

At IIT Jodhpur, mechanical engineers are therefore trained, educated and positioned, in a way not only to adapt, but to define direct change. This is reflected in the portfolio of current activities of the department. Our faculty are involved in a wide range of projects in the areas of Energy conversion and power systems, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, mechanics of solid, mechanical vibrations, robotics, autonomous unmanned vehicles, design optimization, acoustics and noise control, control systems, rotor dynamics, micro-nano materials and applications, biomechanics, bio inspired thermofluids, fluid structure interaction etc. to name a few.  Additionally, efforts are being made to introduce advanced concepts like smart manufacturing, Industry 4.O, computational techniques, high-performance computing, applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms, sensors and IoT as a part of solving mechanical engineering problems.

Additionally, The flexible structure of the course curriculum at the Department of Mechanical Engineering also allows the students to opt for minors in Entrepreneurship or Management or interdisciplinary specializations in Smart Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics and Mobility Systems to pursue diverse career goals. Students willing to pursue higher studies, also have an opportunity to opt for a B. Tech. - M.Tech dual degree aligned to their specialization or minor area. The students opting for Minor in Engineering Innovation are exposed to an unique experience of working in collaborative industrial projects enhancing their industry readiness level. Students interested to venture into entrepreneurial career have the opportunity to be nurtured by the Institute's incubation centre.

(4) B.Tech. (Bioengineering) Program:

Beginning July 2018, the Department started offering a B.Tech. Program in Biotechnology. The program was fully revamped and renamed as Bioengineering in 2019. The programme aims to equip our graduates with in-depth knowledge and hands-on training in areas that will be relevant for the next decade. The curriculum aims to impart knowledge and skills to budding engineers to address future challenges. This includes innovative pedagogy and a highly interdisciplinary approach towards problem-solving. 

The key objectives of this program are:

(I) To provide a strong foundational understanding of concepts in biology, engineering, mathematics, and allied sciences, enabling students to approach bioengineering problems through interdisciplinary lenses.

(II) To stimulate the development of disruptive technologies and futuristic research in the domains of healthcare, energy, and the environment

The curriculum is designed to impart following unique skill sets to Bioengineering graduates:

(i) Ability to design and implement AI-based technologies in healthcare, environment, and agriculture.

(ii) Ability to adopt the physics of imaging and principles of image analysis, and processing for diagnostics.

(iii) Acquiring knowledge of the existing technology behind omics approaches and development of new methods, data acquisition and analysis for applications in the diverse fields of bioscience and bioengineering.

(iv) Acquiring knowledge on systems biology and developing new mathematical models to address complex biological problems.

(v) Ability to integrate multidisciplinary technologies for the development of lab-on-chip devices, biosensors, and other smart devices.

(vi) Ability to integrate omics data to quantitative structure-activity relationship for drug discovery and development

(vii) Capable to design and develop smart biomaterials using micro- and nano-scale technologies

(viii) Knowledge on tissue engineering-based approaches for the development of laboratory-grown tissues and organs.

(5) B.Tech. (AI and Data Science)

Starting 2020, IIT Jodhpur will be offering a unique undergraduate program in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, that envisions to equip students with the ability to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues, and - most importantly - identify their consequent responsibilities as engineers of effective solutions for the same. 

The curriculum is interdisciplinary at heart - straddling computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and their applications across numerous domains. Besides Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision and Video Processing, the program will be training students in a plethora of exclusive courses like: 

1. Biometrics 

2. Dependable AI 

3. Resource-constrained AI

4. Big Data 

5. Data Engineering and Data Visualization

6. Stream Analytics 

7. Social Network Analysis

8. Human-Machine Interaction

9. Augmented and Virtual Reality

10. Speech and Natural Language Understanding

11. Computational Neuroscience

The curriculum promises to provide opportunities to its students to explore a number of transdisciplinary specialization areas including visual computing, socio-digital reality, intelligent communications and networking, language technologies, robotics, and AIOT. The program will also allow its students to venture into a one-of-a-kind Management specialization with a focus on AI and Technology, leading to an MBA (BTech + MBA dual degree program) and entrepreneurial activities. 

(6) B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)

The Department of Chemical Engineering offers a B.Tech. program in Chemical Engineering and is making a conscious effort to establish itself as a leading institute in the new genre of chemical engineering education. With the advent of the era of Industry 4.0 in chemical industries, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Molecular Engineering, Sustainability; the regular B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering has been transformed by incorporation of new emerging technologies and demand driven areas without compromising with the traditional focus on subjects like Material and Energy Balance, Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamics, Mass transfer, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Numerical Analysis, Computational Systems, Safety Engineering etc. The program involves traditional courses, emerging areas and specialisations such as:

i. Process Engineering Intelligence

ii. Molecular Engineering 

iii. Sustainability.

B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) students will have additional unique opportunity and inbuilt flexibility for:

(i) Minor in (a) Management; (b) Entrepreneurship; (c ) Data Science.

(ii) Five (5) year B.Tech.+ M.Tech./ MBA.

(iii) One (1) year Engineering Innovation Opportunity.

(7) B.Tech. (Materials Engineering)

The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering offers a B.Tech. Program in Materials Engineering. The program is designed to impart high-quality education in the core and emerging areas of Materials Engineering through a unique combination of foundational courses, core courses and elective courses from the following four streams:

(i)            Structural Materials,

(ii)          Functional Materials,

(iii)        Computational Materials Engineering,

(iv)        Process Metallurgy.

In this B.Tech. program, an emphasis is given to the emerging areas in materials engineering such as computational materials engineering, energy materials, and advanced structural materials while ensuring sufficient courses in core Materials Engineering that will form a solid base to the students. Emerging areas such as Machine Learning, Data Structure and Algorithm, and Scientific Computations have been made an integral part of the B.Tech. curriculum, which makes this a unique program. Additionally, to enable the students to pursue their interest, the program structure would allow students to optionally specialize in one of the above-mentioned four streams of Materials Engineering. This program will equip the students with experimental and computational skill sets relevant to the industry and will motivate the graduates to address present day materials challenges of designing, processing, characterization and evaluation of advanced materials.

Additionally, the flexible structure of the course curriculum would allow the students to opt for minors in Data Science/ Entrepreneurship/Management or interdisciplinary specializations in areas such as Smart Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Materials, etc. to pursue diverse career goals. Students willing to pursue higher studies will also have an opportunity to opt for a B. Tech. - M. Tech. dual degree aligned to their specialization area. Students interested to venture into an entrepreneurial career have the opportunity to be nurtured by the Institute's incubation centre or they are eligible to opt for a B.Tech.-MBA dual degree.

(8) B.Tech. (Civil and Infrastructure Engineering)

Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering offers B Tech program in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering commencing from December 2020. Through this undergraduate program, the department is making a stride to reimagine the course structure that incorporates and integrates the elements of conventional civil engineering with advanced transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cyber-physical-systems (CPS), digital twins (DT), and automated management and information systems. Additionally, a major thrust is also planned on the design, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale integrated infrastructure systems across different domains.  Students can enroll either for a regular B Tech program, or for a Departmental specialization program. 

Major domains of the regular B Tech program includes:

1. Geotechnical Engineering

2. Water Resources Engineering

3. Construction and Infrastructure

4. Environmental Engineering

5. Transportation Engineering

6. Structural Engineering

7. Smart Infrastructure Technology

8. Infrastructure Systems

Students can obtain a Departmental Specialization after completing additional credits beyond the regular B Tech program credit requirement.  The specialization programs are as listed below. 

1. B Tech with specialization in Environmental Engineering

2. B Tech with specialization in Smart Infrastructure

The program aims to produce graduates with an ability to integrate conventional methods with emerging technologies to design intelligent civil and infrastructure systems from a multidisciplinary perspective. It provides holistic understanding of different civil and infrastructure systems and an in-depth understanding of the differences, similarities, and relations between different scales and components of it.

Academic Year

Each academic year (July to June) consists of two academic semesters. Each semester is for about sixteen (16) weeks with one week of recess for students, making it about 15 working weeks in each semester. Excluding the days of the examinations, the total number of days of instruction in a semester is at least 70. Normally, Semester I (July–December) commences in the 4th week of July and closes in the 1st week of December, and Semester II (December–May) in the 4th week of December closes in the 1st week of May.

The Academic Calendar gives the dates of all important events during the Academic Session, such as Orientation, Registration, Commencement of classes, Add and Drop of courses, Submission of Mandatory documents, Examinations, Submission of Grades, Conversion of Incomplete grades, Vacation, and Mid-semester recess. This calendar is approved by the Senate of the Institute and displayed in the website of the Institute before the start of each Academic Semester.