The Institute has one of the most liberal branch change schemes among all the IITs. Students are allowed to change from one branch of study to another within the institute after the end of their second semester. This is subject to certain conditions. Complete details are available in the B.Tech ordinance of the Institute. The most important ones are -

1.   Any BTech student who has completed all the courses of the first two semesters, without failing in any course and without passing any course through supplementary examination, is eligible to apply for branch change within B.Tech programs of IIT Guwahati. There is no CPI restriction for making this application.

2.   Change of branch is permitted based on merit (i.e., CPI at the end of first two semesters) but is subject to the limitation that the strength of a branch must not fall below its existing strength by more than ten percent and must not go above its approved total strength/ intake by more than ten percent. 

Faculty members and students play a key role in the development of the Institute into a world-class Institute which caters to contemporary research needs of the nation through its teaching as well as research programs.  Presently, IIT Guwahati has 412 full-time faculty members and 6500 students (including international students). The research activities of the Institute are mainly those which are (a) of strategic importance to the nation, (b) catering to the needs of large/medium/small industries in the country, (c) catering to the needs of the rural sector by dissemination of technology and training of the rural people, and (d) academic research, including training students in research methodology. The R&D wing is committed to provide all necessary help to the Institute to achieve the highest level of scientific and technological standards.

The R&D section of IITG is actively involved in bringing together national and international industry professionals and the faculty of the institute for gaining insight and solving challenging problems through consultancy and/or funding projects. Students are also involved in these projects enthusiastically. Our students are also encouraged to start-up their own company with the help of some mentor faculty under IITG - Technology Incubation Centre. IITG Research Park is one of the important ventures to initiate the R&D activities of the incubated companies.

The Institute currently has 287 active sponsored research projects with a total funding of approximately Rs 255 crores.

Industrial Interactions and Special Initiatives (II&SI)

State-of-the-art teaching laboratories in all the engineering and science disciplines, combined with a Central Workshop and a Computer & Communication Centre, are available to the students of all the programmes offered in IIT Guwahati.

The Computer & Communication Centre with its modern facilities and pleasant atmosphere is a favourite place for students to work even though these facilities also provide access from anywhere inside the campus through the campus local area network (LAN) and campus-wide WiFi. Apart from providing PCs for students, the centre also houses servers for the institute and has a PARAM supercomputing cluster facility. The centre also provides free Internet access to all users through the institute’s broadband lines and proxy servers. This is available for access to all campus residents through the campus LAN.

The Central Instruments Facility (CIF) of IIT Guwahati houses a large number of very high-end scientific instruments (like NMR Spectrometers, EPR Spectrometer, Scanning Electron Microscopes, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer, X-Ray Spectrometer, Transmission Electron Microscope and Mass Spectrometers) for use by all faculty, students and research staff.

The Central Library has an excellent collection of books, current periodicals and back volumes of journals along with subscription to most online repositories for journals and some e-book collections.  Campus residents can access these facilities through the campus LAN. System of automatic borrowing, renewal and return of books is in place. The library provides a comfortable zone for students to study especially during examinations and remains open until late at night on all days. A coffee shop located nearby also stays open so that students can take a break during their studies or have relaxed discussions over a cup of coffee.   

The Institute has also established a Technology Incubation Centre (TIC) to promote innovation and support students to translate their innovative ideas into commercially significant products by assisting them with finance, space and technical guidance. Faculty members are also available to provide consultation to interested students in establishing their own entrepreneurial ventures and technology-based start-ups.

Boarding and Lodging:

There are ten boys’ hostels and two girls’ hostels for accommodating students with their own individual rooms. Each of these hostels has its own mess, canteen, stationary shop, indoor games facilities, music rooms, library, TV room among many other facilities with uninterrupted power supply. High speed LAN connections are provided in every room.

The Institute also has two large Guest Houses for accommodating visitors. Parents of students who want to visit the campus can request accommodation in the Institute Guest Houses during their visit subject to availability of rooms. In addition, there are a large number of apartments, for married students. Residential quarters are also provided in campus for all faculty and staff. This helps to promote strong linkages and healthy interaction between students, staff and faculty in the social, cultural and educational events organized on campus.

The campus has an academic complex, an administrative building, a library cum Computer & Communication Centre building, a lecture theatre complex, a classroom complex, a large auditorium with state of the art sound system, a smaller mini-auditorium and a conference complex.  Classes are held in the lecture theaters or in smaller classrooms distributed around the academic complex. Instructional laboratories are available in the individual departments. A large six-storied classroom complex with all modern amenities has been added recently.

Canara Bank, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India have their branches on campus with a number of ATMs. The campus also has its own post office, a computerized railway Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counter, Travel Agency, Book shops, Stationery and photocopy shop, Food court, and a Shopping complex to serve the needs of all campus residents.

E-rickshaws operate within the campus to help the campus residents to travel conveniently inside the campus in addition to campus shuttle trip bus facility. A set of free cycles christened as green cycles is available at specified places for any residents to borrow it to ride within campus. There are buses plying to and from the campus and other parts of Guwahati city every hour so that one can commute as per their convenience. The first bus starts from campus at 8 am and the last bus returns from Guwahati city at 8.55 pm.

Health Care:

The Institute gives great importance to health care. There are five regular Medical Officers besides a number of contractual specialists. The Institute has a sixteen-bed hospital with trained nurses on duty round-the–clock and a Medical Officer available on call. The hospital provides free outdoor medical care to all campus residents and has modern diagnostic equipment, a pathological laboratory, a pharmacy, and several ambulances. For serious patients requiring higher levels of care, the Institute also has arrangements with some of the top medical institutions of Guwahati, such as Guwahati Neurological Research Centre (GNRC), Narayana Hridayalaya Guwahati, International Hospital, Down Town Hospital, Guwahati Medical College Hospital etc. All students are also covered under a Group Medical Insurance Scheme (GMIS) arranged by the Institute.

Students Activity Courses (including sports, performing arts, community service, NCC), as  non-credit but compulsory courses for four semesters in the undergraduate programme, are offered to all the students to keep them mentally and physically sound.

With the majestic Brahmaputra River on one side and with the hills and lakes surrounding IIT Guwahati along with the magnificent architecture, it is one of the most picturesque campuses in India. Students can easily take a break from their hectic academic schedule and enjoy the beauty of nature within the campus.

In order to promote the overall development of life skills, students in the Institute participate in a host of extra-curricular activities, ranging from sports and outdoor activities to cultural, social and technical activities of various kinds organized under the aegis of the Students’ Gymkhana at the level of Institute, Department or Hostels.

The centrally air conditioned Student’s Activity Centre (SAC) is a vibrant place in IITG campus which houses various student bodies such as the Drama Society, the Poetry Society and the Film Society that engage in various creative activities and their rehearsals. Students are encouraged to participate in sports and outdoor activities along with the technical and cultural activities promoted by the large number of student clubs under the Students’ Gymkhana.

The Institute is well equipped with training infrastructure for almost all major outdoor and indoor games with professional coaches and visiting experts available to guide students all year-round in these sporting activities. Selected students also take part in the Inter-IIT sports meet which is held in December every year. Inter-IIT sports meet 2018 was held at IIT Guwahati. Artificial lights allow sports activities to continue even after dark. IITG students have exemplary records in these events and in several national level sports competitions.

Dedicated to promoting co-curricular activities are the 30+ active clubs of IIT Guwahati that provide stimuli towards growth and experience in cultural, technical, sports and entrepreneurship. The sheer varieties of clubs (ranging from dance, dramatics, music and movies etc in cultural to aeromodelling, astronomy, coding, electronics, entrepreneurial development, robotics, automobiles, quizzing, finance and economics etc.) lead to the well-rounded, versatile and passionate persona that one sees in all IITG students. IIT Guwahati also has its own radio station, RadioG, run by the students, which broadcasts on the network and is available through YouTube as well.

Alcheringa, the Annual Cultural Festival of IITG, is one of the largest cultural festivals of North-East India. Techniche, IITG’s Annual Techno-Management Festival, is now one of the largest Techno-management Festivals of the country. The Entrepreneurial Development Cell organizes Udgam, the annual Entrepreneurial Summit of IITG, bringing together an experience of workshops, lectures and showcases for promising entrepreneurs and start-ups in India, promoting a culture of innovation and problem solving. All these three events are run and managed by the students where they learn communication, crowd and risk management and leadership skills.

National Service Scheme (NSS), IIT Guwahati, tries to improve the living standards of the society at large through regular donation drives, cleanliness drives and by taking up teaching projects at various locations outside the campus.

Students’ Academic Board (SAB), IIT Guwahati, is a student forum to redress the academic problems and concerns of the student community of IIT Guwahati. It is a bridge between the students and the academic administration redirecting the academic issues of the students to the appropriate administrative authority.  It conducts Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) classes for UG students who need help in academics.

Centre for Career Development (CCD) of the Institute is well equipped with excellent infrastructure to handle all aspects of campus placements and internship for the students by arranging Pre-Placement Talks, Written Tests, Group Discussions, and Interviews etc. as per the requirements of the recruiters.

Students’ Alumni Interaction Linkage (SAIL) is a voluntary cell of IIT Guwahati, which acts as an engaging and a mutually beneficial link between IIT Guwahati and its Alumni.

For details please visit:  http://www.iitg.ac.in/stud/gymkhana/index.html

Financial Assistance:

IIT Guwahati awards the following scholarships to its under–graduate/post-graduate students to promote and recognize academic excellence, and overall growth and development of meritorious students and students with low parental income.

Institute Merit Scholarship (IMS) is available for B.Tech/B.Des/MSc/MA students of the Institute, which is meant for the year-wise class toppers of all the streams and is awarded from the second year onward.

Institute Merit-cum-Means (McM) Scholarships is awarded to B.Tech/B.Des/MSc/MA students of the institute strictly on merit-cum-means basis to up to 25% of non-SC/ST students.

SC-ST Scholarships is awarded to all B.Tech/B.Des/MSc/MA students of SC/ST categories with specified income level.

Student Travel Assistance Fund (STAF) is intended to help meritorious students attend and make presentations in national/international conferences, workshops, symposia, scientific meetings etc.

Student Contingency Fund (SCF) offers financial assistance to students who encounter unexpected difficulties during the tenure of their study in IIT Guwahati, such as a serious accident, illness, calamity in family etc.

Student Childcare Assistance Fund scheme is for married student parents who find it difficult to finance their child/children for their education and may apply for assistance under.

Students’ Brotherhood Fund (SBF) provides fund as “Loans of Honour” (interest free but to be refunded) to the deserving student applicants to meet their own educational/medical expenses.

Director of the Institute can have assigned prerogative to award Special Scholarship to maximum 5 students every year on genuine means basis. While it is possible to award all 5 scholarships in a year in deserving cases, it may also not be awarded if there is no such case.

If ordinance or rules of the Institute permit, the Institute allows students to avail scholarships awarded by external Govt/non-Govt. organizations (such as central sector scholarship schemes, scholarships form state Govts., scholarships from private trusts etc.).

Assistantships are also provided to most of the students admitted for the M.Tech and PhD programmes.

The placement scenario at IIT Guwahati for the year 2020-21 has been good so far. A total of 160 companies/organizations from various categories [Private, MNC (Indian origin and foreign origin), Govt., PSU, NGO, etc.] and sectors (Such as IT, R&D, Core Engineering, Consulting, Analytics, Finance, Oil & Gas, Conglomerate, Education Management, Health care, etc.) have participated in the recruitment process. The overall placement of B. Tech and B. Des students have been almost 77.91%. Till date, 453 jobs (including PPO) have been offered to 584 students registered from B. Tech and B. Des. Companies from various sectors also participated for internship hiring for pre-final year students and a total number of industrial offers in 2020-21 has been 263 (Indian offer).

Additional information:

1.         For the placement session 2021-22, based on internship hiring 2020-21, 178 students have got PPO (who will be graduating June 2022) by the recruiters so far.
2.      For the internship session 2021-22, 260 students hired by recruiters out of 650 so far.
   
3.      IIT Guwahati has started the Internship program during the regular semester in companies associated with IITG Research Park.
4.     IIT Guwahati has started Career counseling for IIT Guwahati students preparing for the Indian Administrative/Engineering services examination in terms of preparation strategy.

Start-ups from IIT Guwahati and its Alumni   

The Institute now has 16,000+ alumni who are well settled and well established in different parts of the world facilitating networking of IITG with established professionals and experts. The culture of start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures driven by our alumni are making headlines across the country. Our alumni are now involved in setting up around 100+ start-ups in different cities of the country.  

A good number of industry start-ups founded or co-founded by IIT Guwahati alumni did visit the campus for scouting talent and to introduce their firms and seeking recruits for internships. Further, the Institute is now actively engaging established alumni for alumni mentorship sessions and guidance for current students.  

International Relations

IIT Guwahati has seen a remarkable increase in the number of foreign students applying to and being selected to pursue their masters and PhD programmes. IIT Guwahati has students exchange programme with large number of Universities from across the globe and as a result there are a good number of full-time and exchange students from Canada, Egypt, France, Denmark, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, China, Botswana, Israel, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Iran, Mongolia, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, UK, and USA.  For student exchanges and collaborative research IIT Guwahati has established MoU with 130+ national and international institutes of repute and is a member of various international networks such as the Asia Technological University Network and the European Union’s Heritage Network. This has resulted in a large number of our students visiting various institutes in Germany, France, UK, Sweden, USA, China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. 

In spite of their busy academic schedule, students at IITG are encouraged to participate in the various recreational and cultural activities that are organized, both by the Institute and by the Students’ Gymkhana. Apart from the major annual festivals Alcheringa, Techniche and Udgam organized by the students at the institute level, various student bodies and the student hostels also organize smaller festivals and cultural events of their own throughout the year. Apart from the students themselves, the rest of the campus community (faculty, staff and their families) also takes part in these events which also see participation from the surrounding community as well.

The Institute regularly invites experts and well known persona from a wide range of technical, scientific and cultural specializations to visit IITG, give lectures and expositions in their respective areas and interact directly with the students to develop their interests in these areas. Apart from a very successful Institute Lecture Series, SPIC-MACAY events, programmes on dance, music and drama are also organized, some with the help of international organizations like the British Council and the Japan Foundation.

IIT Guwahati is situated on the north bank of Brahmaputra and is 22 km from the Guwahati city centre. It can be easily reached by Air and Rail from any other part of the country.

Arrival by Air: Guwahati International Airport is well connected to most of the major cities of the country by a large number of flights. IIT Guwahati campus is 23 km from the airport and can be reached by taxi in 25-30 minutes.

Arrival by Train: Guwahati Railway station is well connected to other cities and towns of the country by a large number of trains. IIT Guwahati campus is 22 km from the Guwahati Railway station and can be reached by taxi/auto/bus within 30 minutes. IITG campus can also be reached by IITG Buses that ply from the city centre (near railway station) at a regular interval of one hour.