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IIIT Raichur started its academic activity in August 2019 with its first batch of 30 BTech students in Computer Science and Engineering. The intake will be 50 for this year, 2021-22.
Due to covid-related issues this year, the first two semesters will be appropriately restructured from the standard pattern.
The 4-year BTech program in the dept. of CSE is concerned with theoretical and practical aspects of computing. Theoretical aspects include algorithms and their analyses, data structures and their uses in software, theory of automata, formal languages and computation. The engineering aspects include various topics in systems such as architectures of computers, programming languages, operating systems, design of databases, computer networks and application software. IIITR is introducing “Semester Internship”, a semester-long internship program as an integral part of curriculum carrying credits along with the regular Summer Internship.
_IIIT Raichur 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 lecture course has 3 credits leading to 42 lecture hours in a semester. Fractional credits can be 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 having 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 and 42 lecture hours, respectively.
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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. The final year of study is project heavy where students are encouraged to work on research problems. 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.
Gender-based and/or handicap (physical/ neurological)-based restrictions: None
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