Indian Institute of Technology Madras, is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959.
The Institute was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. The IIT system has seven Institutes of Technology located at Kharagpur (estb. 1951), Mumbai (estb. 1958), Chennai (estb. 1959), Kanpur (estb. 1959), Delhi (estb. 1961), Guwahati (estb. 1994) and Roorkee (estb. 1847, joined IITs in 2001).
IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 460 faculty, 4500 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country.
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The Institute has fifteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organised in a unique pattern of functioning. A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. Chennai is the state capital of Tamilnadu, a southern state in India.
Courses Offered:
1. Aerospace Engineering
2. Applied Mechanics
3. Biotechnology
4. Chemical Engineering
5. Chemistry
6. Civil Engineering
7. Computer Science and Engineering
8. Electrical Engineering
9. Engineering Design
10. Humanities and Social Sciences
12. Mathematics
13. Mechanical Engineering
14. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
15. Ocean Engineering
16. Physics
Tejashree Gawade Fri, 12/07/2012 - 15:54.
hi i would like to complete my M tech from IIT Chennai. What is the eligibility for admission and if am not eligible then what is the other way to get the admission