IIT Mumbai | Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

About IIT Bombay :
IIT Bombay, set up by an Act of Parliament, was established in 1958, at Powai, a northern suburb of Mumbai. Today the Institute is recognised as one of the centres of academic excellence in the country. Over the years, there has been dynamic progress at IIT Bombay in all academic and research activities, and a parallel improvement in facilities and infrastructure, to keep it on par with the best institutions in the world. Institutes in positions of excellence grow with time. The ideas and ideals on which such institutes are built evolve and change with national aspirations, national perspectives, and trends world - wide. IIT Bombay, too, is one such institution.

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Objectives and Goals:

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay seeks to establish traditions which will foster creativity and growth of excellence. The institutes has the following broad objectives :

To provide the best possible educational facilities for training bright students for the careers in technology and science.
To provide a creative atmosphere in which higher studies and research thrive both amongst the students and the faculty.
To organize a short intensive courses, conferences and seminars on current technological developments which will be of benefit to the surrounding community.
To provide research and development consultancy which will promote contact with and be of service to industries and to government and Civic Organizations.
To organize quality improvement programmes for faculty members from various engineering colleges.
To provide leadership in curriculum design and development.

The Institute cherishes the hope that its graduates will be the leaders of tomorrow. Their education is patterned with this in view. Thus in the engineering curriculum, besides the professional courses, there is a strong emphasis on acquiring a thorough grounding in the basic sciences of mathematics, physics and chemistry and a reasonable knowledge in subjects like economics, english, philosophy and social sciences belonging to the Humanities and Social Science. The emphasis on the basic sciences removes to some extent the fear of rapid obsolescence, while studies in the Humanities help the students to interact more positively with the society in which he lives. Besides making available facilities for higher education, traning and research in various fields of engineering and technology, the Institute contributes to the industrial development and economic growth of the country by preparing a cadre of engineers and scientists, who provide both man power and support R&D work for industries.

Under-Graduate Programme:

Departments offering B.Tech/Dual Degree

Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering Department
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
Physics

Post-Graduate Programme:

Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Earth Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Materials, Manufacturing and Modeling (MMM)-(Industry Sponsored)
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
Center of Studies in Resources Engineering
Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering
Corrosion Science & Engineering (Under Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Department)
Energy Science & Engineering
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Systems & Control Engineering
Environmental Science & Engineering
Centre For Technology Alternatives For Rural Areas(CTARA) (Technology And Development)

Departments offering Ph.D:

· Aerospace Engineering
· Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering
· Industrial Design Center
· Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering(CSRE)
· Chemical Engineering
· Chemistry
· Civil Engineering
· Computer Science & Engineering Department
· Corrosion Science & Engineering
· Earth Sciences
· Electrical Engineering
· Energy Science & Engineering
· Environmental Science & Engineering
· Humanities and Social Sciences
· Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
· Mathematics
· Mechanical Engineering
· Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
· Physics
Sailesh .J. Mehta School of Management(SOM)
Systems & Control Engineering