NEW IITs August 14, 2008
The Government of India has announced setting up of 8 more new IITs in the 11th plan. Admissions in the following six new IITs, subjected to the approval@ of the competent authority of the Govt. of India, is likely to take place during the counselling session of JEE 2008. To begin with, each new IIT will admit students in the B Tech programmes . The academic programmes at these new IITs will commence in July/August 2008. The curriculum and syllabus as well as the fee structure and other rules for the new IITs will be broadly same as that of the respective mentor IITs.
The first year classes for IIT Punjab, IIT Rajasthan and IIT Bhuvaneswar will be conducted at the campuses of the respective mentor IITs. In the second year, the students from the above three IITs will be shifted to their respective locations. Classes for other new IITs will be conducted in the cities where the new IITs are located.
IIT Patna
IIT Patna’s campus will be on the outskirts of Patna in a 600 acre campus. Classes will start in 2008 from a temporary campus in Navin Govt. Polytechnic, Patliputra Nagar, a posh area of Patna. The campus will have 45000 sq ft of space. Two hostels to house boys and girls are also available next to the academic area. Faculty from IIT Guwahati will take the classes. It is expected that all operations will shift to the main campus by July 2010.
IIT Rajasthan
The location of the new IIT in Rajasthan will be announced by the Government of India. In the meantime, IIT Kanpur would be acting as the mentor institute of IIT Rajasthan.. Till the required infrastructure comes up, the classes will be held at the IIT Kanpur campus, after which the students will be relocated to the place in Rajasthan where the new IIT gets established. The students taking admission to the new IIT Rajasthan, along with their parents, will be required to give an undertaking to this effect. For the benefit of the aspiring applicants, further details of the academic programs and other procedures on IIT Rajasthan will be made available on the website of IIT Kanpur (www.iitk.ac.in/iitj) very soon. In the meantime, any queries can be made by sending e-mail to: iitj@iitk.ac.in or by calling at: (+91)-512-259-6244 (Tele-Fax).
IIT Gandhinagar
IIT Gandhinagar, in Gujarat, is one of the new IITs proposed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Gujarat is known for excellent infrastructure with thriving industries, prestigious academic and research institutes and an ambience which encourages entrepreneurship. IIT Bombay has been identified as the mentoring institution for the IIT in Gujarat. Till the campus of the new IIT in Gujarat gets established, the classes will be held within the premises of Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda, which is within the municipal limits of Gandhinagar. Students will be provided with residential and other facilities at a temporary location. The curriculum will be similar to that of IIT Bombay with some differences until the time the academic bodies of the new IIT is in place. Fee structure will be same as that of the mentoring Institute
IIT Bhuvaneswar
IIT Bhuvaneswar is one amongst the new IITs proposed by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India. Its location will be intimated in due course and the academic programme will start from 24 July 2008 in the IIT Kharagpur campus. After completion of first year in IIT Kharagpur, the students will be shifted to new location where IIT Bhuvaneswar will be established. The first year fee structure will be same as that of IIT Kharagpur.
IIT Punjab
IIT Punjab is one of the new IITs proposed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. Its location will be known in due course of time and the academic session 2008-2009 will start on July 23, 2008. The curriculum, course structure and syllabus for the first year courses will be broadly as per that at IIT Delhi. The first year fee structure will also be same as that at IIT Delhi. Classes will initially start at IIT Delhi campus, and subsequently the students will be relocated to its new location as soon as IIT Punjab is established. The students will have to move to the new place and they will not be accommodated at IIT Delhi campus; an undertaking to this effect will have to be given at the time of joining.
JOINT ADMISSION TEST M Sc (JAM) August 14, 2008
FOR ADMISSION TO M.Sc. and OTHER POST-B.Sc. PROGRAMMES at INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY , DELHI , GUWAHATI, KANPUR , KHARAGPUR, MADRAS , ROORKEE .
From the Academic Session 2004 – 2005, Indian Institutes of Technology have started conducting a Joint Admission test to M.Sc. (JAM) for admission to M.Sc. and other post-B.Sc. programmes at the IITs. The main objective of JAM is to provide admissions to various M.Sc. and other post-B.Sc. programmes based on the performance in a single test and consolidate ‘Science’ as a career option for bright students from across the country. In due course, JAM is also expected to become a benchmark for normalising undergraduate level science education in the country.
The M.Sc. and other post-B.Sc. programmes at the IITs offer high quality post-B.Sc. education in respective disciplines, comparable to the best in the world. The curricula for these programmes are designed to provide the students opportunities to develop academic talent leading to challenging and rewarding professional life. The curricula are regularly updated at each IIT. Interdisciplinary content of the curricula equips the students to utilize scientific knowledge for practical applications. The medium of instruction in all the programmes is English.
COURSES
The following are the full-time M.Sc. and other post-B.Sc. programmes at different IITs to which admissions shall be made on the basis of JAM-
IIT Bombay (IITB): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes in: (i) Applied Statistics and Informatics,
(ii) Applied Geology,
(iii) Applied Geophysics,
(iv) Biotechnology,
(v) Chemistry,
(vi) Mathematics,
(vii) Physics.
M.Sc.-Ph. D. Dual Degree programmes in:
(i) Energy,
(ii) Physics.
IIT Delhi (IITD): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes in:
(i) Chemistry,
(ii) Mathematics,
(iii) Physics.
IIT Guwahati (IITG): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes in:
(i) Chemistry,
(ii) Mathematics and Computing,
(iii) Physics.
IIT Kanpur (IITK): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes in: (i) Chemistry,
(ii) Mathematics,
(iii) Physics,
(iv) Statistics.
M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree programme in Physics (Transfer from M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree programme to M.Sc. Physics programme is not permitted).
IIT Kharagpur (IITKgp): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes in:
(i) Chemistry,
(ii) Geological Sciences,
(iii) Geophysics,
(iv) Mathematics,
(v) Physics,
(vi) Statistics & Informatics.
IIT Madras (IITM): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes in: (i) Chemistry,
(ii) Mathematics,
(iii) Physics.
IIT Roorkee (IITR): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programmes in: (i) Applied Geology,
(ii) Applied Mathematics,
(iii) Biotechnology,
(iv) Chemistry,
(v) Industrial Mathematics and Informatics,
(vi) Physics.
Three-year Master of Technology (M.Tech.) programme in Applied Geophysics.
Three-year Interdisciplinary Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programme.
IMPORTANT DATES
Issue of Application Form and Information Brochure at Bank Counters / by Post only from IIT / Commencement of Online Registration -
2nd week ofNovember
Last date for receipt of requests at IIT for issue of application material by Post last week ofDec,.
Last date for issue of Application Form and Information Brochure at Bank Counters 1st week ofJanuary .
Date of JAM Test-last week of march.
Announcement of the Result of JAM-Test -last week of APRIL
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