The Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, is among the foremost of Institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research.
The institute, with a self-contained campus of nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Chennai. It has been growing from strength to strength ever since it obtained its charter from the Indian Parliament in 1961, and has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country.
The activities of the institute encompass several Departments and advanced research centres, in various disciplines of engineering and sciences with nearly 100 laboratories organised on a unique pattern of functioning.
A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical and supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of this institute.
Administration
The Indian Institute The Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai is an autonomous statutory organization functioning within the Institute of Technology Act. The six Indian Institutes of Technology ( others being at Mumbai, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur and New Delhi ) are administered centrally by the IITs’ Council, an apex body established by the Government of India. The Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, is the Chairman of the Council. Each Institute has a Board of Governors responsible for its overall administration and control. The Senate comprising all Professors of the Institute decides the academic policy of the Institute. It controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examination and results and appoints committees to look into specific academic matters arising from time to time. The teaching, training and research activities of various departments at the Institute are periodically reviewed to improve facilities and maintain standards. The Director of the Institute is the ex-officio Chairman of the Senate. The Senate also has sub-committees, namely, the Board of Academic Courses and Board of Students which help in the academic administration and efficient functioning of the Institute. Financial policy matters and building and works activities are respectively looked into by the Finance Committee and the Building and Works Committee
The institute offers Under-Graduate programs leading to Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, Computer Science, Electrical including Electronics, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering and Naval Architecture. The institute also offers Post-Graduate programs leading to Master of Technology (M.Tech) in all the Engineering branches and Applied Mechanics. Each department has many areas of specialization at the M.Tech Level. The Humanities and the Social Sciences Department offers an M.Tech degree program in Industrial Management while Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree courses are offered by the Science Departments, (i.e.) Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. The Master of Science by Research (M.S.) program is a research-oriented Masters program offered by all Engineering Departments and the Humanities and Social Sciences Dept. Doctoral Programs leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Engineering, Sciences and Humanities are offered by all departments. Besides these there is also a student exchange program wherein students from various foreign universities are invited to pursue programmes here.
IIT-JEE 2000
The admissions to the B.Tech and the M.Tech (Dual Degree) programmes are held via the Joint Entrance Examinations (IIT-JEE). Only candidates who are selected via these examinations are eligible for admissions to these courses in the IITs. The information regarding these are generally published in the major national newspapers by mid-August of the previous year. IIT-JEE 2000 is a departure from the previous Joint Entrance Exams held so far. IIT-JEE 2000 will be conducted in two phases. The first phase is scheduled to be held in January 2000, which will constitute a screening exam for all the applicants. Approximately 20% of the candidates appearing for the screening test will be selected to go through to the final exam in May 2000. The organising institute for IIT-JEE 2000 is IIT Delhi and the JEE 2000 brochure is available in this site just click on the links to read the JEE brochure
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