The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras is an autonomous statutory organization functioning within the Institute of Technology Act. The seven IITs are administered centrally by the IIT 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 administration and control.
The Senate comprises all professors of the Institute and decides its academic policy. It controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations, and results. It appoints committees to examine specific academic matters. Teaching, training and research activities of the various departments are periodically reviewed to improve facilities and standards. The Director of the Institute serves as the Chairman of the Senate.
Three Senate Sub-Committees - The Board of Academic Research, The Board of Academic Courses and The Board of Students - help in academic administration and in the efficient operations of the Institute. The Finance Committee advises on matters of financial policy, while the Building and Works Committee advises on buildings and infrastructure. The Board of Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research addresses industrial consultancy and the Library Advisory Committee oversees library matters.
[edit] Departments
IIT Madras has 11 engineering departments:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Mechanics
- Biotechnology
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Design
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Ocean Engineering
Five other departments offer studies in:
[edit] Academics
IIT Madras offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees across 15 disciplines in Engineering, Sciences, Humanities and Management. About 360 faculty belonging to various science and engineering departments and centres of the Institute are engaged in teaching, research and industrial consultancy.
The academic calendar is organized around the semester. Each semester provides a minimum of seventy days of instruction, in English. Students are evaluated on a continuous basis throughout the semester. Evaluation is done by the faculty, a consequence of the autonomous status granted to the Institute. Research work is evaluated on the basis of the review thesis by peer examiners both from within the country and abroad. Ordinances that govern the academic program of study are prepared by the Senate, the highest academic body within the Institute.
[edit] Undergraduate academics
- Admission to Undergraduate Curriculum
JEE: The Joint Entrance Examination to the IITs is conducted every year and forms the basis of admission to the undergraduate programs. It is considered an extremely competitive exam.
[HSEE]: The Humanities and Social Sciences entrance Exam is conducted by IIT Madras for admission to the unique and innovative Five Year Integrated Masters Programme, leading to M.A. degrees in any of the 3 disciplines: Development Studies, Economics, and English Studies. Only 39 students are selected for this course at IIT-Madras. The syllabus for this exam is as follows: 25% English and Comprehension, 25% Quantitative Ability and Analytical Ability, 50% General Stuudies (divided into four components - Indian Economics, Indian Society, Contemporary World Affairs, Environment and Ecology).
[edit] Graduate academics
- Admission to Graduate Curriculum
GATE: The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is the entrance exam used to govern admission to post graduate engineering programs at the IITs.
JAM: The Joint Admission to M.Sc. is the entrance exam used to govern admission to post graduate science programs at the IITs.
[edit] Management programme
- Admission to MBA Curriculum
JMET: The Joint Management Entrance Test is the entrance exam used to govern admission to the MBA programme at the IITs. It is followed by a group task exercise and a personal interview.
[edit] Credit system
Like other IITs, IIT Madras follows a credit system for evaluating academic performance. The GPA ranges on a scale from 0 to 10. Each course carries a certain number of credits (usually 1 to 4). The student has to secure a minimum number of credits over the duration of the degree, that depends on the program, the department, and specialization. The following letter grades are awarded for each course:
| Letter Grade | S | A | B | C | D | E | U | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade Points | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
The U grade is failure in the course, and W is the failure to satisfy attendance requirements; in either case, the course is considered failed. The GPA is computed as the cumulative credit-weighted average of the grade points:
where:
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- N is the number of courses,
- Ci is credits for the ith course,
- GPi is grade points for the ith course, and,
- CGPA is the cumulative grade point average.
Presently, whenever a fail grade is followed by a subsequent pass grade, the fail grade is not used in computation of CGPA; these fail grades are also removed from the transcript and replaced by a footnote indicating the number of attempts made to obtain the pass grade. Some courses are considered pass-fail courses which, if a requirement to a student, has to be passed by the student; however, the marks/grade obtained in that course is not considered in the calculation of the CGPA.
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