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IIT Gandhinagar has taken a unique approach to emerge as a leading institution on two fronts, one, its pursuit to establish a holistic, well-rounded, and modern curriculum, and two, its student-centric approach to help establish a nurturing, safe, and vibrant ecosystem for its students.

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Students First

IIT Gandhinagar believes that along with a strong foundation in engineering fundamentals, the long-term success of students is determined by a holistic education that promotes overall development beyond the core curriculum. Therefore, we emphasize project-based and hands-on learning, a flexible and broad curriculum, critical thinking, cultivating leadership and communication skills, and provide opportunities to connect with Indian society as well as to learn from international exposure.

Unique innovations

Unique innovations at IIT Gandhinagar

1. A five-week immersive foundation program (that all undergraduates undergo) designed to nurture creativity, communication skills, ethics, teamwork, social engagement and physical fitness.
2. An international internship program that results in more than 40% of our undergraduates receiving international exposure before they graduate.
3. A flexible and broad-based curriculum that let students pursue topics and streams of their interest (including liberal branch change policy, numerous elective courses, interdisciplinary minor programs, dual major and dual degree programs).
4. A unique explorer fellowship program that enables students to travel the length and breadth of the country in teams to experience India intimately at the grassroots.
5. A 24-hour tinkerers lab managed by students with state-of-the-art tools for students to work on projects of their interest.
6. Several advanced pedagogical initiatives including active learning and learning-by-doing approaches in several courses, a creative learning centre, curricular-wide project-based learning, a writing studio, etc.



Achievements

Achievements

1. Modern and excellent hostel facilities including air conditioning in all rooms, various conveniences and facilities (including shops, cafes, student lounge, mini library) in the hostels along with a dedicated set of hostel caretakers stationed in the hostels.
2. Liberal financial aid and scholarship programs (beyond the government scholarships) to support both students with financial need and student excellence.
3. A highly responsible student body achieved by promoting responsibility, independence, and ethics at various levels and in various policies of the institute. This has also helped maintain a ragging-free campus, and a high level of ethical conduct in exams and overall conduct.
4. Recent recognition from fssai as an exemplary (5-star) Eat Right Campus that promotes hygiene, safety, quality of ingredients, local and seasonal foods, close monitoring, and sustainability in its student messes (dining halls) and all eateries and cafes around campus.
5. A high emphasis on student emotional wellbeing with its very pro-active counselling services office along with a set of professional counsellors, faculty advisors, student guides that keep in touch with every student often times multiples times in a semester.
6. A number of recognitions for its outstanding campus designs and green initiatives including the five-star GRIHA LD rating (the first campus in India to do so), number of HUDCO awards including the green campus award, and Yes Bank Eco Campus award.
7. Heavy emphasis on sports, physical fitness, and extra-curricular activities including numerous student clubs.
8. Opportunities for students to participate in social and leadership initiatives including an ad-hoc school for construction workers children that is fully run by students and running computer literacy programs for nearby village youth, leadership in various institute fests, etc.

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Academic Structure

BTech ● MTech ● MSc ● MA ● PhD ● Non-degree Programmes

IIT Gandhinagar offers 4-year BTech programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Integrated Circuit Design & Technology, Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. In addition, students are admitted to the BTech-MTech dual degree programmes in Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

The institute also offers 2-year MSc programmes in Chemistry, Cognitive Science, Mathematics and Physics; a 2-year MA programme in Society and Culture, MTech, PGDIIT and PhD programmes in several disciplines in Engineering, Sciences and Humanities & Social Sciences.

The Institute has introduced a futuristic undergraduate curriculum keeping in mind the urgent need to develop engineers and problem solvers for the 21st century that focuses on the overall development of students. Flexibility is built into the curriculum with a large number of elective courses that students can choose based on their interest, liberal branch change policies, minor programs in various topics including interdisciplinary areas, and large number of short courses offered by guest scholars.

In addition, students can sign up for the Dual Major Programme during their course of study to earn an additional BTech degree in a second branch of their choice. Students can also choose to sign up for the Dual Degree Programme that enables students to get an MTech/MSc/MA degree in a branch of their choice (possibly different from their BTech branch) in addition to the BTech degree within a reasonable duration (again by usually spending an extra year).

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Student Life

Students are major stakeholders of educational institutions and IIT Gandhinagar is becoming known for its student-centric approach emphasizing student responsibility and independence and their academic, social and emotional wellbeing. A high level of emphasis is placed on ethics and responsibility.

IITGN prides itself in maintaining a ragging-free campus, and the student body maintains a high level of ethical conduct supported by various initiatives including the student honour code. Along with rigorous academic training, students are encouraged to pursue curricular and extracurricular activities. IITGN is liberal in its outlook, informal in its interactions and uncompromising on its values. The students are encouraged to have convictions and opinions; take decisions and be responsible for it. IITGN ensures that all students have opportunities for holistic development.

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