Indian Institute of Technology Patna

ABOUT IIT Patna - Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Indian Institute of Technology Patna is one of the new IITs established by an Act of the Indian Parliament on August 06, 2008.

Patna which was known as Patliputra has been a center of knowledge since long has been attracting visitors and scholars from many parts of the world such as China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, among others. This has been a land of visionaries. Some of the legends from this region include Lord Gautam Buddha, Lord Mahavir, Guru Gobind Singh, the famous astronomer Aryabhatta and the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

IIT Patna has ten departments: These are Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Humanities & Social Science departments.

IIT Patna has three schools – (1) School of Engineering consisting of the following Departments namely, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering (2) School of Basic Sciences consisting of Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics Departments (3) School of Humanities consisting of Humanities & Social Science Department.

The institute has developed modern facilities that are fully equipped with state of the art machines and technologies to run the following programs:

- B.Tech in five Departments such as Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemistry.
- M.Tech in multi-disciplinary streams in eight specializations namely (1) Mechatronics, (2) Mathematics & Computing, (3) Nano Science & Technology, (4) Computer Science and Engineering, (5) Communication System Engineering offered by Department of Electrical Engineering, (6) Mechanical Engineering, (7) Civil and Infrastructure Engineering and (8) Materials Science and Engineering.
- PhD programs in all the 10 departments and 3 centers of excellence: (a) Engineering departments: Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering (b) Basic Science departments: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, (c) Humanities and Social Sciences, (d) Centre for Energy and Environment, Centre for Advanced Systems Engineering and Centre for Strategic Materials