The primary objective of engineering is solving problems. With rapid advancements in technology, the problems that are associated with them are becoming increasingly complex. In order to equip the students graduating from the college with more relevant skill-sets and knowledge base, the provision of pursuing a Minors in some other department or an Honors in your department of study has been running quite successfully at IITR.

Minor Specialization

Students who are willing to excel in some specialization other than his/her own department, have the option for doing a Minor specialization in that department. Earlier, one needed to have a CGPA>7.5 to opt for a minor. Recent changes have scrapped this rule, however, a limit on the number of students in a course might be imposed. It consists of 4-8 additional courses equivalent to 18-30 credits that need to be taken up in the pre-final and the final year of college. Also, it is not necessary for the specialization to belong to the same discipline of study and it may be taken from any one of engineering, management, science and humanities. The most recent addition to this basket was a minor in Economics. Before the beginning of every semester, courses being offered for a particular minor specialization are floated and students have to pick up a few from that basket. These courses are called Minor Specialization Courses and have a fixed number of seats. For the people who successfully fulfill the required credits have the title of the minor specialization aptly mentioned on their degree they receive upon graduation.

Departmental Honours

The basic structure of Departmental Honours is similar to Minor Specialization. Students with interests in their own department and having a CGPA greater than 7.5 can take 4-5 extra courses from their department and pass out with an Honours degree. The courses for gaining an honours degree are floated before the beginning of every semester by the concerned department and are called Departmental Honours Courses. Similar to Minors, a student passing out with an Honours will have it mentioned in his degree.

Switching to an Integrated Dual Degree Program(IDD) from BTech Program

Students at the end of their 3rd year are offered an option to switch to an integrated dual degree program (BTech + MTech). The MTech degree choices are unique to the student’s BTech branch and they depend on whether it satisfies the required eligibility criteria. This option to switch is offered only to the students having a CGPA greater than 7.5 and an approval from their respective departments.