IIT Roorkee UG Curriculum Revised; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Management (IIT) Roorkee has revised the course curriculum for its UG Courses to make them according to global standards. 

IIT Roorkee has reduced the credits required for core courses. It has also increased the components of elective courses like  humanities and social sciences, community outreach, open elective courses, entrepreneurship etc.

According to the official release, the new curriculum will be implemented from the academic session 2023-24 for all B. Tech, B.Arch., BS-MS and Integrated M. Tech. programs. The new changes have been brought to keep up the pace with the educational and industrial developments and requirements in terms of technology, entrepreneurship, sustainability, interdisciplinary knowledge etc.

IIT Roorkee has introduced mandatory courses on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Data Science, Indian Knowledge System (IKS), Tinkering and Mentoring, Talent Enhancement Baskets (TEB), Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science and Sustainability (ESSC), Community Outreach (CORE), Soft Skills etc.

Students will also get the opportunity to choose from Theme based Minor Specialization, Design Thinking based projects and many more. The news curriculum has also been made in accordance with NEP 2020 to make it relevant for the country as well. It has been formulated with the philosophy ‘STEPS’ (Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Project-based education and Societal commitment)

According to the new curriculum, the students in all programs will be studying courses on Soft Skills, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Programming, Tinkering and Mentoring and Engineering Science in the first semester. Course on Soft Skills will be enhancing students’ overall personality, including communication, presentation, and group discussion skills.

Another new feature of the curriculum is that all UG students will be exposed to the significance of the traditional Indian knowledge system through a mandatory course. 

“Keeping in view of National Education Policy’s (NEP) recommendations and current social and placement trends, the undergraduate curriculum revision committee(UCRC) has revised the choice-based credit system and developed a new framework for undergraduate programmes. The framework reflects the NEP’s recommendations such as restructured degree programmes, interdisciplinary choices, flexible degree options with single major, double major, minors, enhancing entrepreneurship, culture and a curriculum built with employability skills in addition to academic subjects. The curriculum has been designed to cater to the present day needs and the students of the upcoming batches shall be truly benefited.” – says Abramoni Sathwik, a fourth year Computer Science student and General Secretary of the UG students on Academic matters.

Professor Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Dean of Academic Affairs, who also steered the Committee that drafted the revised UG curriculum, says – “The overhaul of the UG curriculum by the IIT Roorkee promises to prepare the students for global employability, while keeping pace with the need of the futuristic demands of the industries. The committee has designed the curriculum with inputs from all the stakeholders. The curriculum emphasizes on making the fundamentals strong, experiential learning and providing ample flexibility to the students to utilize their raw talent for solving the live problems of industry as well as the society. This will make learning more exciting and rewarding.”

Professor K. K. Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee talking about programme revision expressed that the UG students will now have better reasons to choose this institute. Professor Pant says – “IIT Roorkee is very happy to roll out the new UG curriculum that is NEP 2020 compliant. The innovative curriculum promotes multi-disciplinary and project-based learning. On many aspects, for example – introduction of the Talent Enhancement Basket and courses like CORE, this curriculum is unique in India and I am sure, the framework will be able to inspire other institutes as well. The curriculum has created wonderful opportunities for the students to get involved in solving societal problems, thus advocating the philosophy of ‘solving local problems with local talents’. The curriculum is so designed that all students shall learn the basics of AI/ML & data science; also, flexibility has been given to the students to prepare themselves for the global stage while in the institute by crediting selected courses from selected leading universities of the world.”

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