Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi

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The Banaras
Hindu University (BHU) was founded in 1919 and in 2012, the Institute of
Technology at BHU was designated an Indian
Institute of Technology. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi (commonly known as IIT (BHU) Varanasi) is a public engineering institution located in Varanasi, Uttar
Pradesh, India.  

IIT (BHU),
Varanasi has a residential and co-educational campus built on an area of 400
acres within the larger BHU campus which is spread over nearly 1,300 acres (5.3
km2) at the southern end of Varanasi on the banks of the River Ganges. There are 15 hostels for students, 11 for boys,
3 for girls and 1 for married couples.

Academics at IITBHU

IIT(BHU) Varanasi has 17 academic units
including 10 Engineering Departments, 3 Science Departments, 3
Interdisciplinary Schools and 1 Humanities & Social Sciences Section. An
academic year is divided into two semesters each of twenty weeks duration.

Undergraduate programme

IIT (BHU) Varanasi offers four year
instructional programmes for the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) and
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm). Five year programmes are categorized into the
Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) programme and Integrated Master’s Degree (IMD)
programme. The IDD programme offers combined B.Tech and M.Tech or alternatively
B.Pharm and M.Pharm degrees. Admission to all programmes is expressly through
the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by the Indian Institutes
of Technology.

Postgraduate programme

Postgraduate courses offer Master
of Technology (M.Tech) and Ph.D. degrees. Admissions to the M. Tech programme
are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
conducted jointly by Indian Institute of Science and Indian
Institutes of Technology.

The academic units at IITBHU are
as follows:

·
Engineering:

·
Ceramic Engineering

·
Chemical Engineering

·
Civil Engineering

·
Computer Science & Engineering

·
Electrical Engineering

·
Electronics Engineering

·
Mechanical Engineering

·
Metallurgical Engineering

·
Mining Engineering

·
Pharmaceutics

· Sciences:

·
Chemistry

·
Mathematics

·
Physics

·
Interdisciplinary Schools:

·
Biochemical Engineering

·
Biomedical Engineering

·
Material Science and Technology

·
Humanities & Social Sciences Section

Extra-Curricular Activities

Technex is the annual technical festival which focusses
software development, model exhibition, paper and poster presentation,
astronomy, robotics and general awareness. Kashiyatra is
the annual social and cultural festival. Spardha is the annual sports meet in which
includes athletics events and games such as cricket, football, hockey,
basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton and kabaddi. Almost every Department
of IIT (BHU) Varanasi organizes its own fest.

Placement scenario

While placements at BHU have always been good,
after becoming an IIT the placements have been rapidly taking off. The Times of
India reported on Dec 5th, 2014 “The Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras
Hindu University scripted a success story in the current placement season, as
one of its students has been selected by the Oracle US at a compensation of Rs. 2.03 crore. Another
student has been hired by Google Mountain View at a compensation of Rs. 1.63
crore.”