Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati which was established in 1994 has a sprawling campus on 285 hectares on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra around 20 kms. from the heart of the city. With the majestic Brahmaputra on one side and with hills and vast open spaces on the other side, the campus provides an ideal setting for learning. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati was established in 1994 while its academic programme started in 1995. Currently, the Institute has eleven departments and five inter-disciplinary academic centres covering all the major engineering, science and humanities disciplines. 

IIT Guwahati offers BTech, BDes, MA, MDes, MTech, MSc and PhD programmes. Within a short period of time, IIT Guwahati has been able to build up world class infrastructure for carrying out advanced research and has been equipped with state-of-the-art scientific and engineering instruments. It  is one of the important IITs to carry out research in various engineering disciplines.

Academic Departments in IIT Guwahati

The IIT Guwahati has following departments:
  • Department of Biotechnology
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Design
  • Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Physics

Centres in Guwahati

  • Centre for Nanotechnology
  • Centre for Linguistic Science & Technology
  • Centre for the Environment
  • Centre For Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems

Academic Schools IIT Guwahati

  • School of Agro and Rural Technology
  • School of Business
  • Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  • School of Energy Sciences and Engineering
  • School of Health Science & Technology

Extramural centres IIT Guwahati

  • Central Instruments Facility
  • Centre for Computer & Communication Centre
  • Centre for Career Development.
  • Centre for Creativity
  • Centre for Educational Technology

Admissions in IIT Guwahati

Admission to various study programmes in IIT Guwahati are offered through entrance exams. Following given details:

Facilities in IIT Guwahati

The 74,000 square metre complex houses the academic departments, centres, their laboratories, and classrooms. The Computer and Communication Centre houses a modern Computer Centre and Central Library. A lecture hall complex with four lecture halls, each capable of seating 250 scholars and an auditorium of 1500 capacity provide space for teaching and holding various events/programmes. The Sports Complex comprising of an indoor sports stadium with synthetic badminton, table tennis and squash courts, gymnasium where residents can relax.

IIT Guwahati Placement

The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) invites companies for campus selection of students studying in the final year of a course. Placement at IIT Guwahti is roung the year activity. In the year 2023. till December 1st week total 712 offers were made. The highest domestic package offered was Rs. 1.20 crore. Industry wise 38 per cent were recruited for core industries, 36 per cent got software development and product roles and 26 per cent, analyst and finance profiles. The major recruiters of this year are companies like Google, Microsoft, Bajaj, HPCL, Navi, Piramal, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments among others.

Contact Details
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati – 781039, India
Website: www.iitg.ac.in

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