Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jammu is a public institution established in the year 2016, when a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Department of Higher Education, Government of Jammu & Kashmir and Department of Higher Education, MHRD, Government of India. It is one of the recently started IITs and mentored by IIT Delhi. The institute is spread over a lush green campus of about 400 acres of land and equipped with all the facilities needed by the students. It offers a 4-year full-time undergraduate program in technology and recently started offering PhD. courses in multiple specializations. Admissions to the courses are done based on several entrance exams at the national level such as JEE Advanced, GATE, and NET.
At present, the Institute conducts three programmes, including BTech, MTech and PhD majorly in Engineering stream. These courses are offered by the 10 departments of IIT Jammu. Apart from these degree courses, the Institute also provides workshops, summer internships, diploma and short-term courses in skill development, entrepreneurship, etc., as value-addition programmes to the students.
The Indian Institute of Technology Jammu was inaugurated on 6th August 2016, and welcomed the first batch of students into the campus in Paloura, Jammu. In the initial phases, the establishment of IIT Jammu was done under the mentorship of IIT Delhi. In 2018, IIT Jammu shifted the primary operations to the Main Campus in Jagti, Nagrota. The State Government, Jammu and Kashmir has provided land for the establishment of a permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology in Jammu, which consists of 400 acres. Currently the Phase 1 A of the main campus, spread across 25 acres, is operational. Phase 1 B and 1 C are undergoing construction. The campus in Paloura currently houses the PhD scholars and is being developed into a high-end research facility. The main campus of the Institute is located on National Highway 44 and is about 15 kilometers from the Airport
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