Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Overview of the Curriculum - B.Tech and M.Tech Programs

On July 1, 2015, IIT Madras senate approved the following new curriculum for B.Tech and M.Tech programs at the CSE Department of IIT Madras. This is applicable for the batch of students admitted in July 2015 onwards. Here is some notation : S - Science, E - Engineering, H - Humanities, P - Professional Core+Electives, F - Free Electives. A few relevant links (1) Definition of a credit, (2) Industrial Training, (3) Honours Program, (4) Undergraduate Research Courses.

B.Tech Program : Credit Structure Sem. S E H P (C) P (E) F Core Total Recomm. Electives Sugg. Total Sem.1 43 12 0 0 0 0 56 56 Sem.2 23 17 0 10 0 0 50 50 Sem.3 9 10 9 29 0 9 47 1F 56 Sem.4 9 0 0 42 0 9 51 1F 60 Sem.5 0 0 0 39 12 9 39 1P+1F 60 Sem.6 9 0 0 0 24 27 9 2P+3F 60 Sem.7 0 0 9 0 36 9 9 3P+1F 54 Sem.8 0 0 9 0 12 9 9 1P+1F 30 Winter 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 Summer 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 Total 84 45 27 120 84 72 276 7P+8F 432		B.Tech (Hons.) Program : Credit Structure Sem. S E H P (C) P (E) F Core Total Recomm. Electives Sugg. Total Sem.1 43 12 0 0 0 0 56 56 Sem.2 23 17 0 10 0 0 50 50 Sem.3 9 10 9 29 0 9 47 1F 56 Sem.4 9 0 0 42 0 9 51 1F 60 Sem.5 0 0 0 39 12 9 39 1P+1F 60 Sem.6 9 0 0 0 36 18 9 3P+2F 63 Sem.7 0 0 9 0 36 18 9 3P+2F 63 Sem.8 0 0 9 24 12 9 33 1P+1F 54 Winter 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 Summer 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 Total 84 45 27 144 96 72 300 8P+8F 468
B.Tech + M.Tech (DD) Program : Credit Structure Sem. S E H P (C) P (E) F Core Total Recomm. Electives Sugg. Total Sem.1 43 12 0 0 0 0 56 56 Sem.2 23 17 0 10 0 0 50 50 Sem.3 9 10 9 29 0 9 47 1F 56 Sem.4 9 0 0 42 0 9 51 1F 60 Sem.5 0 0 0 39 12 9 39 1P+1F 60 Sem.6 9 0 0 0 24 27 9 2P+3F 60 Sem.7 0 0 9 0 36 9 9 3P+1F 54 Sem.8 0 0 0 0 48 9 9 4P 57 Sem.9 0 0 0 0 30 0 30 1F 39 Sem.10 0 0 0 0 35 0 35 35 Winter 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 Summer 0 4 0 0 20 0 23 23 Total 84 45 27 120 205 72 276 10P+8F 553		B.Tech (Hons.) + M.Tech (DD) Program : Credit Structure Sem. S E H P (C) P (E) F Core Total Recomm. Electives Sugg. Total Sem.1 43 12 0 0 0 0 56 56 Sem.2 23 17 0 10 0 0 50 50 Sem.3 9 10 9 29 0 9 47 1F 56 Sem.4 9 0 0 42 0 9 51 1F 60 Sem.5 0 0 0 39 12 9 39 1P+1F 60 Sem.6 9 0 0 0 36 18 9 3P+2F 63 Sem.7 0 0 9 0 36 18 9 3P+2F 63 Sem.8 0 0 0 0 48 9 9 4P 57 Sem.9 0 0 0 0 30 0 30 1F 39 Sem.10 0 0 0 0 35 0 35 35 Winter 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 Summer 0 4 0 0 20 0 23 23 Total 84 45 27 120 241 72 276 13P+8F 589