Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Today, IIT Hyderabad has 2381 students and 184 full time faculty. Of 2381 students UG strength-1077( BTech-957 and MSc-120). IITH aims to train well-rounded engineers who are ready to tackle real-world problems. In a short period of time, IIT Hyderabad has emerged as a prestigious institute of higher learning producing students of great caliber. IITH is creating a unique holistic educational ecosystem that will foster interactive learning, cutting edge research, strong industry collaboration, and entrepreneurship. It is providing an environment wherein students and faculty are not afraid to experiment and celebrate their ideas. The campus buildings are designed by world renowned architects and have the ultramodern aesthetics with world class amenities. The hostels have a very unique architecture, making it more of a dwelling rather than a student hostel. IITH has a vibrant student gymkhana that oversees all the aspects of the students’ life during their stay at IIT Hyderabad. IITH has implemented a very novel academic program, referred to as, Fractal Academics – the key idea is to atomize courses, provide breadth and depth, emphasize courses in liberal arts as well as creative arts, emphasize project work, and create an interactive learning ambience. A typical 3 lecture course has 3 credits leading to 42 lecture hours in a semester. Fractional credits can be 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 having 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 and 42 lectures hours, respectively. The fractal academic program is a novel holistic approach to undergraduate teaching. It has multiple goals among which fostering undergraduate research, interdisciplinary learning and encouraging creativity are the primary ones.