The Indian Institute of Expertise (IIT) Delhi’s Abu Dhabi campus will supply two undergraduate programs from the brand new educational session beginning this September, Director Rangan Banerjee introduced on Thursday.
The offshore campus, established in 2023, at present presents solely postgraduate programs. The 2 new undergraduate (UG) programs are Pc Science Engineering and Vitality Engineering.
A complete of 60 college students shall be admitted to the 2 programs. This may embody 20 college students who’ve certified JEE (Superior) 2024 and 40 picked by way of a brand new entrance check known as the Mixed Admission Entrance Take a look at (CAET), Banerjee stated at a press convention.
Of the 40 seats to be stuffed up by way of CAET, 20 are allotted for UAE nationals and 20 for expatriates within the UAE (together with Indian expatriates) and worldwide college students, he added.
Banerjee stated the Abu Dhabi campus is in energetic discussions with the trade and companions within the UAE and the Gulf area, and analysis, innovation and entrepreneurship actions are anticipated to begin quickly. Plans are underway to ascertain a everlasting campus of IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi.
At current, college from the institute’s Delhi campus is being seconded to the Abu Dhabi campus… (based mostly on) a range course of ratified by the board.
“Sooner or later, there shall be college recruitment for the Abu Dhabi campus as nicely, consistent with college recruitment requirements of IIT Delhi and following related processes, to make sure the standard of training within the Abu Dhabi campus is as per the requirements established within the Delhi campus,” he stated.