IIT Madras - Courses

IIT Chennai conducts special programs like Student Exchange program and DAAD Exchange program.

Student Exchange Programme

The Student Exchange Programme allows students to visit different Institutions in Germany, Switzerland and Few Other Countries.
In turn the student of these participating countries visits IIT Madras for Specific course work or projects.The information given in this section may not be taken to imply that student exchange programs are a permanent feature.

DAAD Exchange Programme

The DAAD offers upto 100 “Sandwich-Model” scholarships to post-graduate students registered for a Masters degree at the Institute. The “Sandwich-Model” for Masters students is a multi phased scheme in which candidates carry out their course work and research in India and Germany alternatively, under the supervision of a mentor from the respective Indian Institute of Technology as well as a mentor from a German Technical University (Technische Hochschule, Technische Universitaet).

The German Universities participating in the DAAD programme are :

• • RW Technische Hochschule Aachen
  • Technische Universitaet Berlin
  • Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
  • Universitaet Dresden
  • Universitaet Karlsruhe
  • Universitaet Stuttgart

User Oriented Programmes

The following programmes leading to M Tech degrees are offered by the various departments:

1. 1. Port Management (Department of Ocean Engineering)
   2. Building Technology and Construction Management (Department of Civil Engineering)
   3. Computational Mechanics (Department of Civil Engineering)
   4. Automotive Technology (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
   5. Software Engineering (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
   6. (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
   7. Digital Signal Processing (Department of Electrical Engineering)