THE IITS
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) need no introduction. Designed to create an environment conducive to the formation of world class Engineers and Technologists, the standards of excellence maintained by these institutes are recognised and respected by the world over. Ranked amongst the top institutes of the world, the degree awarded by the IITs is at par with that awarded by the best universities in the world.
INSTITUTES
The IITs are located in:
Name | Short Name | Established | City/Town | State/UT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current IITs: | ||||
| IIT Kharagpur | IITKGP | 1951 | Kharagpur | West Bengal |
| IIT Bombay | IITB | 1958 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| IIT Madras | IITM | 1959 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| IIT Kanpur | IITK | 1959 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh |
| IIT Delhi | IITD | 1961 (1963‡) | New Delhi | New Delhi |
| IIT Guwahati | IITG | 1994 | Guwahati | Assam |
| IIT Roorkee | IITR | 1847 (2001‡) | Roorkee | Uttrakhand |
| New IITs: | ||||
| IIT Ropar | IITRPR | 2008 | Rupnagar | Punjab |
| IIT Bhubaneswar | IITBBS | 2008 | Bhubaneswar | Orissa |
| IIT Hyderabad | IITH | 2008 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
| IIT Gandhinagar | IITGN | 2008 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
| IIT Patna | IITP | 2008 | Patna | Bihar |
| IIT Rajasthan | IITJ | 2008 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
| IIT Mandi | IIT Mandi | 2009 | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh |
| IIT Indore | IITI | 2009 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| IIT (BHU) Varanasi | IITBHU | 1916 (2011‡) | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh |
JEE
The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (popularly known as IIT-JEE or just JEE) is an annual college entrance examination in India. A total of seventeen colleges use JEE as a sole criterion for admission to their undergraduate programs. The seventeen colleges include the seven old and eight new (2009) Indian Institutes of Technology, IT-BHU Varanasi, and ISMDhanbad. Starting in 2007, newly established institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research at Kolkata, Pune, Bhopal & Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Maritime Universityand Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology are also admitting students through the JEE (Extended Merit List). For 2010, IIST has announced its own entrance exam. Even the Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore) considers (but does not require) JEE ranks in its application process. The exam is conducted by the various IITs by a policy of rotation. It is one of the toughest engineering entrance exams in the world with a success rate of around 1 in 45. Candidates who qualify in the IIT-JEE can apply for admission to the BArch (Bachelor of Architecture), BDes (Bachelor of Design), BTech (Bachelor of Technology), Dual Degree (Integrated Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology), Integrated MSc (Master of Sciences) and Integrated MSc(Tech) (Master of Sciences and Technology) courses in the various institutes. Achieving entrance into an IIT is often considered the pinnacle of achievement for a student of the sciences, and the IITs/IT-BHU/ISM attract most of the brightest students of the nation.
Of the 456,000 candidates who appeared in the examination conducted on April 11, 2010, 13,104 candidates have been declared qualified to seek admission, giving a selectivity of 1 in 35 overall, 1 in 48 for the 9,509 seats in IITs, IT-BHU and ISM and 1 in 61 for the IITs only.
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