Best & most popular majors
B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering
The most fiercely contested seat at IITD — the closing ranks for CSE are among the very lowest (most selective) in the entire JoSAA matrix. The department dates to 1982 and feeds directly into Microsoft, Google, quantitative finance, and the founder pipeline that produced both Flipkart co-founders.
B.Tech Electrical Engineering
A flagship department offering multiple undergraduate and postgraduate tracks across power, communications, and electronics. Its most famous alumnus, Vinod Khosla (1976), co-founded Sun Microsystems and Khosla Ventures, illustrating the department's reach into Silicon Valley.
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
One of IITD's founding pillars, combining core engineering rigour with strong industry recruitment from automotive and manufacturing firms. Alumnus Rajat Gupta (1971) went on to lead McKinsey globally.
Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence (ScAI)
Founded in 2020 and endowed by 1968 Electrical alumnus and Yardi Systems founder Anant Yardi, the school runs interdisciplinary AI and machine learning programmes that position IITD at India's research frontier in artificial intelligence.
Department of Design (B.Des and beyond)
Inaugurated in 2018 out of the long-running Instrument Design and Development Centre, with a B.Des running from 2022-23. It blends engineering, human-centred design, and product development — a deliberate broadening beyond pure engineering.
Department of Management Studies (DMS) MBA
IITD's business school offers full-time MBA programmes (postgraduate management at IITD traces back to the 1970s), drawing on the institute's engineering and analytics strength to produce technically literate managers recruited by consulting and product firms.
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