The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) was established as an autonomous institute of national importance in 1959 by the Government of India with initial technical and financial support from Government of Germany. IIT Madras, with a number of well equipped laboratories, advanced research facilities, sophisticated services and computing and networking capabilities, is recognized to have done exceedingly well in the fields of higher technical education, research and industrial consultancy.

IIT Madras conducts academic programmes of B.Tech., Dual Degree (B.Tech. and M.Tech.) Dual Degree (B.S. & M.S.), M.B.A., M.Tech., M.Sc., Integrated M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in various disciplines. Located in about 225 hectares of natural flora and fauna, with 17 students' hostels and about 980 faculty / staff / married research scholars quarters, IIT Madras is one of the greenest residential campuses in the country. Faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical and supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras.

The four semester M.Tech. programmes offered in various disciplines and streams by different departments of the institute are based on the credit system and provide a student with wide choice of courses. Each programme comprises of several core and elective courses and project work. These programmes, along with the number of seats available, are indicated in Table 1.

Further details of the disciplines / streams of M.Tech. programmes offered in respective departments can be viewed by clicking the link 'Programme Highlights'. Apart from these, User Oriented M.Tech. Programmes (UOP) are also offered by certain departments to meet specific requirement of industries.

Each discipline/stream in a department has a faculty advisor to help the students in the choice of academic options for elective courses. Students may be permitted to do their project work in industries and other approved organizations. Students are also encouraged to participate in the research and development projects undertaken by the faculty through the Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (IC & SR) (see also 'Research Facilities').

Opportunities exist, for a limited number of students to carry out M.Tech. Projects in Germany. Almost all students desirous of placement are placed in reputed organizations and industries after completing their courses of study.

M.Tech. students will be eligible for conversion to M.S./Ph.D. if they satisfy the following criteria:

• The candidate should have successfully completed a minimum of 2 semesters in the M.Tech. programme.
• The candidate should have a minimum CGPA of 8.0 in the prescribed courses.

A committee duly constituted by the Head of the Department will consider such applications for conversion to M.S./Ph.D. and make its recommendation.
 

Financial Assistance is available for selected GATE Qualified Candidates and IIT B.Tech. Graduates admitted to the M.Tech. Programmes.
 

Seats are reserved for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) and PD (Persons with Disability) candidates according to the Government of India rules.