IIT-Madras BTech in AI and Data Analytics: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) has started their new academic session and the highlight this year was the newly launched BTech course in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics.
In June, IIT Madras launched this new BTech course that emphasizes mathematical fundamentals, data science, AI and machine learning fundamentals, application development and responsible design, besides a distinctly interdisciplinary flavour. The new course has immediately gained popularity as it became the third most popular course in IIT Madras this year.
Popular Courses in IIT Madras
According to the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) report 2024, a total of 20323 students showed interest in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (412L) this year. The only two courses that were more popular than this new BTech course were a four-year Computer Science and Engineering program with 23,741 interested students and Electrical Engineering, which attracted the attention of 20,350 students.
Courses that attracted at least 10,000 students (other than the three mentioned above) were Mechanical Engineering (17922), Aerospace Engineering (14165), Civil Engineering (13901), Chemical Engineering (13841) and Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (10485).
| Subject | Course code | Choice count 2024 |
| Physics | 5602 | 5443 |
| Biological Science | 4214 | 5495 |
| Technical design | 5227 | 7189 |
| Biological Engineering | 411N | 7380 |
| Naval architecture and ocean technology | 4132 | 8317 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 5201 | 9505 |
| Applied physics | 4117 | 9627 |
| Computer science and engineering | 4110 | 23741 |
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | 4127 | 10485 |
| Chemical Technology | 4107 | 13841 |
| Civil engineering | 4109 | 13901 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 4101 | 14165 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4125 | 17922 |
| Artificial intelligence and data analysis | 412L | 20323 |
| Electrical engineering | 4111 | 20350 |
Other courses from IIT Madras have been given counting choices as follows: Physics: 5443, Biological Sciences: 5495, Engineering Design: 7189, Biological Engineering: 7380, Naval and Ocean Engineering: 8317, Aerospace Engineering: 9505, Engineering Physics: 9627.
The course that has seen the biggest jump in the number of options from last year to 2024 is physics, where the number has increased by 26 percent – from 4,308 in 2023 to 5,443 this year.
