IIT Delhi was first established as a College of Engineering in 1961, this Institute was declared as Institution of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act 1963 and was renamed as Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. It was then accorded the status of a university with powers to decide its own academic policies, to conduct its examinations, and to award its degrees. Recently, IIT Delhi has been given the status of Institute of Eminence. The Institute campus extends over an area of ~320 acres with many topographical features, imaginatively laid out with picturesque landscape. With clean and wide roads, the campus presents a spectacle of harmony in architectural and natural beauty. Most of the students, faculty and staff reside on the campus. The main academic building houses various administrative offices and research facilities along with some teaching facilities. A new Lecture Hall Complex houses teaching facilities (classrooms / lecture halls and laboratories). Although each department/centre/school is a separate academic entity/unit, all the academic units together constitute an integrated complex.
Each academic year consists of two semesters and a summer term. The education system is organised around a credit system, which ensures continuous evaluation of a student’s performance and provides flexibility to choose courses so as to facilitate progress at an optimum pace suited to one’s ability or convenience. Each course is assigned certain number of credits depending upon the class contact hours. A minimum number of credits are to be completed in order to qualify for the award of degree. IIT Delhi has revised its curriculum with effect from academic session 2013-2014. The revised curriculum emphasises on self-learning, project activity and laboratory work. It leaves sufficient time for students to take part in other activities like sports and recreation, and encourages them to be creative and innovative.
As a break from the academic work, students have ample opportunities to explore other interests. The Students Activity Centre provides a number of facilities for students’ extracurricular and physical development. The central two-storied block with a swimming pool and a gymnasium hall has amenities such as squash courts, hobbies workshop, seminar rooms, music rooms and other multipurpose rooms for reading and indoor games. The campus also provides such amenities as staff club, hospital, shopping centre, bank, post office, community centre, stadium and playing fields.To know more details, click official Website:www.iitd.ac.in
