IIT Jammu will start classes from this academic year

Updated on: Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu (IIT Jammu) will start classes from this academic year (2016 - 17) in a temporary campus in Jammu. IIT Delhi will mentor this campus.

It will start with 90 students in the first year. 30 students in computer science and engineering, 30 students in electrical engineering and 30 students in mechanical engineering. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between department of higher education, Government of Jammu & Kashmir and department of higher education, ministry of HRD, on May 1, 2016. "This has paved the way for transfer of land of the actual site measuring 159 hectare at village Jagti, Tehsil Nagrota at Jammu for setting up IIT Jammu.

The construction of Transit Campus spread over 25 acres within the actual site will be starting shortly," says a statement from IIT Delhi. The transit campus will accommodate 600 students and is expected to be ready in time for the next session -- 2017-18.

IIT Jammu will start classes from this academic year

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