IIT Madras’ new BTech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics gains popularity: JIC Report

IIT Madras BTech in AI: The new course has gained popularity immediately as it became the third most popular course in IIT Madras this year.

IITM BTech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics gains popularity: JIC Report

All participants will get certificates. (Photo: IIT-M)

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 has been the newly-launched BTech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics course.

In June, IIT Madras launched this new BTech course that emphasises math fundamentals, data science, AI and machine learning foundations, application development and responsible design besides a distinct interdisciplinary flavour. The new course has gained popularity immediately as it became the third most popular course in IIT Madras this year.

Popular courses in IIT Madras

As per 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 which were more popular than this new BTech course were a four-year Computer Science and Engineering programme which had 23,741 interested students and Electrical Engineering which caught eyes of 20,350 students.

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Courses that attracted at least 10,000 students (other than the three listed 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
Engineering Design	5227	7189
Biological Engineering	411N	7380
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering	4132	8317
Aerospace Engineering	5201	9505
Engineering Physics	4117	9627
Computer Science and Engineering	4110	23741
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	4127	10485
Chemical Engineering	4107	13841
Civil Engineering	4109	13901
Aerospace Engineering	4101	14165
Mechanical Engineering	4125	17922
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics	412L	20323
Electrical Engineering	4111	20350

Other courses of IIT Madras gained count choices as follows – Physics: 5443, Biological Science: 5495, Engineering Design: 7189 , Biological Engineering: 7380, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering: 8317, Aerospace Engineering: 9505, Engineering Physics: 9627.

The course which has seen the biggest jump in choice count from last year to 2024 is Physics where the number jumped by 26 per cent — from 4308 in 2023 to 5443 this year.

Deeksha Teri

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