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| About the Department

Global excellence and local relevance in research, teaching, and technology development is the vision of the Department. The Department was started as the Computer Centre in 1973 with the acquisition of an IBM 370, perhaps the most powerful computer in India at that time. It offered M.Tech, M.S and PhD degree programmes. In 1983, the B.Tech degree programme was started.

| Message from the Head of Department

Welcome to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Madras. IIT Madras was ranked first amongst several other similar Research and Teaching institutions in Engineering, for the continuous seventh time in the 2022 edition of National Institute Ranking Framework established by the Ministry for Human Resources Development (MHRD), the Government of India. IIT Madras was ranked amongst the top 50 Asian Universities in the QS rankings 2018.The Department started as the Computer Centre in 1973 with the acquisition of an IBM 370 Computer. It presently offers B. Tech., dual-degree B.Te ...

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Computer Systems
Computer Systems
Intelligent Systems and Human Computer Interaction
Intelligent Systems and Human Computer Interaction
Theoretical Computer Science
Theoretical Computer Science
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Staff

368

Undergraduate Students

183

Postgraduate Students

61

M S Research Scholars

59

PhD Research Scholars

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