BTech programmes for non-science students

Admissions are now open for BTech. degree in Computer Science and Design (CSD) and Computer Science and Social Sciences (CSSS) for non-science students having maths in Class XII at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi. Admissions in BTech. (CSD) will take place through IIIT-Delhi Admission process using UCEED Rank (for the year 2020), and admission in BTech. (CSSS) will take place through IIIT-Delhi Admission process using Class XII marks (for the year 2020)

BTech. (CSD) aims to develop graduates that are not only well versed with computing approaches, tools, and technologies, but are also experienced with Design approaches and new Media technologies and uses. The programme has a small set of core courses in CS and Design, and many electives which can be taken from CS as well as Design and Digital Media. This enables the students to build a programme most suitable for them. The programme will prepare students to work in the IT industry as well as digital media industry like gaming, animation, virtual/augmented reality, etc. The programme will also allows students, who want to pursue higher studies, to take up higher studies in CS/IT or in Design.

In BTech. (CSSS), social sciences comprise the following disciplines: economics, sociology/anthropology, psychology, and liberal arts, communication and humanities. Within the programme, students are offered two broad options. One is to earn a major in one of the above disciplines in conjunction with computer science.

The other is to opt for a portfolio of courses across all social science disciplines while taking the same set of computer science courses that CSE students take.

The programme structure is motivated by the fact that the skill-set required to address social problems can only be addressed through an integrated systems approach that requires strong synergies between computer science and social sciences. A training in this integrated program will opens up several opportunities in the industry, social sector, governance, policy as well as for graduate school.