ISM Dhanbad Review

Can you tell me in detail about Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad as I am planning to take admission in it?

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The Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad is a public engineering and research institution established in 1926 and was a Deemed University before it got converted into an Institute of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.

It was established by British Indian Government on the lines of the Royal School of Mines - London, and was formally opened on 9 December 1926 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India.

It featured among the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings of 2016 by Subject in the fields of Mining and Mineral Engineering.

IIT (ISM) was ranked as the 8th best Engineering College of India in the Edu-Rand Rankings of 2015. The survey was done jointly by Edu, an Indian company and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American think-tank.

Its campus has outdoor and indoor facilities for sports like athletics, cricket, football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, squash and table tennis. Students are also trained in contest sports such karate and boxing. Students choose between National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS), National Sports Organisation (NSO) and yoga for an extra curricular activity.


Departments and Centres

IIT (ISM) has the following departments and centers:

Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electronics Engineering
Department of Environmental Engineering
Department of Fuel and Mineral Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mining Engineering
Department of Mining Machinery Engineering
Department of Petroleum Engineering

Basic Sciences
Department of Applied Chemistry
Department of Applied Geology
Department of Applied Geophysics
Department of Applied Mathematics
Department of Applied Physics

Social Sciences
Department of Humanities and Social Science

Business
Department of Management Studies (Formerly Industrial Engineering & Management)

Centres
Centre of Mining Environment
Computer Centre
Center for Renewable Energy
Center of Societal Mission

Research Centres & Industry Interaction Centres