UOP IIT Madras

Are UOP or User Oriented programmes designed to meet the specific requirements of the user industries only by IIT or Indian Institute of Technology Madras? Tell me about the specific requirements for admission in User Oriented programmes of IIT or Indian Institute of Technology Madras?

I would like to know the various courses offered by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras under the User Oriented M.Tech Programmes?

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The departments at IIT may be approached by the industry/commercial firms for specialized courses for specific groups of employees to keep them abreast of the most recent developments in the field. Such programs are accessible on the basis of a special memorandum signed between the organization and the institute.

The various User Oriented Programmes offered by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras is as given below:

User Oriented Programmes are designed to meet the specific requirements of the user industries.

(i) M.Tech. in Construction Technology and Management (CE7)

This stream is a user-oriented programme customized to meet the requirements of the construction Industry and is open only to sponsored aspirants from Larsen & Toubro Ltd. and other organizations involved in construction operations-both government and private. The programme is planned for training construction engineers and managers with undergraduate degree in Civil, Architecture, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. The contents of the core courses incorporate topics in the areas of construction engineering and management.

(ii) M.Tech. in Automotive Engine Technology (ME4)

The User Oriented M.Tech. programme (UoP) in Automotive Technology began in 2006, is intended based on the requirements of automotive industries. The set of courses and course contents have been prepared in consultation with various user industries. The novelty of this M.Tech. programme is that electives are designed to suit the requirements of automotive industries and R & D laboratories so that the aspirants will benefit from the expertise of faculty members. Industrial visits, expert lectures by eminent people in this field and project work as problems of relevance to industry are expected to make this programme user-friendly.

(iii) M.Tech. in Ocean Technology (OE2)

Eligibility: Aspirants should have first class or 60% (55% in case of SC/ST) in Bachelor's degree in any branch of Engineering or Technology or Master's degree in Oceanography, Marine Sciences, Ocean Science and Technology, Applied Mathematics, Applied Geology, Geophysics, and Physics or any other equivalent degree approved by the Advisory Committee with minimum two years experience in NIOT or in an organization approved by NIOT. Fresh aspirants with GATE score may also apply for a few seats approved by NIOT.

(iv) M.Tech. in Offshore Structural Engineering (OE3)


(v) Post Graduate Diploma in Metro Rail Technology and Management