Vision of the Department of Chemistry is to achieve academic excellence and be acknowledged for high quality fundamental, sustainable, and translational research in chemical sciences and allied research areas that addresses continuously evolving current global issues on energy, food, water, and healthcare. Along this line, the department has initiated an engineering-linked four-year undergraduate Bachelor of Science (BS) in chemistry program with specialization in a focused area to attract and foster young and aspiring minds who are driven by curiosity and interested in cutting-edge research and technologies across the disciplines of chemical science. The central theme of this program is science-based engineering innovation and through this undergraduate programme in chemistry at IIT Jodhpur, we are striving to cross the barrier of traditional paths and planning to establish ourselves to become a leading department at the interplay of science and technology. This uniquely blended program is along the line of National Education Policy, as well as the Institute's vision of holistic development of students.
This undergraduate program is designed to transmit fundamental knowledge in basic science and engineering during the first few semesters, which develops critical analytical thinking and forms the basis of diverse skill sets used by scientists and engineers to innovate, design, and develop technologies for the future. Students undergo comprehensive training in advanced concepts of chemistry for the next two years. The inclusion of a substantial component of courses from other science and engineering departments makes the program quite interdisciplinary in nature. The final year of the curriculum is designed towards specialization in a focused area. The flexibility of opting for different specializations is ingrained in formulating the structure and curriculum of the programme. During this year, the students get to experience the joys and rigors of original research currently being pursued and consider a variety of career paths through capability-linked specializations of their choice. In the specialization, emphasis is given to the emerging areas in Chemistry to meet societal and industrial needs, and ever-growing sustainability demands. The graduating students of this program shall be equipped with requisite skill-sets required to assume leadership positions in the different sectors of industry, further their career in higher studies, or embark on entrepreneurial ventures to address present day unmet challenges of the country.
Objectives of the program
The objectives of this program are:
Expected Graduate Attributes:
Graduates of the program are expected to have following attributes:
Learning Outcomes
Unique Features of the B.S. Program
BS in Chemistry is a uniquely blended engineering-linked 4 years undergraduate science programme.
M.Tech. dual degree program
B.S. with Specialization (4 years)
Chemistry BS students explore subjects critical to advancement in today’s needs — from everyday common know-how to critical problems in different inter/multi-disciplinary domains using the fundamental and applied chemical science knowledge blended for present and future complex issues/challenges. One of the key salient features of the BS Chemistry program at the IIT Jodhpur is that the curriculum offers enormous flexibility to students for pursuing capability-linked specializations of their choice. The Department’s core specializations are designed to enable students to lead future technological innovations addressing the emerging industrial and societal challenges in following domains
B.S.-M.Tech. dual degree with specialization (5 years)
A B.S. student fulfilling minimum credit requirements may be allowed to switch to B.S.- M. Tech. dual degree program in the select specialization. The M.Tech degree can be any one of the approved programmes of the institute. All requirements of M.Tech. Degree will be applicable to all such students.
The department of Chemistry at IIT Jodhpur is also actively involved in an innovative Science-linked Undergraduate Curriculum developed by the Institute for B.Tech. students. The proposed curriculum ensures an effective and meaningful participation of the department of Chemistry towards the holistic development of undergraduate B.Tech. students.
Besides the core engineering curriculum, the undergraduate program at IIT Jodhpur allows students to pursue courses of their interest in basic and interdisciplinary science disciplines. This is an important aspect of our curriculum as it further creates an opportunity for students to integrate diverse academic spaces and to experience the joy of interdisciplinarity. The undergraduate B.Tech. students at the department of Chemistry receive extensive hands-on training with their involvement in various research projects. The liaison of undergrad students and faculty members at the department of Chemistry leads to students developing professional skills, formulating cutting-edge problems, and creating transcripts of their work culminating into research articles.
Precisely, on the teaching front, the department offers following compulsory courses to the B.Tech. students;
CYP1010 – Chemistry Laboratory
In addition to compulsory courses, we also offer fractal courses to undergraduate students of different disciplines.
To add different dimensions to the B.Tech. Curriculum, department also offers a set of electives to broaden their horizons.
