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major specialization. PE courses play a crucial role in offering ‘Minor/Honors’
specialization.
b.
Enrichment courses (Management Courses, Minors and Honors)
Management Courses:
Eight percentage of the courses in the B.Tech
programs are from Management discipline.
Minors:
Additional credits acquired in focused discipline other than a
students’major programme discipline entitles a student to get a ‘Minor’ creden
tial. Schools offering various programmes will offer ‘Minors’ in their disciplin
es, and prescribe what set of courses and/or projects is necessary for earning a
minor in that discipline. Such courses can be across the programmes also.
Honors:
Additional credits acquired in his/her own major programme
discipline entitles student to get
Honours’ credential. All Schools offering various programmes will offer hono
urs in their disciplines, and will prescribe what set of courses and/or projects is
necessary for earning a honor
in that discipline. Such courses can be across the programes also.
c.
Courses offered in modular form
Programme Core and University Core
d.
Credit accumulation and transfer facility -
Credit accumulation and transfer facility is applicable for the dual degree
programmes such as M.Tech VLSI, M.Tech Sensor systems. The students
admitted through DAAD fellowship are given with the above facility
e.
Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programmes, courses
and disciplines
Yes. Programme Migration is proposed and is launched from the academic
year 2013-2014 exclusively for the B.Tech Programmes, specifically for the
second year students.
1.2.3
Does the university have an explicit policy and strategy for
attracting international students
?
Yes. The university has explicit policy and strategy towards the international
students such that the students are provided with credit transfer facility,
permitting them to carry out dual degree programmes. Variable criteria are
also being followed without relaxing the regular norms of admission.
1.2.4 Have any courses been developed targeting international students?
If so, how successful have they been? If ‘no’, explain the impediments.
B.Sc (Multimedia and Animation) and B.Sc (Computer Science) are designed
to target the international students, especially the Chinese.
1.2.5 Does the university facilitate dual degree and twinning
programmes? If yes, give details.