Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
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| Motto | Knowledge is Power | ||||
| Grunnlagt | 1874 | ||||
| Type | statlig | ||||
| Beliggenhet | Roorkee (Uttarakhand), India | ||||
| Studenter | 4 200 (2007) | ||||
| Ansatte | 375 (2007) | ||||
| Nettsted | www.iitr.ac.in | ||||
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee eller IIT Roorkee er et statlig, teknisk universitet i India med campus i Roorkee i delstaten Uttarakhand, India. Det ble opprettet i 1874 som Thomason college of Civil Engineering , og het fra 1949 University of Roorkee og var da Indias første tekniske universitet. IIT-statusen ble tildelt i 2001.
Dette lærestedet regnes som Indias femte beste teknologiske universitet i 2007.[1]
Undervisningen fokuserer på teknologifag, er sammensluttet faglig sett med søsterinstitusjoner i byene Kharagpur, Kanpur, Chennai, Delhi, Bombay, og Guwahati.
Fakultetene er:
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Earthquake Engineering (offers post-graduate level courses only)
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Department of Pulp and Paper Engineering
- Department of The departments dealing with pure sciences in the institute are:
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Det er seks forskningssentra ved IITR:
- Department of Management Studies[6]
- Center of Hydrology
- center of Water Resources Development and Management
- Alternate Hydro Energy Center
Studiene gis opp til doktorgradsnivå. Studenttallet er 4 200 og av disse er 2 000 høyere grads studenter.
Indian Institutes of Technology [rediger]
Det er ialt tretten utdanningsinstitusjoner i India som har den offisielle og akkrediterte tittelen Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) og de navngis med bynavnet som suffiks.
Disse er i dag:
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (1950; IIT i 1951)
- Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai (1958)
- Indian Institute of Technology Chennai (1959)
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (1959)
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (1961; IIT i 1963)
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (1994),
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (1847; IIT i 2001)
Planlagte:
- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (2008)
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2008)
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (2008)
- Indian Institute of Technology Patna (2008)
- Indian Institute of Technology Punjab (2008)
- Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan (2008)
IIT-ene ble opprettet etter uavhengigheten i 1947 for å fremme den økonomiske og teknologiske utviklingen i India, og studentene kalles populært for IITitans.
Referanser [rediger]
- ^ DataQuest India 2008 – India's 20 Top T-Schools in 2007.
Eksterne lenker [rediger]
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – hjemmeside
