How is civil engineering department at IIT Madras?

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Tushar Banerjee Posted On - Jun 15, 2023
studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

IIT Madras is consistently ranked at 1st position in the NIRF India Rankings 2023: Engineering, leaving behind even IIT-Delhi and IIT-Bombay. The Civil Engineering department at IITM is filled with numerous opportunities and the faculty, staff, and placements are without a doubt, top-notch.

  1. Faculty: Civil Engineering faculty at IIT Madras is the most approachable among all the departments. The staff and professors are very supportive and friendly. A good lot of the faculty has received either their advanced degrees and/or training from renowned institutions in India, Germany, the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan, and the Netherlands. 
  2. Placement- The students are offered placements from numerous private and public sector companies. To name a few core companies- Coal India, Larsen & Toubro, Thornton Tomasetti. 
  3. Higher Education- IIT Madras graduates can opt for various MS and Ph.D. programs at top universities in the world. IITM Civil Engg. graduates get admission to top universities like MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, UT Austin, and Georgia Tech every year. Civil Engineering is the oldest department at IIT Madras and the faculty consists of alumni of various top universities of the world. 

The Centre For Innovation ( CFI) and IITM Research Park motivate students to come up with innovative ideas. Innovation is deeply encouraged and impressive ideas are helped with incubation and providing expert mentors. These are some startups specific to the Civil Engg. Department: Foldable Housing, Tvasta - 3D printing of buildings, Marvel Structural Consultants, etc.

Other than this, IIT Madras Civil Engineering Department has 14 well-equipped modernized labs. IIT Madras’s location in a city like Chennai makes it attractive for aspirants of various Government exams as well. 

In all, IIT Madras is filled with opportunities and its Civil Engineering Department is highly renowned and offers numerous opportunities to the students.

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Shalu Malhotra Posted On - Jul 23, 2021
B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2020)

IIT Madras is a very reputed and popular engineering institute and it has overtaken other popular IITs such as Bombay and Kharagpur in terms of rankings. The civil engineering department at IIT Madras is one of the top 50 departments of the world.

  • Students of the civil department have very higher chances of getting admission to top colleges abroad for higher studies.
  • The research in Infrastructure and planning of this department is among the best in the world.
  • The placement scenario of this department is very good as top companies like L&T and DLF visit the campus for interviews.
  • These companies prefer IIT graduates over non IITians and give a relatively higher salary.
Categories Civil Engineering at IIT Madras
Total Course Fee 4.02 lakhs
Highest CTC 24 LPA
Average CTC 9-12 LPA
Recruiting Companies Ambuja Cement, Adani Group, Tata, HPCL, etc.

If you are planning to take admission in this department here at IIT Madras, then you should definitely do it without any second thoughts.

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