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Global excellence and local relevance in research, teaching, and technology development is the vision of the Department. The Department was started as the Computer Centre in 1973 with the acquisition of an IBM 370, perhaps the most powerful computer in India at that time. It offered M.Tech, M.S and PhD degree programmes. In 1983, the B.Tech degree programme was started.

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Welcome to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Madras. IIT Madras was ranked first amongst several other similar Research and Teaching institutions in Engineering, for the continuous seventh time in the 2022 edition of National Institute Ranking Framework established by the Ministry for Human Resources Development (MHRD), the Government of India. IIT Madras was ranked amongst the top 50 Asian Universities in the QS rankings 2018.The Department started as the Computer Centre in 1973 with the acquisition of an IBM 370 Computer. It presently offers B. Tech., dual-degree B.Te ...

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Theoretical Computer Science

Theoretical Computer Science

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Faculty
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Research Scholars
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Computer Systems and Networking

Computer Systems and Networking

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

15
Faculty
36
Research Scholars
32
Elective Courses
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