THE first academic session at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras’ Zanzibar campus is set to begin in October with the offshore campus offering two full-time academic programmes, top officials said on Monday. IIT-Madras has become the first IIT in the country to launch an international campus, which is coming up in Tanzania’s Zanzibar. An MoU was recently signed between India and Tanzania, the final procedural step that paves the way for this campus.

 

“Classes for the first academic year (2023-24) are scheduled to commence in October 2023, offering two full-time academic programmes -- a four-year Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and a two-year Master of Technology in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,” IIT-Madras Director V Kamakoti told reporters here. “The total student intake will be 70, including 50 students for Bachelors and 20 for Masters courses. Applications for the 2023-batch are currently open,” he said. “Faculty will be deputed from IIT-Madras or recruited from India during the initial days of this campus. Activities to ensure local talent is developed and can be employed as faculty are underway already,” he said.