Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)

IIT Guwahati is an autonomous engineering & technology-oriented institute of higher education established by the Government of India, located in Guwahati, in Assam in India. It is the sixth Indian Institute of Technology established in India. The history of IIT Guwahati traces its roots to the 1985 Assam Accord signed between the All Assam Students Union and the Govt. of India, which mentions the general improvement in education facilities in Assam and specifically the setting up of an IIT.

Currently IIT Guwahati houses the following departments :

• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Chemical Science and technology
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Department of Design
• Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering(recently merged to EEE Department)
• Department of Humanities|Humanities and Social Sciences
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Physics
• Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

IIT Guwahati was also the first IIT to introduce design as one of the disciplines at Undergraduate and PhD level. The Department of Design (DoD) at the institute awards the degree of B.Des. (Bachelor of Design), M.Des (Master of Design) & PhD on completion of the undergraduate and postgraduate academic programs respectively.