Postsecondary Institution
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
IDSCU ID: PS-6736Type: Higher education institutionStatus: ActiveData captured: 8 Sept 2026
Overview
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a postsecondary education institution in Chennai, India.
Institution information
- Institution type
- Higher education institution
- Operating status
- Active
- Founded
- 1959
- Founded information
- Established in 1959.
- Acronym
- IITM
- Teaching languages
- English
Qualifications & fields
- Primary pathway
- Higher Education
- Education pathways
- Higher Education
- Qualification levels
- Master
- Doctorate
- Fields of study
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
- Engineering
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Theology and Religious Vocations
- Physical Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Health Professions and Related Programs
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
- Academic divisions
- Department of Aerospace Engineering stands at the forefront of fundamental and applied
- Department of Applied Mechanics 
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Engineering Design at IIT Madras
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
- Department of Management Studies
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Department of Ocean Engineering (DOE)
- Department of Physics
Campuses & admissions
- Latitude
- 13.08784
- Longitude
- 80.27847
- Campuses
- Name: Chennai location · City: Chennai · Relationship: Principal location in the source registry
- Student support
- Counseling services
- Practical learning
- Official programme information includes internships.
Record information
- IDSCU record ID
- PS-6736
- Education sector
- Postsecondary Institution
- Country code
- IN
- Data captured
- 8 Sept 2026
- Data release
- 20260908T071051Z
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