Department of Intelligent Systems

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Dual Degree in IS (BT-MT-IS)

Category A: for a student pursuing a BT in IS department

Sem 1-6 Sem 7 Sem 8 Summer Sem 9 Sem 10
Identical to BT-IS program SCHEME
HSS-2
(9)
PG DE-1 (9) MT Thesis (9) PG DE-5 (9) PG DE-6 (9)
DE-3 (9) PG DE-2 (9)   MTech Thesis (36) MTech Thesis (36)
DE-4 (9) PG DE-3 (9)      
DE-5 (9) PG DE-4 (9)      
DE-6 (9) DE-7 (9)      
316 45 45 9 45 45

Remarks

  • PG DE Credits: 54, Thesis Credits: 81
  • PG DE credits must be obtained from courses having a number of the form IS LXX where L = 6/7
  • For BT-MT-IS-CatA students, up to 36 OE credits from the BT-IS minimum requirements may be waived and used to fulfill MT requirements instead. All other BT-IS credit requirements (semesters 1-8) must be fulfilled.

Category B: for a student from a department other than IS

Sem 1-7 Sem 8 Summer Sem 9 Sem 10
Identical to BT-IS program PG DE-1 (9) MT Thesis (9) PG DE-5 PG DE-6
PG DE-2 (9)   MT Thesis (36) MT Thesis (36)
PG DE-3 (9)      
PG DE-4 (9)      
316 45 9 45 45

Remarks

  • PG DE Credits: 54, Thesis Credits: 81
  • PG DE credits must be obtained from (possibly re/dual-numbered) courses having a number of the form IS LXX where L = 5/6/7/
  • For BT-MT-IS-CatB students, up to 36 OE credits from the students’ parent department’s minimum requirements may be waived and used to fulfill MT requirements instead. All other credit requirements (semesters 1-8) must be fulfilled.

Dual Degree in IS with Management (BTM-MT-IS)

Sem 1-6 Sem 7 Sem 8 Summer Sem 9 Sem 10
Identical to BTM-IS SCHEME
HSS-2
(9)
PG DE-1 (9) MT Thesis (9) PG DE-5 (9) PG DE-6 (9)
DE-3 (9) PG DE-2 (9)   MT Thesis (36) MT Thesis (36)
MTB-3 (9) PG DE-3 (9)      
MTB-4 (9) PG DE-4 (9)      
MTB-5 (9) MTB-6 (9)      
         
316 45 45 9 45 45

Remarks

  • PG DE Credits: 54,Thesis Credits: 81
  • PG DE credits must be obtained from (possibly re/dual-numbered) courses having a number of the form IS LXX where L = 5/6/7
  • For BTM-MT-IS students, up to 9 DE and 27 OE credits from the BTM-IS minimum requirements may be waived and used to fulfil MT requirements. All other BTM-IS credit requirements (semesters 1-8), including 54 MTB credits, need to be fulfilled.

Dual Degree in IS with Honors (BTH-MT-IS)

Sem 1-6 Sem 7 Sem 8 Summer Sem 9 Sem 10
Identical to BTH-IS program SCHEME
HSS-2
(9)
DE-5 (9) MT Thesis (9) PG DE-8 (9) PG DE-9 (9)
DE-3 (9) DE-6 (9)   MT Thesis (36) MT Thesis (36)
DE-4 (9) DE-7 (9)      
PG DE-2 (9) PG DE-5 (9)      
PG DE-3 (9) PG DE-6 (9)      
PG DE-4 (9) PG DE-7 (9)      
311-316 54 54 18 45 45

Remarks

  • PG DE Credits: 81, Thesis Credits: 81
  • A BTH-MT-IS student must complete 27 PG DE credits toward BTH-IS requirements, and then 54 additional PG DE credits to fulfill MT requirements, for a total of 81 PG DE
  • PG DE credits must be obtained from (possibly re/dual-numbered) courses having a number of the form IS LXX where L = 6/7
  • To balance the semester loads, the BTH-MT-IS template recommends 18 thesis credits in the summer semester instead of the usual 9 credits.
  • For BTH-MT-IS students, up to 36 OE credits from the BTH-IS minimum requirements may be waived and instead be used to fulfill MT requirements. All other BTH-IS credit requirements (semesters 1-8) need to be fulfilled.
  • BTH-MT-IS students must do at least 18 and at most 36 credits of UGP (possibly taken as DE) but at most 27 UGP credits can be counted towards graduation requirements.
  • The UG CPI (instead of graduation CPI) for BTH-MT-IS students must be at least 5 for the “Honor” qualification to be awarded for the UG part.