Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (established in 1956) was set up under Department of Space, Goverment of India,  and offers undergraduates B Tech programme in Avionics, Aerospace Engineering  and five year integrated masters in Applied Sciences. IIST also offers post graduate and doctoral  programmes to meet the requirements of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). In addition to the regular curriculum, the courses will have special modules tailored to space technology and space science. IIST focuses on high-end research activities with the country’s space programmes and related innovative ventures.

Campus
The institute is now functioning in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) campus, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. A state-of- the-art permanent campus is coming up near LPSC in Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram with an observatory in Ponmudi Hills, Thiruvanathapuram.

Departments of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology:

• Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Department of Avionics
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Humanities
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Physics

Academic Programs:
Under Graduate Programmes (4 years)
(a) B. Tech (Avionics Engineering)
(b) B. Tech (Aerospace Engineering)
(c) B. Tech (Physical Sciences)

Masters Level Programmes (2 years):
The institute will start the following master level programmes from January 2010.
a) M.Tech in Softcomputing
b) M.Tech in RF and Microwave Communications
c) M.Tech in Applied and Adaptive Optics

Research Programme (Ph.D)

Facilities:
The academic area of the Institute will have lecture halls, laboratory space, computing facility, faculty offices, meeting rooms, seminar halls and counselling halls. All the departments will have a separate state of the art digital connectivity, which would enable online interaction with the e-learning modules.

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