IIT Madras launches admissions to great UG programs

IIT Madras has launched admissions to undergraduate programs for students who excel in National and International Olympiads, which are competitive examinations that assess and challenge students in various academic subjects and skills.

Called ‘Science Olympiad Excellence’ (ScOpE), this admission will be outside the JEE (Advanced) Framework with the students to be admitted from the academic year 2025-2026.

ScOpE

Similar to admissions through Sports Excellence Admissions and Fine Arts and Culture Excellence modes, ScOpE will also have two supernumerary seats per program of which One Seat will be exclusively for women students, say sources from IIT Madras.

Eligibility

The eligibility criteria such as passing of Class 12 and age, among other criteria, remain exactly the same as that of JEE (Advanced) for the respective year, say sources from IIT Madras.

The candidate also should not have been admitted to an IIT in the previous years, say sources from IIT Madras.

Applications

The applications will be open for the First Batch from 3rd June 2025). The detailed guidelines and business rules for ScOpE admission are available on the following website – https://ugadmissions.iitm.ac.in/scope.

Director of IIT Madras

Outlining the vision for ScOpE admissions, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “The world’s grandest puzzles aren’t solved by memorizing textbooks, but by those who dare to dismantle them, piece by piece, and create new wonders for the future generations.

With this vision, IIT Madras embarks on yet another new journey by offering admission to her much coveted undergraduate programs for candidates with demonstrated excellence in science Olympiads, he said.

Excelling in Olympiads

Urging students all over the country who excel in Olympiads to apply under this initiative, Prof. V. Kamakoti added to those who’ve proven their brilliance on the international stage of science Olympiads.

We don’t just offer admission; we offer a sanctuary where their insatiable curiosity will find its most fertile ground amongst the blissful IIT Madras flora and fauna, he said.

Allotment

The allotment of seats under this scheme will be based on the ScOpE Rank List (SRL), which will be based on the performance and achievements of the candidates in five Olympiads (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Informatics, and Biology).

The Business Rules will be provided on the website for details on the preparation of ScOpE rank list.

Admission

The admission process through SCOPE would not be through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) portal but on a separate portal (https://jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/scope) maintained by IIT Madras.

Portal

The IITM-SCOPE portal is to be used exclusively for admission to various academic programs at IIT Madras under SCOPE admission only.

The candidates are required to apply separately on JoSAA portal for the academic programs at IIT Madras and/or other IITs where the seats are offered through JoSAA.

Eligibility criteria

The candidates should satisfy ALL the following criteria to be eligible to apply for SCOPE admission to IIT Madras:

The candidate should be an Indian national (by birth or naturalization) or OCI/PIO candidate whose OCI/PIO card was issued before 4 March 2021.

In addition to the above, in the last 4 years, the candidate must have participated in at least one of the following

a. Mathematics: International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camps (IMOTC) organized by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE)

b. Physics, Chemistry and Biology: Orientation-cum-Selection Camps (OCSCs) for Science subjects, organized by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE).

c. Informatics: International Olympiad for Informatics Training Camp (IOITC) organized by the Indian Association for Research in Computer Science (IARCS).

The list of programs and the number of seats available in each program are listed in the table below:

SL NO	OFFERING DEPARTMENT	PROGRAM NAME	SEATS
1	Aerospace Engineering	Aerospace Engineering (4 years B.Tech.)	2
2		Aerospace Engineering (5 years B.Tech + M.Tech)	2
3	Biotechnology	Biological Engineering (4 years B.Tech.)	2
4		Biological Science (4 years B.S.)	2
5	Chemical Engineering	Chemical Engineering (4 years B.Tech)	2
6	Civil Engineering	Civil Engineering (4 years B.Tech.)	2
7	Computer Science and Engineering	Computer Science and Engineering (4 years B.Tech.)	2
8	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (4 years B.Tech.)	2
9	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering (4 years B.Tech.)	2
10	Engineering Design	Engineering Design (5 years B.Tech. + M.Tech.)	2
11	Physics	Engineering Physics (4 years B.Tech.)	2
12		Physics (4 years B.S.)	2
13	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering (4 years B.Tech.)	2
14	Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (4 years B.Tech.)	2
15	Ocean Engineering	Naval Architecture (4 years B.Tech.)	2
16	Medical Science and Technology	Medical Science and Engineering (4 years B.S.)	2
17	Chemistry	Chemistry (4 years B.S.)	2

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