National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Flexible Curriculum UG 2019 FLEXIBLE CURRICULA UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES B Tech Students Admitted in 2019 20 Onwards ACADEMIC OFFICE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Tamil Nadu India Tel 91 431 250 3013 3918 E mail curricula nitt edu Academic Office P a g e 1 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Flexible Curriculum UG 2019 CONTENTS Department Page No Sl No 1 Chemical Engineering 2 Civil Engineering 3 Computer Science and Engineering 4 Electrical and Electronics Engineering 5 Electronics and Communication Engineering 6 Instrumentation and Control Engineering 7 Mechanical Engineering 8 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 9 Production Engineering 1 Chemistry 2 Computer Applications 3 Energy and Environment 4 Humanities and Social Sciences 5 Management Studies 6 Mathematics 7 Physics 7 13 20 27 35 44 52 59 66 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 Sl No Department Page No Academic Office P a g e 2 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Flexible Curriculum UG 2019 VISION MISSION To be a university globally trusted for technical excellence where learning and research integrate to sustain society and industry To offer undergraduate postgraduate doctoral and modular programmes in multi disciplinary inter disciplinary and emerging areas To create a converging learning environment to serve a dynamically evolving society To promote innovation for sustainable solutions by forging global collaborations with academia and industry in cutting edge research To be an intellectual ecosystem where human capabilities can develop holistically Academic Office P a g e 3 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Flexible Curriculum UG 2019 FRAME WORK FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM MINIMUM CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR THE VARIOUS COURSE CATEGORIES The structure of B Tech programmes shall have General Institute Requirements GIR Programme Core PC Elective Courses PE OE and MI and Essential Programme Laboratory Requirements ELR as follows Course Category Courses No of Credits Weightage Institute General GIR Requirement Courses PC Programme Core Programme PE Open Electives OE Essential Requirements ELR Laboratory Electives Total Minor Optional 22 15 14 Maximum 2 per session up to 6th semester Honours Optional Courses for 15 15 Additional Courses for 15 15 Additional credits credits 49 55 50 42 16 160 3 credits credits 31 25 32 50 26 25 10 100 Note 1 Minimum of 4 programme core courses shall be 4 credits each 2 Out of 14 elective courses PE OE the students should study at least eight programme elective courses PE 3 MI Minor Degree 15 credits over and above the minimum credit as specified by the departments The details of MINOR will be mentioned only in the transcript not in the Degree certificate 4 HO Honours Degree a Registered at least for 12 theory courses and 2 ELRs in the second year b Consistently obtained a minimum CGPA of 8 5 in the first four sessions c Consistently maintain a minimum CGPA of 8 5 in all sessions excluding honours courses d Additional courses for 15 credits shall be successfully completed by a student in order to earn the Honours degree Maintaining an aggregate of at least B grade in Honours courses is mandatory e The Honours courses shall be distinct a level above the PC and PE courses preferably M Tech courses f Honours courses shall not be treated as programme elective under g Grades obtained in honours shall never be considered for CGPA any circumstances calculations h Project work is compulsory for B Tech Honours degree 5 OE Open elective courses OE10 to OE50 refers to institute open elective courses and OE51 to OE99 refers to online open elective courses Academic Office P a g e 4 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Flexible Curriculum B Tech 2019 GIR General Institute Requirement Courses Name of the course Number of Max Credits courses Sl No Mathematics Physics Physics Lab Chemistry Chemistry Lab Industrial Economics and Foreign Trade English for Communication Energy and Environmental Engineering Professional Ethics Engineering Graphics Engineering Practice Basic Engineering Introduction to computer Programming Branch Specific Course Introduction to the Branch of study Internship Industrial Training Academic Attachment Project work Comprehensive viva Industrial Lecture NSS NCC NSO 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 1 1 Total 22 50 Compulsory participation The student should undergo industrial training internship for a minimum period of two months during the summer vacation of 3rd year Attachment with an academic institution within the country IISc IITs NITs IIITs and CFTIs or university abroad is also permitted instead of industrial training To be evaluated at the beginning of VII semester by assessing the report and seminar presentations Project work is an optional course A student can opt for either Project Work or two electives courses equivalent to 6 credits But the project work is compulsory for B Tech Honours degree The comprehensive examination in the final year of study shall have two objective test of 25 marks each The final examination shall have 50 marks each The examination will be of objective type similar to GATE examination A course based on industrial lectures shall be offered for 1 credit A minimum of five lectures of two hours duration by industry experts will be arranged by the Department The evaluation methodology will in general be based on quizzes at the end of each lecture Academic Office P a g e 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Flexible Curriculum B Tech 2019 CREDIT DISTRIBUTION B Tech Sl No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Department I II III IV V VI VII VIII Total Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering 20 24 22 24 24 14 10 157 19 23 24 22 24 14 10 157 Computer Science and Engineering 21 24 23 24 24 14 10 159 Electrical and Electronics Engineering 21 25 25 25 24 14 10 163 Electronics and Communication Engineering 21 26 22 23 23 14 10 158 Instrumentation and Control Engineering 21 24 23 23 23 14 10 157 Mechanical Engineering 20 24 24 23 24 14 10 158 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 21 24 25 23 24 14 10 160 Production Engineering 21 25 24 24 24 14 10 161 19 21 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Academic Office P a g e 6 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Flexible Curriculum B Tech 2019 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING The total minimum credits