IIT New Courses: Quantum Science & Technology Course at IIT Bombay

The Interdisciplinary Dual Degree Programme (IDDDP) in Quantum Science and Technology will soon be introduced by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. The focus of this two-year program will be QST classes and project work that will be done in one of the research groups connected to the center.

Like IIT Bombay's current dual degree programmes, this new plan allows students to complete both a bachelor's and master's degree in five years. This is a program that BTech students can choose to enroll in beginning in their third year of study. There are plans to introduce the topic at the school level at IIT Bombay as well.

Any IIT Bombay BTech student, regardless of discipline, may apply to this program. The course prerequisites will shortly be made available on the official website, quicst.org/academics. The Center of Excellence in Quantum Information Computing Science and Technology (QuICST) would be the organization providing the course. The center opened for business in August 2022.

“Apart from core faculty development assistance, we are also looking at offering pedagogy and structure of syllabus to other institutes. We can begin with smaller programmes like for over a week which will be at introductory levels, to even longer periods of handholding for an interested institution,” said Suddhasatta Mahapatra, an assistant professor of Physics at the institute.

“The centre is also looking at connecting with other engineering or technology institutions to help them increasingly include quantum technologies in their syllabus. Through our educational outreach programme, we are looking forward to supporting faculty training by preparing faculty development modules. It is still a rough plan in the making,” he added.