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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has launched a four-year Bachelor of Science (BS) programme to replace the existing five-year integrated Master of Science (MSc) programme. The institute's science departments and Humanities and Social Science (HSS) department have decided to begin the programme with the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 batch, according to an official statement.

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Students will now have the option of completing the BS degree in four years or the MS degree in ten semesters. Those who wish to pursue an MS degree will have the option to do so at the end of semester 6. “Those who would like to earn MS degree would be given an option to do so at the end of 6th Semester of the 4-yr BS programme. Accordingly, 7th and 8th semesters would be planned so that a candidate gets MS degree at the end of 10th semester,” the institute said.

Applied Geology, Chemistry, Economics, Exploration Geophysics, Mathematics and Computing, and Physics will be offered as BS programmes at IIT Kharagpur. The detailed syllabus and course substructure will be available soon, according to the institute. The organising institute of JEE Advanced 2021, IIT Kharagpur, had previously announced a full-ride scholarship for the top 100 students who qualified in the exam.

The 'Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Full Scholarship for Top 100 JEE (Advanced) Rankers' scholarship will cover all expenses for students who win it until they complete their BTech course at IIT Kharagpur, according to institute Director Prof VK Tewari. The scholarship will be available beginning with the 2021-22 academic year and will be available to students whose parents' gross annual income is less than Rs 20 lakh.

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