Hello Amit,

The Chemistry department offers the following programs to undergraduate students at IITK – BS, dual degree, double major and minor. I will get to the specifics of each of these one and minors in other departments. If you wish to know more about the undergraduate programs in Chemistry and other departments, you can find it here - majors in both cases. The double major program allows students from other departments to major in Chemistry. These students can complete all the courses that are a requirement for a BS degree in Chemistry by extending their degree by a year. Apart from these minors are offered in Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry to students from other departments. These students are required to complete a set of courses within the four years of their undergraduate degree to receive a Minor in Chemistry. Needless to say, students from the Chemistry department may also opt for dual degrees, double differs program. This option is available to students of the chemistry department and other departments too, though the course structures five year courses. This is still the case in other IITs. The Dual Degree program allows to you opt for an MS in the Chemistry department by extending your degree to a 5 year course. Among the IITs, IITK is the only IIT that offers a four year BS program (which started in 2011). IITK offers a BS degree in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics and Economics. Until 2010, degrees in these departments were offered in the Integrated MSc programs which were three year course as opposed to the BSc program which is a four year by one. Not a lot of candidates understand what the BS program is as most people confuse this with the BSc Programs. The BS program offers a Bachelor of Science degree similar to the BSc program.

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