IIT-Kharagpur launches MBBS in line with the National Education Policy
The director of IIT Kharagpur, VK Tewari has said that the MBBS course in medicine will be started at the institute's BC Roy Institute of Medical Science and Technology
The first and the oldest IIT, IIT Kharagpur has now planned to introduce the medical stream to their institution by announcing the introduction of the MBBS degree into their curriculum. As per media reports, the director of IIT Kharagpur, VK Tewari has said that the MBBS course in medicine will be started at the institute’s BC Roy Institute of Medical Science and Technology.
IIT Kharagpur is also launching a new class of programmes called the interdisciplinary dual degree programmes. Under this, the student can study BTech and MTech simultaneously. A four-year bachelor of science will also be launched along with the academic bank of credits.
Students will be allowed to choose subjects from all the institute’s UG, and PG curriculum. “In the UG and PG curricula, the choice of electives has been broadened. Further, interdisciplinary dual-degree programmes have been introduced,” Tewari told PTI.
Earlier, UG courses used to include a summer internship of eight weeks, now it can be extended to a research internship of eight months. Along with this, there will be a provision for an internship for PG courses as well. IIT-Kharagpur has also set up an international student office, and is making efforts to increase the admission of international students, Tewari added.
