The School offers the following courses:

1. Two Year M. Tech in Materials Science and Technology

This course has been running since 1982 and over 100 students have passed out. All these students are gainfully employed in various R & D organizations, industries and academic institutions. The admission to this program is based on GATE score cum interview and is open to M.Sc. (Physics), M. Sc. (Chemistry) and B. Tech. students.

2. 5 Year Integrated Dual Degree M. Tech

The last few decades have witnessed a large scale technological applications of a plethora of novel and complex materials ranging from ceramics to polymers and their composites. Several of these materials possess functional and intelligent characteristics making them useful for designing smart devices and structures. The emergence of biomaterials, high temperature superconductors, carbon cluster compounds, and nanomaterials has further extended the horizons of the field of Materials Science and Technology. The subject areas of Materials Science and Technology has become truly interdisciplinary in nature. The more familiar an engineer or technologist is with the structure, properties and processing of these advanced materials, the more proficient and confident he/she would be in making a judicious selection of materials or even in designing a new material with desired characteristics for particular application. Keeping in view of the ever expanding requirement of the Materials Technology Industry and R & D organizations, a dual degree 5 year Programme, leading to B. Tech. and M. Tech. degrees at the end of the course has been launched at IT, BHU. The courses are so designed that the students develop a comprehensive understanding of the structure, properties, processing and applications of various advanced technology materials and at the same time also acquire specialized skills and understanding in the selected area of materials technology through the various electives. The dissertation work starting from the summer semester of the fourth year through the fifth year will provide the students to develop a flavour of research in frontier areas of advanced materials in a stimulating environment. This course has been initiated from the academic session 2005-06. The admission will be through Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by IITs.

3. Research Programme.

Course Structure (M. Tech)



Semester- I

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Course Contact hours per week Credit

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MS 5101: Crystallography and Crystal Structures 3 3

MS 5102: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials 3 3

MS 5103: Physical Behaviour of Materials 3 3

Elective – I * 3 3

Elective – II * 3 3

MS 5301: Laboratory 6 4

……………………………………………………………………………………..

Total for first semester 21 19

……………………………………………………………………………………..

* From the list of electives in Group A





Semester- II

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Course Contact hours per week Credit

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Open Elective * 3 3

Elective – I ** 3 3

Elective – II ** 3 3

Elective – III ** 3 3

Elective – IV ** 3 3

MS 5401: Laboratory/Project 6 4

MS 5402: Seminar 2 1



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Total for Second semester 23 20

……………………………………………………………………………………

* This elective has to be from sister departments/ schools.

** From the list of electives in Group B. These electives can be from SMST or sister
departments /schools.





Semester- III

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Subject Contact Hours/week Credit

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MS 6301. Seminar on Dissertation ------- 5

MS 6302. Dissertation- Interim Evaluation ------- 5

Semester-III Total ------- 10

Semester- IV

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Subjects Contact hours/week Credits

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MS 6401 :

Dissertation Open Defence -------- 10



MS 6402:

Dissertation Evaluation -------- 20

Semester-IV Total -------- 30







Group A: List of Electives for First Semester





MS 5104 : Phase Diagrams and Phase Transformations

MS 5105 : Materials Characterization

MS 5106 : Mathematical Methods and Computer Applications

MS 5107 : Diffusion in Solids

MS 5108 : Industrial Polymers

MS 5109 : Dislocation Theory

AC 4102 : Corrosion*

MT 5111 : Industrial Heat Treatment

MT 5112 : Deformation Behaviour

MT 5113 : Advanced Electron Metallography

CH 5107 : Membrane Separation Process
CR 5106 : Advanced Refractory Engineering



Group B: List of Electives for Second Semester



MS 5201 : Polymeric Materials

MS 5202 : Electrical and Electronic Ceramics1

MS 5203 : Ceramic Materials2

MS 5204 : Science of Ceramic Materials3

MS 5205 : Advanced Polymers

MS 5206 : Diffraction Techniques in Materials Science

MS 5207 : Corrosion**

MS 5208 : Molecular Electronics and Organic Conductors

MS 5209 : Magnetic Materials

MS 5210 : Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

MS 5211 : Functional Materials

MS 5212 : Composite Materials and their Engineering Application

BM 5215 : Composite Materials$

CR 5204 : Electrical and Electronic Ceramics4

CR 5207 : Science of Ceramic Materials5

CR 5201 : Advanced Glass Technology

CR 5202 /BM 5214 : Bio-ceramics

CR 5205 : Engineering Ceramics & Composites

ME 5218 : Advanced Composite Materials#

CH 5209 : Design and Development of Hetrogeneous Catalysts

CH 5210 : Renewable Energy Technology

EC 5238 : Optoelectronics Devices and Systems

EC 5249 : Photonics and Optical Switching

MT 5220 : Structural Phase transformations
MT 5221 : Alloy Design and Development
MT 5222 : Fracture Mechanics and Component Integrity
MT 5227 : Plasma Technology for Metallurgical Applications



NOTE : (i) *, ** will be offered in any one semester for the same batch.

(ii) 1, 2 only one of these courses will be offered

(iii) $, # only one of these courses will be offered

(iv) 1, 4 only one of these courses will be offered

(v) 3, 5 only one of these courses will be offered