ISM

Indian School of Mines (ISM) was understandably located at Dhanbad. The idea was to facilitate mining education in close proximity of the mineral rich Chhota Nagpur plateau. Modelled on the Royal School of Mines, London, ISM was formally opened by Viceroy Lord Irwin in the year 1926.ISM was granted autonomy by the Government of India and was declared a deemed university under the UGC Act in the year 1967.It took a major leap in the year 1996 when the entrance examination for BTech courses of ISM began to be conducted through IIT-JEE.ISM is spread over an area of 88 hectares covered with thick trees and beautiful, well-maintained gardens.The campus houses sixteen departments and centres with more than 100 faculty members.
ISM offers four-year integrated BTech programmes in mining engineering, mineral engineering, mining machinery engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, computer science and engineering, electronics engineering. The school also offers three-year masters programmes leading to MSc degrees in applied geology and applied geophysics and a two-year programme leading to MSc degrees in applied geology, mathematics and computing.BTech degree in electrical engineering would be started from the academic session 2006-07