IIT Guwahati launches master’s course in liberal arts

The first batch of 30 students will be admitted from the upcoming July 2022 semester based on specific admission criteria to be announced soon. 

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has announced the launch of a master’s programme in liberal arts. The course will be offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati, from the 2022-2023 academic year.  

The first batch of 30 students will be admitted from the upcoming July 2022 semester based on specific admission criteria to be announced soon. The programme aims at offering cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary training to students and hone their ability to think critically and creatively about social, political and aesthetic issues that concern our world today and would align with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.  

Programme aims to promote multidisciplinary approach in all aspects of higher education

The programme will help students to be creative with the skill sets they acquire and to address real-life problems. The programme will also offer opportunities for interested learners to engage with digital technology and methodology, think critically about technological paradigms and apply digital tools in critical humanities research in praxis-based projects. 

IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam said the aim of the programme is to promote a multidisciplinary approach in all aspects of higher education so that the youth are exposed to critical thinking, analytical reasoning, encourage creativity, multi-lingual and traditional knowledge while they prepare for complex and wide-ranging jobs. 

The range of courses comprising cores and electives is geared towards the orientation of liberal arts concepts such as geo-spatial analytics, digital humanities, international relations and diplomacy, study of vernacular literature and languages, area studies, etc.  

Self-learning projects in each semester will be the highlight of these academic project work. This will inculcate leadership qualities in students and make them front runners and policymakers of the future. The course will be crucial in securing a place for the institute in the liberal arts higher education map. 

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