About

Electronics and Communication Engineering at IIT Guwahati is a branch of engineering which starts with the basic fundamentals of Electronics and moves to major subjects in detail. Further, it introduces and deals in power generation systems, power transfer and electrical machines.

Course Structure

The B.Tech program aims at providing a strong foundation in theoretical, practical and design aspects of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE). The curriculum covers all areas of electronics and communication engineering under the broad categories of electronic circuits, electronic devices, signal processing and communication. The syllabus comprises of theory and laboratory courses under these categories. The theory course can be either a core or an elective course. Each theory course has a laboratory component, which provides a balanced mix of quality teaching of theoretical concepts and experimental verification of the learnt concepts.
There are exclusive laboratory courses aimed at imparting the design knowledge of electronic circuits. The design laboratory project in the sixth semester and the project work in the seventh and eighth semesters are aimed at providing opportunities to the students and guiding them to develop new electronic systems useful for real applications using theoretical, practical and design knowledge learnt so for. The elective courses are aimed at imparting knowledge in the specialized and state of the art topics in the broad categories mentioned above. Thus the B.Tech program offered by the department provides an ample opportunity for the aspiring students to become Electronics and Communication Engineers with sufficient knowledge to take up the Engineering profession.
The course structure extends beyond the syllabus of Electronics and Communication Engineering and provides various opportunities to explore some of the hot topics in the field of Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Machine Learning .This gives students an exposure to research topics in such fields

Future Opportunities

Undergraduates from ECE who opt for placement are taken up every year by companies such as Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Samsung, Microsoft etc. Others who opt for further studies have gone on to join top universities both abroad and in India. Some of the hot topics in the field currently include VLSI, 5G based communication, organic semiconductor chips etc. Many students from ECE also opt to take up further studies in fields such as AI, Machine Learning, Robotics and Software development.