ACADEMICS PRACTICES/HIGHLIGHTS
The vision of MIT Academy of Engineering (MITAOE) is to evolve into a holistic, multidisciplinary institution that seamlessly integrates the arts, humanities, and STEM disciplines. This approach fosters a comprehensive and interdisciplinary education and research environment.
Our goal is to meet the diverse future needs of society through flexible and interdisciplinary academic experience, innovative teaching-learning pedagogy, effective assessment and transformative student experience to promote lifelong learning.
CURRICULUM DESIGN
The autonomous curriculum embodies this vision by promoting flexibility in learning, designing an industry-oriented curriculum, and ensuring the overall development of students. The curriculum is designed to empower our students with five important and necessary skills of the 21st century: Critical thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, and Career-life skills.
Courses are categorized into subgroups to provide a balanced blend of core knowledge, skills, applications, specialization, and experiential learning through projects and internships.
As disciplinary boundaries rapidly diminish, acquiring knowledge across multiple fields becomes increasingly essential. Academic flexibility is enhanced through elective courses offered at various levels and categories, such as discipline electives, multidisciplinary electives, open electives, and professional skills. This structure provides students with excellent opportunities to gain interdisciplinary knowledge and specialize in chosen fields at the undergraduate level.
Courses such as Design Thinking, Creative Technologies, Prototyping, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science,
Universal Human Values, and Liberal Learning foster collaboration across diverse fields. They promote holistic learning and innovative-sustainable problem-solving approaches, enriching students' academic experiences and preparing them for complex real-world challenges.
COURSE STRUCTURE
It is a need of the time to pay attention to the societal needs by an engineering graduate to solve some of the real life societal problems by providing affordable technological solutions. The concept of the field project follows the same theme. The project design aims to identify the problems that are faced by the society and develop the systems / processes / products to provide solutions for the same using science and technology for the betterment of society or human life.
It is a need of the time to pay attention to the societal needs by an engineering graduate to solve some of the real life societal problems by providing affordable technological solutions. The concept of the project follows the same theme. The major project aims to identify the problems from the society and develop the solutions for the same using science and technology for the betterment of society or human life.
The intention of a capstone project at the graduation level is to provide students with an opportunity to apply their cumulative knowledge and skills to a comprehensive, real-world problem or research question. It aims to demonstrate their proficiency in their field of study, enhance critical thinking, and prepare them for professional or academic pursuits post-graduation.
A Research Methodology course teaches students the principles and techniques of conducting scientific research. It covers topics such as research design, data collection, data analysis, and ethical considerations. The course aims to equip students with the skills necessary to plan, execute, and evaluate research projects effectively.
The main aim of this internship is to assist all Second Year B.Tech. students to acquire the skills required for personal stability and professional growth. The ultimate goal is to imbue students with professionalism and life skills
A technical internship provides hands-on experience in a professional setting, allowing interns to apply their academic knowledge to real-world projects. Interns work under the guidance of experienced professionals, gaining practical skills in areas such as engineering, IT, or software development. The experience enhances problem-solving abilities, technical expertise, and prepares students for future careers in their field. This technical internship is offered to both TY entrants and BTECH entrants.
A semester-long internship offers students immersive, hands-on experience in their field of study, bridging academic knowledge with practical application. Over the course of the semester, interns collaborate with industry professionals, contributing to real projects and gaining valuable insights into their chosen career path. This extended duration allows for deeper learning, skill development, and professional networking, effectively preparing students for post-graduate employment.
A liberal learning course introduces students to a broad range of subjects in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. It emphasizes critical thinking, effective communication, and the ability to understand and integrate knowledge from various disciplines. The goal is to foster well-rounded individuals who are prepared for diverse careers and informed citizenship.
This choice-based module aims to focus on introduction to the futuristic developing engineering technologies. The students will gain insight to technology development and multidisciplinary industrial environment at introductory level. The students will comprehend different technologies in instructional interaction. Students will develop a Digital portfolio using Web Technology. The students will have ample choice to select futuristic technology of their interest. In order to experience joyful learning, students will apply chosen futuristic technology for real life problems.
The course not only gives students an excellent grounding in the language, but also opens up fascinating chances to learn more about any culture, history, and literature. Students develop the foundational skills and more advanced strategies necessary to function in a speaking culture. A broad variety of linguistic skills, from being able to express oneself properly in writing and speech to being able to understand different forms and talk convincingly in front of an audience of any size, may be honed by learning the language from the bottom up.
An Employability Skills course equips students with essential skills for the workplace, including communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and time management. It focuses on practical abilities that enhance job readiness, adaptability, and professional growth, preparing students for successful careers in various industries. It makes students globally employable with life long learning.
This course is aimed at giving inputs that will help to ensure the right understanding and right feelings in the students in their life and profession, enabling them to lead an ethical life. In this course, the students learn the process of self-exploration, the difference between the Self and the Body, the naturally acceptable feelings in relationships in a family, workplace and society, the comprehensive human goal in the society, the mutual fulfillment in nature and the co-existence in existence. As a natural outcome of such inputs, they are able to evaluate an ethical life and profession ahead.
This course provides an overview of the significance of ecosystems, including environmental pollution, biodiversity and its conservation, and environmental law. Discussions of environmental issues begin with climate change, global warming, and other environmental challenges. A model for the generation of Power as Solar, Wind, and Water is required for students as part of the Green Energy Corridor Project creative exercise.
The Entrepreneurship Skills course introduces students to the essential skills needed to start and run a successful business. Students will learn about identifying opportunities, developing business plans, marketing strategies, financial management, and leadership. This course aims to equip student with practical knowledge and tools to turn their ideas into viable ventures and navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship.
Indian constitution is an audit course designed for the all FY. BTech students. Indian constitution is a great source of human values promoting through its legislative, executive and judiciary institutions. The key values that are learnt from constitution are justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. Constitution also teaches us to be impartial, non-partisan and tolerant in our attitude and public interactions. Liberty of thought, expression, belief or faith is necessary for all round development of an individual which the constitution teach and protects. It also inculcates the value of fraternity that promotes the spirit of common brotherhood among all citizens.
The course focuses on logic building of the students. C is the best programming language to start learning computer programming. The significance of the C programming language is that it is recognized worldwide and used in many applications, including advanced scientific systems and operating systems.
This course is built on the foundation and framework of mathematics and physics. The course requires students to have strong abstract thinking and reasoning skills. The course addresses the modeling and analysis of real world engineering applications and problem solving.
Design Thinking is a powerful process of problem solving as it deals with human centred design approach. When Design Thinking approaches are applied to business, the success rate for innovation improves substantially. The course aim to imbibe understanding of the Design Thinking process and apply it to real world problems while building their strong teamwork and communication skills. Students will learn to use the Design Thinking process to solve complex problems and create innovative solutions.
This course focuses on developing important technical concepts in a comprehensible, coherent and rigorous way. This course provides students with a solid foundation in the principles, theories and practical applications of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Students will delve into the fundamental concepts of electrical circuits, power analysis, semiconductor devices and digital electronics. Students will also explore the intricate world of semiconductor devices including diodes, transistors, power supply design and uncover their applications in electronic circuits.
This course aims at equipping learners to be able to provide the essence of Data Science by using python programming. In this course, firstly, the learners will learn python fundamentals required for Data Science. The learners are able to use different data organizational structures to store the real time data.
The course focuses on developing important mathematical concepts in a comprehensible, coherent and rigorous way. This is achieved by means of a carefully balanced approach by including the topics of calculus and differential equations which will foster the analytical thinking, and problem solving abilities of the students.
The fundamental objective of the Science of Nature course is to provide the extended knowledge of Chemistry and Biology required for engineering courses. The course explores science in nature with biological case studies. The role of chemistry for engineers via topics like atomic structure and green chemistry principles are also studied.
This course includes some of the main ideas on integral calculus, a wide domain of mathematics that has many applications relevant to the future engineer. Also included different methods of computing integrals and applications of multiple integrals as area, volume, centre of gravity and moment of inertia using different types of examples.
Various areas of engineering studies are found to be applying concepts discussed in Physics as for instance measurement, optics, quantum-mechanics to name a few which have been instrumental/ pivotal in the development of Engineering branches. The course discusses the basics and analyses the understanding of topics like measurement of physical variables, wave-phenomenon, basics of Quantum Mechanics and its applications thereof.
- Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering
- Chemical Engineering Industrial Technology Management
- Cloud Computing
- Computer Aided Engineering and Automation
- Business Administration
- Infrastructure and Sustainability
- Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning
- Healthcare Technologies
- Blockchain Technologies
- Design for Engineers
ROBUST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Robust learning environment at MITAOE encompasses a well-equipped educational setting that effectively caters to diverse learner requirements, fostering optimal learning outcomes. This includes access to comprehensive resources, supportive teaching methodologies, engaging academic content, and a conducive physical and psychological atmosphere that stimulates active participation, collaboration, and critical thinking among students.
- Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction (ARCS):
MITOAE Instructional Model focuses on Motivation for improving value in knowledge presented. Contents are designed with Case Studies, Applications and Problem Based Learning. - Effective Gen Z Students Engagement:
Content Delivery in Segmented Sessions, Interactions, In-Class Activities, Class Discussions, Pole Questions, Chats, and In Class surveys and assessment for effectively handling attention span of.
- Problem and Project Based Learning:
Structuring learning around real life problems and challenges. - Participative Learning:
Increased emphasis on communication, discussion, debate, research, and opportunities for cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary thinking. - Active Learning:
Instructional plan, mode of conduction and types of activities as per learning needs of the learners and their learning styles. Variety of Instruction contents such as presentations, animations, websites, and videos. - Cooperative Learning:
Group Projects, Course Projects, Group Activities and Assignments to promote positive interdependence, working together and helping each other culture and human values.
- Collaborative Learning:
Approach where students actively engage with peers to achieve common learning goals such as Projects, Various club activities, Group Assignments. - Experiential Learning Projects and Internship:
It emphasizes learning by doing, allowing students to engage in activities, experiments, or real-world tasks that enable them to apply theoretical knowledge in practical contexts. - Joyful Learning:
Liberal Learning, Technical/ NonTechnical/ Cultural/ Sports Clubs at MITAOE, makes education enjoyable, engaging, and meaningful for students. This is creating a positive environment where students feel motivated and enthusiastic about learning.
Dr. Sunita S. Barve,
Deputy Director Academics and Research,
Professor in School of Computer Engineering,
MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi.
Email: deputdirector.ar@mitaoe.ac.in