Telangana engineering students to have flexibility to earn 160 credits

Panel looking into the revision of engineering curriculum recommends it can be done by end of sixth or seventh semester

Hyderabad: Undergraduate engineering students will have the flexibility to earn 160 credits by the end of the sixth or seventh semester out of eight-semester programmes. The reason for extending this flexibility is to make students devote their remaining semester (s) full-time to industrial internships or projects.

This is one among several recommendations made by TGCHE Secretary Prof Sriram Venkatesh-led committee, which has been constituted for revising the engineering syllabus for the forthcoming academic year, here on Friday.

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Another major change that the committee recommended is making a minimum of four industrial or field visits mandatory for students during their studies. In addition, two credit-based industrial internships with a special focus on industrial projects at the end of the second and third year will be a must.

The committee decided to frame a uniform structure and credit framework i.e., each semester comprising 20 credits and 160 credits for four years, in addition, to 20 credits for minor and honours degree programmes, across all universities.

Students will be given flexibility to transfer credits earned beyond their curriculum i.e., credits secured out of certificate courses.

To strengthen and protect the core engineering branches, the committee recommended offering emerging courses such as AI, ML, Data Science, and Cyber Security as electives besides introducing minor and honours programmes for all universities.

Before finalising changes in the engineering curriculum, the committee decided to hold a consultative meeting with recruiters and stakeholders to take feedback on employable and entrepreneurial skill requirements for students.