Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was founded in 1909 as a result of the joint efforts of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Government of India, and the Maharaja of Mysore. In 1886, Jamsetji Tata conceived of a university of science that will work for the benefit of India, and in 1898 created an endowment for establishing such an institution. The Government of India then took up the effort, and, in consultation with scientists in England and in India, decided to locate the Institute in Bangalore, where the Maharaja of Mysore, Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, donated 372 acres of land. The Institute was formally vested in 1909, the foundation stone was laid in 1911, and the first batch of students started their studies in the same year.

Over the 105 years since its establishment, IISc has become the premier institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education in India. Beginning with 2 departments and 21 students in 1911, today IISc has 39 departments, units, or centres, 3500 students, and about 500 academic and scientific staff, supported by 600 administrative personnel. Out of this population of students, about 2200 are in various PhD programs, almost 900 are enrolled for various Masters degrees, whereas about 400 are registered in the newly established, research oriented, four-year Bachelor of Science (Research) programme, of which the first batch will graduate in 2015.

In the recent years, with new centres such as CiSTUP (The Centre of Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation, and Urban Planning), the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, the Centre for Earth Sciences, the Centre for NeuroScience, the Centre for Excellence in Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), and the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems (RBCCPS), the Institute has vigorously promoted inter-disciplinary research. Indeed, CiSTUP, RBCCPS and a new Centre for Brain Research (funded by a large private endowment) are expected to conduct translational research in their respective areas, in order to better connect with industry and society.

With the recent construction of modern buildings, acquisition of new research facilities, and induction of a large number of new faculty members, the Institute can look forward to an era of high productivity, increasing impact, and rising prominence in the world.
Academics

Departments

Division of Biological Sciences Division of Chemical Sciences
Biochemistry
Centre for Ecological Sciences
Centre for Infectious Disease Research
Centre for Neuroscience
Microbiology & Cell Biology
Molecular Biophysics Unit
Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics

Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Materials Research Centre
NMR Research Centre
Organic Chemistry
Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit

Division of Mechanical Sciences Division of Interdisciplinary Research
Aerospace Engineering
Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing
Chemical Engineering
Materials Engineering
Advanced Facility for Microscopy and Microanalysis(AFMM)
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Centre for Earth Sciences (CEaS)
Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly known as ASTRA)
Divecha Centre for Climate Change

Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering (BSSE)
Centre for Contemporary Studies (CCS)
Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP)
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE)
Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS)
Department of Management Studies
Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER)
Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research (ICWaR)
IISc Mathematics Initiative (IMI)
Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems (RBCCPS)
Supercomputer Education & Research Centre (SERC)

Division of Electrical Sciences
Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
Computer Science & Automation
Electrical Communication Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme
Centre for Cryogenic Technology
Centre for High Energy Physics
Instrumentation and Applied Physics
Mathematics
Physics