IIT-Kanpur goes a step further and allows candidates to shift at the end of the first and second years. Not only does the institute allow students to also pursue a minor (pick 3 to 4 courses in another stream), it also has a scheme of a second major under which 10 courses for another stream can be chosen. At IIT-Kanpur, computer science, mechanical and electrical engineering, economics and math are the most popular branches that freshmen shift to.
"We have noticed that many students take up a stream due to family and peer pressure, but after they join they realize where their interests lay. All the schemes we have allow a perfect marriage between the student and the stream where his/her heart is. We are liberal because we see our undergraduate programme as the one that should broaden the mind," IIT-Kanpur dean (academic affairs) Dheeraj Sanghi said.
"We have noticed that many students take up a stream due to family and peer pressure, but after they join they realize where their interests lay. All the schemes we have allow a perfect marriage between the student and the stream where his/her heart is. We are liberal because we see our undergraduate programme as the one that should broaden the mind," IIT-Kanpur dean (academic affairs) Dheeraj Sanghi said.
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