these two regular semesters, the academic year also includes a shorter summer quarter, during which some courses are offered. The institution follows the credit-based system of performance evaluation. The credits allocated to each course depends on the total number of contact hours, including lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions. Each course is usually worth three credits. The typical course load per semester is 21–24 credits for undergraduate students. Undergraduate programs IIT Bhubaneswar offers undergraduate degrees in six technical disciplines and integrated five-year programs for undergraduate students leading to MTech degrees. The BTech degree is based on a four-year program comprising eight semesters. The first year of the BTech curriculum has common courses from various departments. At the end of the first year, an option to change departments is given to meritorious students on the basis of their performance in the first two semesters. From the second year onwards, the students take courses offered exclusively by their departments that are known as "electives". In addition to these, the students takes inter-disciplinary courses known as "Lateral courses" and breadth courses for courses in humanities and social sciences, and management and information technology. During the 7th & 8th semester, undergraduate students undergo co-curricular practical training in Indian industry and undertake a Research project. Admission Admission to these programs is through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), taken by students seeking admission into the IITs after completing 12 years of schooling. As of 2016, the total undergraduate student intake every year is 260, with 40 students in each of the above-mentioned disciplines and 20 in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.Each Dual degree courses has an intake of 10 students. The plan is to have 2,500 students within 3–4 years, which will expand to 10,000 students within 15 years. Postgraduate programs The MTech degree is based on a two-year program comprising four semesters. Research is included as a component in the MTech level. Institute offers Joint MTech — PhD programs in all its schools except for the Schools of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Social Sciences & Management. Doctorate programs Institute has been admitting students into PhD programs since 2009. Rankings IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked at 701–750 in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2022 list. Among engineering colleges, IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 12 by India Today in 2020. It ranked 28 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2021 It was ranked 601–800