The department came into existence in 1965 as the Department of Aeronautical Engineering and renamed as the Department of Aerospace Engineering in 1988. Since its inception the department is engaged in imparting education in various aspects of aircraft and space technology. It offers B.Tech, Dual degree and M. Tech programmes in Aerospace Engineering. In addition, research programes lead to MS, joint M. Tech-PhD and PhD degrees also exists. At the present(2015), the faculty strength is 19. The department has 243 UG (including Dual Degree), 50 M. Tech, and 40 PhD scholars. The Department has well-equipped laboratories in the areas of Aerodynamics, Structures, Propulsion, System and Control, Intelligent Systems, Aeromodelling, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computational Structure Mechanics. The department also has excellent computational laboratories equipped with high performance computational facilities. It also offers adequate facilities to the students to design build and fly remotely controlled/auto-controlled model aircraft including UAVs and MAVs. The department has the unique distinction of having centre of excellence in composites and Computational fluid dynamics and undertaking a large number of sponsored R & D projects and consultancies in different areas of Aerospace Engineering. It is currently running several sponsored research projects from different sponsoring agencies such as Aeronautics R & D Board, DRDO, DRDL, DST, ADA, ISRO, Indian Railway, HAL and others. Several major initiatives to meet the current demand of quality research have been taken. Firstly the department has identified five major Thrust Areas of Research namely Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and related Technologies, Smart and Composite Structures, Experimental and Computational Research on Turbulent Flows, Propulsion & Combustion and Flight Dynamics & Control. Secondly, the department has identified top 10 Journals in Aerospace Engineering and interdisciplinary areas and top 10 academic conferences around the world where the faculty and students are encouraged to publish their research works.

Welcome to the Department of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Kharagpur which offers B. Tech, Dual degree (B. Tech + M. Tech), M. Tech, joint M. Tech-PhD and PhD degrees programme in the aerospace engineering. Since its inception in 1965 the department is engaged in imparting quality education in various aspects of aerospace engineering. The Department aspires to be among the top 20 departments of Aerospace Engineering of the world. It aims to create an ambience in which new ideas and creativity flourish and from which research and scholarship and leaders and innovators of tomorrow emerge. The department has taken several major initiatives over the past four decades to meet the current demand of quality education and research. The department has identified five major Thrust Areas of Research provided in the website. The department has also identified top 10 journals in Aerospace Engineering and interdisciplinary areas and top 10 academic conferences around the world where the faculty and students are encouraged to publish their research work. The department is involved in undertaking a large number of sponsored R & D projects and consultancies and developed collaborations with national and international peers. The department has large number of publications in reputed Journals. According to QS world University rankings by subject 2015, Engineering & Technology: Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing engineering together of the Institute has been ranked 3rd within the national peers and ranked 59th within the International peers. The Department would like to look back at its inception, growth and development and the role it has played in the field of aerospace over the years. The alumni of this department have occupied important positions in various aerospace organizations and have played key roles in its advancement. If you have further questions after browsing this website, please do not hesitate to contact us.