The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati will be launching a Master's Programme in Liberal Arts. The course will come into effective from the July 2022 semester of the institute. It will be offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.  

The Liberal Arts programme will offer cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary training to students and sharpen their ability to think critically and creatively about social, political and aesthetic issues that concern the world. This degree programme will also align with the NEP 2020 reforms. 

“The main motive of this liberal arts program is to promote a multidisciplinary approach in all aspects of higher education so that the youth are exposed to critical thinking, analytical reasoning, encourage creativity, multi-lingual and traditional knowledge while they prepare for complex and wide-ranging jobs,” stated Professor T G Sithram, Director at IIT Guwahati. 

The introduction of this course will also help IIT Guwahati secure a place in the Liberal Arts Higher education map. The liberal arts programme will help students to be creative with the skill sets they acquire and address real-life problems. The programme will also offer opportunities for interested learners to engage with digital technology and methodology, think critically about technological paradigms, and apply digital tools in critical humanities research in praxis-based projects, by integrating theory and practical learning. 

The introduction of this course also aims to help students make informed judgments and choices, while also being conscious of their ethical implications. As per the official press release, the first batch of this course will be admitted in the upcoming July 2022 semester.  

Masters in Liberal Arts will include a range of courses comprising cores and electives is geared towards the orientation of Liberal Arts concepts like Geo- Spatial Analytics, Digital Humanities, International Relations, and Diplomacy, Study of vernacular literature and languages, Area Studies, etc. The admission criteria for Masters in Liberal Arts will be announced soon on IIT Guwahati’s official website – iitg.ac.in