About ISM

Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad was established in 1926 for catering to the manpower needs of coal and mineral industries . Indian School of mines is directly under financial and administrative control of Ministry of HRD, Govt.  of  India  since  1996 . The academic profile of  the institute changed  over  the time to keep abreast with The technological challenges and  societal aspirations . The institute  has  been  in  service of  the  nation  contributing immensely in nation building for last 85 years.

The first  phase  of expansion of  the Indian School of Mines began in 1950-51, the Silver Jubilee year, when annual admissions  were  increased  to  60  from  20 in 1926. In 1952  new   disciplines -  Applied  Geophysics  and  Petroleum  Engineering  were  added  raising  the  intake  to  100 . In due recognition of its vital role in the service of mineral exploration and mining sectors towards National economy the ISM was granted autonomy as a deemed University by the Govt. of India.

This was followed by the addition in the fields of Mineral Engg, Mining Machinery, Computer Sc& Engg, Electronics, Mechanical Engg  and  recently Electrical Engg and Environmental Sc & Engg.Chemical Engg. Presently the Indian School of Mines offers ten B.Tech programmes, Five Dual Degree programmes i.e. .B.Tech with M.Tech/MBA, three 5-year integrated M.Sc, 2 five-year integrated M.Sc.Tech, 2 three year M.Sc.Tech 3,two-year M.Sc,17 M.Tech,2 M.Phil, MBA ;  Ph.D programmes  in all  disciplines . Admission  to  four-year B.Tech is through IIT-JEE from 1997-98 and five –year programmes are through IIT-JEE .From 2006-07, the student number has gone up to 2803. The institute is actively involved in research & development, continuing education programmes, industrial consultancy testing.

The products of Indian School of Mines are sought after at a premium by the mineral industry. The Institute has produced more than 10,000 engineers and scientists shaping Indian Mining and Mineral industry and making a significant contribution to the growth and development of the country.