About Program
Semiconductor chips are widely considered the new oil, and in 2021, an automobile on average included about 1200 chips of various specifications, twice as many as in the year 2010. There exists a global shortage of chips and chip designers, and it is aggravated as demand surged for consumer electronic devices during the Covid-19 pandemic, thus creating unprecedented opportunities for the chip design industry and semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. According to Deloitte’s 2024 semiconductor industry outlook, the semiconductor industry will require nearly one million additional skilled professionals by 2030.
Software is moving the chip industry forward with new computing paradigms needed in technologies like AI, and chipmakers are increasingly taking a software-first approach in hardware development to support emerging applications. India extended its vision for Aatma Nirbhar Bharat to semiconductor chips with the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), which has a financial outlay of Rs. 76,000 crores for designing and manufacturing chips.
Taking cognizance of this national and global opportunity, DIT University offers a program in B. Tech. Computer Science and Engineering with a specialization in chip design. The multidisciplinary program is a strong amalgamation of hardware and software concepts required to design a variety of chips. Successful graduates of this program are likely to be in high demand across multinational semiconductor companies, embedded systems industries, and advanced electronics sectors.
Students admitted to the B.Tech. CSE Chip Design program will have the dual advantage of getting exposed to core concepts of Computer Science while also enrolling in specialised elective subjects connected to the chip design course domain to develop expertise in designing chips for a variety of applications.
As one of the leading universities in Dehradun for emerging technologies and future-focused engineering education, DIT University continues to strengthen industry-oriented learning opportunities in advanced computing and semiconductor systems.