B.Tech The objectives of 4 year B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering are that the students will learn the concepts. and develop skills related to Metallurgical Engineering and have a broad based fundamental knowledge of both science and engineering with analytical and innovative skills.
Dual Degree (IDD)
The objectives of 5-Year Integrated Dual Degree [B.Tech. & M.Tech.] programme in Metallurgical Engineering are that the students will learn the concepts. and develop skills related to Metallurgical Engineering and have a broad based fundamental knowledge of both science and engineering with analytical and innovative skills
M.Tech
The objectives of 2 year M. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering are that the students will learn the concepts and develop skills related to Metallurgical Engineering and have a broad based fundamental knowledge of both science and engineering with analytical and innovative skills
Dual Degree (IDD)
The objectives of 5-Year Integrated Dual Degree [B.Tech. & M.Tech.] programme in Metallurgical Engineering are that the students will learn the concepts. and develop skills related to Metallurgical Engineering and have a broad based fundamental knowledge of both science and engineering with analytical and innovative skills
M.Tech
The objectives of 2 year M. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering are that the students will learn the concepts and develop skills related to Metallurgical Engineering and have a broad based fundamental knowledge of both science and engineering with analytical and innovative skills
- Sep 2023: Prof. N.K. Mukhopadhyay is elected as the Fellow of the lndian National Science Academy. Hearty congratulations to him for his phenomenal achievement
With reference to the Rolling Advertisement for faculty recruitment at IIT(BHU) available at home page of IIT(BHU) website, the Preferred Areas of Specialization for Faculty Recruitment are as follows: Computational Materials Engineering, Thermodynamics of Materials; Extractive Metallurgy, Extraction of Metals, Processing of Secondary Metals & Alloys, Iron & Steel Making technologies, Management & Recycling of Metallurgical Wastes; Mechanical Metallurgy, Advanced Mechanical Processing Technologies, Foundry & Near-Net Shape Processing technologies, Joining of Metals & Alloys, Surface Engineering, Corrosion Engineering; Physical Metallurgy, Structural Metallurgy, Complex Metallic Alloys, Advanced Materials, Energy Materials, Nanomaterials, Composite Materials, Design of Advanced Steels, Characterization of Materials, Non-equilibrium Processing of Materials. Design and Development of Novel Materials.
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- QIP sponsored Short-term course & Continuing Education Program on 'Metallurgical Failures' from February 11, 2019 to February 16, 2019.
- QIP Short-term course on 'Mechanical properties and deformation behaviour of structural materials' from August 27, 2018 to September 1, 2018.
Department of Metallurgical Engineering is frequently visited by eminent Faculty, Alumni, and Industry from all over the world. They enlighten the students with their visionary talks and presentations and interact with faculty towards a more collaborative system for research, academia-Industry relationship and alumni association among many other.
• Recent Visitors: Dr. Paolo Mele Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, Japan (November 08, 2017)
Prof. C. Ravi Ravindran Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (August 19, 2017)
• Recent Visitors: Dr. Paolo Mele Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, Japan (November 08, 2017)
Prof. C. Ravi Ravindran Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (August 19, 2017)
- Dr. Shikhar Krishn Jha of IIT Kanpur will be delivering a talk in the conference hall of Metallurgy department on 18th September 2023 on the topic "Effect of externally applied fields on materials synthesis and sintering.
- I take the privilege of inviting you to an Invited Lecture jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Varanasi Chapter and Metallurgy Society of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi on September 18, 2023 (Monday) at 04:00 PM in the Conference Hall of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
- 2023 is the centenary year of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT(BHU). To celebrate this historic milestone, an international conference will be held by the department between October 26 and 28, 2023. METCENT 2023
- An SRF position sponsored by SERB is available in Dr. Praveen Sathiyamoorthi's research group to work on developing ultra-strong maraging-based medium entropy alloys. The official advertisement for the position, along with an application format, can be found here. Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering.
- Met Soc and IIM Varanasi chapter have jointly organized the annual Metals and Materials Quiz for class XI and XII students on 26th August 2023. Please check the activities tab for more details.

Metallurgical Engineering
The Department is currently offering Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degree programmes. It had been recognized as Centre of Advanced Study in 1980 and presently running into the IVth phase of this status. The National Electron Microscope Facility (NELMIF) was established through the generous grant of DST in 1982. The Department is also a Centre of QIP programme of MHRD/AICTE since 1981.
Department of Metallurgical Engineering.
The Department is currently offering Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degree programmes. It had been recognized as Centre of Advanced Study in 1980 and presently running into the IVth phase of this status. The National Electron Microscope Facility (NELMIF) was established through the generous grant of DST in 1982. The Department is also a Centre of QIP programme of MHRD/AICTE since 1981. The members of staff have been actively engaged in research and have undertaken many research/cons ultancy projects. These research activities span over wide ranging fields of nanomaterials characterization, quasicrystals, biomaterials, magnetic materials, spray forming, rapid solidification, mechanical alloying, powder metallurgy, modeling of phase diagram by CVM, phase transformation in steels and nonferrous alloys and structure property correlations, creep and fatigue behaviour of materials, nanoindentation, corrosion, thermodynamics of alloys and semiconducting intermetallics, pyrometallurgy of sulphide minerals, preparation of molycarbides, processing of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, foundry and welding, wear studies of composites, waste utilization and energy management etc.
Research areas
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EHC
Electrochemistry and Corrosion
- Studies on hydrogen evolution reaction
- Hot corrosion studies on steel
EMTA
Electron microscopy and texture analysis
- Characterization of multi-component oxides
- Electron microscopy of thin films
EMT
Extractive Metallurgy
- Ferrous and Non-ferrous extractive metallurgy
- Alternative routes in iron making
ICMD
Integrated computational materials design
- Cluster Variation Methods
- Phase Diagram Evaluation
MFA
MPPM
Materials Processing and physical metallurgy
- Additive manufacturing of new alloys
- Non-equilibrium Processing of metallic glasses, quasi crystals
MM