# Electives in chemical engineering

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**Category:** Academics\
**Tags:** electives\
**Created:** [14 June 2024 11:05 UTC](https://community.askiitm.com/t/electives-in-chemical-engineering/439 "2024-06-14T11:05:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![anvay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@anvay](https://community.askiitm.com/u/anvay)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2024 11:05 UTC](https://community.askiitm.com/t/electives-in-chemical-engineering/439/1 "2024-06-14T11:05:15Z")

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The open house conducted by IITM said that 40% of the course comprises of electives which can be chosen from any department. Is this true for all courses?  
If not, roughly what is the percentage for chemical engineering?

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**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://community.askiitm.com/u/Ayesha)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2024 15:00 UTC](https://community.askiitm.com/t/electives-in-chemical-engineering/439/2 "2024-06-17T15:00:21Z")

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The current IIT Madras academic system offers students a very high degree of flexibility in their choice of courses via the elective system. Students can choose between 40-50% of their courses, including courses from any other department. The percentage varies from department to department so you should refer to the [curriculum](https://www.iitm.ac.in/academics/academic-curricula) to find the percentage for chemical engineering.

This year onwards the number of credits a student must complete to graduate has been reduced from 432 to 400, so the curriculum should be updated soon. You can read about other new academic initiatives [here.](https://community.askiitm.com/t/what-are-the-new-initiatives-at-iit-madras-in-2024/307)