The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has admitting a total of 8,154 students in the first batch of its first online B Sc Degree in Programming and Data Science.

The selected students can enrol for the foundational level courses, which will be offered from January 2021. Out of 8,154 students, 1,922 are female candidates and 6,232 are male candidates.

As many as 1,593 students are from Arts, Science and Commerce background while 3,450 are from an engineering background.

The institute has started the second qualifier process. Interested students can apply online by filling up the application forms available at https://www.onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in along with requisite documents and a registration fee of Rs 3,000. The last date to apply is February 6, 2021.