# When worlds converge

**Source**: https://ge.iitm.ac.in/rendezvous/when-worlds-converge/
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IIT
Madras
Zanzibar
is
located
in
Zanzibar
Island,
off the
East
African
mainland,
and is
being
planned
as part
of a
unique
educational
partnership
between
India
and
Zanzibar-Tanzania.
Since it
is the
first
ever IIT
campus
outside
of
India,
all eyes
are
quite
literally
on the
Zanzibar
campus.\
Apart
from a
comprehensive
curriculum
that
includes
all
aspects
of Data
Science
and
Artificial
Intelligence,
students
will
have
several
academic
opportunities
during
the
course
of their
career.
These
include
study
abroad/semester
exchange
programs
with
IIT-M’s
partner
institutions
in the
UK and
Australia
among
other
countries;
internships
with
various
globally-relevant
companies;
and a
chance
to meet
some of
the
course
requirements
at IIT
Madras
in
Chennai,
India.\
Does
this all
make you
even
more
curious
about
how the
campus
looks?
Say no
more.
Here, in
this
exclusive
photo
feature,
we take
you on a
campus
tour on
things
to look
forward
to in
the
Zanzibar
campus.
Yes,
it’s a
picturesque
location!\
\

**Captions
by
The
Office
of
Global
Engagement**

Until
the
215-acre
permanent
campus
is
fully
ready
for
operations,
students
will
be
put
up
in
the
temporary
campus
at
the
Bweleo
district
of
Zanzibar.
For
the
permanent
campus,
the
land
has
been
identified
and
approved.

The
hostel
can
accommodate
70
students
in
total
from
both
programs.
It
must
be
noted
that
the
building
that
was
given
to
IIT-M
wasn’t
designed
for
a
residential
program.
The
work
for
the
dining
facility
too
is
currently
underway.

Initially,
it
was
decided
that
faculty
will
either
be
deputed
from
IIT
Madras
or
recruited
from
India.
Along
with
admissions,
faculty
recruitment
drives
also
took
place
simultaneously
and
so
far,
five
faculty
members
have
been
recruited.
At
Zanzibar,
all
faculty
members
and
staff
will
be
put
up
in
an
international
housing
colony
next
to
the
main
campus.

Interlocking
bricks
have
been
used
for
flooring
all
through
the
campus.
Most
of
the
remaining
work
for
the
campus
will
be
ready
before
classes
for
the
first
academic
year
(2023-
24)
commence
in
October
2023.
Like
IIT-M,
sustainability
will
be
the
priority
at
the
Zanzibar
campus
too.

Plans
are
underway
to
install
IIT-M’s
iconic
Gajendra
Circle
at
the
campus.
Unlike
the
Gajendras
of
IIT-M,
the
Zanzibar
campus
will
have
Indian
and
African
elephants
holding
the
respective
country
flags

IIT
Madras
Zanzibar
offers
two
full-time
academic
programs:
a
four-year
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Data
Science
and
Artificial
Intelligence
and
a
two-year
Master
of
Technology
in
Data
Science
and
Artificial
Intelligence.
The
total
student
intake
will
be
70.

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