Archive · 22 Aug 2026
IIM Bangalore and Tata Trusts Launch Dorabji Tata Undergraduate School
IIM Bangalore and Tata Trusts are working together to create a new undergraduate school.
The school will be called the IIM Bangalore–Dorabji Tata School of Undergraduate Studies.
Its first students will begin classes on August 31.
There will be 80 students in the first group.
They will study in two four-year residential programmes.
One programme focuses on Data Sciences, and the other focuses on Economics.
Each programme also includes the other subject as a minor.
Tata Trusts will help build the school and support its planning and governance.
IIM Bangalore and Tata Trusts signed an MoU to establish the Dorabji Tata School of Undergraduate Studies.
The school’s inaugural cohort will include 80 students in two four-year, full-time residential programmes.
The programmes received 12,000 applications, with 40 students selected for each course.
The school will offer BSc (Hons) degrees in Data Sciences and Economics, with minors in the other subject.
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust will support academic infrastructure, strategy, policy, governance and initial development.
- Who
- The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Tata Trusts, including the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, signed the agreement.
- What
- They signed an MoU to establish the IIM Bangalore–Dorabji Tata School of Undergraduate Studies.
- When
- The MoU was signed on Friday, and the inaugural cohort will begin on August 31.
- Where
- The school is being developed in the Jigani-Anekal area, about 23 kilometres from IIM Bangalore’s Bannerghatta Road campus.
- Why
- The partnership aims to establish a multidisciplinary undergraduate institution and respond to the need for education combining technology, data, artificial intelligence and other fields.
- Inaugural cohort
- 80 students
- Applications received
- 12,000
- Programmes
- BSc (Hons) in Data Sciences with a minor in Economics; BSc (Hons) in Economics with a minor in Data Sciences
- Programme format
- Four-year, full-time and residential
- Start date
- August 31
- Location
- Jigani-Anekal area, about 23 kilometres from IIM Bangalore’s Bannerghatta Road campus
- Supporter
- Sir Dorabji Tata Trust