IIT Gandhinagar also offers an option of a post-graduate diploma in engineering (D.IIT), which is a one year programme designed to be an intensive course-work based programme with no thesis or research requirements. The coursework requirements and the application procedure for the DIIT programme are the same as for the MTech programme, however, the DIIT programme is only for one year and does not have any research credit requirements. Currently DIIT is offered in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Material Science and Engineering.