One of the oldest departments of IIT Madras, the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) was established in 1959 as the Department of Metallurgy. It was renamed as Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 2003. The Department offers B.Tech., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D. degree courses, and is actively engaged in research, education, and industrial consultancy. It's teaching, research and consultancy activities cover a broad spectrum ranging from conventional metallurgy to frontiers of materials science and engineering. The department is respected for its strong linkages with industry and expertise in industrial metallurgy. Over the years, it has hosted excellent research infrastructure in the broad areas of material science and engineering, such as materials processing (forming, joining, casting, particulate processing, and nanostructured materials), characterization (X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and thermal analysis), mechanical testing, corrosion engineering, surface engineering, computational materials science and electronic materials. The department continues to strive for excellence and realize its vision of becoming a pioneering department in the areas of materials science and engineering while consolidating its strength in traditional areas of metallurgical engineering.