The world’s biggest challenges – climate resilience, energy security, sustainable food systems – don’t fit into academic silos. They demand people who can connect ideas across science, engineering, design, business, AI, and society. Yet, traditional universities still force students into rigid boxes, asking you to choose between being a scientist or an engineer, a creative or a coder.
Atria University takes a different approach.
We’re pioneering Liberal STEM in India, a model built for a world where boundaries between disciplines no longer exist. Liberal STEM blends scientific depth with the intellectual agility of the liberal arts, shaping graduates who can think critically, work
across domains, and solve problems at their intersections. Here, you’re not asked to choose between being a scientist, an engineer, an entrepreneur, or a technologist.
You have the freedom to become all of them: strategically, intentionally, and with
purpose.
Liberal STEM is the academic “operating system” of Atria University, built on:
Strong expertise in a future-critical Major.
Complementary Minors that expand your problem-solving lens.
The freedom to design your own academic pathway.
Instead of choosing blindly, before you can understand your strengths, you begin with a common Foundation Year, exploring high-growth domains, experiencing hands-on learning, and understanding your interests before declaring your Major–Minor combination.
This model develops Convergence Thinkers: individuals who navigate systems end-to-end and innovate where disciplines meet.
Industry has transformed, disciplines are merging, AI is reshaping work, and sustainability defines global priorities. Traditional, siloed degrees cannot prepare students for this new landscape.
Liberal STEM closes this gap by enabling you to think across systems, build through real projects, integrate AI into every discipline, and solve real-world problems with adaptive, future-proof skills.
Our Bachelor of Science (BS) undergraduate programme aligns perfectly with our Liberal STEM philosophy. It blends rigorous scientific depth, research immersion, and interdisciplinary choice, making it the global standard for future-facing education.
Instead of teaching tools that may become obsolete, the BS focuses on first principles and systems thinking, the foundations behind every technological evolution.
A 4-year, 160-credit degree benchmarked to international standards (with pathways like BS (Hons) and BS (Hons with Research)) ensures seamless transition into top global MS/PhD programmes.
You gain the technical strength of a BTech with the flexibility to pair it with Minors in AI, data science, product management, sustainable entrepreneurship or more.
Employers and universities value BS graduates for their analytical thinking, research capability, and hands-on competence.
Multiple exit options: Certificate (Year 1), Diploma (Year 2), full BS (Year 4).
At Atria University, AI is not a standalone subject. It is a horizontal layer embedded across programmes. You'll learn to use AI for accelerated discovery, smarter experimentation, rapid prototyping, data-driven design, ethical and responsible innovation.
As automation expands, machines handle routine tasks, making your human insight, problem-solving, creativity, and judgment more invaluable than ever.
Our pedagogy ensures your career is industry-competitive and future-proof.
We don't create standard graduates. We nurture Beyonders.
A Beyonder is a frontier thinker and an enterprising leader, someone who has moved beyond the fear of failure and the constraints of traditional thinking.
The Beyonder Mindset: It is the audacity to tackle large societal problems. It is the resilience to build, break, and rebuild.
The Self-Architected Innovator: Because of our Liberal STEM model, no two Beyonders are alike.
You will graduate from Atria University with more than a degree, you will leave with a body of real-world work that reflects your capability, creativity, and impact.
Begin with a common STEM Fundamentals year, exploring high-growth domains through design thinking, analytical reasoning, emerging technologies, and hands-on problem-solving before declaring a Major. This immersive foundation helps you make an informed choice on a Major–Minor combination that gives you both depth and breadth. It’s a level of academic freedom few universities offer, empowering you to shape your identity as a self-architected innovator with truly interdisciplinary capability.
With 40+ hands-on projects and 12 months of internships, you’ll build a portfolio that demonstrates real capability—not theory. From your first quarter, you learn by doing: solving problems, building prototypes, and creating value. By graduation, you’re miles ahead of the competition, with a portfolio that employers, researchers, and founders take seriously.
Our sprint-style, agile curriculum keeps pace with emerging technologies and real industry expectations. Sprints are immersive, industry-curated workshops that mimic the pace of the working world—giving you a real preview of life in the industry. This ensures a zero gap between academic learning and industry needs, so you graduate job-ready and future-ready.
AI isn’t a siloed subject at Atria University, it’s a layer woven into every programme. Students learn to use AI responsibly and creatively, pairing computational intelligence with scientific reasoning to design scalable, meaningful solutions. In a world where automation replicates tasks, human insight, creativity, and critical thinking become the capabilities that make you competitive, adaptable, and future-proof in any career.
A maker space for prototyping, tinkering, designing, and experimenting across mediums. Beyonder Studios is where ideas turn into prototypes and students learn by building, breaking, and rebuilding. It’s a space where entrepreneurial talent is nurtured through exploration, iteration, and experimentation.
Our Centres of Excellence (CoEs) are Living Laboratories where intelligent technologies intersect with deep scientific innovation across AI, biology, energy, mobility, and environmental systems. Students work alongside leading researchers and industry veterans on national missions, from DPI and immunology research to sustainable food forests, EV systems, and synthetic biology.
Sustainability is woven into every programme and every CoE. From agentic microgrids and food forests to battery research, students contribute to solutions that matter for India and the planet. With future-focused programmes like Sustainable Entrepreneurship, our students learn how to develop ventures that serve both planet and people. Sustainability here isn’t a theme; it’s the mission.
We partner with leading universities and research institutions in India and around the world, giving students access to global faculty, advanced research ecosystems, and international pathways. Whether it’s joint projects, immersion terms, research partnerships, students gain global perspectives while building solutions grounded in India’s needs.