The Practice School (PS) system of education is essentially an effort to establish institutionalized linkages between the industrial world and the academic world. PS education establishes classrooms in the industrial world (designated as 'Practice School Stations') across the length and breadth of the country. Students are drawn from all the disciplines of engineering, science and humanities. They involve themselves in problem-solving activities of direct interest and relevance to Practice Stations.
The PS programme is operated for both Integrated First Degree and Higher Degree. The Practice School programme for the Integrated First Degree has two components, namely Practice School-I of two months duration offered during the summer following the second year of the degree and Practice School-II of five and a half months duration offered during either of the semesters of the final year of the degree. The Practice School programme for Higher Degree has a single component, namely Practice School for Higher Degree which is also of five and a half months duration and is offered in the final semester of the Higher Degree programme.