Indian School of Mines (ISM) is located in the heart of the country's prime coking coal belt at Dhanbad (Jharkhand), 260 Km away from Kolkata on Howrah-New Delhi Grand Chord Railway route. It takes 3 hours from Howrah (Kolkata) to reach Dhanbad by Shatabdi/Rajdhani Express trains. ISMU has a fully residential campus with all modern amenities covering an area of 88 hectares. History  The Indian School of Mines was granted university status under the UGC Act in 1967. From 1996-97 the School came directly under the Ministry of HRD, Government of India with pay scales and perks to its employees at par with that of IITs/IIMs. Campus  The major facilities are:
Library with a huge collection of books and e-journals
Separate hostels for research scholars, girls students and boys students
Health centre to provide medical care facilities
Departments
Chemical Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Environmental Science and Engineering
Fuel & Mineral Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Placement Information The placement cell is very active in the institute. The major recruiters are:
Aricent Technologies
Bharat Forge Limited
dGB Earth Sciences
Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd.
Gammon India Pvt. Ltd.
GEECL
HPCL
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
JEE Classes
Marico Industries
NCCBM
NTPC
Student Activities The major student activities are:
Cultural Cum Tech Fest "Srijan"
Pratibimb - Inter University Competition
Cultural Festival
Sports