Yes, IIT Goa has introduced the Minor and Honour courses for their students and interested students can opt for the courses in addition to the Core (Major) courses.

Yes, as per the academic rules in place, the Institute allows students to change their branch after the end of the first year.

To relieve the stress of the new students who enter the institute, perceiving an intense competition, in an environment entirely new to his/her experience, a No-Fail policy has been implemented. This No-Fail policy will not reduce any Academic credit requirement for obtaining the degree. Following are the salient features of the No-Fail policy -
● For the first semester, the transcript of the student will not show any F grade, will show grades only for the courses which have been cleared by the student.
● A course in which the student has obtained a failing grade will be treated as a course which was not registered.
● The student has to pass the failed course in the subsequent semesters for completing the requirements for obtaining the degree.
● Grades obtained in the First Semester by the student will appear on his/her transcript, however, No SPI (Semester Performance Index) will be computed for the first semester and the overall performance, i.e., the cumulative performance index (CPI) will be computed on the basis of the rest of the seven semesters.