Scientific Computing using Matlab

By Prof. Mani Mehra, Prof. Vivek K. Aggarwal | IIT Delhi, DTU Delhi

Learners enrolled: 1538 | Exam registration: 398

About the course:
In the first week of this course, an introduction to Matlab is introduced with hands on Matlab software. In the subsequent weeks, topics will be introduced followed by hands on to write the Matlab code of the same topics. This course is very useful for the students who wants to do research projects using numerical techniques to handle data or to solve differential equations.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG/PG students

PREREQUISITES : Knowledge of any programming language

INDUSTRIES SUPPORT : Not Applicable

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mathematics
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	19 Jan 2026
End Date :	10 Apr 2026
Enrollment Ends :	02 Feb 2026
Exam Registration Ends :	20 Feb 2026
Exam Date :	24 Apr 2026 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:Introduction to Matlab

Week 2: Error estimation and methods of roots finding

Week 3:Order of convergence of various methods

Week 4: Solving System of Linear Algebraic equations

Week 5:Continuing...Solving System of Linear Algebraic equations

Week 6:Curve fitting and Interpolation

Week 7: Continuing... Curve fitting and Interpolation

Week 8:Continuing... Curve fitting and Interpolation

Week 9: Numerical differentiation

Week 10:Numerical Integration

Week 11:Numerical solution to ordinary differential equations (ODE's)

Week 12:Continuing with numerical solution to ODE's

Thanks to the support from MathWorks, enrolled students have access to MATLAB for the duration of the course.

Books and references

(1) Applied Numerical Analysis by Gerald & Wheatley, Pearson- 7th Edition, 2003.

(2) Elements of Numerical Analysis by R.S. Gupta, second edition, Cambridge university press, 2015

(3) Numerical Methods Using MATLAB by Mathew & Fink, Pearson, 1998.

(4) Getting started with Matlab: A quick introduction for scientist & engineers by Rudra Pratap, Oxford, 2010.

Instructor bio

Prof. Mani Mehra

IIT Delhi

Dr. Mani Mehra is presently working as an Associate Professor in the department of Mathematics, IIT Delhi. She earned her PhD from IIT Kanpur in 2005.

Prof. Vivek K. Aggarwal

DTU Delhi

Dr. Vivek Kumar Aggarwal is presently working as an Assistant Professor dept. of Applied Mathematics, DTU Delhi. He earned his PhD in Mathematics from IIT Kanpur in 2005.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: : April 24, 2026 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team