Course Programmes

(ME/M Tech/M Des)

The Institute offers four programmes based on course work: Master of Engineering (ME), Master
of Technology (M Tech), Master of Design (M Des) and Master of Management (M Mgt). The Institute
admits about 400 students every year for its course programmes. The number includes about 50 sponsored
candidates from the Defence Services, Defence Research and Development Organization, Indian Space
Research Organization, BARC, NAL, CPRI, KSRTC, BMTC, PWD and BDA, faculty members from
engineering colleges under the Quality Improvement Programmes.
Eligibility
The following categories of candidates are eligible to apply for admission to course programmes.
(a)

Bachelors degree holders in Engineering/Technology or its equivalent.

(b)

Bachelors degree holders in Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/

Electronics followed by qualifications obtained through an examination conducted by professional
societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE.

(c)

Bachelors degree holders in Architecture/Design (for M Des programme only)

(d)

Masters degree holders in Science disciplines including Physics with Electronics/

Instrumentation/Geology/ Computer Application/ Physical Sciences/ Mathematical Sciences as
applicable to individual department offering M Tech programmes.

All the candidates should qualify in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2014 or
2015) for ME / M Tech, GATE or in the Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED 2014 or
2015) for M Des, and GATE 2014/2015 or CAT 2014/GMAT 2014 for M.Mgt, and possess the valid
score card(s) as on 1st August 2015.
Additional notes
(a) The minimum requirement for admission to course programmes-ME/M Tech/M Des is a SECOND
CLASS and for M.Mgt a FIRST CLASS (as declared by the University) or an equivalent grade in the
qualifying examination as indicated against each department.
(b) Candidates with B Sc followed by a professional Diploma, should have studied their B Sc in the
10+2+3 system and obtained at least a SECOND CLASS.
(c) Wherever Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology is prescribed, the minimum eligible
qualification for admission, the duration of the such degree courses should be atleast 4 years and
wherever Masters degree is prescribed the minimum duration should be of 2 years, in addition to the
10+2 (i.e. 10th Std and 12th Std). However the candidates who have studied diploma and got
exemption of 1 year in the Engineering/Technology are also eligible to apply.
(d) The minimum requirement of a SECOND CLASS in the qualifying examination is relaxed to PASS
CLASS for SC/ST candidates.
(e) Those in the final year of their qualifying examination and awaiting results are also eligible to apply.
However, they should have completed all the requirements for the award of their qualifying degree,
including all examinations, dissertation projects, viva-voce, etc., by the time of joining, i.e., by the end
of July 2015.
(f) Candidates who join initially for the ME / M Tech programmes may be permitted to transfer to
the Ph D programme, subject to academic assessments.

ME PROGRAMMES
The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed in the
table given below. Candidates can choose to apply for up to a maximum of 5 disciplines from ME/ M Tech
and M Des programmes.
Candidates with qualification in BE / B Tech or an equivalent degree must have qualified and hold a valid
GATE score card as on 1st August 2015.
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Discipline
Aerospace
Engineering

Department/
Centre
Aerospace
Engineering

Qualification with required

GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree
(with a GATE Paper in AE, CE, CH,
EC, EE, ME).

2.

Chemical
Engineering

Chemical
Engineering

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in CH).

3.

Civil
Engineering*

Civil
Engineering*

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in CE).

4.

Mechanical
Engineering

Mechanical
Engineering

BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in ME).

Areas of study
Structures, Aerodynamics; Propulsion;
Control and Guidance of Aircraft,
Rockets and Spacecraft.
Catalyst design and synthesis; Cell
membranes and soft interfaces;
Computational biology, therapeutic
engineering, host-pathogen
interactions, and dynamics of
infectious diseases; Energy storage in
batteries and supercapacitors, gas
hydrates; High resolution single
molecule techniques to probe
nanoscale biosystems; Microfluidics
and soft solids; Modelling, optimization
and control of bioreactors;
Nanotechnology for sensors,
actuators, fuel and solar cells; Polymer
degradation; Reaction engineering in
multifunctional and microreactors;
Rheology and dynamics of powders,
and suspensions of living and nonliving
matter; Water remediation/purification,
activated carbon fabric.
Geotechnical Engineering; Water
Resources and Environmental
Engineering; Structural Engineering.
Solid Mechanics, Finite Element
Analysis, Computer Aided Design,
Non-Linear Dynamics, Vibration,
Technical Acoustics, Design of
Mechanical Systems, Robotics, MicroElectro-Mechanical Systems, NanoMechanics, Biomechanics, Tribology,
Advanced Manufacturing Process,
Material Science, Fluid Mechanics,
Heat Transfer, I C Engines,
Combustion, Refrigeration and AirConditioning.

*Visit the Department website at: http://civil.iisc.ernet.in/MEProgram.html for choice of Major and Minor in Areas of Study

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5.

Discipline
with code
(in brackets)
Materials
Engineering

Department/
Centre
Materials
Engineering

Qualification with required GATE paper

(in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree
(with a GATE Paper in CH, ME, MT, XE).

Areas of study
Materials: Structural Alloys (light
metal, superalloys, refractory
metals), Shape Memory Alloys,
Engineering Ceramics,
Nanomaterials, Electronic
Materials, Ferroelectrics and
Multiferroics, Polymer Blends and
Nanocomposites, Organic
Photovoltaics.
Phenomena: Phase
Transformations, Rapid
Solidification, Mechanical
Alloying, Diffusion, Texture and
Grain Boundary Engineering,
Mechanical Behaviour including
Creep, Superplasticity, Fatigue
and Fracture, Thin Films and
Coatings, Contact Deformation,
Tribology,
Thermoelectromechanical
Phenomena, Biomaterials, Tissue
Engineering, Sensors, Mineral
Processing, Biohydrometallurgy,
Extractive Metallurgy.

6.

Computer
Science
&
Engineering

Computer
Science
Automation

7.

Communication
& Networks

Electrical
Communication Engineering

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree (with a

GATE Paper in EC).

8.

Electrical
Engineering

Electrical
Engineering

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree (with a

GATE Paper in EE).

&

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree (with a

GATE Paper in CS).

Computational Modeling of
Processes, Alloy Stability, Defects
and Transformations.
Algorithms, Combinatorial
Optimization, Graph Theory,
Cryptology, Computational
Topology, Algorithmic Algebra,
Computational Biology, Automata
Theory, Formal Verification,
Computer Architecture, Multi-Core
Computing, Operating Systems,
Storage Systems, Security,
Database Systems, Distributed
Computing, Cloud Computing,
Simulation, Programming
Languages and Tools, Compiler
Design, Program Analysis,
Graphics and Visualization,
Pattern Recognition, Machine
Learning, Information Retrieval,
Data Mining, Reinforcement
Learning, Game Theory, Social
Network Analysis, Cognitive
Systems.
Communications and Networking,
Information and Coding Theory,
Microelectronics, Microwaves,
Photonics, Signal Processing,
Optical Communication, Wireless
Communication Information
Theory and Coding.
Power Systems, Power
Electronics, High Voltage
Engineering.

9.

Microelectronic Systems

Jointly
conducted by

BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree (with a

GATE Paper in EE, EC, CS, IN).

Digital VLSI Design, FPGA,

ASIC; Nano CMOS Technology;
Analog and RF Circuits Design,
MEMS, Photonic Integrated
Circuits. Optics.

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree (with a

GATE Paper in EE, EC).

Digital Signal Processing, Image

Processing, Signal Compression,
Neural Networks, Biomedical
Signal Processing, Speech/Audio
Info. Processing, Array
Processing, Pattern Recognition,
Signal Processing for
Communication, Sparse Signal
Processing, Compressed Sensing
Indoor Localization. Detection and
Estimation.
Digital Signal Processing,
Machine Learning, Pattern
Recognition, Computer Vision,
Graphics, Stochastic Systems,
Multimedia, Real Time and Fault
Tolerant Systems, Sensor
Networks, E Commerce, Speech
Processing, Real Time Signal
Processing and Embedded
Systems.

Electrical
Communication
Engg &
Electronic
Systems Engg

10.

Signal
Processing

Jointly
conducted by
Electrical
Engineering &
Electrical
Communication
Engineering

11.

Systems
Science
&
Automation

Jointly
conducted by
Electrical
Engineering &
Computer
Science
&
Automation

BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree (with a

GATE Paper in CH, CS, EE, EC, IN, ME).
Candidates should have done a formal
course in programming in C and C++.

M Tech PROGRAMMES
The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed in the
table given below.
Candidates with qualification in BE/ B Tech or M Sc degree, must have qualified and hold a valid GATE
score card as on 1st August 2015.
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No.
1.

Discipline
Electronic
Systems
Engineering

Department/
Centre
Electronic
Systems
Engineering

Qualification with required GATE

paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent
degree with Electronics as one of
the subjects of study (with a valid
GATE) or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
Physics with Electronics as the
special subject (with a valid
GATE).
(M Sc or equivalent degree holders
should possess 2 years experience in
Electronics hardware).

2.

Computational
Science

Supercomputer Education
& Research
Centre

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in

any discipline (with a valid GATE)
or
M Sc or equivalent degree in any
discipline (with a valid GATE) or
Masters in Computer Application
(with a valid GATE).
In all cases a strong mathematical and
programming background is required.

Areas of study
Communication Networks,
Embedded Systems, Power
Conversion, VLSI Design,
Electronics Systems Packaging,
Electro Magnetic Compatibility,
Analog Circuits, Mechatronics,
Product Engineering. Signal
Processing and Information
Theory, VLSI Systems
Architecture.
Multidisciplinary Program
Addressing: Supercomputing,
Parallel and Distributed
Computing, Computational Issues
in Large Scale Problem Solving
and Simulation in Science and
Engineering, Numerical
Techniques and Algorithms, and
Scientific Computing.

3.

Climate
Science

Centre for
Atmospheric
and Oceanic
Sciences

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in

any discipline (with a GATE
Paper in AE, CE, CH, EC, EE, ME,
XE) or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
Physical Sciences (with Gate
Paper in GG, PH).

Interdisciplinary Programme
Covering Atmospheric Dynamics
and Thermodynamics, Ocean
Dynamics, Clouds Radiation and
Climate, Earth System, Numerical
Modeling of Climate, Methods of
Observations, Satellite
Meteorology, Climate Data Time
Series Analysis.

4.

Instrumentation

Instrumentation and
Applied
Physics

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in EE,EC, IN)
or
M Sc or equivalent degree with
specialization in Instrumentation
(with a GATE Paper in EC,IN,
PH).

Semiconductor Devices and

Circuits, Control Systems,
Sensors and related
Instrumentation, Materials
Engineering, Microscopy and
Imaging, Analytical
Instrumentation, Electronic
Instrumentation, Lasers and
Optical Instrumentation,
Microfluidic Devices, Solar Energy
and Thermal Instrumentation,
Vacuum and Thin Films.

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Discipline

Department/C

Qualification with required GATE

Areas of study

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6.

7.

Transportation
and
Infrastructure
Engineering
Earth Science

Nano Science
and
Engineering

entre
Civil
Enigneering

paper (in brackets)

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
any discipline (with a valid GATE).
.

Centre for
Earth Sciences

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in

any discipline (with a GATE paper
in ME, CH, CE, CS, XE, XL) or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
any discipline (with a GATE paper
in GG, CY,PH, MA).

Centre for
Nano Science
and
Engineering

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in

any discipline (with GATE paper
in AE, BT, CH, EE, EC, IN, ME,
MT, PH, XE) or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
Electronics, Physics, Chemistry
(with GATE in CY, EC, IN, PH
paper).

Interdisciplinary program covering

Traffic & Transportation Systems,
Intelligent Transport Systems, and
Infrastructure Engineering.
Interdisciplinary programme
covering solid Earth processes;
geochemistry and geochemical
cycles; petrology; Earth system
interaction; seismotectonics;
seismic hazards; geophysical fluid
dynamics.
Interdisciplinary program covering
Solid state physics, Nanomaterials,
Nanoelectronics, MEMS and
NEMS, Nanophotonics, Biosensors,
Micro/Nano fluidics, with hands-on
training on Nanofabrication and
Nano Characterization techniques

M Des Programme
Candidates with qualification in BE/ B Tech/ B Des/ B.Arch degree, must have qualified in GATE or CEED
and hold a valid score card as on 1st August 2015.
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Centre
Centre for Product
Design and
Manufacturing

Qualification with required GATE

paper or CEED (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any
discipline (GATE or CEED) or
B Des (CEED) or
B.Arch (GATE or CEED).

Areas of study
Product Design and
Engineering.