Course Programmes

(M Tech/M Des)
The Institute offers four programmes based on course work: Master of Engineering (ME) (from
2016 onwards renamed as M Tech), 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 2015 or
2016) for M Tech, GATE or in the Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED 2015 or 2016)
for M Des, and GATE 2015/2016 or CAT 2015/GMAT 2015 for M.Mgt, and possess the valid score
card(s) as on 1st August 2016.
Additional notes
(a) The minimum requirement for admission to course programmes - 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 2016.
(f) Candidates who join initially for the M Tech programmes may be permitted to transfer to the
Ph D programme, subject to academic assessments.

M Tech 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 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 2016.
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Discipline
Aerospace
Engineering
(AE)

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
(CH)

Chemical
Engineering

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in CH).

3.

Civil
Engineering*
(CE)

Civil
Engineering*

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in CE).

4.

Mechanical
Engineering
(ME)

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/ for choice of Major and Minor in Areas of Study

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Discipline
with code
(in brackets)
Materials
Engineering
(MT)

Department/
Centre
Materials
Engineering

Qualification with required

GATE paper (in brackets)

Areas of study

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in CH, ME, MT,
XE).

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.
Computational Modeling of Processes,
Alloy Stability, Defects and
Transformations.

6.

Computer
Science
&
Engineering
(CS)

Computer
Science
&
Automation

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in CS).

Theoretical Computer Science:

Algorithms; Complexity Theory;
Combinatorial Optimization; Graph
Theory; Information and Coding
Theory;
Cryptology; Computational Geometry;
Computational Topology; Algorithmic
Algebra; Computational Biology;
Automata Theory; Formal
Verification.
Computer Systems and Software:
Computer Architecture; Multi-Core
Computing; Operating Systems;
Storage Systems; Security; Database
Systems;
Distributed Computing; Cloud
Computing; Modeling and Simulation;
Programming Languages; Software
Engineering; Compiler Design;
Program
Analysis; Graphics and Visualization;
Parallel and High Performance
Computing.
Intelligent Systems: Pattern
Recognition; Machine Learning;
Information
Retrieval; Data Mining; Data
Analytics; Convex Optimization;
Stochastic
Contd.

Contd.

Control and Optimization;

Reinforcement Learning; Game
Theory; Auctions
and Mechanism Design; Electronic
Markets; Social Network Analysis;
Cognitive Systems; Natural Language
Processing.

7.

Communication
&
Networks
(CN)

Electrical
Communication
Engineer-ing

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in EC).

8.

Electrical
Engineering
(EE)
Microelectronic Systems
(MI)

Electrical
Engineering

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in EE).

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.

Signal
Processing
(SP)

Jointly
conducted by

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

(with a GATE Paper in EE, EC).

Systems
Science
&
Automation
(SA)

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++.

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.

9.

10.

11.

Electrical
Communicatio
n Engg &
Electronic
Systems Engg

Electrical
Engineering &
Electrical
Communicatio
n Engineering

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.

12.

Instrumentation (IN)

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/
Physics/ Electronics
(with a GATE Paper in relevant
discipline).

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,
Vacuum and Thin Films.

13.

Transportation
and
Infrastructure
Engineering
(TI)

Civil
Engineering

BE / B Tech or equivalent degree

in any discipline (with a valid
GATE Paper in CE).
.

Interdisciplinary program covering

Traffic & Transportation Systems,
Intelligent Transport Systems, and
Infrastructure Engineering.

The following M Tech PROGRAMMES has an interview procedure for selection:

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Discipline
Electronic
Systems
Engineering
(ED)

Department/
Centre
Electronic
Systems
Engineering

Qualification with required GATE

paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent
degree (with a valid GATE in EE,
EC, CS, IN) or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
Physics, Mathematics, Statistics,
Electronics, Computer Science or
Photonics (with a valid GATE
Paper in EE, EC, CS, IN).
(M Sc or equivalent degree holders
should possess 2 years experience in
Electronics hardware).

15.

Computational
Science
(CP)

Department
of Computational & Data
Sciences

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.

16.

Climate
Science (CL)

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.

17.

Earth Science
(ER)

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).

Interdisciplinary programme
covering solid Earth processes;
geochemistry and geochemical
cycles; petrology; Earth system
interaction; seismotectonics;
seismic hazards; geophysical fluid
dynamics.

18.

Nano Science
and
Engineering
(NA)

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

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 2016.
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Centre
Centre for Product
Design and
Manufacturing (PD)

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.