After completing B.Tech. in Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) candidates can pursue for higher education or opt for jobs. Career options could be divided into four parts – core jobs, non-core jobs, startups and higher education.
The Master of Technology programmes are two-year course-based programmes. Students take about 12 courses from within and outside the department, according to the programme requirements.
Compulsory/Core Courses at IISc
- Random Processes
- Digital Communication
- Communication Laboratory
In addition, students are required to take at least one course each from the following three Stream Pools.
| Communication Networks | Digital Image Processing | Fiber-optic Communication |
| Communication Systems Design |
Adaptive Signal Processing | Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communication |
| Wireless Communication | Estimation and Detection Theory |
Photonics Integrated Circuits |
| Stochastic Processes and Queuing Theory |
Foundations of Machine Learning |
Antenna Theory and Practice |
| Wireless Networks | Compressive Sensing and Sparse Signal Processing |
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and Systems |
| Multiuser Detection | MIMO Signal Processing | CAD for High-Speed Circuits |
| Data Analytics |
How do I get admitted to MTech (ECE)?
In order to get admitted to MTech (ECE) candidates are required to appear in the GATE (EC) exam. Candidates should then apply for the PG programs in IISc by mentioning MTech ECE as one of his/her choices. Shortlisted applicants will then be called for an online technical video interview. A combination of the GATE score and the interview performance will determine their admission offer.
Can I take courses from other departments? Is a course common for students from Masters, PhD, undergrad, other departments? How are they graded considering the wide difference in background?
In MTech (ECE), apart from the core courses and the breadth requirement courses (which roughly account for 6 courses), the remaining courses (roughly another 6) are electives, which can be taken from within or outside the department. It is common for courses to be taken by both Masters and PhD students. We usually observe that Masters students do as well as the PhD students. The background of the student does not matter after the first semester. In the first semester, the courses are taught assuming very minimal background.
Suppose I have a job after Bachelors in ECE domain, what does the Masters programme at ECE add to my career profile? What are some advantages?
A master’s degree (ECE) offers to strengthen fundamental concepts in advanced areas like communications, signal processing, high frequency circuits, machine learning, etc. A bachelor’s degree often does not provide enough training to contribute to cutting edge work in these areas. A master’s degree also provides a stronger foundation training such that one is able to seamless move across areas easily during the course of professional career growth. Our master’s students also end up as leaders in their technical teams by virtue of their ability to impact technology in industry.
Having joined for Masters if I wish to convert/continue for a PhD what is the procedure?
Masters students have the option to convert to the PhD program after the first or second semester based on their satisfying a minimum performance criterion during their first year. In this case, the student is treated like a direct PhD student i.e. students who have been admitted to the PhD program with only a bachelors degree. A graduating student is given both an MTech and a PhD degree in this case.
Content courtesy: IISc website
