Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore

Applications for three programs based on course work: ME, M Tech and M Des.

Eligibility
The following categories of candidates are eligible to apply for admission to course programs.
(a) Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/Technology or its equivalent.
(b) Bachelor’s degree holders in Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Science/Electronics/ followed by qualifications obtained through an examination conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE.
(c) Bachelor’s degree holders in Architecture/Design (for M Des program only)
(d) Master’s degree holders in Physics with Electronics/Instrumentation (for M Tech programs).

All the candidates should qualify in the GATE paper concerned in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) or Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) (for the M Des program) and possess valid score cards.
Refer to sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 for requirements for admission to individual programs and departments

Additional notes
(a) The minimum requirement for admission to course program is a SECOND CLASS (as declared by the University) or an equivalent grade in the qualifying examination as indicated against each department. Refer to Sections 2.3 - 2.5 for more details.
(b) Wherever B Sc with a professional Diploma is prescribed, candidates should have passed B Sc in the 10+2+3 system with at least a SECOND CLASS with Physics and/or Mathematics and Chemistry as subjects in the curriculum as applicable to the departments concerned.
(c) The minimum requirement of a SECOND CLASS in the qualifying examination is relaxed to PASS CLASS for SC/ST candidates.
(d) OBC candidates who are seeking admission to the course programs must be under NON-CREAMY LAYER only.
(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 2009.
(f) Candidates who join initially for the ME / M Tech program may be permitted to transfer to the Ph D program, subject to academic assessments.

ME PROGRAMS
The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed below. Candidates can choose to apply for up to a maximum of 5 disciplines (from ME/ M Tech and M Des programs).
To be considered for admission to ME programs in various departments / centers, candidates with BE / B Tech or an equivalent degree must have a valid GATE score from the GATE paper which corresponds to their branch in the qualifying examination


1. Aerospace Engineering (AE)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Aeronautical (AE), Mechanical (ME), Civil (CE), Chemical (CH), Electrical (EE), Electronics or Communication (EC)or B Sc or equivalent degree followed by AMAeSI (AE), AMIE (CE,CH,ME,EE or EC), AMIChE (CH), Grad. IETE (EC).
Areas of study
Structures, Aerodynamics; Propulsion; Control and Guidance of Aircraft, Rockets and Spacecraft.

2. Chemical Engineering (CH)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Chemical Engineering (CH).

Areas of study
Biochemical Engineering; Colloidal and Interfacial Science; Complex Fluids; Environmental Engineering; Modeling and Simulation; Nanotechnology; Reaction Engineering; Theoretical Biology; Transfer Processes.

3.Structural Engineering (CE-S)
Geotechnical Engineering (CE-G)
Water Resources & Environmental Engineering (CE-W)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Civil (CE) or B Sc or equivalent degree followed by AMIE in Civil Engineering (CE).

Areas of study
Geotechnical Engineering; Water Resources and Environmental Engineering; Structural Engineering.

4. Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Mechanical (ME) or B Sc or equivalent degree with Mathematics followed by AMIE in Mechanical (ME), AMIMechE(I) (ME).

Areas of study
Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Computer Aided Design, Non-Linear Dynamics, Vibration, Technical Acoustics, Design of Mechanical Systems, Robotics, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Nano-Mechanics, Tribology, Metal Castings and Advanced Manufacturing Process, Material Science, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, I C Engines, Combustion, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning.

5. Materials Engineering (MT)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Metallurgy (MT) , Mechanical Engineering (ME), Chemical Engineering (CH), Ceramic Engineering/Technology (XE), Materials Engineering (MT) or B Sc or equivalent degree with Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry followed by AMIE in Metallurgical Engg (MT) or AMIIM (MT).

Areas of study
Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical Metallurgy, Chemical Metallurgy, Extractive Metallurgy, Materials Processing, Alloy Design, Ceramics, Composites and Modeling, Polymers, Ferroelectrics, Polymer Nanocomposites, Process Modeling.

6. Computer Science & Engineering (CS)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Computer Science / Engineering (CS), Information Technology (CS), Information Science/Engineering (CS).

Areas of study
Theoretical Computer Science, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Systems Software, Systems Security, Intelligent Systems.

7.Telecommunication Engineering (EC)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Electronics & Communication (EC), Telecommunication (EC), Electronics (EC) or Electrical Engineering with specialization in Electronics & Communication (EC) or B Sc or equivalent degree followed by Grad. IETE (EC), AMIE in Electronics & Communication (EC) or Wireless Communication (EC).

Areas of study
Communications and Networking; Microelectronics, Microwaves, Photonics, Signal Processing, Optical Communication.

8. Electrical Engineering (EE)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Electrical(EE) or Electrical and Electronics(EE) or B.Sc or equivalent degree followed by AMIE in Electrical (EE).

Areas of study
Power Systems, Power Electronics, High Voltage Engineering.

9. Microelectronic Systems (MI)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Electrical (EE), Electronics and Communication (EC), Computer Science (CS), Instrumentation with Electronics (IN) or B Sc or equivalent degree followed by AMIETE (EC) or AMIE in Electrical (EE) or Electronics and Communication (EC)

Areas of study
Semicustom VLSI Design-FPGA ASIC; Nano CMOS Technology; Analog and RF Circuit Design, MEMS, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Optics and Fluid Dynamics of Nanostructures.

10.Signal Processing(SP)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Electrical (EE), Electronics and Communication (EC) or B Sc or equivalent degree followed by Grad. IETE (EC) or AMIE in Electrical (EE) or Electronics and Communication (EC).

Areas of study
Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Signal Compression, Neural Networks, Biomedical Signal Processing, Speech/Audio Info. Processing, Array Processing, Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing for Communication.

11.Systems Science & Automation (SA)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
Jointly conducted by Electrical Engineering & Computer Science & AutomationBE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Computer Science / Engineering (CS), Electrical (EE), Electronics (EC), Communication (EC), Instrumentation (IN), Mechanical (ME), Chemical (CH) or B Sc or equivalent degree followed by AMIE in Electrical (EE), Electronics and Communication (EC), Mechanical (ME) or Chemical Engg (CH), Grad. IETE (EC), AMIIChE (CH).
Candidates should have done a formal course in programming in C and C++.

Areas of study
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.

M Tech PROGRAMS
The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed below.

To be considered for admission to M Tech programs in various departments / centres candidates with BE/B Tech or an equivalent degree or M Sc or an equivalent degree must have a valid GATE score from the GATE paper which corresponds to their branch in the qualifying examination (e.g. an M Sc in Physics must have a valid GATE score from the PH GATE paper)

1. Electronics Design & Technology (ED)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree (corresponding GATE discipline) with Electronics as one of the subjects of study or B Sc or equivalent followed by AMIE in a relevant area of specialization(corresponding GATE paper) or M Sc or equivalent degree in Physics with Electronics as the special subject (PH). (M Sc or equivalent degree holders should possess 2 years experience in Electronics hardware).

Areas of study
Communication Networks, Embedded Systems, Power Conversion, Vlsi Design, Electronic Packaging, Instrumentation, Emc.

2. Computational Science (CP)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline (corresponding GATE paper) or M Sc or equivalent degree in any discipline (corresponding GATE paper). Master’s in Computer Application (CS).
In all cases a strong mathematical and programming background is required.

Areas of study
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, Computational Biology.

3. Climate Science (CL)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline (with a GATE Paper in Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Sciences) or M Sc or equivalent degree in Physical Sciences (with Gate Paper in Geology & Geophysics, Physics).

Areas of study
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 (IN)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
M Sc or equivalent degree with specialization in Instrumentation/ Electronics/equivalent (IN) or BE / B Tech or equivalent degree inInstrumentation (IN) / Instrumentation & Control Engineering (IN) or Electronics & Instrumentation/Electronics (IN).

Areas of study
Analytical Instrumentation, Electronic Instrumentation, Lasers and Optical Instrumentation, Solar Energy and Thermal Instrumentation, Vacuum and Thin Films.

5. Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline (corresponding GATE paper) or M Sc or equivalent degree in any discipline with a background in Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Geology (corresponding GATE paper).

Areas of study
Interdisciplinary program covering Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Intelligent Transport Systems, Infrastructure Engineering, Integrated Land use Planning and Mobility, Urban Ecology, Energy and Environment, Urban Policy and Planning, and System Sciences.

M Des Program
To be considered for admission to M Des, the candidates with BE/ B Tech/B Des/B.Arch or an equivalent degree must have a valid GATE score from the GATE paper which corresponds to their branch in the qualifying examination (e.g. a BE in Mechanical must have a valid GATE score from the ME GATE paper).
For admission to the M Des program, candidates with eligible qualifications can also take the CEED examination.

1. Product Design & Engineering (PD)

Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets)
BE / B Tech / B Des or equivalent degree or post B Sc AMIE (corresponding GATE paper or CEED) or B.Arch(AR).

Areas of study
Product Design and Engineering.

Selection procedure
ME Program
Selection is based on the GATE score only.
Tie Breaking: In the case of candidates who have secured same GATE score, their performance in the qualifying examination would be used to resolve the tie.

M Tech Program
(a) Electronics Design & Technology:
After screening based on the GATE score, an aptitude test and interview will be conducted between 19 and 21 April 2010. Selection will be based on performance in the aptitude test and interview.
(b) Computational Science:
After screening based on the GATE score, an aptitude test and interview will be conducted between 19 and 21 April 2010. Selection will be based on performance in the aptitude test and interview.
(c) Climate Science:
After screening based on the GATE score, an aptitude test and interview will be conducted between 19 and 21 April 2010. Selection will be based on performance in the aptitude test and interview.
(d) Instrumentation:
Selection is based on the GATE score only.
(e) Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering:
After screening based on the GATE score, an aptitude test and interview will be conducted between 19 and 21 April 2010. Selection will be based on performance in the aptitude test and interview.

M Des Program
After screening based on GATE / CEED scores, a design aptitude test and interview will be conducted at the Institute, between 22 and 23 April 2010. Selection will be based on performance in the design aptitude test and interview.


HOW TO APPLY
The Application Forms for Research, Course and Integrated Ph D programs may be obtained by any of the following three methods:
(1) Against a cash payment of Rs.700/- from select CANARA BANK Branches$ .
(2) Send your request for application form with 2 address slips (stickers), and a demand draft for Rs.700/- for general category (Rs.350/- for SC/ST/PH categories, along with a copy of an appropriate certificate) to the Deputy Registrar (Academic), Admissions Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012. The DD must be drawn in favour of “Registrar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore”.
(3) Online application – Online submission of application may be made by accessing the IISc website www.iisc.ernet.in/admissions w.e.f. 08.02.2010. Online application fee is Rs.600/- for general category and Rs.300/- for SC/ST/PH categories.
For External Registration Program - Candidates should write to the Deputy Registrar (Academic), Admissions Unit, IISc, Bangalore - 560 012, enclosing a DD for Rs.1500/- drawn in favour of “Registrar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore”.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMS
Filled-in off-line and online application forms(hard copy) should reach the Deputy Registrar (Academic), Admissions Unit, IISc, Bangalore-560012 on or before 22.03.2010.

Separate application form should be used for each program viz Research or Course or Integrated Ph D. Only one application form will be entertained for each program.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Commencement of issue of Application forms (select Canara Bank Branches and IISc) and submission of online application. 08.02.2010

Last date for issue of Application forms (select Canara Bank Branches and IISc) and closure of website for submission of online application. 17.03.2010

Last date for receipt of completed Application forms both offline and online (hard copy). 22.03.2010

IISc Entrance Test: 25.04.2010

Select Canara Bank Branches where applications are issued:
Canara Bank Branches at Ahmedabad (Bhadra), Allahabad (MG Marg), Amritsar (DS Market), Bangalore (IISc. Campus, Indiranagar, Jayanagar Complex, Majestic), Bhopal (Berasia Rd), Bhubaneshwar (Bapujinagar), Calicut (Cherooty Rd), Chandigarh (Sector 17C), Chennai (Mount Road, T.Nagar, Guindy), Coimbatore (RS Puram), Delhi (Karolbagh, RK Puram, F-19 Connaught Circus), Dharwad (Market), Durgapur, Ernakulam (South), Gulbarga (Fort Rd), Guwahati (Fancy Bazar), Hyderabad (Abids Rd), Jaipur (Arvind Marg), Jamshedpur (Gulmohar Market), Kanpur (Mall Rd), Kolhapur (Laxmipuram), Kolkata (Chowringhee, Jadavpur, Brabourne Rd), Madurai (Grand Central), Mangalore (Hampankatta), Mumbai (Fort, Dadar West, Santacruz East, Chembur, New Mumbai), Mysore (Statue Square), Nagpur (Central Avenue), Panaji, Patna (South Gandhi Maidan), Pondicherry, Pune (Camp), Rourkela, Secunderabad (MG Rd), Srinagar (Residency Rd), Surat (Kotsafil Road), Surathkal (Main Rd), Thiruvananthapuram (Puthechanthai), Tiruchi (Teppakulam), Tirupathi, Vadodara (Raopura), Varanasi (Bansphatak), Vijayawada (Gandhinagar), Visakhapatnam (Suryabagh), Warangal (Station Rd).

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