International Institute of Information Technology, Banglore

Admissions to M.Tech programmes (2010)

Eligibility
Minimum requirements:The minimum qualification for admission to any of the programs at IIIT-B is a first-class four-year bachelor's degree in engineering (i.e. B.E., B.Tech., or equivalent). First class degree holders in 3-year undergraduate programs followed by masters degree with first class in any of the physical sciences, or an MCA degree with first class, can also apply. Final-year students expecting to graduate by August 2010 may also apply. First class or equivalent is required in 10th and 12th (or equivalent) grades as well.

Selection procedure: Admission to the M.Tech. program is on the basis of prior academic performance (at the high school level and beyond), performance in the IIIT-B's online admissions test and an admission interview. Applicants with good scores in the GATE examination and GRE examination may be eligible for waiver of entrance examination.

Entrance exam waiver

Candidates with GATE scores:Applicants having valid GATE scores from selected disciplines are welcome to apply for the M.Tech. program. Such applicants may qualify for waiver of the entrance examination.

GATE scores from the following disciplines will be considered for this purpose

GATE examination subjects eligible for entrance exam waiver

Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Chemistry, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Physics, Production and Industrial Engineering

Candidates with GRE scores

Applicants who meet the minimum requirements and have valid GRE general test scores are welcome to apply for the M.Tech. program. Such applicants may also qualify for waiver of the entrance examination.

International students

Foreign nationals (FNs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs) are welcome to apply for the M.Tech. program. Such applicants can obtain a waiver of the entrance examination with valid GRE and TOEFL scores. Only those students whose undergraduate education was in an Anglophone country (i.e. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, and the US) are exempt from TOEFL. FNs and NRIs who are short listed for the interview, can also seek waiver of the interview by submitting three letters of recommendation.

Working professionals

Working professionals applying for the M.Tech. program must get leave for the duration of the M.Tech. program. Such applications have to be sent through the employer (or accompanied by a letter from a supervisor or other authorized representative of the employer stating that there is no objection to the applicant's joining IIIT-B as a student). Working students will also need sponsorship from the employer, or obtain support from other sources to meet their costs, as scholarships and other financial support are not available to working students.

How to apply: Applicants may either apply online at our website or apply offline by requesting for a paper-based application form.

The following fees are applicable

Application fee - Rs. 250/-, online entrance exam fee - Rs. 750/-

The application fee together with the entrance exam fee (a total of Rs. 1000/-) is payable by all the candidates who do not wish to apply for entrance exam waiver. However, candidates who wish to apply for entrance exam waiver can do so by entering the GATE or GRE scores in the application form. Such candidates have to pay only the application fee of Rs. 250/- at the time of registration. Notification of waiver of entrance exam will happen by 26th March 2010. Candidates who do not obtain waiver of entrance exam but wish to appear in the entrance exam may do so by paying the entrance exam fee of Rs. 750/- by 2nd April 2010.

You can are encouraged to apply online by visiting the website iiitb.in from 27 January 2010 onwards. Alternatively, you can download the admissions brochure and apply using the paper-based application form that is included in the brochure.

For those who are seeking entrance exam waiver through GATE/GRE scores, only the application fee of Rs 250/- is payable at the time of submitting the application. For these candidates, the online entrance exam fee of Rs. 750/- is payable only if they do not waivers for the entrance exam.

Do not send the exam fee to the institute. This should be sent only to the address mentioned in the application form.

Scholarships: The Institute has offered about 25 scholarships (out of the 140+ students admitted in 2009) to meritorious students joining the M.Tech Program. The institute expects to offer a similar number of industry-funded scholarships in 2010 as well. The scholarship amount covers almost all student expenses over the duration of their M.Tech. The selection for these scholarships is carried out by the industry representatives along with IIIT-B faculty. 2010 scholarship sponsors include; Intel, Infosys, ABB, Siemens, AMD, HP and EMC.

Online entrance exam: IIIT-B will be holding the online entrance examination as per the dates and locations given below

Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai April 4, 2010

Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Cochin, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune April 11, 2010

The institute will do its best to accommodate the requests for center allocation as per candidate preferences but applicants may be allocated centers other than those indicated in the preferences in the application form.

Important dates:

Last date for receiving online applications with application fees: March 20, 2010
Last date for receiving completed offline application together with the payment: February 28, 2010
Last date for sending payment for Entrance Exam fee: April 02, 2010
Notification of exam waiver for qualified GATE applicants: March 26, 2010

Exam Dates: Students are provided with two choices for taking the online admission test: Date 1: April 4, 2010, Date 2: April 11, 2010

Selection interviews at IIIT-B campus: May 5-7, 2010