IIT-Bombay’s senate allows short-term masters course for professional
MUMBAI: Soon, working professionals will be able to pursue a masters of engineering (ME) programme at IIT-Bombay. The senate of IIT-Bombay has given its nod for short-term ME programmes with a duration of 12 to 14 months. Professionals who did not manage to complete their postgraduation or even aspirants looking for career enhancement will benefit from the course.
The course will be designed by individual departments, based on the directives of the IIT council—the governing body for all IITs —and needs of the industries. Part of the course component will be offered in distance mode. The courses may vary from core engineering branches such as civil, mechanical, electrical to multidisciplinary ones such as mechatronics or biomedical.
“The departments will have to come up with proposals taking into consideration the target industries. If any proposal is ready, we can start the programme from the coming academic session after approval from the senate,” said deputy director, academic and infrastructural affairs, A K Suresh. He added that the eligibility criteria and the fee structure is yet to be finalised. The fees, however, will be higher than the regular MTech programmes as it is meant for working professionals.
Some of the IITs, including IIT-Bombay, do offer part-time courses. “The structure of those part-time programmes is, however, similar to the regular two-year MTech programmes and they are offered over a longer period. They have a full-fledged project to work on. The short-term ME programme will be a one-year programme and will have smaller projects,” said the deputy director.
Since it is a master’s programme, working professionals can be encouraged to pursue their PhD too. IIT council’s intention to allow short-term MTech was to promote research too. The institute currently offers tailor-made masters’ programmes for working professionals from specific companies.
The course will be designed by individual departments, based on the directives of the IIT council—the governing body for all IITs —and needs of the industries. Part of the course component will be offered in distance mode. The courses may vary from core engineering branches such as civil, mechanical, electrical to multidisciplinary ones such as mechatronics or biomedical.
“The departments will have to come up with proposals taking into consideration the target industries. If any proposal is ready, we can start the programme from the coming academic session after approval from the senate,” said deputy director, academic and infrastructural affairs, A K Suresh. He added that the eligibility criteria and the fee structure is yet to be finalised. The fees, however, will be higher than the regular MTech programmes as it is meant for working professionals.
Some of the IITs, including IIT-Bombay, do offer part-time courses. “The structure of those part-time programmes is, however, similar to the regular two-year MTech programmes and they are offered over a longer period. They have a full-fledged project to work on. The short-term ME programme will be a one-year programme and will have smaller projects,” said the deputy director.
Since it is a master’s programme, working professionals can be encouraged to pursue their PhD too. IIT council’s intention to allow short-term MTech was to promote research too. The institute currently offers tailor-made masters’ programmes for working professionals from specific companies.
Uday Khedkar, head of computer science department, said that they do not intend to offer short-term ME in their department as of now. Other departments are likely to take a decision soon.
A professor from one of the core engineering departments said the feasibility of such a programme is yet to be studied as there is no precedence.
IIT-Hyderabad, which had started an executive MTech in data science a few years ago, has now converted the programme into a full-time masters’ course after students’ feedback. However, the programme is entirely on distance mode.
“Working professionals from anywhere in the country can take this programme. It is done through live videos. The only requirement is to have good internet facility. The institute is running the programme successfully as data science is very popular. We may combine it with artificial intelligence in future,” said director of IIT-Hyderabad, UB Desai. He added that students have the flexibility to complete it in four years.
Source | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/iit-bs-senate-allows-short-term-masters-course-for-professionals/articleshow/67017341.cms
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