This is another common question I received from my readers, who are in the race or IITs or NITs. IISc Bangalore and IITs give admission in MS by research program and most of the students never heard about it before are confused and usually don’t apply or opt for it. The reason can be lack of clear information about the course and popularity. The another reason could be the duration of the course.
MS by research program is usually of 3 years in length. An MS student will complete all credits (Courses) same as M.Tech student sitting in the same class. The difference comes when it comes to work after class. MS students will be assigned a professor or can select a professor of their interest to work in his lab with other research students (PhD and other MS students).
M.Tech student have one year of course work and in second year they work on a project, seminar and dissertation. Where as MS students will have to complete course work in first year, during second year they may be asked to attend some courses regarding your area research or your lab area of research and the length of dissertation would be 2 years around. During this time MS students are expected to carryout research and come up with some research papers. You can see tips for writing good conference papers and research journal papers, which will really help you during MS program.
M.Tech is a time bound course and MS is a professor decision course as in US. The professor and a committee with whom you are working will decide whether your work worth giving MS degree, which not very difficult to convince them within three year time if you are sincere with your work.
Regarding placements in IISc and IITs, all the students are eligible (except sponsored and QIP candidates) for participating in campus recruitments. The magic is your course CGPA (same as percentage in undergrad but on scale or 4, 5 or 10) and skills. If some company from your domain is recruiting and not allowing you, you can definitely ask them to open for you. If a student degree is yet to complete, companies give them a due joining date and tentative placement offer. Therefore, be clear that they have equal job opportunities as other master degree students. But as they live in a research environment and have published research work and have contacts with professors working in the same area of research they usually opt to go abroad for PhD or research organizations in their area.
As I prefer top institutes and never had intentions to start working early I liked this program a lot. Though I did my M.Tech I moved for PhD just after working for some organization for 6 months. If you think you are patient, kind of don’t care guy and have your plans set and don’t go away with others success or failure, you should try this. You will get an extended stay at heaven (for me stay at IIT is same as staying in heaven, for some it was hell too…)
Make you own decisions and stand for it. Don’t care what people will say or what if you are not successful, you will be happy that you atleast tried what you like. Wish you all a great luck with admission.
Hope this helped you understand the MS course structure and Admssion and kind of nature you should have for this. In case you still have doubts or information is not clear to you please feel free to drop a comment, hope me or someone get back to help you.
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Dear Sir, Thanks for the information.
How can I apply for MS by Research. I have 15 years of experience in the industry. I am B.E. (Production) passed in 1995-1996 batch. Can you please guide me?
sir my gate score in 2011 exam is 358 and my all india rank is 9169 and my branch is mechanical…can i get seat in nit’s or in PSG college of technology in coimbatore..please tell me
My ECE GATE AIR:1627,can i get M.S. in any IIT or IISC in ECE?
PLz reply
arnabian_insatiatry@yahoo.com
or 2009bose.arnab@gmail.com
sir my GATE-11 score is 241(ECE) and marks is 19.67 in OBC.
plz suggest me institute for M-tech and MS.
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thanks for the valuable information sir..
it is very useful information to all the aspirants..
pls let me know the iits which are offering ms admissions in 2011
thanks a lot. It was very helpful
I would like to know about the Merit of doing M.S by Research in Chemical Engineering in NIT Trichy. Please give me insights into that. I would like to know the opportunities that i can get after the course other than Ph.D which am intending to do.
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HI sir, I got Gate2011score=424, marks=33.33, OBC in ELECTRICAL can i get admission into IITS or IISC with MS PRogram.
I will be giving GATE in feb 2012. I am only concerned about the salary that i’ll get after completing M.Tech in IIT’s …. I have my own future plans … but in initial years I need good salary somewhere arnd 10 lac….before i move to my plan …..
please mention job perspective after doing M.Tech from IIT’s
Than king u
Really nice description in simple word
Thanks a lot for this suggestion.It has cleared my confusion about MS.
helo sir,
i want to apply for MS programme at iit madras this year after gate 2012 and i am from instrumentation area can you please tell if i am eligible to apply for the MS reaserch at iit madras in VLSI/Microelectronics field @ iit madras with GATE-IN paper or i have to take only gate -EC paper only to apply to MS in vlsi !
I wants to ask u that wats the difference between the m.tech ,mba,mca.
I am b.Tech student of 3rd yr and i am failed in one subject of my 4th sem.
Is i give the master’s exam?
Hi Sir,
I have completed B.tech with ECE in 2010.I got AIR:7000,marks:29.33, gate score:427 in gate 2010(ECE).I dont have any reservations. Right now I am working as a s/w engineer in a MNC. I am planning to attend GATE 2012.I want to do Phd from IIT. what is the preferred rank I have to get for fulfilling my dream. pls reply me.
thnq sir for ths valuable information ,its help for becum some1 bright future….
Werather these degrees are approved by AICTE and UGC.
And what about the foreign Degrees offer M.S.(Research) courses approved by AICTE and UGC
Asaalm-o-aliakum Sir,
I completed my BE(CSE) in 2011 from Bangalore(VTU) and now i am working in a Data Stage(ETL Tool) from past 2 months so i want to know whether Full Time MTech will be good OR the part time/distance will be more preferable …………………….Please reply
Thanks In advance……
Hi Zahid,
Thanks for posting the different things which are very useful for us. Can u pls tell me the admission procedure for M.S in IIT’s….
Hi All,
The article was very informative. I am currently pursuing my MS in Chemical Engg from IIT Madras. I have provided few links below which might be useful on FAQs regarding MS. I would like to add that for MS at IIT Madras the minimum no.of courses to be completed is 5 (3 core and 2 electives) and minimum credit of 15. Whereas MTech’s has to do roughly about 12-15 courses with 64 credits. The best thing about MS is that we(includes guide and committee) can decide on the core and elective courses according to our research area.
Electrical Engg (EE)- http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/msphd/
Chemical Engg (CH)- http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~hpel/faqms.html
A link from EE on MS vs MTech http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/vlsi/forstudents/msversusmtech
-Arun Sridharan
Sir,could you please state how and when to apply for an MS degree at IIT kharagpur? I will be sitting for GATE in 2012. Could you please reply at my email address? MY e-mail id is: aditi.riya10@gmail.com