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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sir, thanks for ur info and i would love to know more from u……please help me…i did my undergraduation in engg in 2010….i am expecting below 1200 rank in gate 2011….i belong to OBC category…..can i expect IITs
is MS in IIT better than M>Tech from NIT…………????????????
hello sir,
sir i have done my BE from army institute of technology in electronics and telecommunication.
i got good score in iit and aieee and uptu but due to lack of information at that time and also due to my army person father i end to that.
so i do not want that mistake this time when want to join a master degree programe. kindly help me with that.
i am expecting gate score of 45 in 2011 and have a low aggre of 55.05% in BE. which make me out of path for iit .
kindly guide me to get to that heaven of yours.
Thank you
Sir, I may get around 40 marks in GATE 2011. I have 54% in 10th , 68% in 12th and 65% in my B.E. I want to do M.S. in Electronics and Communication. Is there any chance to get admission in some IITs. If yes, suggest me.
you can mail me at c.prakash@live.co.uk
With regards
Chandra Prakash
What is the required minimum rank in gate to get the chance in MS in iits?
Thankyou for the valuable info. But wanted to know when can a student apply for MS?When does the application procedure start? during the mtech admin or after? Please inform.
Thank you very much for clarifying the difference between MS and M Tech. I ve written GATE 2011 and expecting a rank below 500 and i am an ECE student. Can you tell me different streams in which i can pursue my MTech especially in IIT and IISC. I want info abt the different courses offered in Mtech in IIT’s and IISC. You can mail me at
“karthik.dinesh17@gmail.com”
Expecting ur reply as early as possible
Hello sir , I want to know , how to apply for MS by research. I have appeared gor Gate and result will be out in 2 days. So , please reply asap.Thanks
himanshu.rawal19@yahoo.co.in
Sir,
Good morning,
Myself Swapnil S Mashalkar from Nasik (Maharashtra),
In this mail I want to give you brief information regarding me and of course I am looking for.
I will be very great full if you go through and suggest the course information accordingly.
Name: Swapnil S Mashalkar.
Education: BE Electrical with 60% in Pune University year 2003.
Currently Employed: As a Lecturer in the Electrical branch of P.V.G. College of Engineering Nasik in Pune University
Past Experience: I owned a software development firm.
Expectation from Course:
I have knowledge of Electrical engineering, Software Development and Applications, Programming in Dot Net and PHP, Basic Electronics etc.
I am interested in the field of Industrial Automation, Hardware Interfacing or alike.
I want branch which can utilize my past knowledge, interest & improve my technical ability.
My postgraduation must be authorised as per rules of Pune University and their scale requirements.
So please suggest me course accordingly or show me light in this direction.
Thanking you for the same and eagerly waiting for your reply.
Regards,
Swapnil S Mashalkar
cell no.09922942972
Sir,i have got 775 rank and score of 616 in gate 2011 in electrical please tell do i have any chance to get in to iit
sir,thanks for ur infomation.i have scored 482 in gate 2011 and my rank is 3450.i want to do MS in iit madras..i am confused whether i can get there or else i want to make my mind to do a job???
pls reply quickly “karim.krazzy4u@gmail.com”
sir cn gate score be used for ms admissions,does ms by research in nits.. will hv impotance.
Thank you for clarifying difference between MS and M.Tech.
Can you please give more details for MS in IITs and NITs like cut off marks, and admission procedure as well as eligibility for admissions for the same.
Thanking you.
hello sir,
can u plz tell me wat is da eligibility criteria for getin ms in iit’s…
sir, i want to pursue ms course from iit or other reputed institution please give me information about different institutes of india i am from ece dept my gate 2011 score is 31.67 from general category rank 12400.
i get 210 score in gate and BE % is 74 amd plz suggest me i am eligible for M S or not and where i do MS
Hello Sir,Iam ready To go for MS.My Rank is 2633 and gate score is 37 and discipline Elec. Engg.I want an info-Which IIT’s offer this MS(by research) courrse.Pls Reply me(Its Urgent as the dates are coming close) :Email:bharathcoep@gmail.com
Sir, i’m very thankful 4 ur valuable info.
I would like 2 know which is better
1. Mtech from NIT
2. MS from IIT.
Plz, reply me as soon as possble.
my email piyush.ajmire@gmail.com
Can somebody help me……hello…
iitb and iitd have mentioned the mtech and phd courses in the 2011 announcement, but there is no information regarding the ms(r) course in the brochure. Request anyone with the know.edge abt this to throw some light on this, deadlines are almost here.
sir m i eligible for placements in iits if i m doing ms by research program
sir, i have got 1018 rank in gate and received a call from iit madras. can you please guide me on the type of interview questions. i have applied for microelectronics as first choice and communication as second.
Email- gauravdelta@gmail.com
thanks for the info. could u please resolve me following query :
i have given jee exam this year and expecting a rank which may fetch me an Int.Msc in roorkee or kgp. what prospects may i consider for pursuing phd abroad later. what are placement salaries. also is it required of Msc students to publish research papers.
thanks in advance
Zahid I’d been following this blog for two months. I’ll be seeking admission in M.Tech this year.
But this WordPress thing seriously sucks. Things are fully unorganized. No proper tags. There are diamond posts hidden in which most of your viewers don’t even see. I came across this ‘ol “Writing paper for conferences” post after these 2 months. This is weird.
Anyways, nice work. Thanks for all this guidance.