The Department of Intelligent Systems (IS) is now accepting applications for its MS(R) program through the Online Application Portal.

Admission Requirements

All candidates will be selected on the basis of marks/CPI (wherever applicable), GATE Score, and interview.

Eligibility Criteria

This information in this section is also contained in the PG manual, which is available at https://iitk.ac.in/doaa/pg-manual Only eligible candidates will be called for interviews.

The “specified minimum” marks/CPI (Cumulative Performance Index), referred to in subsequent sections, implies a minimum of 55 percent marks /5.5 (on a 10 point scale) as long as it is not less than the minimum pass marks/CPI; otherwise, the “specified minimum” marks/CPI implies the minimum pass marks/CPI.

The candidate must have one of the following:

1. Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a 4-year bachelor's degree in Science, or a master's degree in Science or an allied area, with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum (as specified in PG manual).
2. A valid GATE score is required for admission to the MS (Research) program for regular (non-sponsored/non-project) candidates. The requirement of GATE score is waived for the B.Tech candidates, graduated from IITs with a minimum overall CPI of 6.5 and a minimum CPI of 8.0 in the last two years in B.Tech.

Online degrees are not accepted for admission.

Candidates belonging to the reserved category (OBC-NCL/EWS/SC/ST/DAP) should provide appropriate category certificate in the prescribed format of Government of India for OBC-NCL/EWS/SC/ST/DAP, or else they will be admitted as general students. There is no reservation for candidates belonging to the OBC category.

Shortlisting

The department may utilize a cut-off CPI/GATE score for shortlisting the candidates being called for interview. The cut-off score will depend on the number of applications received.

Valid GATE specializations

Wherever GATE is required, students only from the following GATE specializations will be considered for shortlisting:

• CS: Computer Science and Information Technology
• EC: Electronics and Communication Engineering
• ME: Mechanical Engineering
• ST: Statistics
• DA: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
• MA: Mathematics
• XH: Humanities and Social Sciences (Paper C1)

Documents

At the time of applications, the candidates must provide the following:

• Marksheets for their qualifying degree
• GATE score card, if applicable
• NOC from employer, if applicable (format)
• Category certificate, if applicable

Sponsored and Part-time MS(R)

Interested applicants may refer to Sec. 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9 in the PG manual provided here: https://iitk.ac.in/doaa/pg-manual

Such candidates should submit an NOC form their employer in the required format.

The dates for interviews along with other relevant details will be announced in due course of time. Please keep checking this page continuously.