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(From Acad. Year 2024-25 onwards)
IISc will be admitting students from CFTI (Graduates with a minimum duration of 4 years with specialisation as mentioned for each participating M.Tech discipline) with CGPA ≥ 8.0 directly to M.Tech from the academic year (AY) 2024-25. The list of CFTI is provided at https://iisc.ac.in/admissions/overview/centrally-funded-technical-institute-cfti/
The departments and centres participating in the August 2026-27 admissions are listed below. The disciplines offered, approved intake, minimum qualifications, selection process and areas of study are given below. Candidates can apply to a maximum of 3 disciplines from the M. Tech. programmes.
The selection to the M. Tech programme will be based on Career Analysis Marks (CAM) and performance in the interview.
You should apply through the Online Admissions Applications Portal
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Discipline: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Department/Centre/Unit: Kotak IISc AI ML Centre (KIAC)
Intake: 9
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline. Candidates should have done a formal course in programming in C and C++.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in written test.
Areas of study: Digital Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Graphics, Stochastic Systems, Multimedia, Real Time and Fault Tolerant Systems, Sensor Networks, E-Commerce, Speech Processing, Real Time Signal Processing and Embedded Systems.
Discipline: Bioengineering
Department/Centre/Unit: Bioengineering
Intake: 4
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Biomechanics, Biomaterials and tissue engineering, Drug delivery systems, Microfluidics, Nanotechnology, Computational biology, Communicable and non-communicable diseases including cancer, Data science in biology, Molecular and medical imaging, Biomedical instrumentation, Diagnostics, Genetic engineering, Vaccine development, Mechanobiology, 3D Bioprinting, Epidemiology
Discipline: Chemical Engineering
Department/Centre/Unit: Chemical Engineering
Intake: 3
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in written test.
Areas of study: Energy storage in flow batteries and supercapacitors, hydrogen production, gas hydrates; Fuel and solar cells; 2D materials, synthesis and defects; Carbon capture and conversion; Production of nanomaterials, semi-conductor chip fabrication; Nanotechnology for flexible sensors, actuators; Chemical process intensification, process modelling and simulation, particulate systems; Rheology and dynamics of powders; suspensions of living and non-living matter; Turbulent gas-particle suspensions; Magnetorheological fluids; Nucleic acid amplification, point-of-care and other diagnostic devices and assays; Therapeutic engineering, Immune therapy, microbial ecology; Infectious diseases, antivirals and vaccines; Cell membranes and soft interfaces; High resolution single molecule imaging for biosystems; Microfluidics and soft solids; Modelling, optimization and control of bioreactors.
Discipline: Civil Engineering
Note: Visit the Department website at: http://civil.iisc.ac.in/for choice of Major and Minor in Areas of Study
Department/Centre/Unit: Civil Engineering
Intake: 5
Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets): B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in Civil/ Mechanical Engineering.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 100% CAM (Career Analysis Marks)
Areas of study: Geotechnical Engineering; Water Resources and Environmental Engineering; Structural Engineering; Transportation Systems Engineering, Dam Engineering.
Discipline: Computational and Data Science
Department/Centre/Unit: Computational and Data Sciences
Intake: 9
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline. In all cases a strong mathematical and programming background is required.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% (CBT written test).
Areas of study: Multidisciplinary Program Addressing: Computational and Data Science topics including: Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Modeling and Simulation, Optimization, Parallel computing, Distributed systems, Cloud computing, Big Data platforms, IoT, Database systems; Scalable methods, Machine learning, AI, Deep Learning, Computer vision, NLP, data analysis, visualization
Discipline: Earth and Climate Sciences
Department/Centre/Unit: Jointly conducted by the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and Earth Science
Intake: 2
Qualification with required GATE paper (in brackets) : BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 100% CAM (Career Analysis Marks).
Areas of study: Solid Earth Processes, Geodynamics, Petrology, Seismic Hazards, Geodesy, Atmospheric, Oceanic, Environmental and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physical and Chemical Oceanography, Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere, Clouds, Radiation, Numerical Modelling of Atmosphere and Ocean, Ocean Dynamics and Circulation, Climate of the Earth, Paleoclimate Studies, Satellite Meteorology, Geophysical Data Analysis, Nonlinear Climate Dynamics, Geochemical Cycles, Observational Techniques, and Mass Spectrometry Techniques.
Discipline: Electrical Engineering
Department/Centre/Unit: Electrical Engineering
Intake: 6
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Power Systems; Power Electronics; High Voltage Engineering.
Discipline: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Department/Centre/Unit: Electrical Communication Engineering
Intake: 8
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Communications and Networking; Information and Coding Theory; Wireless Communication, AI/ML for Communications, Cyber Physical Systems, High Frequency Circuits & Systems, Signal & Information Sciences.
Discipline: Electronic Product Design
Department/Centre/Unit: Electronic Systems Engineering
Intake: 5
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in Electronics, Electrical, Communication, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Instrumentation
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Electronic Product Design, Design for IoT, Embedded Systems, Mechatronic system design, Industrial design, electronic packaging.
Discipline: Electronic Systems Engineering
Department/Centre/Unit: Electronic Systems Engineering
Intake: 15
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Communication Networks; Embedded Systems; Power Conversion; VLSI Design; Electronics Systems Packaging; Electro Magnetic Compatibility; Analog Circuits; Mechatronics; Product Engineering. Signal Processing and Information Theory; VLSI Systems Architecture.
Discipline: Instrumentation Systems
Department/Centre/Unit: Instrumentation and Applied Physics
Intake: 3
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree or M Sc or equivalent degree with specialization in Instrumentation/ Physics/ Electronics.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Nanoelectronic Devices; Quantum Dots (QD); Graphene Electronics; Micro and Nano Systems; Layered 2D Materials; Sensors and related Instrumentation; QD containing Optical Fibers; Nanoscale Imaging; Super-Resolution Microscopy and Imaging; Fluorescence Microscopy; Precision Motion Control; Microfluidics and Devices; Nano-metrology; Atomic Force Microscopy; Semiconductor Devices and Circuits; Electrical Transport Studies in Low-dimensional Materials; QD Lasers; Bioinstrumentation; Materials Science;Electrical and Thermal Contact Resistance; Fibre-Bragg Grating Sensors; Phase Change Memories; Energy Systems; Image Processing; Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip; Interferometry; Computational Imaging; Image Processing; Biomedical Instrumentation; Optofluidics and Point-of-Care Diagnostics; Optical metrology; Optical Microscopy; Quantum Computing, Microwave Engineering, Tomography,Deep-Learning, Photoacoustic Imaging, Thin Films and Coatings, Reconfigurable Metasurfaces, Stretchable Electronics and Photonics, Energy Harvesting Systems.
Discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Department/Centre/Unit: Mechanical Engineering
Intake: 3
Basic Qualification: BE/ B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Solid Mechanics; Finite Element Analysis; Computer Aided Design; Non-Linear Dynamics; Vibration; Technical Acoustics; Design of Mechanical Systems; Robotics; Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems; Nano-Mechanics; Biomechanics; Tribology; Advanced Manufacturing Process; Material Science; Fluid Mechanics; Heat Transfer; I C Engines; Combustion; Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning.
Discipline: Microelectronics and VLSI Design
Department/Centre/Unit: Jointly conducted by Electrical Communication Engg & Electronic Systems Engg
Intake: 15
Basic Qualification: BE/ B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Digital VLSI Circuit; Analog VLSI Circuits; Semiconductor Devices and Technology; Nanoelectronics Devices; Microelectronics Lab; Digital Systems Design with FPGAs; Physics and Design of Transistors; Carrier Transport in Nanoelectronics Devices; Art of Compact Modelling; Optoelectronic Devices; RF IC and Systems; Photonic Integrated Circuits; Design of Power Semiconductor Devices; Reliability of Nanoscale Circuits and Systems.
Discipline: Quantum Technology; For more details, visit: http://iqti.iisc.ac.in/
Department/Centre/Unit: Instrumentation and Applied Physics
Intake: 4
Basic Qualification: B.E. / B. Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline. A strong mathematical background is required.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Quantum Computation and Simulations, Quantum Communications and Cryptography, Quantum Sensing and Metrology, Quantum Materials and Devices.
Discipline: Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Department/Centre/Unit: Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems
Intake: 4
Basic Qualification: BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Mathematical foundations like Linear Algebra, Computational Techniques, Probability and Statistics, Control & Optimization, Statistical Signal Processing, Planning & Decisions, Stochastic and Data driven Control, AI for Robotics, Dynamics & Kinematics, Formal Techniques for CPS. Applied concepts in Networking for Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Real-Time Embedded Systems, Sensing & Actuation Systems, Applied Machine Learning for Speech & Vision, Reinforcement Learning for Robot Control, Swarm & Team Robotics, Human-Machine Interactions & social robotics, Security, Safety & Privacy for Autonomous Systems, Autonomous ground/air Robots, Navigation & Guidance, Perception via Signal & Image Processing. Experiential learning via laboratory modules for: Mobile robot programming, Control of Industrial Robot Arms, Programming of Legged Robots, Programming of Drone Systems, Tele-Robotics, Secure Data Pipelines, Robot Simulation Frameworks, VR/AR & Speech Interfaces for Robots, ROS/ROS2 Software stacks, Machine Learning for Robots, Robot hardware for Sensor & Actuator Systems, 3D Design and Prototyping for Robotics, Drone Piloting, Game engine programming, GPU Programming.
Discipline: Semiconductor Technology
Department/Centre/Unit: Nano Science and Engineering
Intake: 4
Basic Qualification: BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 100% CAM (Career Analysis Marks)
Areas of study: Foundational courses on micro and nano fabrication and characterization of semiconductor materials and devices including hands-on training inside class 100 cleanroom; optional minors in the areas of nanoelectronics, photonics, nano-bio and micro-systems & packaging, covering various inter-disciplinary courses on MEMS/NEMS; biosensors; micro-nanofluidics; solid-state physics; crystal growth and thin films; photonic integrated circuits; lasers & non-linear photonics; packaging; natural to artificial intelligence; microwave devices; opto-electronics and photovoltaics.
Discipline: Signal Processing
Department/Centre/Unit: Jointly conducted by Electrical Engineering & Electrical Communication Engineering
Intake: 5
Basic Qualification: BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 100% CAM (Career Analysis Marks)
Areas of study: Digital Signal/Image Processing; Computer Vision; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Optimization for Machine Learning; Biomedical Signal Processing; Biomedical Imaging; Healthcare; Computational Imaging; Inverse Problems; Speech and Audio Processing; Array Processing; Pattern Recognition; Signal Processing for Communications; Sparse Signal Processing; Compressed Sensing; Graph Signal Processing; Applications to Autonomous Navigation and Robotics; Applications to Power Systems.
Discipline: Smart Mobility and Logistics Systems
Department/Centre/Unit: Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning
Intake: 3
Basic Qualification: BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline.
Selection Process: Selection is based on 70% CAM (Career Analysis Marks) + 30% performance in the Interview.
Areas of study: Urban Transport, Planning, Freight and Logistics, Mobility Service Providers and Aggregators, Airlines and Travel Services, Urban Analytics, Data Science, Smart Cities, and Information Technology.
Notes
(a) The names of the Candidates short-listed for the interview will be posted on the applicant’s interface on IISc admission portal. Shortlisted candidates can take a print-out of the interview letters from the respective candidate’s LOGIN page and make necessary arrangements for attending the interview. No separate communication will be sent by post.
(b) Candidates called for interview should bring with them attested copies of all the transcripts (marks cards from SSLC or its equivalent onwards, degree certificates of the qualifying examinations, etc.) and produce them before the interview committee, failing which they will not be interviewed.
(c) Candidates belonging to the SC/ST category should bring the original caste/tribe certificate, issued by a competent authority for the purpose of verification.
(d) OBC candidates belonging to the non creamy layer/minorities (as listed in the Central list) must produce the valid OBC-NCL certificates issued on or after 01 April 2026 by a competent authority at the time of interview
(e) Candidates belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) must produce the original Income and Asset Certificate issued on or after 01 April 2026 by the competent authority
(f) Candidates belonging to the persons with disability (PwD) and Kashmiri-Migrants (KM) categories should produce the originals of the appropriate certificates, issued as per Government of India rules, and Kashmiri Pandit/Kashmiri Hindu Family living in Kashmiri valley should produce Kashmiri valley domicile certificate
(g) At the time of joining, candidates should have completed all the requirements for the award of the qualifying degree including all examinations, dissertation projects, viva-voce, etc. Only candidates who produce all the mark sheets and degree certificates (original/provisional) issued by the University Authorities will be given admission.
(h) The students enrolled for M. Tech (through CFTI mode) programmes are not eligible for scholarship. However, such students may avail themselves of scholarships/ fellowships offered by external funding agencies, subject to their eligibility as per the terms and conditions prescribed by the respective agencies.
Notwithstanding the above, B.E./B.Tech. graduates from IITs with a CGPA of 8.0 or above (on a 10-point scale) admitted for the M.Tech through the CFTI mode of entry may be considered for the award of scholarship/assistantship at the rate of ₹12,400/- per month, subject to the applicable provisions and guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education from time to time.
Programme Details for Admissions 2024-25
