Master of Technology (Engineering Design)

1.

What is intake for Master of Technology (Engineering Design) ?

The Intake for Master of Technology (Engineering Design) is 30 students (full time+ part time).

2.

What are the eligibility criteria for Master of Technology (Engineering Design) ?

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology with a first-class or a minimum 60%marks (CGPA 6.5on a 10– pointscale) for open category and 50% marks (CGPA 6 on a 10 point scale) for SC/ST and DFA category candidates.
OR
Master's degree in Science or Master's degree in Computer Applications (with Physics & Mathematics at Bachelor's level) or Master's degree in Computer Science (with Physics and Mathematics at Bachelor's Level)
UG + 2 years industry experience / Research experience in a research lab

3.

Is there any stipend for the M.Tech students.

No

4.

What are courses offered  for  Master of Technology (Engineering Design) ?

Please refer to the program structure section from the websitewww.sitpune.edu.in

5.

What are the goals of Master of Technology (Engineering Design) ?

This programme aims to :

• Provide an opportunity to pursue an independent research project while benefitting from the support of expert supervision.
• Develop an understanding of the research study, linking the research project directly to the candidate's current or future career interests, and obtain a taste of what PhD study might entail.
• Encourage the multidisciplinary research
• Strengthen the students' core knowledge and provide research training to contribute in the field of Science, Engineering and technology.
• Enhance the research culture and industry-academia connect at Faculty of Engineering, SIU.

6.

Can a person from Industry do the Master of Technology (Engineering Design) ?

Certainly. This course is designed for industry/corporates and non-industry candidates both. The industry candidate can pursue the technical problem in that specific industry as part of M.Tech in Engineering Design (By Research) while working full time. Part time candidates can also be considered.

7.

How would this enhance the research aptitude of the candidate?

The Master of Technology (Engineering Design) programme is focused primarily on research and innovation. The course structure is designed to develop the research ethics, integrity, presentation skills, writing and research aptitude. The ultimate aim of this programme to develop the research aptitude amongst the candidates.

8.

Is there any Industry tie up or funded research project that a candidate can work on?

Yes. The candidate can work on his/her own industry specific problem or can work on the research problem with the supervisor. The list of the available projects and specific problem statements will be advertised during the admission process.

9.

Is there a age limit?

No

10.

What is the target audience ?

Industry and corporate personnel with min 2 years work experience and fitting into the eligibility criteria specified.

11.

Is there any specific evalution criteria at the end of the programme.

The primary evaluation will consist of a number of research presentations, two research publications or in peer reviewed SCI and SCOPUS indexed high quality journals or 1 research publication + 1 patent publication.

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What will the admission process be consist of ?

The list of available projects with clear objectives and concept note will be collected from the Faculty of Engineering, SIU supervisors well in advance.
Applications will be invited by open advertisement in all leading newspapers/ local announcement, Faculty of Engineering, SIU and SIU websites for all categories of candidates in January 2022.
The evaluation will consist of combined entrance test marks (50 marks) and a personal interview (50marks). The minimum cut-off of 50% will be considered for inviting the candidates for the inverview. GATE qualitified candidates are exempt from the written test. Their GATE marks will be considered. However, they will need to appear for the personal interview.
Candidates whose selection is approved based on the written test and personal interview will be admitted to Master of Technology (Engineering Design) programme after payment of prescribed fees.

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What are the key highlights of Master of Technology (Engineering Design) ?

• Multidisciplinary Research
• Opportunity to work on a research problem in collaboration with own industry and academia
• Exposure to research training and research aptitude development
• Training on technical writing, presentations, research ethics and methodology development
• Combining the work and study interests

14.

How much will be the fees for this course?

Please refer to the Admission section--->Related year/ course--->Fee structure from the website.www.sitpune.edu.in

15.

Whether a hostel facility is available?

Yes. Please refer to the infrastructure section from the website.www.sitpune.edu.in to view the hostel facilities.

16.

Are previous publications/patents necessary for applying to this programme?

NO. The selection procedure will consist of entrance and personal interview. However, the previous publications /patents demonstrate the research experience and will be an added advantage.

17.

How many classes I need to attend per week ?

There are only 3 courses which are predefined and taught courses. The classes will be scheduled online during the weekends at the start of the course semester. Rest of the courses are either defined by the research supervisor or to be completed by the candidate though specified MOOC courses. No offline courses will be conducted. The candidate need to have offline meetings with supervisor on regular basis as per convenience of both sides.

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Why MTech (By Research) at Symbiosis Institute of Technology?

1. Strong research ecosystem established by SIU through various research centres, research grants from National and International funding agencies such as DST, SPARC, DUO-ASME, SERB etc
2. Strong record of research publications and papers in highly reputed peer reviewed journals
3. Very strong and active International Collaborations which provide international research exposure to candidates
4. SIU has multiple other constituent institutes which can facilitate multidisciplinary research effectively
5. State-of-the-art equipment and labs in various departments
6. Large no of PhD candidates for hand-holding and team building in specific domains