Eligibility

Other criteria

• Applicants must have a four-year bachelor’s degree in Engineering (any stream)
• Professionals with a three-year bachelor’s degree must have adequate IT training and professional practice (minimum two years) in an ET relevant industry/organisation/ department/desk/ in India or abroad. They must also have three years relevant experience in any of the above-mentioned areas.
• Pre-service applicants are required to appear for the NIIT University ET Admission Competency Test and a subsequent screening interview.
• In-service applicants shall be evaluated on the basis of the candidates’ interest, experience and suitability for the programme along with the recommendation of the sponsoring organisation.

MTech GIS

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants to NU’s MTech GIS programme must have a master’s degree (or must be completing their master’s degree in the current academic year) in any one of the following disciplines:
• Remote Sensing
• Geomatics
• Geoinformatics
• Environmental Sciences
• GI Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Geology
• Ecology
• Geography
• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Economic Geography

Or

• A Master’s degree in related area

Or

A bachelor’s degree (or completing their degree in the current academic year) in:

• Engineering
• Technology
• Architecture
• The applicant must have scored first division [T15] in any two exams out of their Class X,  Class XII or bachelors, and second division in the third examination.
• Applicants must have secured ≥ 50% in relevant bachelor’s degree.

Also of interest

• Admissions
• Postgraduate programmes

NU’s PhD programmes are offered to applicants with or without experience, and to those sponsored by an industry/organisation. Entrance tests for eligible candidates are held online. Candidates who have qualified for UGC NET and/or GATE are exempt from NU’s entrance examination. All candidates will have an in-person interview with the faculty of the research discipline they have applied to.

The minimum educational qualifications for admission to NU’s PhD programmes are:

• A master’s degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the master’s degree, by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed)
  
  Or
• An equivalent degree from a foreign educational institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognised or authorised by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions.

Note:

• In case of foreign-degree holders, registration for the PhD programme is confirmed after the determination of equivalence by the relevant university body.
• In case of NU alumni from BTech / iMBA programmes, a minimum 8.5 CGPA is a must.
• Applicants who have cleared a MPhil programme with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and after successfully completing the MPhil degree are eligible to proceed to conduct research work leading to a PhD in the same institution in an integrated programme
• A relaxation of 5% of the marks, i.e., from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to the SC/ST/OBC/differently abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the commission from time to time.

Also of interest

• Admissions
• Doctoral programmes

NU currently offers two industry linked programmes.

MTech Cyber Security with Infosys

Eligibility criteria

 

• Four years (minimum) work experience

Educational qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology (or equivalent in an appropriate area)
• MS (Computer Science/Information Technology
• Graduates (AMIETE) from Institution of Electronics of Telecommunications
• Engineers (IETE) in Computer Science or Engineering

Applicants who have completed their first degree outside India must:

• Have passed the examination in the concerned subject*
• Fulfil minimum eligibility criteria for admission from a university/Board included in the list of Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
• Obtain and submit an equivalence certificate from AIU, subject to final verification by NU (If the university/Board is not on the AIU list)

*A four-year bachelor’s degree (8 semesters) in Engineering/ science of the relevant discipline. A four-year BSc programme (after 10+2) will be considered the equivalent of a BTech for this purpose.

MBA ISDE with Coforge

Eligibility criteria

• Educational qualifications: BE/BTech
• Minimum 55% marks at graduation
• 18 months of relevant professional work experience (minimum) after graduation

The selection process for this MBA programme is designed to identify meritorious candidates who possess good personalities, a spirit of enquiry, excitement, and daring and who show an aptitude for data analytics and management. NU uses multiple criteria for selection.

Also of interest

• Fees and scholarships