Programmes of Study in IIIT Bangalore

PG / MS / PhD

The Institute's programmes are industry oriented that aim at producing brilliant minds. The institute offers programmes at three distinct levels.

1. M.Tech.
2. MS by Research and
3. Ph.D.

The institute also offers programme for working executives in its MS and PhD programmes.

• M. Tech.

Four Semester programme.

During first semester students are engaged in Core course that apprises them of the fundamentals like- advanced programming principles, mathematical background, algorithms, digital signal processing, databases, and networking.

The second semester of this programme offers two more Core courses and students require choosing two Elective Courses from a bunch of course.


During third semester, students require choosing for only one Elective course.

The fourth and final semester offers industry internship, or the writing a research thesis.

• MS by Research and PhD

The Institute offers M.S. by Research on the basis of Interview and academic performance of a candidate.

Both, the MS by Research and Ph.D. programmes have no fixed core courses. The student of these programmes can decide what to choose with the help of their academic advisor according to interests.

The institute offers admission to Ph.D. programme in Information Technology and allied Sciences on the basis of Interview and commitment of the candidate for conducting research.