MSIT programme is being offered by
“Consortium of Institutions of Higher Learning”
(CIHL), formed by the universities in Andhra Pradesh,
in collaboration with leading universities from across
the globe. CIHL has designed the programme with the
active participation of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU),
USA and inputs from major IT companies. CMU is a leading
institution in the field of Information Technology.
This is a glimpse of the leading institutions involved
in this programme:
- Carnegie Mellon University
- IIIT, Hyderabad
- JNTU, Hyderabad
- Osmania University
- Andhra University
- Sri Venkateshwara University
MSIT aims to produce skilled Professionals
who have knowledge of the core principles underlying
information technology and an understanding of emerging
industry trends.
The MSIT programme was started in 2001 and students were admitted to
the Learning Centres at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),
Hyderabad, School of IT, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad,
College of Engineering, Osmania University and Regional Engineering College (REC, now NIT),
Warangal in the last four years.
In 2004, the Story/Problem Centered
Curriculum was introduced and the fourth batch of
students were admitted to the MSIT division,
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),
College of Engineering, Osmania University (OU),
Hyderabad and School of Information
Technology (SIT), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
(JNTU).
The MSIT (MS
in IT or Master of Science in Information Technology)
programme is innovative multi-university interdisciplinary
post graduate programmes being offered under the MSIT
programme. The programme use sophisticated educational
technologies and are delivered through Learning Centers
with well-equipped laboratories housed in the finest
IT and engineering institutions.
MSIT offers the latest domains specializations
on par with international universities. Computer
Networks and security as a domain specialization
is offered for the first time in the state only in MSIT.
Bio-Informatics, Software Engineering and
E-commerce are also the domains which have
very high demand in the current software industry.
Eligibility
B.Tech / B.E (All branches) or Equivalent Degree / Post Graduates in Computer Science, Mathematics or Statistics / Pre-MSIT Graduates from 21st Centuary Gurukulams of A.P. The duration of this programme is 2 years.
Domain specializations in Bio Informatics, Computer Networks, e-Business Technologies and Software Engineering are available in the MSIT programme.
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