Discontinued (June 2023) M.Tech. in Signal Processing and Communications 

at IIT Tirupati, Chittoor

The overall placement rate recorded during IIT Tirupati M.Tech placements 2023 was 67.21%. Further, the branch-wise placement rate recorded during IIT Tirupati M.Tech placements 2023 is presented below:

Note: IIT Tirupati placement report 2023 is updated till July 31, 2023.

Candidates seeking admission to M.Tech at IIT Tirupati are required to meet with the minimum eligibility criteria (required for the course) and also have a valid score in the GATE exam. To be eligible, candidates must have one of the following:

• Completed their BE/ BTech/ BSc (Eng) with at least 60% aggregate (55% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or 6.0 CPI (5.5 in case of SC/ST/PWD) out of 10 OR
• a first-class specified by the university OR
• BTech degree holders from any of the IITs with a minimum CPI of 8.0 will be directly admitted to M.Tech programme (under Teaching Assistants position through a written test/ or an Interview).

Candidates willing to fill out GATE 2023 application form can find all the required details below:

• Personal information should be required to be filled in, including name, date of birth, personal mobile number, parents' name, etc. The GATE 2024 scorecard will be issued as per the name entered in the application form. Prefix/title such as Mr/ Shri/ Dr/ MS/ Smt, etc. should not be used before the name.
• Address for communication (including PIN code)
• Eligibility degree details
• College name and address with PIN code
• GATE paper (subject)
• Choice of GATE examination cities

IIT Tirupati offers MTech for two-years at the PG level. Admission to this programme is subject to a valid GATE score followed by COAP Counselling. The specialisations available under MTech include Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering. These specialisations are also offered across multiple sub-specialisations under these streams. IIT Graduates and GATE qualified candidates can apply for any of the MTech specialisations.

A comparison of the two Engineering institutes for their M.Tech programme on the basis of multiple components, such as fee and ranking are tabulated below:

NOTE: The fee details mentioned in the above table are sourced from multiple sources. Hence, are indicative.

As per the data in the above table, IIT Tirupati definitely seems like a better option. It's not just the IIT tag that speaks for itself. But the ranking and fee throws better light on why IIT Tirupati is better. 

Yes, IIT Tirupati admissions are open for UG and PG courses. Candidates seeking admission at IIT Tirupati need to complete the application form for the course-specific entrance exam. IIT Tirupati admits students to BTech courses based on JEE Main and JEE Advanced scores. Candidates are allotted seats in JoSAA Counselling for BTech courses. Admission to MTech is through GATE followed by COAP Counselling. The institute considers IIT JAM and CCMN Counselling for MSc courses.The cutoff for BTech, MTech and MSc courses is released by the respective counselling bodies. For merit-based courses, IIT Tirupati will release the course-wise merit list on its official website. 

It depends on the market competition, student’s core expertise and academic track recorded how good the campus placement he or she can get. Students can check below IIT Tirupati branch-wise BTech placement statistics 2023 to analyse the campus placement performance at IIT Tirupati:

Note: IIT Tirupati placement report 2023 is updated till July 31, 2023.

IIT Tirupati eligibility varies courses. Candidates are required to complete a minimum of Class 12 for UG courses and graduation for PG courses. Find below IIT Tirupati course-wise eligibility:

The admission process for various courses is defined below:

• For BTech, MSc M.Tech courses, JEE Advanced ranks, IIT-JAM, CEED and GATE scores are considered for the selection of candidates. JoSAA and CCMN counsellings are conducted for seat allotment to BTech and MSc courses.
• After application, the institute considers institute-level tests and merit scores of students for MS and PhD admission.
• Admission to PhD is also based on other national-level exam scores/ institute-level entrance and interview.
• A merit list is released by the institute for announcing the names of the candidates shortlisted for MA, M.Tech and PhD courses followed by a counselling round. Candidates need to pay the admission fee to confirm their admission.

Out of all the BTech specialisations offered by IIT Tirupati, Computer Science and Engineering has the most competitive cutoff in Round 6 of 2022 compared to the rest. Electrical Engineering follows this branch of Engineering. With respect to the placements, companies, such as Adobe, Microsoft, Amazon, Sprinkler and Salesforce have been hiring students of CSE. As per the verified students' reviews on Shiksha, approximately 95% of the students receive placement opportunities every year and the average package for this specialisation ranges between INR 20 LPA and INR 24 LPA. Hence, IIT Tirupati can be considered a decent option for CSE.