MNNIT to discontinue MTech course in software engineering

The move was prompted by waning interest among top aspiring techies as well as firms taking part in placement exercises. The decision was approved by the institute’s Senate in a meeting held recently

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)-Allahabad decided to close down its once-popular MTech in the software engineering programme. According to the officials, MNNIT Admissions 2021 will not begin for MTech in the software engineering programme. The move was prompted by waning interest among top aspiring techies as well as firms taking part in placement exercises. The decision was approved by the institute’s Senate in a meeting held recently. MNNIT director Professor Rajeev Tripathi stated that for final approval, the proposal would now be put before the institute’s apex decision-making body, the Board of Governors (BoG).

 “A scrutiny of past records showed that MTech in software engineering programme was low on the preference of top aspirants as compared to the MTech computer science and engineering course and, as a result, the MTech software engineering was attracting aspirants much lower in the merit. We also observed that even companies hiring our students preferred MTech computer science and engineering pass-outs over the MTech software engineering pass-outs, believing that the course in computer science and engineering to be more holistic and covering a wider spectrum of skills and knowledge as compared to software engineering which they perceived to focus on just software designing and testing,” the director explained.

Calling MNNIT’s MTech in software engineering programme a well-designed robust course, Professor Tripathi said that the course covered all essential topics of CSE but having specialised electives, the institute decided to go strictly as per the demand and close the postgraduate programme in software engineering.

He further added, “The 25 seats of MTech in software engineering would now be merged in MTech computer science and engineering course which remains the top choice of aspiring techies attracting top rankers from across the country, thereby allowing an intake of 50 students in it. We are confident that this would not only attract better students but also ensure better placements.” 

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