Colleges for Masters in CSE (in India)
Content
Index here is not a ranking especially for the non top-twelve colleges. Its just a collection of decent colleges for
Masters in CSE (in India) with information about each.
Index
1.
Institute
Program
Last Rank
(General)
Comments
Future scope
Indian
Institute of
Science
ME in CSA
dept.
(2 years)
50-80
(60 seats)
CSA is the
computer
science dept.
of IISc
Best for
pursuing
higher studies
abroad. The
on campus
placement
facilities
weren’t great
but most
students get
the best
placements
both through
on campus as
well as off
campus hiring.
MS, IBMIRL, etc
comes for on
Best research
institute in
India. Interdepartmental
courses are
allowed here.
Since,
bachelors are
not there in
Engineering,
Masters
students are
not required to
do any
teaching
assistantship.
But they get
Rs. 8000
stipend from
MHRD.
campus and
FB, Google
etc usually
recruits
through off
campus.
1.1
ME in SSA
1.2
M Tech in
SERC
Gate cutoff
around 600 for
interviews.
More info
SERC dept is
working on
supercomputin
g area
1.3
MSc in CSA
dept.
Gate cutoff
around 1000
for interviews
(15-20 seats)
MSc is more
into research.
While ME
students have
to take 10
courses, MSc
students need
only 3 courses
but they have
a strict
publication
requirement.
Most students
take 2-3 years
to complete
1.4
ME in DESE
dept
1.5
Direct PhD
2
2.1
IIT-B
For those
looking for
placements
IIT-B might
be better than
IISc. ( Hence
IIT B - M
Tech and IISc
- ME are
usually filled
simultaneousl
y)
Gate cutoff
around 1000
for interviews
M Tech in
CSE (2 years
TA)
100
M Tech in
CSE (3 years
Gate cutoff
around 1000
Mostly taken
by Electronic
students, but
due to the
presence of
microcontrolle
rs, some CS
students also
prefer this
RA)
3
TIFR
4
IIT-K
for interviews
M tech in CSE 70 seats
(2 Years)
Direct
admission under 100
rank,
Upto rank 400
for Written
and interview
for general
category
5
IIT-M
5.1
6
M tech in CSE 150-170
(2 Years)
(54 seats)
MS
IIT-D
20 seats (2-3
years)
56 seats,
direct
admission last
rank around
100. After
interview last
rank was
Good
placement.
around 220
6.1
MS
7
CMI
8
IIT-Kgp
M.Tech in
CSE
Prefer
Experience
candidates
(same for
research
position in
other IITs,
profs prefer
experience)
40 seats. Last
rank around
180
Option to
convert to
PhD as in
other IITs/
IISc
100%
placements in
2011,12,13
(data
unavailable
for 2014).
Alumni now
at Google, FB,
MS, MSR,
Amazon,
Epic, Walmart
Labs, SAP.
Scope for PhD
too. Admits to
Purdue,
UIUC, MPISWS, Aarhus ,
state
universities of
USA etc .
http://www.fa
cweb.iitkgp.er
net.in/~niloy/s
tudentscorner/
index_files/Pa
ge348.htm
8.1
M.S in CSE
Strong areas:
Cryptography,
Number
Theory,
Complex
Networks,
Formal
Methods, ML
(NLP in
particular),
Theoretical
Distributed
Systems (Prof.
A Gupta),
Computer
Mostly PhD.
Admits to
Oxford, UIUC
etc.
There have
been students
placed in
Amazon etc
too.
If you want to
do MS in KGP
CS , this blog
post will help
you :
Graphics, S/W
Engg, Real
Time systems
( Prof Rajib
Mall )
8.2
M.Tech in
Embedded
System
Design
9
IIT-G
10
IIT-Roorkee
11
IIIT-Delhi
http://gate000
0.wordpress.c
om/2012/03/2
9/iit-kgpmsphd-somepoints-toremember/
New course,
well suited for
embedded
systems area.
Admits ECE,
EEE, CSE
graduates.
On the Basis
of gate score
now.
Good college,
faculty is
good, A
dynamic
director .
Placement is
ok , it will
good in future.
Here is the
blog from the
Director ,
please go
through it,
you will
Learn many
things related
to academics
→
http://jalote.w
ordpress.com/
12
IIIT-H
own entrance
test
good in
Intradisciplinary
research
.Faculty is
good.Placeme
nt too.
(Fee is high)
MS
programme is
also there, If
you don’t get
IIT , join
here will no
harm.
a good group
exists in FB
with IIITH
seniors and
their
experience :
https://wpww
.facebook.co
m/groups/202
19029980439
4/
Interview
experience:
http://iiithrace.blogspot.
in/
13
IIIT-B
13.1
own entrance
test
good college
in placement
and teacher,
fee is high.
MS in CS and
ECE
Interview
experience :
http://www.tec
hbite.in/search
/label/IIIT-B
for industry
candidates and
experience
ones.
14
NIT-Suratkal
good for
placement.
15
NIT-Trichy
good for
placement.
16
JNU
17
IIITHyderabad
Regular M
tech and M
Tech (RA)
available .
Good
placement.
18
IIITAllahabad
Through
Central
Counselling of
NIT’s from
this year
Placement
track record
of the
institute is
disastrous so
if you are
coming for
job...IIITA
will be a bad
option . ….
the R&D
activities in
IIIT-A is too
good....the
number of
journals which
gets published
every year is
strikingly high
. Good hope
from the next
Interview
experience :
http://www.tec
hbite.in/2010/
06/iiitallahabadmtechselectionprocess.html
session
placement as
of TPO
changed
19
NIT-C
good for
academics and
placement.
20
BITS-Pilani
M.E C.S &
M.E
Software.Syst
ems
Admission thr Good faculty
ough
along with
BITSAT HD
good
placement.
21
BITS-Goa
M.E Software
Systems
Admission
through
BITSAT HD
22
BITSHyderabad
M.E C.S
Admission
through
BITSAT HD
placement is
ok.
23
VIT
VIT entrance
test
All money
made stuffs
done here .
Do not
believe in
their
Rankings in
reputed
newspapers.
24
IIITM-K
MSc IT
MSc-CS
Its run by
Kerala govt
but fee is 50k
per semester.
Research
facilities are
very good
here.
Scholarships
are available
Good guys
can expect
good research
opportunities
as many
faculties are
extremely
good. But if
you are not
keen in
research, job
opportunities
might not be
great. (only IT
jobs)
The below
colleges are
reputed but
not from a
MTech point
of view.
Those who
are good can
get decent
placements.
25
CEG Guindy
26
CET
Trivandrum
If you want to
work in
Academia in
future ,then
only join these
below
mention
colleges for M
Tech in CSE,
here for
placements
mainly
Service based
companies
come.
M Tech (2
years)
around 3000
Govt college
with 8k
scholarship
This is the
best college in
Kerala after
NIT-C.
Placements
here are just
below that of
NITs. Though
research or
teaching isn’t
great, due to
the high talent
students
Amazon, MS
etc usually
come for
placements
but they select
only the top
guys.
27
Thapar
University
28
ITER ( SOA
University )
29
CUSAT
30
PEC
31
DIMAT,
Raipur
provide M
Tech in CSE,
CSDP and
CSIT ,three
sections in
school of
Computer
science.
~60 sits.
own exam
+Gate score
Gate score
holders get
5,000 from
2nd year of
their M Tech.
They are good
in academics
in Orissa,
trying to
improve.
32
VSSUT Burla
33
NITIE
Good college
in Orissa for
academics.
National
Institute of
Industrial
Engineering
(NITIE)
Courses
offered:
PGDIE,
PGDMM,
PGDPM
GATE Score + Management
Interview
degree
through Gate
score .
Average
Package
(2012): 11.83
Lakhs per
annum .
ONLINE
APPLICATION
PORTAL HAS
BEEN PUT ON
THE WEBSITE:
http://www.nitie.
edu/applyonline_
ie_mm_pm/inde
x.php
For complete
details about the
Institution and
Programs
offered,
please refer
Admission
Brochure-2014.
http://www.nitie.
edu/applyonline_
ie_mm_pm/BRO
CHURE.pdf
http://www.nit
ie.edu/MAND
ATORY
%20DISCLO
SURES2012.pdf
34
35
IIT BHU
Motilal Nehru
National
Institute of
Technology
Allahabad
Systems
Science under
Electrical
department.
36
37
38
39
Jadavpur
University
IIEST
-Shibpur
(DA-IICT)
Gandhinagar
VNIT Nagpur
Talented
students join
here because
of High
Competition (
for B tech
mainly ).
Number one
Engineering
college in
WB.
Good student , Now as being
good faculty. IIEST, they
will improve
their research
quality .
Good for ICT
course .
Good in
Academics.
40
41
Good in
Academics. ,
some
professors
also doing
research here.
HCU
( University of
Hyderabad )
ISI
KOLKATA
accept Gate
score with cut
off,those not
having Gate
score for them
conduct own
exam and
interview.
Areas where
professors
working :
Computation
al
Intelligence.
Soft
computing
techniques,
data mining,
cryptography ,
machine
learning,
complexity
theory ,
computer
vision etc
areas related
to
mathematics.
http://www.qu
ora.com/India
n-StatisticalInstitute/Howdoes-one-getadmitted-intoISI/answer/Bi
pul-Islam?
share=1
Bibliography:
1. some information about different institutes tmlhttp://ramanclasses.org/accepting_GATE.sh
2. If you want to know about Research areas of different IITs, this post may help you
http://gate0000.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/research-areas-of-computer-science-in-different-iit/
3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/core.cs/permalink/443481272350798/
Few information about top colleges in India By Arvind Devaraj .
4. How to choose an engineering college other than IIT → an IIT Kanpur professor view
http://dsanghi.blogspot.in/2009/08/how-to-choose-engineering-college.html
some college list from the same → http://dsanghi.blogspot.in/2011/05/my-2011-list-of-recommeThended-csit.html
5. http://t5e.iitm.ac.in/2012/11/applying-abroad-for-msphd-faqs/
6. GATE score is accepted in many other places also. The below link shows the acceptance of GATE score in IIMA. Similarly GATE score is accepted in many foreign universities including NUS and some German universities.
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/programmes/fpm/how-to-apply/eligibility-criteria.html
7. Gate score cutoff in NITs (2013)
se.in/gatechttp://gatecse/images/8/87/Ccmt2013-cutoff-list-round2.pdf
8. Cutoffs in 2013
http://gatecse.in/wiki/Cut_offs_for_201qs/
6. GATE score is accepted in many other places also. The below link shows the acceptance of GATE score in IIMA. Similarly GATE score is accepted in many foreign uni3
9. GATE Interview Experiences:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/gate-interview-experiences/institute-wise-list/122602751281701
10. For those below rank 200:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Top100Gate2014/permalink/682257268497025/?stream_ref=2
Masters in CSE (in India) with information about each.
Index
1.
Institute
Program
Last Rank
(General)
Comments
Future scope
Indian
Institute of
Science
ME in CSA
dept.
(2 years)
50-80
(60 seats)
CSA is the
computer
science dept.
of IISc
Best for
pursuing
higher studies
abroad. The
on campus
placement
facilities
weren’t great
but most
students get
the best
placements
both through
on campus as
well as off
campus hiring.
MS, IBMIRL, etc
comes for on
Best research
institute in
India. Interdepartmental
courses are
allowed here.
Since,
bachelors are
not there in
Engineering,
Masters
students are
not required to
do any
teaching
assistantship.
But they get
Rs. 8000
stipend from
MHRD.
campus and
FB, Google
etc usually
recruits
through off
campus.
1.1
ME in SSA
1.2
M Tech in
SERC
Gate cutoff
around 600 for
interviews.
More info
SERC dept is
working on
supercomputin
g area
1.3
MSc in CSA
dept.
Gate cutoff
around 1000
for interviews
(15-20 seats)
MSc is more
into research.
While ME
students have
to take 10
courses, MSc
students need
only 3 courses
but they have
a strict
publication
requirement.
Most students
take 2-3 years
to complete
1.4
ME in DESE
dept
1.5
Direct PhD
2
2.1
IIT-B
For those
looking for
placements
IIT-B might
be better than
IISc. ( Hence
IIT B - M
Tech and IISc
- ME are
usually filled
simultaneousl
y)
Gate cutoff
around 1000
for interviews
M Tech in
CSE (2 years
TA)
100
M Tech in
CSE (3 years
Gate cutoff
around 1000
Mostly taken
by Electronic
students, but
due to the
presence of
microcontrolle
rs, some CS
students also
prefer this
RA)
3
TIFR
4
IIT-K
for interviews
M tech in CSE 70 seats
(2 Years)
Direct
admission under 100
rank,
Upto rank 400
for Written
and interview
for general
category
5
IIT-M
5.1
6
M tech in CSE 150-170
(2 Years)
(54 seats)
MS
IIT-D
20 seats (2-3
years)
56 seats,
direct
admission last
rank around
100. After
interview last
rank was
Good
placement.
around 220
6.1
MS
7
CMI
8
IIT-Kgp
M.Tech in
CSE
Prefer
Experience
candidates
(same for
research
position in
other IITs,
profs prefer
experience)
40 seats. Last
rank around
180
Option to
convert to
PhD as in
other IITs/
IISc
100%
placements in
2011,12,13
(data
unavailable
for 2014).
Alumni now
at Google, FB,
MS, MSR,
Amazon,
Epic, Walmart
Labs, SAP.
Scope for PhD
too. Admits to
Purdue,
UIUC, MPISWS, Aarhus ,
state
universities of
USA etc .
http://www.fa
cweb.iitkgp.er
net.in/~niloy/s
tudentscorner/
index_files/Pa
ge348.htm
8.1
M.S in CSE
Strong areas:
Cryptography,
Number
Theory,
Complex
Networks,
Formal
Methods, ML
(NLP in
particular),
Theoretical
Distributed
Systems (Prof.
A Gupta),
Computer
Mostly PhD.
Admits to
Oxford, UIUC
etc.
There have
been students
placed in
Amazon etc
too.
If you want to
do MS in KGP
CS , this blog
post will help
you :
Graphics, S/W
Engg, Real
Time systems
( Prof Rajib
Mall )
8.2
M.Tech in
Embedded
System
Design
9
IIT-G
10
IIT-Roorkee
11
IIIT-Delhi
http://gate000
0.wordpress.c
om/2012/03/2
9/iit-kgpmsphd-somepoints-toremember/
New course,
well suited for
embedded
systems area.
Admits ECE,
EEE, CSE
graduates.
On the Basis
of gate score
now.
Good college,
faculty is
good, A
dynamic
director .
Placement is
ok , it will
good in future.
Here is the
blog from the
Director ,
please go
through it,
you will
Learn many
things related
to academics
→
http://jalote.w
ordpress.com/
12
IIIT-H
own entrance
test
good in
Intradisciplinary
research
.Faculty is
good.Placeme
nt too.
(Fee is high)
MS
programme is
also there, If
you don’t get
IIT , join
here will no
harm.
a good group
exists in FB
with IIITH
seniors and
their
experience :
https://wpww
.facebook.co
m/groups/202
19029980439
4/
Interview
experience:
http://iiithrace.blogspot.
in/
13
IIIT-B
13.1
own entrance
test
good college
in placement
and teacher,
fee is high.
MS in CS and
ECE
Interview
experience :
http://www.tec
hbite.in/search
/label/IIIT-B
for industry
candidates and
experience
ones.
14
NIT-Suratkal
good for
placement.
15
NIT-Trichy
good for
placement.
16
JNU
17
IIITHyderabad
Regular M
tech and M
Tech (RA)
available .
Good
placement.
18
IIITAllahabad
Through
Central
Counselling of
NIT’s from
this year
Placement
track record
of the
institute is
disastrous so
if you are
coming for
job...IIITA
will be a bad
option . ….
the R&D
activities in
IIIT-A is too
good....the
number of
journals which
gets published
every year is
strikingly high
. Good hope
from the next
Interview
experience :
http://www.tec
hbite.in/2010/
06/iiitallahabadmtechselectionprocess.html
session
placement as
of TPO
changed
19
NIT-C
good for
academics and
placement.
20
BITS-Pilani
M.E C.S &
M.E
Software.Syst
ems
Admission thr Good faculty
ough
along with
BITSAT HD
good
placement.
21
BITS-Goa
M.E Software
Systems
Admission
through
BITSAT HD
22
BITSHyderabad
M.E C.S
Admission
through
BITSAT HD
placement is
ok.
23
VIT
VIT entrance
test
All money
made stuffs
done here .
Do not
believe in
their
Rankings in
reputed
newspapers.
24
IIITM-K
MSc IT
MSc-CS
Its run by
Kerala govt
but fee is 50k
per semester.
Research
facilities are
very good
here.
Scholarships
are available
Good guys
can expect
good research
opportunities
as many
faculties are
extremely
good. But if
you are not
keen in
research, job
opportunities
might not be
great. (only IT
jobs)
The below
colleges are
reputed but
not from a
MTech point
of view.
Those who
are good can
get decent
placements.
25
CEG Guindy
26
CET
Trivandrum
If you want to
work in
Academia in
future ,then
only join these
below
mention
colleges for M
Tech in CSE,
here for
placements
mainly
Service based
companies
come.
M Tech (2
years)
around 3000
Govt college
with 8k
scholarship
This is the
best college in
Kerala after
NIT-C.
Placements
here are just
below that of
NITs. Though
research or
teaching isn’t
great, due to
the high talent
students
Amazon, MS
etc usually
come for
placements
but they select
only the top
guys.
27
Thapar
University
28
ITER ( SOA
University )
29
CUSAT
30
PEC
31
DIMAT,
Raipur
provide M
Tech in CSE,
CSDP and
CSIT ,three
sections in
school of
Computer
science.
~60 sits.
own exam
+Gate score
Gate score
holders get
5,000 from
2nd year of
their M Tech.
They are good
in academics
in Orissa,
trying to
improve.
32
VSSUT Burla
33
NITIE
Good college
in Orissa for
academics.
National
Institute of
Industrial
Engineering
(NITIE)
Courses
offered:
PGDIE,
PGDMM,
PGDPM
GATE Score + Management
Interview
degree
through Gate
score .
Average
Package
(2012): 11.83
Lakhs per
annum .
ONLINE
APPLICATION
PORTAL HAS
BEEN PUT ON
THE WEBSITE:
http://www.nitie.
edu/applyonline_
ie_mm_pm/inde
x.php
For complete
details about the
Institution and
Programs
offered,
please refer
Admission
Brochure-2014.
http://www.nitie.
edu/applyonline_
ie_mm_pm/BRO
CHURE.pdf
http://www.nit
ie.edu/MAND
ATORY
%20DISCLO
SURES2012.pdf
34
35
IIT BHU
Motilal Nehru
National
Institute of
Technology
Allahabad
Systems
Science under
Electrical
department.
36
37
38
39
Jadavpur
University
IIEST
-Shibpur
(DA-IICT)
Gandhinagar
VNIT Nagpur
Talented
students join
here because
of High
Competition (
for B tech
mainly ).
Number one
Engineering
college in
WB.
Good student , Now as being
good faculty. IIEST, they
will improve
their research
quality .
Good for ICT
course .
Good in
Academics.
40
41
Good in
Academics. ,
some
professors
also doing
research here.
HCU
( University of
Hyderabad )
ISI
KOLKATA
accept Gate
score with cut
off,those not
having Gate
score for them
conduct own
exam and
interview.
Areas where
professors
working :
Computation
al
Intelligence.
Soft
computing
techniques,
data mining,
cryptography ,
machine
learning,
complexity
theory ,
computer
vision etc
areas related
to
mathematics.
http://www.qu
ora.com/India
n-StatisticalInstitute/Howdoes-one-getadmitted-intoISI/answer/Bi
pul-Islam?
share=1
Bibliography:
1. some information about different institutes tmlhttp://ramanclasses.org/accepting_GATE.sh
2. If you want to know about Research areas of different IITs, this post may help you
http://gate0000.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/research-areas-of-computer-science-in-different-iit/
3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/core.cs/permalink/443481272350798/
Few information about top colleges in India By Arvind Devaraj .
4. How to choose an engineering college other than IIT → an IIT Kanpur professor view
http://dsanghi.blogspot.in/2009/08/how-to-choose-engineering-college.html
some college list from the same → http://dsanghi.blogspot.in/2011/05/my-2011-list-of-recommeThended-csit.html
5. http://t5e.iitm.ac.in/2012/11/applying-abroad-for-msphd-faqs/
6. GATE score is accepted in many other places also. The below link shows the acceptance of GATE score in IIMA. Similarly GATE score is accepted in many foreign universities including NUS and some German universities.
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/programmes/fpm/how-to-apply/eligibility-criteria.html
7. Gate score cutoff in NITs (2013)
se.in/gatechttp://gatecse/images/8/87/Ccmt2013-cutoff-list-round2.pdf
8. Cutoffs in 2013
http://gatecse.in/wiki/Cut_offs_for_201qs/
6. GATE score is accepted in many other places also. The below link shows the acceptance of GATE score in IIMA. Similarly GATE score is accepted in many foreign uni3
9. GATE Interview Experiences:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/gate-interview-experiences/institute-wise-list/122602751281701
10. For those below rank 200:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Top100Gate2014/permalink/682257268497025/?stream_ref=2
