IIT Madras Admissions 2020: Apply for BSc in programming and data science until September 15; admission without JEE

IIT Madras invites application for its first-ever online BSc course in Programming and Data Science. Read further to know more.

IIT Madras Admissions 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has begun its application process for its first-ever online BSc Degree in Programming and Data Science. Students who want to pursue the course can now apply through the website, i.e. onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in. The last date to apply is on or before September 15, however, as per the institute, the application process will get automatically closed once it crosses the 2.5 lakh application limit. Students need to pay a fee of Rs 3,000.

The course will be conducted online while its assessment will be done in an offline mode. The course has no age limit and students who have passed class 12 can also apply. To admission to this course is not based on JEE Main and JEE Advanced ranks. According to Andrew Thangaraj, Professor-in-Charge, IIT Madras Online Degree Programme, “Since the launch of the programme, we have received an overwhelming interest from prospective students. We believe that this programme, not only embraces the trend of moving education online but also provides a platform to create skilled and employable graduates in programming and data science.”

Students will get a certificate on completion of a foundation-level course and after a year, one can get a diploma, and on completing three years, a degree will be awarded. The course is divided into six semesters. The course includes videos from the faculty, weekly assignments, and in-person invigilated exams. The students will get access to the four weeks of the course content of four subjects (mathematics, English, statistics, and computational thinking). The lectures will be totally online, and candidates need to submit online assignments, and write an in-person qualifier exam at the end of four weeks.

Those who get minimum required scores in weekly assignments will get to write the qualifier exam. The students need to get around 50 per cent marks will be eligible to register for the foundational programme.

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