The International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore or IIIT, Bangalore is a private university, funded by the Karnataka Government and the IT Industry under a public-private partnership model. Headed by the visionary Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder of Infosys, the university lays a strong emphasis on research, entrepreneurship and innovation. Strategically instituted in Bangalore in 1999, the IT hub of India, the university benefits from its strong reputation in the sector and direct support from the industry. The institution places itself at the intersection between information technology and social sciences and offers interdisciplinary programmes that inspire the students to go beyond academic segments and inculcate the habit of innovation. The university draws its faculty from some of the best institutions in the world such as MIT, Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, University of California Berkeley, IISc, Georgia Institute of Technology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Ohio State University and University of Toronto etc. Also renowned for its full placement assistance, the students get a very good opportunity to shape careers in companies like Cisco, Morgan Stanley, TCS, Media Tech and Accenture. The nine acres campus in Electronic City offers state-of-the-art infrastructure to its students.
IIIT, Bangalore offers a unique programme called “MSc Digital Society” for students that are not only innovative but also turn them critical thinkers and problem-solvers. A first-of-its-kind programme in the country, it is a unique interdisciplinary postgraduate programme at the intersection of information technology and social sciences. The programme is offered to students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to drive them towards creative solutions and multi-disciplinary research. As a two-year, full-time master’s programme, it aims to equip students to deal with the complex challenges in the wake of rapid technological transformation. Focusing on digital ecosystems, students are trained in the design of digital technologies, and the policy challenges of deploying such technologies with a broad-based training that is derived from computer science, engineering, research methods, management, economics and other social sciences. Students have to work on projects to address the challenges of the digital society by applying theoretical knowledge gained from the course. Students are trained in research as they are required to complete a master’s thesis or work on a project in a tech industry that focuses on the issues of digital society.
This innovative master’s programme opens up career prospects in several sectors such as NGOs, think tanks, policy research organizations, research, CSR units, Government agencies and E-Governance initiatives, corporate research labs and design organizations. To be eligible for the course, the students must have secured a first-division undergraduate degree from a recognized university. The university conducts a written test and personal interviews to select candidates for the course.
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