Management gurus say – Innovation is the lifeline for survival and betterment. And when it comes to innovation, the Andhra University College of Engineering (AUCE) seems to find some course or the other. Last year the college developed a couple of new M. Tech. programmes like artificial intelligence and robotics, nano-technology and computer aided chemical engineering.
Staying in tune with innovation, the engineering college launched two new MS integrated programmes this year: MS in Information Technology and MS in Software Engineering.
Giving details on the courses, principal of the college Allam Appa Rao, said: MS programmes are basically offered only by the IITs in India. The MS programmes offered by AUCE are equivalent to any post graduate degree like M. Tech or MS from any other foreign universities.
The duration of the course is for five years and the basic eligibility criterion is 10+2 with MPC. The students have to clear an entrance examination that is conducted by AUCE. The intake of each programme is 30 per year. For details visit: www.andhrauniversity.info.
The principal also said that programmes are designed to suit the industry requirements and are futuristic and research oriented with adequate industry interface. “The first three years would be like any other normal engineering course with focus on fundamentals and subjects. The innovative area would be the fourth and the fifth year.
The thrust on specialisation would be during these two years. We also intend to tie-up with a couple of top universities in the world like MIT, Stanford, University of California- Berkeley and with a few other top universities in China and Japan also. It could be a twinning programme or a direct exchange module.
The last two years would also include a lot of research and project activity with industry interface,” he said. Unlike the normal B. Tech programmes where the total number of courses hover around 40 to 50, the MS programmes would have 60 to 70 courses with intensive practical sessions.
Methodology
The principal of AUCE informed that apart from being integrated courses the programmes are designed in tune with the industry requirements. Under the MS Software Engineering programme, the students would be taught how to develop a software product just like any other engineering product.
“The country is doing extremely well in software industry, but how many products have we designed on our own so far. This course focuses on the process of making a software product,” said Dr. Appa Rao.
The same would be the approach for MS Information Technology. The focus would on areas like intelligence, security and e-commerce. The college intends to tie-up with companies in the sectors of banking and insurance where IT is used extensively.
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