Recently I got in touch with one of my juniors who joined M. Tech in Computer Technology (EET, also known as CTech) at IIT Delhi. I wanted to know how is his experience with EET as a CS student. I asked him some basic questions that I thought would be on everybody's mind. I am copying the answers he gave me below
Q: How is the selection process? What are some of the questions asked.
A: Once the cut off is cleared, interviews would be to an extent based on the background. Data structures/Algo, Networks is asked
irrespective of the backgrounds.
Q: Can an EET student take up a course at CSE dept.
A: Yes, EET students can take up courses from CSE
department. Two courses from
CSE department fall in our program electives. Besides students can take
courses from CSE dept as their Open Electives. Note that though most of
the program electives in EET are from Electrical Department, most of
them are very relevant to CS students e.g. Computer Graphics, Network
Security, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition etc.
Q: Can an EET student take up his major project at CS dept.
A:
Yes, students can do major projects under CSE dept. and there is a
student from my batch doing so. However, to get the nod to do a project
under any prof in CSE dept is not that easy. One should be good enough
to convince the professor. And I feel that, taking his/her course should
be a platform for that.
Q: Are EET students eligible for all the good CS/IT companies?
A: EET students are eligible for most of the CS/IT companies, but not all. So
there would be about 10 companies like
Adobe, Rocket Fuel, SAP etc., which would be open for MCS students, but not
EET.
Regarding placements, many companies will open for CTech, ultimately its
how well prepared one is.
Q: Anything else regarding EET that you would like everyone to know
A: Well I am happy about the decision to take EET. It is not a pure
computer science program, as in the students would be from ECE/CS/IT. One would
get to learn about hardware here and I found it nice to learn something
other than just pure coding.
This course is more focused and recognized for Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Embedded Programming. If
one likes Comp tech course structure one should go for it, I think.