Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Guwahati

At the postgraduate level, the Institute offers M. Tech. and Ph. D. programmes in various areas of Electrical Engineering. Specialisation in the M. Tech Programme in Electrical Engineering is presently available in the following broad areas: Systems, Power Electronics and Drives and Control Systems, Power and Controls (including Power Microwaves and Photonics; Information Systems (including Signal Processing, Communications and Telecom Networks), Microelectronics, VLSI and Display Technology.
In the Master’s programme, a student has to complete eight courses. Certain courses out of these are compulsory. These are decided according to the specialisation that a student has opted for. The remaining courses are Electives, to be chosen in accordance with the student’s interests as well as thesis requirements. The programme culminates in a thesis which is normally in the area of specialisation of the student and has to be defended before the end of the programme.