Program
- Learn Important Skills: You'll get hands-on experience with technology, understand how engineering works in the real world, and learn all about managing products.
- Best of Both Worlds: Normally, companies have to choose between hiring managers and teaching them about products or hiring engineers and teaching them how to manage. This program makes you skilled in both areas, saving you and future employers time and effort.
- Become a Product Manager or Entrepreneur: After finishing this course, you can choose to lead product development teams or start your own tech company.
Think of this program as your training ground to become a leader in creating and managing tech products. It's designed to give you all the tools you need to succeed in the digital world, whether you want to manage innovative products or start your own tech business.
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Curriculum
MTech – Product Design and Management (PDM) Courses & Credits requirements |
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Courses | Code | Credits | Remarks |
Program Core Course | 14 | All core courses must be completed | |
Design Thinking – Research to Define | PD1.301 | 2 | |
Design Thinking – Idea to Evaluate | PD1.401 | 2 | |
User Research Methods | CS9.501 | 2 | |
Product Management 101 | PD2.401 | 2 | |
Business Fundamentals | PD2.421 | 4 | |
Business Finance | PD2.422 | 2 | |
Design Electives | 6 | Must complete 6 credits of Design electives | |
Human Computer Interaction (HCI) | PD1.501 | 2 | |
Design of Wearable systems | PD1.502 | 2 | |
Product Design Workshop | PD1.411 | 2 | |
Game Design and Engineering | CS9.438 | 4 | |
User Interaction and Usability of Digital Products | CS5.401 | 4 | |
Business Electives | 6 | Must complete 6 credits of Business elective | |
Technology Product Entrepreneurship | CS9.424 | 4 | |
Organizational Operations | PD2.423 | 2 | |
Product Marketing | PD2.501 | 4 | |
Product Lifecyle Management | PD2.502 | 4 | |
Bridge/Technology/Systems | 8 or 12 | Minimum of 8 credits Maximum of 12 credits |
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Software systems development (SSD) | CS6.302 | 4 | |
Software Engineering (SE) | CS6.401 | 4 | |
Intro to Cognitive Science | CS9.426 | 4 | |
Behavioural Research and Experimental Design | CS9.421 | 4 | |
Information security audit and Assurance | CS8.402 | 4 | |
ICTs for Development course | CS9.431 | 4 | |
Introduction to UAV Design | EC4.402 | 4 | |
Computational Social Science | CS9.435 | 4 | |
IoT Workshop | CE9.609 | 4 | |
Data Systems | CS4.401 | 4 | |
Statistical Methods in AI | CS7.403 | 4 | |
Responsible and Safe AI Systems | CS7.405 | 4 | |
Open Electives*** | 4 or 8 | Minimum of 4 credits Maximum of 8 credits* |
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Final Project**** | PD9.403 & 404 | 24 | Final project is 24 credits |
Industry / Institute Seminars***** | 0 | No credits (pass/fail course). Participation is mandatory. | |
Total Credits | 66 | Students should complete. 66 credits to graduate | |
* The total number of credits combined for Bridge/Technology/Systems /Open elective shall not exceed 16 credits.
** Apart from the listed courses, some other courses offered at IIITH (course code above 400) may be taken as a Bridge /Technology /Systems Elective with the consent of the Program Head *** Any course offered at IIITH (course code above 400) may be taken as an open elective with the consent of the program head **** Students must complete minimum of 28 credits to become eligible for the Final Project |
- Minimum CGPA of 6.0 needed to receive the M.Tech degree.
Academic Performance
- Full-time students: Minimum 4 semesters and Maximum 6 semesters to complete the graduation requirements, failing which they will be terminated from the program.
- "M.Tech program may be pursued concurrently with your work": Currently, this option is available for Industry / Self sponsored candidates & Startups.