The University Science Instrument-ation Centre (USIC) under Madurai Kamaraj University has introduced an M.Sc. programme in Electronics and Instrumentation.
The existing two-year M.Sc. Instrumentation course has now been modified and the new course will be on offer from the academic year 2007-08. The course aims at developing skills in design and development of electronics and instrumentation systems for different industrial, communication, biomedical and research applications.
A team of full-time faculty members assisted by specialists in the field of Electronics and Instrumentation form the core of teaching faculty.
The Centre has good infrastructure in terms of well-equipped Electronics, Sensors and Signal-Conditioning, Microprocessors, DSP, Microcontroller, Computer Aided Instrumentation laboratories. The course emphasises practical training in design and development. The students are trained in both hardware and software aspects.
The Centre has a good collection of books in Electronics, Instrumentation, Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics, including textbooks, reference books, circuit books, and data manuals.
Aspirants should have completed B.Sc. (Physics, Electronics, Applied Science, Electronics & Communication, Instrumentation or Computer Science) degree or any other B.Sc. degree with Physics or Electronics as ancillary subject with 50 per cent marks in Part - III. For SC/ST candidates, minimum of pass is required. Candidates appearing for the undergraduate final semester examinations in April/May 2007 are also eligible.
Admission procedure
Candidates are admitted based on their performance in an entrance test to be conducted in select cities on March 17.
Notification for admission to the course is available in The Hindu dated January 21. The students can apply for the course till February 14. More details are available at the website ttp://www.usicmku.org.
The course is conducted under the Choice-Based Credit System. To be eligible for the degree, the student has to complete a minimum of 74 credits (soft core two credits, hard core that includes theory, practical and project 60 credits, electives 12 credits).
The syllabus for the course is upgraded regularly with inputs from academic experts in industries such as National Instruments (India), Bangalore, and Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, Madurai. As a part of the course, the students will do an end-semester project involving design and development of software and hardware for different applications.
Courtesy: - The Hindu
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