M.Tech Computer Science and Information Security at IIIT Hyderabad Offline Course

M.Tech in CSIS is aimed at producing the much needed highly skilled manpower in the area of Information Security. The program is being supported by Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) project from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). It is a 2-year masters programme. An applicant to this programme is required to be a B.Tech in CS/ECE/IT or MCA with BSc. (Maths) or MSc (Maths/CS). The course is mainly research oriented. Students for this program are selected by a nationwide test followed by a rigorous interview. The program also has few International students and part-time students from the industry. Security, Theory, and Algorithms (C-STAR) has highly qualified faculty, good computing facilities, and a well-equipped center library apart from the central library of the institute.

The center takes about 10 students every year for M.Tech CSIS programme. All M.Tech CSIS students are paid a stipend for living expenses as per project rules. The candidate must be an Indian citizen and enrolled under full-time M.Tech CSIS programme to be eligible for stipend. Some of the recruiters of previous M.Tech CSIS batch include Computer Associates, RSA Labs, nVidia, CDAC, Movius Corp. etc.

The two-year program contains a mix of courses from Computer Science, information security, security management, and advanced elective courses.