Masters in Engineering (ME)

About Masters in Engineering (ME)

Master’s in Engineering is a postgraduate program which is of a total of 1-2 years duration consisting of four semesters. The students who have pursued a bachelor degree in engineering can go for a masters degree in engineering. Through this course, the students are given professional training and theoretical knowledge in terms of advanced engineering concepts. Based on the stream opted by the student at the graduation level, the students can choose their stream for Masters in Engineering course. The admission to the Masters in Engineering course can be either through an entrance exam or through direct admission. The minimum eligibility required to pursue ME course is to pursue a bachelors in engineering degree from a recognised institute.

ME Course Highlights

Some of the major course highlights for ME are given in the table below:

Masters in Engineering (ME) Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria which the students must fulfil in order to get eligible for admission to the Masters in Engineering course are listed below:

• The candidate must have completed a degree in the graduation in engineering or a similar level from a UGC or other recognised institute.

• The candidate must have acquired a minimum aggregate of 55% in the qualifying exam with all th subjects put together.

• The candidate must have passed 10+2 level exam with Physics and Mathematics as the main subjects and one optional subjects among Chemistry/ Biology/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science.

• Some of the institutes may also conduct their own entrance test or PI to test the eligibility of students for admission.

Admission Process

The admission process for Masters in Engineering course depends on the type of the institute. While some institutes may conduct their own entrance test to evaluate the students, some of the colleges might take the admission on the basis of the merit of the student in the qualifying exam. 

As the initial admission process, the merit of the students is evaluated based on the documents as submitted by the student at the time of application. 

If the student passes the eligibility requirement for admission, he/she will have to appear for the written test, followed by the interview round. Based on the overall marks obtained by the student in the written test and interview round, if the student qualifies, he/she will be called for the counselling round. 

The admission to ME course in specific college will also depend on the number of seats available, marks obtained by the students and the reservation policy of the college. After the counselling round, the selected students can pay the admission fee to secure their seat for admission.

Some of the competitive entrance exams which are conducted at the college as well as national level for admission to Masters in Engineering course are given below:

• GATE
  BITS ME

• DASA PG

• SRMJEE PG

• SRMGEET

• IIITH PGEE 

ME Course Fees

The fee structure for Masters in Engineering course depends on various aspects. For instance, the colleges with a higher ranking will have more fee as compared to colleges with a low ranking. Similarly, the students who have cleared an entrance exam will have to pay less fee as compared to the students who have taken direct admission to the course. On average, the course fee for Masters in Engineering ranges somewhere between 10K to 2 lakh per annum.

Masters in Engineering (ME) Career Options and Job Prospects

Masters in Engineering is a course which provides professional training to the students in the field of engineering and science after which, the students can pursue their career in any field. Through the course, the students are provided with extensive practical and theoretical knowledge which can be applied to real-time technical industries. 

Some of the job posts which the students can apply for after pursuing a Masters in Engineering degree include a senior developer, Module Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, Maintenance shift engineer, Project Manager, or Professor/lecturer. The average starting salary of a person with ME degree is somewhere between 2 to 9 LPA.