Goal: To Build a Career | Salary: ₹20-25 lakh | Graduate Degree | High School Pass & Qualifying Test | Taught by IIT Guwahati Faculty | Duration: 4-8 Years
A Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence degree from IIT Guwahati, one of the world’s leading engineering institutions, this online degree course sets you up for an exciting and rewarding career. The course is open to all but starts only once a year in October. Applications open in June and deadline is in early September.
The course is open to high school students from all streams with pass percentage of 60% or more. However, the student must have had maths in their class 12, and they are required to undertake an online qualifier test to qualify for the admission process. A preparatory online course called Mathematics Essentials has been designed to help them prepare for this test.
Applicants are ranked using a composite score based on their overall performance in Class 10 and Class 12 examinations, and the qualifier test.
What You’ll Learn
- Build a strong programming foundation in Python, C, R, and Java
- Develop machine-learning systems and integrate them with large-scale AI models under the supervision of industry leaders
- Participate in optional immersion sessions for valuable on-campus experience at IIT Guwahati
- Experience data science first-hand through engaging projects with unparalleled access to two of India’s most powerful supercomputers, PARAM-Kamrupa and PARAM-Ishan at IIT Guwahati
- Become eligible to apply for a Master’s or a PhD degree at IIT Guwahati
What You’ll Earn
- ₹20 lakh per year is the median salary for an IIT Guwahati Computer Science graduate in India (Source: collegedunia.com)
- $90,000+ per year is the median salary for a Computer Science graduate in the US (Source: hc.edu)
Details
IIT Guwahati is a Tier 1 university in IT and engineering and you can enhance your hire-ability, expand your career opportunities across academia and industry, and prepare for success in roles such as Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Big Data Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, AI Engineer and more.
The degree’s course structure is tailored to accommodate busy professionals or students pursuing two degrees simultaneously. And can be completed in 4-8 years.
Each course, excluding the capstone project, spans 12 weeks and the programme requires about 18-20 hours of student effort per week.
You will have an option to exit with an Advanced Certificate at end of Year One, an Advanced Diploma at the end of Year Two, a BSc Degree at the end of Year Three or a BSc (Honours) Degree at the end of Year Four.
You will access both live and recorded lectures, benefit from opportunities to get your programme questions answered, and engage in online examinations as you learn at your own pace.
You will join a global community of learners who share your career goals and enjoy multiple avenues to interact, collaborate, and network with your peers both in and outside the classroom.
This online degree programme offers a wide range of beginner and advanced courses, covering both foundational and advanced topics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Specialise in cutting-edge subjects while staying informed about the latest developments
- Develop proficiency in handling and manipulating large datasets with core courses on Data Modelling and Visualisation, Data Mining and Warehousing, Deep Learning Essentials, and Big Data Analytics
- Able to apply your theoretical expertise to capstone and term projects to gain practical exposure
Applied Learning Project
You will gain hands-on experience with real-world projects, such as building NLP models, developing product recommendation systems, and designing machine translation solutions, which prepare you for diverse career paths. Enhance your data science expertise while collaborating with peers and researchers on innovative data analysis and statistics projects.
Capstone projects can begin only in the fourth year, after completing all courses up to the 9th trimester.
The total credits for capstone projects is 36 and students can undertake a single project or multiple small projects. Both internships/term projects and capstone projects are mandatory for the BSc (Hons.) degree.
