Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Information Technology is a two year, four semesters professional course designed to provide training to develop, implement and operate modern information systems. Graduates of M.Sc. (IT) will have a broad technical understanding of current and emerging technologies in the IT field, familiarity with systems engineering concepts & IT management and solid foundation in the technological basis of the Internet required to take up a career in IT industry or to pursue scientific research in wide topics from converging areas of Computer Science and Telecommunications

Total course content of M.Sc. (IT) offered by the University is specially designed to take students in a fast track to cover almost all major topics of MCA in two years and to train students in new and emerging technologies. Candidates after M.Sc. (IT) course are expected to be entering into R&D and Software development work related to Information system design, computer Networks and Network programming, Embedded and real time systems, wireless and mobile computing, bioinformatics, computer vision, e-commerce etc. Each semester of the programme is of five months duration with 650 hrs of classroom teaching and 100 hrs professional training.

Candidates admitted to M.Sc (IT) programme are expected to stay in the Department from 8.00AM to 8.00PM attending lectures and Lab work, Projects, IT workshops etc. Each student admitted to the course will be provided with a Pentium-4 system fixed on a study table with access to SUN/SGI/Digital/Compaq workstations and servers. A computer hardware laboratory with Microprocessors & Micro controller development systems and Interfacing facilities, Network lab with facility to conduct experiments using Routers, switches, campus network with ISDN, Leased line and VSAT connectivity, Tele Communication lab, Computer Visualization lab having SGI Octane and SGI Pentium Computers etc will be available to the students.

Even though the course is designed basically for candidates having degree in Computer Science/Physical Sciences/Engineering graduates, special tutorials and lectures will be arranged in mathematics/Electronics etc. for candidates from other streams.