Norms used for shortlisting candidates in EE Department for the January 2011 session

Note:

UG% means the percentage marks scored in your 4 year UG programme, as reported by you.
PG% means the percentage marks scored in your 2 year PG programme, as reported by you.
GS means the Gate Score (out of 1000) obtained in your Gate exam. Note that the score should be valid, i.e., the exam should have been taken in 2010.
If your degree reported performance in CGPA, the corresponding percentage marks is used for shortlisting.
Note: If any of these marks are incorrectly reported in your application form, IIT Madras reserves the right to cancel your application on that basis.

Candidates applying for the MS Programme

Regular/NHTRA/Project, General-Category Candidates

Both a UG degree and Gate score are required.

We are looking for candidates with 65% in their UG and 550 gate score. However, a very good score in one can offset a poor score in the other as follows:

UG% >= 60
GS >= 445
10*(UG%-65)+(GS - 550) >= 0

Regular/NHTRA/Project, Reserved-Category Candidates

Both a UG degree and Gate score are required.

We are looking for candidates with 60% in their UG and 425 gate score. However, a very good score in one can offset a poor score in the other as follows:

UG% >= 60
GS >= 400
10*(UG%-60)+(GS - 425) >= 0

External/Part-time/IIT Staff Candidates

Minimum of two years post-qualifying degree relavent work experience
General category applicants: UG% >= 65
Reserved category applicants: UG% >= 60
Gate qualification is not required.

Candidates applying for the PhD Programme

Regular/NHTRA/Project General-Category Candidates

A PG Degree is a must. Gate is not required.

We are looking for candidates with 65% in their UG and above 75% in their PG. However, a very good score in UG% can offset a poor score in PG% as follows:

UG% >= 65
PG% >= 67
(PG% -77) + (UG% - 65) >= 0

Regular/NHTRA/Project OBC/Physically Challenged Candidates

We are looking for candidates with 64% in their UG and 75% in their PG. However, a good score in one can offset a poor score in the other as follows:

UG% >= 64
PG% >= 64
(PG%-75) + (UG%-64) >= 0

Regular/NHTRA/Project SC/ST Candidates

We are looking for candidates with 60% in their UG and 65% in their PG. However, a good gate score score can offset a poor score in the other as follows:

UG% >= 60
PG% >= 60
(PG%-65) + (UG%-60) >= 0

External/Part-time Candidates

Minimum of two years post-qualifying degree work experience
General category applicants: UG% >= 65, PG% >= 70
Reserved category applicants: UG% >= 60, PG% >= 65
Gate qualification is not required.

Note: In addition the following types of application are handled on a case by case basis:

University rank holders (ranks 1 to 10)
Applicants from IITs with high CGPA (above 8.0 for general category students, and above 7.5 for reserved category students)
Phd applicants with high GATE or GRE scores who are not otherwise eligible
Applicants who submit GRE instead of GATE scores

Note: Even if applicants with GRE scores are accepted into the research programmes in the department, please note that they are not eligible for financial support. However, a student with GRE who has been admitted to the programme can clear GATE with a sufficiently high score at a later date and will then be eligible for teaching and research assistantships.

Similarly, university rank holders who are admitted to the MS programme without GATE will not be eligible for stipend until they clear GATE with a sufficiently high score.

However, rank holders who clear GATE and are admitted to the PhD programme and IIT students who meet the CGPA criterion will be eligible for stipend.