Part time Post Graduate Courses from Manipal University

Manipal University (MU) has been offering off campus part-time postgraduation courses in the area of Management, Information Science/Technology and Healthcare for working professionals since 2002. It all started with providing customized course for the employees of GE in Hyderabad and then it extended to Intel, Honeywell and so on. Manipal Universitys objective of providing Continuous Education for employed professionals in several disciplines as well as corporate programs. 1998 Manipal Centre for Information Sciences (MCIS), Manipal, inaugurated (All the Master of Science programs are coordinated through MCIS) 2002 Master of Science VLSI CAD & Embedded systems course launched at Manipal 2005 Master of Science Digital Design & Embedded systems program launched exclusively for the employees of GE at Bangalore & Hyderabad Customized Master of Science programs in Computer Science and Embedded Control System Design launched for the employees of Honeywell at Bangalore and Madurai. 2006 VLSI-CAD, Automotive Embedded System and Integrated Microelectronics program launched for the employees of Intel. Master of Science in Automotive Embedded System launched for the employees of Delphi Integrated Microelectronics program started for the employees of Texas Instruments Master of Science in Computer Science program started for the employees of IBM Technologies Customized Vascular Training Program started for GE Healthcare 2007 Executive MBA Degree launched for the employees of IBM Daksh and Infosys BPO Calendar batches for corporate programs launched in Bangalore followed by Chennai, Mumbai & Hyderabad The demand for the corporate programs among working professionals was on the rise and even companies with lesser number of staff members

wanted their employees to take up these program as a result of which the University decided to go in for a calendar event wherein the batch was not restricted to the employees of a single company but nominations from different companies were taken. This in fact was very well appreciated by the students as well as the corporate as it gave a feel of the actual University Program and also the seriousness towards the program increased. The program is now offered twice in a year in the months of April/May and October/Nov, so that the growing demand can be catered without compromising the quality of the program.

After the success of the corporate programs in Bangalore, and looking at the demand of similar programs in Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad, the corporate programs were launched at these locations in the year 2007. By October 2008 the programs will also be launched in Delhi & Kolkata.

The courses are co-ordinated by Manipal Centre for Information Science (MCIS). MCIS, the school of design & software excellence of Manipal University, was set up during the year 1998.MCIS, which houses medical software, VLSI-CAD, Embedded Systems, is a premier institution in India, which equips student with the cutting-edge technology as per the market requirements. The institute is working in close association with industry giants like Synopsys Inc, GE Medical Systems, Philips Semiconductors, SysChip, Cerner Corporation and a Consortium of other VLSI and Embedded Design Houses for its post-graduation courses.

The aim of the corporate programs is to provide working professionals an opportunity to build up their career and keep up their passion for higher studies by providing them continuous education without having to leave their job. It also provides them a platform to learn the latest in the specialized areas and look at the real time implementation of the same in actual working scenario.