BS Data science and Applications
IIT Madras offering 4-year Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Data Science and Applications with options to exit earlier in the foundation, diploma or BSc degree level. For the first time, you can work towards an undergraduate degree / diploma from an IIT regardless of your age, location, or academic backgrounds.
Who can apply for admission?
- Class 12 Equivalents:
- A Diploma recognised by AICTE or a state board of technical education of at least 3 years duration.
- Any Public School / Board / University examination in India or in any foreign country recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
- Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
- General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
- High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
- Higher Secondary Certificate vocational examination.
- Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognised Board / University.
- Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
Anyone who has passed any one of above Class 12 or equivalent can apply irrespective of age or academic background. Those who qualify can join the program immediately.
- School students who have appeared for their Class 11 final exams can apply irrespective of their group/stream/board. Those who qualify can join the program after passing Class 12.
It is expected that the applicants have studied Mathematics and English in Class 10.
No additional eligibility other than the ones mentioned above is required to apply for the qualifier process or join the foundational level courses after clearing the qualifying exam
| Regular Entry | JEE Based Entry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All candidates, irrespective of their backgrounds, can earn admission to the Foundation Level by successfully completing the qualifier process | Candidates eligible to appear for the most recent JEE Advanced are directly admitted to the Foundation Level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifier process includes 4 weeks of coursework based on lecture videos, assignments and live sessions of the four foundational level courses – English I, Mathematics for Data Science I, Statistics for Data Science I and Computational Thinking that will be provided through the online portal. Every week an assignment must be submitted for grading in each course.
Eligibility to appear for the qualifier exam:
In each course, the average of the best 2 out of the first 3 assignment scores will be calculated. Only those who get the minimum required average assignment scores in all four courses will be allowed to appear for the qualifier exam.
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For Regular Entry:
The learners who were eligible for the qualifier exam, but did not clear the qualifier exam or were absent for it, will be eligible to reattempt the exam in the same term without having to repeat the assignments and the learners who are not eligible to re-attempt or do not clear the re-attempt exam may try again by applying again for the next term. Such learners will be required to pay the full application fee and go through the entire qualifier process including the weekly assignments and qualifier exam.
Validity of Qualifier Exam result:
For candidates who are already appeared for or cleared class 12 board exams, the qualifier exam is valid for a period of 3 terms (or 1 Year). So a learners may choose to not join the program immediately after clearing the qualifier exam and join in the second or third term following the exam.
For candidates who are yet to appear for class 12 board exams, the qualifier exam result is valid for a period of 6 terms (or 2 years). The extended validity is given to those candidates to facilitate joining the program after passing class 12.
Overall Structure:
There are four levels in the IIT Madras Degree program and to get the BS Degree in Data Science and Applications from IIT Madras, a learner has to successfully complete all four levels.
There is also the flexibility to exit at any level. Depending on the courses completed and credits earned, the learner can receive a Foundation Certificate from IITM CODE (Centre for Outreach and Digital Education) or Diploma(s) from IIT Madras or BSc Degree in Programming and Data Science from IIT Madras or BS Degree in Data Science and Applications from IIT Madras.
Fee Details:
Application Fee:
| General Category / OBC Applicant | ₹3000 application fee |
| SC / ST Category / PwD (>= 40% disability) Applicant | ₹1500 application fee |
| SC / ST Category Applicant who is ALSO PwD (>= 40% disability) | ₹750 application fee |
An additional exam facilitation fee will apply for learners opting to write the qualifier exam in an exam centre outside India
Course Fee:
| Goal | Total Credits | Total Fees INR |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Only | 32 | ₹32,000 |
| Foundation + One Diploma | 59 | ₹94,500 |
| Foundation + Two Diplomas | 86 | ₹1,57,000 |
| BSc Degree | 114 | ₹2,21,000 – ₹2,27,000 |
| BS Degree | 142 | ₹3,15,000 – ₹3,51,000 |
Each Term pay only for the courses you register for in that specific term. Fee waivers depend on category of learner and family income.
- Passport size photograph (JPEG / JPG format) 50KB-150KB
- Signature (JPEG / JPEG format) 4KB-150KB
- Photo ID Card Scan – Aadhar Card / PAN Card / Passport / Voter ID / Driving License / other Government ID with photo (JPEG / JPG / PDF format) – 50KB to 2MB file size.
- Category Certificate – only for applicants who select SC / ST / OBC-NCL* / EWS (JPEG / JPG / PDF format) – 50KB to 2MB file size.
- PwD Certificate – only for applicants with 40% or more disability (JPEG / JPG / PDF format) – 50KB to 2MB file size.
- Proof of applicant having been permanently disabled OR parent having been permanently disable / killed during war or peacetime operations while serving as defence or paramilitary personnel- if applicable (JPEG / JPG / PDF format) – 50KB to 2MB file size.
- Only for those applying to join via JEE-based entry: Scoresheet / admit card / registration receipt as proof of eligibility to write JEE Advanced (PDF format) – 50KB to 2MB file size.
