IIT Madras’ BSc In Programming And Data Science: All You Need To Know

IIT Madras’s online BSc Degree in Programming and Data Science is open to anyone who has qualified Class 12 examination.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras’s online BSc Degree in Programming and Data Science is open to anyone who has qualified Class 12 examination and studied English and Maths in Class 10. The online programme was launched on June 30, 2020, by the institute. As a part of the application process for the online degree (BSc) in programming and data science, all applicants need to go through a qualifier process, wherein students get access to four weeks of video content from the institute. Upon completion of the course, students are eligible to appear for the qualifier exam. Those who clear the exam get admitted to the foundation level course, Professor Andrew Thangaraj, Professor-in-Charge, IIT Madras said in an interaction with Careers360. “When we constructed this programme, we made sure that someone who has passed 10th standard with Mathematics should be able to come in, learn only what is there in this programme, and slowly build up everything that they need to get out with a successful degree and become a successful programmer and data scientist,” Professor Andrew Thangaraj added. “You [students] go through a month of training with us and at the end, you write an exam. If you clear the exam with more than 50 per cent marks you are admitted to the foundation stage,” he added. Professor Thangaraj highlighted that the students do not need to crack tough entrance examinations like Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to get themselves enrolled in IITs. “We want to break that barrier and show what quality education at IIT is.”