Design fault-tolerant, safety-critical systems for real-time processing

M.Tech in Embedded Systems is a four-semester Work Integrated Learning Programme comprehensive postgraduate program designed for working professionals seeking specialized knowledge in embedded systems technology. This program combines theoretical foundations with practical applications, enabling students to develop expertise in designing, developing, and managing embedded systems used in various industries such as automotive, consumer electronics, telecommunications, avionics, medical devices, defence and automation. Delivered through flexible learning modules, the program aims to equip students with the latest skills and insights required to excel in the rapidly evolving field of embedded systems engineering. The program emphasizes hands-on experience with industry-standard tools and labs, preparing students for real-world challenges in designing complex Embedded systems. The program provides an interdisciplinary approach, combining hardware and software knowledge for solving complex problems in the industry.

BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes are UGC approved.

 

Option to pay fees using an easy EMI with 0% interest and 0 down payment.

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Application deadline

Application deadline

15th Sept’25

Fees per semester

Fees per semester

INR 70,100

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Programme Highlights

  1. The M.Tech. Embedded Systems is a Work Integrated Learning Programme (WILP) spanning four semesters. BITS Pilani's Work Integrated Learning Programmes are approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
  2. Attend live-lectures from anywhere over an online technology-enabled platform. These live lectures would be conducted by faculty mostly on weekends or after business hours enabling working professionals to pursue the programme along with their jobs.
  3. The programme offers a set of courses that allow learners to gain and apply knowledge of various Embedded Systems, and design fault-tolerant, Safety-critical systems for real-time processing.
  4. Participants will be able to use Remote Labs, that provide remote access to hardware and software tools that are used for designing and testing embedded systems on various platforms such as MultiCore STM32, Raspberry Pi, Xilinix FPGA.
  5. The programme focuses on various domains in embedded system applications, solving complex problems, and enabling designers to innovate across multiple applications.
  6. Semesters 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cover four courses each. The 4th semester covers Dissertation/ Project Work.
  7. The Dissertation (Project Work) in the final semester enables students to apply concepts and techniques learnt during the programme.
  8. The programme uses a Continuous Evaluation System that assesses the learners over convenient and regular intervals. Such a system provides timely and frequent feedback and helps busy working professionals stay on course with the programme.
  9. The education delivery methodology is a blend of classroom and experiential learning. Experiential learning consists of lab exercises, assignments, case studies and work-integrated activities.
  10. Participants who successfully complete the programme will become members of an elite & global community of BITS Pilani Alumni.
  11. Option to pay fees using an easy EMI with 0% interest and 0 down payment.

Programme Objectives

  • Provide the requisite conceptual foundation for a holistic understanding of the formal methods and best practices in the design, development, validation, and maintenance of embedded systems.
  • Enable the learners to take advanced courses in the areas of embedded system design and apply the knowledge and proficiency gained to develop efficient solutions to real-world problems.
  • Provide a premier graduate program that nurtures the knowledge, skills and critical thinking to foster professional development and capacity for solving emerging and futuristic problems in the domains of interest such as Automotive, Communications, Energy, Consumer Electronics, Healthcare, Industrial Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, etc.
  • Equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and aptitude needed for long-term career growth and increased workplace

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the programme, the learners should be able to apply the knowledge acquired to

  • Learn fundamental scientific principles governing the operation, design, and implementation of complex Embedded systems.
  • Identify the key requirements, challenges, constraints, and metrics of evaluation of embedded systems in the context related to their area of work and develop efficient, resource-optimized system designs that guarantee the requirements.
  • Implement and evaluate embedded systems by using appropriate technologies, tools, programming and debugging skills.
  • Apply knowledge of intelligent systems to Embedded Systems, enhancing low power computing and hardware acceleration for robust, IoT/AI/ML/Cloud-driven
  • Engage in continued learning of emerging technologies and adapt to the diverse embedded platforms and technology changes.

Programme Curriculum

Participants need to take at least 12 courses towards coursework, and complete one Project/ Dissertation. The coursework requirement for the programme would consist of a set of core courses and electives. Core courses are compulsory for all participants, while electives can be chosen based on individual learning preferences.

Note: New curriculum would be offered from batch starting in July 2025 onwards.

  • Embedded System Design
  • Processor Architecture & Design
  • Software for Embedded Systems
  • Real-Time Embedded Systems
  • Elective 1
  • Elective 2
  • Elective 3
  • Elective 4
  • Elective 5
  • Elective 6
  • Elective 7
  • Elective 8
  • Dissertation

Pool of Domain Electives

Basket – 1 Internet of Things

  • Cloud Fog and Edge Computing
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Sensors, Actuators and Signal Conditioning
  • Internet of Things – Design and Development
  • Wireless & Mobile Communication

Basket – 2 Automotive

  • Embedded Network Security
  • Automotive Embedded System
  • Augmented Reality /Virtual Reality
  • Distributed and Network Embedded Systems
  • Avionics Systems

Basket – 3 Embedded Platforms / Architectures

  • Accelerated Embedded Systems
  • Embedded Middleware Design
  • Digital Signal Processing for Embedded System
  • Reconfigurable Computing
  • System on Chips

Basket – 4 Embedded Networks and Applications

  • Embedded Systems Testing & Debugging
  • Machine Learning for Electronics Engineers
  • Embedded System for Robotics
  • Computer Vision for Embedded Systems
  • Device Drivers
  • Advanced Computer Networks
  • Optical Communication
  • Data Storage Technology & Networks
  • Control & Instrumentation for Systems
  • Medical Electronics
  • VLSI Design

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Mode of Learning

The Mode of Learning is based on a powerful educational approach called Work Integrated Learning. For detailed description of work integrated learning Click here

The benefits of the Work Integrated Learning Mode are as follows:

1) It enables Working Professionals to pursue the programme without any career break and along with their jobs.

2) The programme curriculum is designed for high relevance to sectors, industries and organisations the students are presently employed in.

3) Learning experience design also endeavours to integrate support and value addition by the Industry Mentors and employer organizations.

4) Enables working professionals to attend live-lectures from anywhere over an online technology-enabled platform. For the benefit of working professionals these live lectures are conducted by faculty mostly on weekends or after business hours.

5) Leverages the latest educational technologies to provide easy access to asynchronous learning materials, Learner support services and peer to peer collaboration etc.

6) Great emphasis on experiential learning by providing access to state of the art remote labs, virtual labs and cloud labs and simulations as applicable to individual courses.

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

The programme emphasises on Experiential Learning that allows learners to apply concepts learnt in the classroom in simulated, and real work situations. This is achieved through:

 
Virtual & Remote Labs

The remote labs provide you with remote access to hardware and software tools that are used for designing and testing embedded systems on various platforms such as MultiCore STM32, Raspberry Pi, Ardunio, Xilinix FPGA.

 
Simulation-based Lab components

Some or all of the following would be utilised across the programme.

  • VLSI Architecture tools like GEM5
  • Simulation tools like Tossim, Cheddar, Keil, CCS Studio
  • Mathematical Modelling tools such as MATLAB
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment includes graded Assignments/ Quizzes, Mid-semester exam, and Comprehensive Exam.

CASE STUDIES AND ASSIGNMENTS

Carefully chosen real-world cases & assignments are both discussed and used as problem-solving exercises during the programme.

DISSERTATION/ PROJECT WORK

The fourth semester offers an opportunity for learners to apply their knowledge gained during the programme to a real-world like complex project. The learner is expected to demonstrate understanding of vital principles learnt across semesters and their ability to successfully apply these concepts.

Mode Of Examination

Mode of Examinations applicable for students admitted in Batch beginning in July 2025:

Semester 1, 2 and 3 have Mid-Semester Examinations and Comprehensive Examinations for each course. These examinations are mostly scheduled on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Students need to appear in person for taking the examinations at the institution’s designated examination centres as per the examination schedule, Instructions, rules and guidelines announced before every examination. 

Students can take their examination at any of our 27 designated examination centres in India at the following locations:

South Zone: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore

North Zone: Delhi NCR, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Udaipur, Pilani

West Zone: Mumbai, Pune, Ahilya Nagar, Goa, Ahmedabad, Indore, Nagpur, 

East Zone: Kolkata, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar

In addition to these locations, the Institution also has a designated examination centre in Dubai.

During these semesters, in addition to the above mentioned Mid-Semester and Comprehensive examinations, there will also be Quizzes/Assignments conducted online on the Learning Management System (LMS) as per the course plan in which the students need to participate.

In Semester 4 (Final Semester), the student will be doing Dissertation/Project Work as per the Institution’s guidelines.

For International Students: 

  • In addition to the above locations, the institution also has a designated international examination centre, located in Dubai.
  • To facilitate the learning of international students, applying from any other location except India and Dubai, the mode of examinations will be online, which can be availed by meeting the requirements of the institute.
  • To know more about the requirements for online examinations, Click here
  • Indian students, who are temporarily based out of India, can also avail of online examinations on request by meeting the above-mentioned requirements of the institute.

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum eligibility to apply: Employed professionals holding Bachelor of Engineering in EEE/ECE/ENI/ Computer Science or equivalent with at least 60% aggregate marks and minimum one year of work experience after the completion of the degree in relevant domains.

The programme is designed for Highly driven and ambitious engineers working for Embedded Systems services or product companies and wish to advance their careers in hyper-growth areas such as Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Semiconductors, Medical Equipment and Process industries.

If you are a Professional in technical areas such as Software Development & Testing (System or Applications), Hardware Design & Validation, Product Design, Tech Support, Communications and Network Engineering, you should consider applying to this programme.

How to Apply

 

Points to Note

a) Make photocopies of the documents mentioned in the Checklist.
b) Applicants are required to self-attest all academic mark sheets and certificates.
c) On page no. 3 a section called the Employer Consent Form. This form needs to be autthorized by your organisation’s HR or any other authorised signatory of the company.
d) On page no. 4 is a section called the Mentor Consent Form. The Mentor Consent Form needs to be signed by the Mentor. Click here to know who could be a Mentor.

Batch Profile

M.Tech. Embedded Systems - Batch Profile

UGC Approval

BITS Pilani is an Institution of Eminence under UGC (Institution of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017. The Work Integrated Learning Programmes (WILP) of BITS Pilani constitutes a unique set of educational offerings for working professionals. WILP are an extension of programmes offered at the BITS Pilani Campuses and are comparable to our regular programmes both in terms of unit/credit requirements as well as academic rigour. In addition, it capitalises and further builds on practical experience of students through high degree of integration, which results not only in upgradation of knowledge, but also in up skilling, and productivity increase. The programme may lead to award of degree, diploma, and certificate in science, technology/engineering, management, and humanities and social sciences. On the recommendation of the Empowered Expert Committee, UGC in its 548th Meeting held on 09.09.20 has approved the continued offering of BITS Pilani’s Work Integrated Learning programmes.

Online Labs

VIRTUAL LAB

The Virtual Lab is a cloud based simulation space, where participants can design, develop and test solutions for industry scale problems. The lab hosts a range of popular software tools that can simulate the complete spectrum of engineering processes to the accuracy and precision of real-life. The lab is open 24x7, 365 days with a live support.

Lab Architecture
  • The lab is organised around six engineering domains such as, thermal, design, materials, manufacturing, circuits and operations.
  • The structured lab exercises are packaged as simulation-capsules that guide the students through a sequence of practice problems of increasing complexity eventually to build the competency to solve an industry scale problem.
  • Participants required to perform experiments as a part of their course work can select their suitable time, schedule the session and perform the experiments by accessing the lab from any geographical location if they only have a basic internet connection.
Learning Outcomes:
  • On completion of the experiment, participants can download the results, analyse and submit the report in the learning management system for evaluation.
  • Apply the gained knowledge in solving creative industry scale problems.

Participants of M.Tech. Embedded Systems can access the following Virtual Lab:

Automation Studio Virtual Lab

Automation Studio offers intuitive design, animation, simulation and system analysis functionalities in a versatile and user-friendly environment in Mechatronics and Automation domain. It allows students to build and select their mechatronics circuits including hydraulic, pneumatics, electronic, electrical, PLC and combination of these elements. Participants can perform experiments such as PLC programming for specific automation processes, Hydraulics and pneumatics circuit simulation using different control valves like valve, cylinders, actuators etc.

Fee Structure

The following fees schedule is applicable for candidates seeking new admission during the academic year 2025-2026.

  • Application Fees (one time) : INR 1,500
  • Admission Fees (one time) : INR 16,500
  • Semester Fees (per semester) : INR 70,100

The one-time Application Fee is to be paid at the time of submitting the Application Form through the Online Application Centre.

Admission Fee (one-time) and Semester Fee (for the First Semester) are to be paid together once admission is offered to the candidate. Thus, a candidate who has been offered admission will have to pay INR 86,600/-. You may choose to make the payment using Netbanking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card through the Online Application Centre. Option to pay fees using an easy EMI with 0% interest and 0 down payment. Click here to learn more.

Semester Fee for subsequent semesters will only be payable later, i.e. at the beginning of those respective semesters.

Any candidate who desires to discontinue from the programme after confirmation of admission & registration for the courses specified in the admit offer letter will forfeit the total amount of fees paid.

For the examination centre at Dubai, in addition to the semester fees, for each semester there will be an examination centre fees of 1000 UAE Dirhams or equivalent per semester out of which 500 UAE Dirhams is to be paid at the time of appearing in Mid-semester examinations at Dubai Centre for that semester and the remaining 500 UAE Dirhams is to be paid at the time of appearing in comprehensive examinations at Dubai centre for that semester.

All the above fees are non-refundable.

Important: For every course in the program institute will recommend textbooks, students would need to procure these textbooks on their own.

Student Speak

FAQs

M.Tech. Embedded Systems is a BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programme (WILP). BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes are UGC approved.

This programme is designed for working professionals. At the time of submitting the application, candidates must be employed in another organization. Professionals who are owners of a registered business are also eligible to apply. For detailed information, including academic background, work experience, etc. refer to the programme eligibility criteria.

Contact classes are conducted over a technology enabled platform. These classes can be attended via the internet using a computer from any location. These contact classes offer similar levels of interactivity as regular classrooms at the BITS Pilani campus. These are conducted usually over weekends or after business hours for a total of 7-8 hours per week. If you miss a lecture, you can also access the recorded lecture on the internet.

Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will receive a degree certificate from BITS Pilani.

The Degree of Master of Technology in Embedded Systems

Each semester has a Mid-semester Exam and a Comprehensive Exam for each course, which are conducted over weekends. Students will need to appear in-person to take these exams at exams centers in the following locations:

India Centers:

South Zone: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore

North Zone: Delhi NCR, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Udaipur, Pilani

West Zone: Mumbai, Pune, Ahilya Nagar, Goa, Ahmedabad, Indore, Nagpur, 

East Zone: Kolkata, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar

International Centers: Dubai

In case students are unable to take an exam due to work-related commitments, there is also a provision of appearing for Make-up Exams 

The programme provides high degree of interactivity between participants and the faculty members and programme instructors. Q&A sessions during the live online lectures allow participants to pose questions to the faculty members, and seek guidance through voice and chat. Further interaction with faculty members and peers is enabled through the e-learning portal, by using discussion forums and message boards. 

The programme features high usage of experiential learn components such as Simulations, Virtual Labs, and Remote Labs, in order to mimic the on-campus experience.
Participants will be given access to portals, that will allow them to access both cloud-based labs, as well as Campus-based physical labs. Using leading industry-recognised Software tools, Programming languages, and Simulation software, participants will be able to perform experiments and run simulations to advance their knowledge

Candidates applying to the programmes must choose a Mentor, who will monitor the academic progress of the candidate, and act as an advisor & coach for successful completion of the programme. Candidates should ideally choose the immediate supervisor or another senior person from the same organisation. In case a suitable mentor is not available in the same organisation, a candidate could approach a senior person in another organisation who has the required qualifications. For detailed information, please refer to the programme brochure.
Kindly note that BITS Pilani does not assign Mentors to programme participants.

The programme is designed for working professionals, and participants are not required to travel to a BITS campus. However, certain programme offer Campus Immersion Modules such as workshops or seminars, which are highly recommended but not mandatory. 

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