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Chennai, May 2023: Established with a vision to bring about innovation in higher education and learning in emerging areas of the knowledge society, the University of the Future, NIIT University (NU), has announced admissions for the academic year 2023 for a range of programmes designed to offer challenging career opportunities in today’s dynamic environment. Students’ after class XII, can seek admission in BTech programmes in Data Science, Cyber Security, Computer Science & Engineering,Electronics & Communication Engineering, Biotechnology; 5-year integrated MTech programme; 3-year BBA and Integrated Masters in Business Administration (iMBA).
With the thrust on making students job-ready, NU has made hands-on in the industry a critical part of the coursework for all the programmes in the form of industry-originated classroom projects, summer internships and the flagship six-month course – theIndustry Practice. NU’s BTech programmes, in fact, give 35% weightage to practical learning opportunities. NU’s Centre for Industrial Collaboration (CIC) invites leading companies to participate in the University’s summer internship and Industry Practice programmes and ensures that the students find the right fit to their chosen career path.
Conceptualized and founded by Rajendra S Pawar, NIIT Group Chairman and Co-founder, and Vijay Thadani, Managing Director of NIIT Ltd, NIIT University (NU) inherits a rich legacy of trust, experience, know-how, innovation and global reputation earned by its parent, NIIT Limited. The pioneer of computer education in India, NIIT Limited is today one of the world’s top IT training and talent development companies with a global footprint in over 30 countries. Mr. Pawar and Mr. Thadani who introduced computer education in India way back in 1981, have nurtured NU to be the leading centre of innovation and learning in the emerging areas of the knowledge society. The university has been built on the bedrock of its four core principles of providing an industry-linked, technology-driven, research-based and seamless education.
NU offers scholarships to students on the basis of either the student’s academic performance in class 10 and class 12 or their performance in national level specified entrance examinations. Annual Scholarships ranging between Rs. 50,000/- to Rs. 2,00,000/- on the tuition fee is offered to students’ basis their merit. A Special Scholarship is extended to exceptional merit holders and top performers in the country that provides a full tuition fee waiver in each programme. Scholarships called CoX are also offered to applicants who have demonstrated excellence in any area of Co-Curricular activities. Special Fee Waivers on tuition fee are offered to students if they meet any one of the specified criteria mentioned above.
Prof. Rajesh Khanna, President, NIIT University said, “As a university, we are focused towards creating great careers for our students – careers that match their aspirations and talents. At the same time, our education model and curriculum have been designed meticulously with keen understanding of technologically skilled, agile professionals that organizations today seek. We recognize the changing talent requirements that the industry is facing today and have been grooming our students to contribute meaningfully to the future world of work.”
NU has maintained a 100 per cent placement track record since inception for all the eligible students. Market leading organizations such as Ernst & Young, Cisco, Morgan Stanley, PWC, Data Security Council of India, IBM, Genpact, Western Union etc. have been some of the top recruiters. The highest salary offered to a student from NU has been Rs 44.27 LPA. Students graduating from NU enjoy a high role fitment of 93% in job profiles like AI-Data Scientist, Cognitive Data Scientist, Business Analyst, Network Security Consultant, Cyber Security Analyst with an average salary of Rs. 7.92 LPA. The first batch of iMBA graduates from NU have been placed across companies like Genpact, Virtusa, Nielson, Kantar etc. in roles of Business Analysts, Social Media Managers, Management Trainees (Research).
For more information on scholarship, please visit:https://niituniversity.in/
